THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Fig. 



1584 — S. vulgaris Frau Damman 



habit, the foliage is intermediate in size 

 and form between the common lilac and 

 the persian, the flowers which are of an 

 intense purplish violet color are borne 

 in large clusters produced in abundance. 

 Our frontispiece shows an example of 

 this shrub in bloom. 



A form of .S Chinensis is also in culti- 

 vation known as S. C. Saugeana, the 

 flowers of which are of a reddish purple 

 color. 



Syringa Emodi — From Mount Emo 

 dus in the Himalaya mountains. This 

 species was introduced to cultivation in 

 1840, and is quite distinct in its char- 



acter. It grows to a 

 height of about six feet, 

 and is somewhat rigid 

 in form. The leaves 

 are considerably larger 

 than those of the com- 

 mon lilac, with the un- 

 derside more promi- 

 nently veined, and the 

 flowers which are pur- 

 plish or white are ar- 

 ranged in longer and 

 looser panicles. A form 

 of Emodi with varie- 

 gated leaves has been 

 introduced, which is 

 quite attractive. Both 

 of these have been 

 found less hardy than 

 the common lilac at 

 Ottawa. 



Syringa villosa, is a 

 native of the northern 

 parts of China of quite 

 recent introduction, hav- 

 ing first been brought 

 into notice in 1880. It 

 is lower growing than 

 many of the other sorts 

 of lilac, varying in height 

 from three to six feet. 

 The leaves are of medi- 

 um size, ovate in form and rather obtuse, 

 the flowers are of an attractive shade of 

 pale bluish rose less fragrant than those 

 of the common lilac. This shrub is a 

 free bloomer, but the flower clusters are 

 not so large as in some of the other 

 varieties. Its time of blooming is about 

 two weeks later than the commot» lilac, 

 it has been tested for four or five years 

 at Ottawa and found to be perfectly 

 hardy. 



Syringa oblata. This handsome 

 variety has not yet found its way into 

 very general cultivation. It is a native 

 of China and was introduced in 1859. 



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