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high, in Form of a Shrub, but may, 

 by Art, be train'd up to a much 

 greater Height, and may be inter- 

 mixVi among other Trees of low 

 Growth in WildernefTes, 



The fecond Sort will grow much 

 larger than the firft, and is equally 

 hardy : 1 he Leaves of this com- 

 monly remain upon the Tree until 

 the Spring before they decay, unlefs 

 in very hard Winters ^ for which 

 Reafbn, it is more efteem'd than 

 the common Sort. 



Thefe Plants are eafily propagated 

 by laying down their tender Shoots 

 in Autumn, which in one Year's 

 Time will be rooted enough to 

 tranfplant i when they may he re- 

 mov'd to the Places where they are 

 defign'd to remain, or planted in a 

 Nurfery for two or three Years i 

 where they may be train'd for the 

 Purpoles defign'd. 



Formerly thefc Plants were greatly 

 in Ufe for Hedges, but fmce fo 

 many others of greater )3eauty have 

 been introduc'd, which are much 

 preferable to thefe for fuch Purpo- 

 ies, they have been entirely rejedfcd, 

 the Trouble in keeping them in 

 Order being very great, nor are 

 the Hedges made with them ever 

 ib thick and handfome, as thole 

 made with divers other Plants. 



The two variegated Kinds are 

 pretty Varieties am ongft other ftrip'd 

 Shrubs : Theli: may oe propagated 

 by budding, or inarching them upon 

 the plain Sort, as alfo by laying down 

 their Branches 5 but as they icldom 

 fhoot io fafb, as to produce many 

 Branches proper for Layers, lb the 

 other Method is chiefly us'd. The 

 Silver-Crip'd Sort is fomewhat ten- 

 derer than the Plain, but will endure 

 the open Air, if planted in a dry 

 Soil, and m a warm Situation j but 

 if either of the variegated Kinds be 

 planted in a moiil; rich Soil they 



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are {ubje£t to become plain from 

 their vigorous Growth. 

 LILAC J The Pipe-Tree. 



The Chara^ers are i 



The Flovpers conjifi of one Leaf, are 

 Funnel-ffjap'il, but divided dt Top 

 into five Segments, and are collecied 

 into objong fpecioHS Spikes ■■> the Flow- 

 ers are fucceeded by comprefs'd Pods, 

 which are fcarce an Inch long, and 

 are divided into two Cells, in which 

 are cont/^in'A broad, flat Seeds, which 

 are co?nprefs*d on their Edges. 

 Tha Species are ; 



I . Lilac ; Matthioii. The com- 

 mon h\ut Lilac, or Pipe-Tree. 



1. Lilac; flore albo. Tourn. The 

 White Lilac, or Pipe-Tree. 



3. Lilac J flore fat urate purpureo. 

 Tourn. The Deep purple Lilac, or 

 Pjpe-Tree. 



4. Lilac ; jlore albo, foliis ex 

 luteo variegatis. Cat. Plant. Hort. 

 The Yeilow-blotch'd Lilac. 



f. Lilac , fore albo, foliis ex 

 albo variegatis. Cat. Plant, Hort. 

 The Wkite-blotch'd Lilac, 



6. Lilac j folio ligujlri. Tourn. 

 Lilac with Privet Leaves, falfely 

 calVd, The Pevlian jafmine. 



7. Lilac ; laciniato folio. Tourn. 

 Lilac, with cut Leaves, falfely calVd, 

 The Cut-leav'd Perlian Jaimine. 



The three firft Sorts do commonly 

 grow eighteen or twenty Feet high, 

 and are very great Ornaments to 

 Quarters of flowering Trees in the 

 Spring during their flowering Sea- 

 ion, if rightly difpos'd amongft Trees 

 of the iame Growth. The firft and 

 lecond Sorts are more common 

 than the third j but the third is 

 much preferable to the fecond : 

 The Flowers of that growing much 

 clofer upon the Bunches, and arc of 

 a finer Purple Colour, and the Trees 

 generally produce them in greater 

 Quantities i fo that this, and the 

 white Sort, being regularly inter- 

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