Beautiful Flowering Shrubs 



parents, the size of the shrub in general and of the in- 

 dividual flower trusses being smaller than the Common 

 Lilac and larger than the Persian. It is a vigorous 

 plant with a free-flowering habit of special beauty, for 

 a whole series of pairs of deep violet-coloured flower 

 pyramids are produced along the sprays. Occasionally 

 the^ flowers set fertile seed, which is not usually the 

 case with hybrid forms. 



The Himalayan Lilac (Syringa emodi) flowers rather 

 later than the Lilacs already mentioned, late June 

 seeing it in its zenith. It also lacks that charm of the 

 Lilac scent. It has pale-purple blossoms. The leaves 

 are dark green above, white below. 



There' are three Lilacs known as Privet Lilacs 

 botanically the Ligustrina which are sometimes culti- 

 vated, viz. the Japanese Lilac (S. japonica, or Ligustrina 

 japonica), the Pekinese Lilac (Syringa, or Ligustrina 

 pekinensis), and the Syringa, or Ligustrina amurensis. 

 All have white, scentless flowers in which the corolla 

 tube is so short that the stamens project their anthers 

 well beyond it, instead of being hidden within it as in 

 the true Lilacs. The first named came from Japan, 

 via America; the second was discovered in North 

 China by Abbe" David, and sent from Pekin to Kew in 

 1 88 1 by Dr. Bretschneider ; the third is Russian, and 

 was found in Manchuria in 1857 by Radde, a Russian 



botanist. 



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