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the white, and the latter was quite rare. It will not 

 make a fine bush unless given a moist location. The 

 Persian lilacs came into common use only a few years 

 ago, but they have added immensely to the charm of 

 our shrubberies. They are much more delicate in 

 foliage and in flowers, but the whole bushes become 

 a solid mass of bloom late in May. The French 

 horticulturists have been sending us recently a long 

 list of superb new sorts, single, double, and semi- 

 double. 



Princess Alexandra, a white-flowered sort; Jean 

 Bart, a double carmine; Leon Simon, a double with 

 bluish crimson flowers; Ludwig Spaeth, of a reddish 

 purple hue and immensely long flower stems; Presi- 

 dent Grevy, a beautiful blue, very double, and with 

 flowerets of the largest size; and Michael Buchner, 

 with double lilac-colored flowers, make a half dozen 

 of the finest I have seen. They are all of them very 

 hardy and give very little trouble on the lawns if they 

 have reasonably good soil. They will not stand 

 being starved, however, and, as they are all grafted, 

 you must look out not to let the suckers have a chance 

 to grow. 



As far as possible I am using the homely old names 

 for the shrubs specified, and where I do not it is 

 because they are not known by any more familiar title 

 than that given, either in the catalogues or in com- 

 mon parlance. When I call upon you I shall expect 

 you to show me a place that you have selected, not 

 too formal, but just out of the line of your daily 



