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Oleacetz Syringa. 



Charles X. (fig. 165) should probably also be referred to this 



race. It is remarkable for the immense size of its panicles 



and the beautiful colour of its flowers. 



2. S. Josikcea. This is a shrub of similar habit, but the 



ovate-lanceolate leaves are wrinkled and of a darker green, and 



the bluish purple 

 flowers scentless. A 

 native of T r a n s y 1- 

 vania, blooming later 

 than the varieties of 

 vulgaris. 



3. S. Emodi. A 

 tall shrub with warty 

 excrescences on the 

 stems, large oblong 

 reticulatel y- veined 

 leaves, and lilac or 

 white flowers in erect 

 dense panicles. A 

 native of the moun- 

 tains of India, scarcely 

 so ornamental as the 

 common species. 



4. S. Persica (fig. 

 166). Persian Lilac. 



This is a very dis- 

 tinct species of much 

 smaller size, rarely 

 exceeding 4 or 5 feet in height. The branches, too, are 

 slender and straight, and the smaller ovate-lanceolate leaves 

 are narrowed at the base. The flowers vary in colour from 

 rosy carmine to white. And there is a variety with laciniated 

 foliage. This blossoms in May. 



6. FORStTHIA. 



A small genus of deciduous shrubs of dwarf habit. Branches 

 slender. Leaves simple or compound, glabrous. Flowers 

 drooping, yellow, appearing towards the end of Winter or be- 

 ginning of Spring, solitary from the axils of the previous year's 

 leaves. Corolla 4-lobed, campanulate. The three known 

 species are from China and Japan. Mr. Forsyth, after whom 

 this genus was named, was gardener at Kensington Palace. 



Fig. 166. Syringa Persica. (J nat. size.) 



