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Syringa vulgaris, or common Lilac, blossoming in May, is 

 well known to all, and needs no comment. The white variety 

 is not quite so common. They are only used for outside 

 plantings, as they sucker very freely, and soon make themselves 

 common. 



Syringa Persica, or Persian Lilac, is a delicate low shrub, 

 the flowers very abundant, and the leaves small and delicate. 

 There are two varieties of the Persian Lilac : the white flow- 

 ering, and the blue or purple flowering. 



The Chinese cut-leaved Lilac is very curious ; the leaves are 

 cut like Parsley, the flowers growing in longer racemes than 

 the former. 



Siberian, or large Persian Lilac. The bunches of flowers 

 are very large, and continue in bloom a long time after the 

 common Lilac. 



Tamarix GalUca, or French Tamarix, and the Tamarix Ger- 

 manica, German Tamarix, are two pretty shrubs ; the leaves 

 and branches are small and slender, producing quantities of 

 beautiful flowers, which form a very striking contrast to the 

 other parts of the shrubbery. 



Viburnum opulus, or Guelder Rose, otherwise called Snow- 

 ball, is a very show}'^ shrub, producing large balls of snow- 

 white flowers in May, and is indispensably necessary to every 

 shrubbery. 



Vitex agnus castus, or Chaste tree, a pretty and singular 

 shrub, flowering the most part of the summer. 



CLIMBING PLANTS. 



Ampelopsis hederacea. This plant, on account of the large- 

 ness of its leaves and rapidity of its growth, is well adapt- 

 ed for covering walls. There are several species, all resem- 

 bling the vine in habit and flower. 



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