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to other lands. Our mothers, of seventy-five years 

 ago, had only the common lilac and the white. To 

 these we can now add a collection of at least fifty 

 grand, new sorts — a list constantly increasing. 

 Among the best of these, and most easily obtained, 

 are the following: Josiksea, a Hungarian produc- 

 tion with a tree-like growth, and dark, shining 

 leaves; it blossoms after the more common sorts. 

 The Persian lilacs, both purple and white, have 

 smaller foliage and more delicate branches, covered 

 with superb masses of flowers. These varieties are 

 entirely hardy, and should be in every one's garden 

 or shrubbery. The cserulea, or blue lilac, is an- 

 other fine sort; as is also Charles X, with its stout 

 limbs and its heavy, red clusters. Princess Alex- 

 andra is one of the largest white-flowered; and 

 Marie Legraye is another white sort, carrying mag- 

 nificent panicles. Among the newer sorts of very 

 fine quality, and now easily obtained at a small 

 cost, are Jean Bart, a double variety with rosy, car- 

 mine flowers; Frau Dammann, a single white with 

 very large clusters; Leon Simon, another double, 

 with bluish crimson flowers; Ludwig Spaeth, with 

 immensely long panicles, and each single flower 

 very large, with reddish purple hue; President 



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