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magnificent specimens, many of them keeping guard, 

 with the striped grass and orange Day Lilies, over the 

 charred or crumbling ruins of what was once a cherished 

 home. 



Even after making the acquaintance of many of the 

 splendid new varieties, so truly fine in colour and form, 

 my foolish heart clings to the old-fashioned single purple 

 and white, for no flower seems to me to so truly express 

 the fulness of the spring. But I am planting all sorts 

 and feel that we cannot have too many. Some of the best 

 of the new sorts are Charles X, a stirring reddish purple; 

 Marie Legraye and Madam Casimir-Perier, splendid 

 single and double whites; Madam Lemoine, double 

 cream; Souv. de Louis Spath, pinkish mauve; Pres. 

 Carnot, double lavender; Pres. Grevy, bluish-lavender; 

 Grand Due Constantin, ashy-lilac, double. 



It is well, if possible, to procure these new Lilacs on 

 their own roots, as suckers from the budded sorts cause 

 much trouble and if not carefully removed will soon kill 

 out our rare variety. 



Few shrubs are lovelier than the old Persian Lilac, in 

 both its lilac and white varieties. It is more slender in 

 all its parts than the other Lilacs and bears its great loose 

 panicles of bloom from top to bottom. 



There are other sorts of Lilacs that one might also 

 grow. The Rouen Lilac is lovely, and Syringa Japonica, 

 of treelike form, leathery leaves, and creamy blossoms 

 that come after other Lilacs are past, is said to be 



