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did future for them, and Avlien bees are plenty to mix 

 the pollen, and you have the full group by planting 

 the seeds, you stand a good show for something new 

 and fine. 



We notice next Sutzman's Syringa, then Silver Bell, 

 which comes out with great promise ; also Candalabre, 

 noted as being a very free bloomer. Then there is the 

 Mantle of Ermine and Mount Blanc. 



G-randiflorus has a very large pure white flower, 

 somewhat fragrant. It is a very vigorous grower. 



Years ago I was on the grounds of T. C. Thurlow, 

 of West E"ewbury, Mass., and there I saw a new kind 

 with immense blossoms. They had been imported from 

 France. I got him to send me some cuttings the next 

 winter. But two of them lived. They prove to be the 

 strongest growers of all. I saw one sprout had made 

 ten feet in a single year. The flowers were two inches 

 across, and they hung in chains from the branches. I 

 never saw anything like it. They were not the Grand i- 

 fiorus. They were much larger. I named them 

 French Mammoth. They will do in ^N'ebraska, though 

 the tops killed back some. I may send some to Pro- 

 fessor Green and have him test them. 



In the Arnold Arboretum I saw one, the blossoms of 

 which were very large, and, in giving the origin, Mr. 

 Dawson told me he had raised it from seed. It bore 

 striking resemblance to the French one, only the bush 

 was not quite so vigorous. 



Lemoine of France has been a very successful horti- 

 culturist alonsf manv lines. He is almost as much of a 



