Shrubs and Vines 
name of lilac is Syrimga, and that of syringa is PAz/adel- 
phus ; and horticultural writers are constantly urging 
the public to name the plants correctly. I hope they 
will succeed, but I suspect that lilacs will be called lilacs, 
and syringa syringa, to the end of time. 
Syringa—I mean Philadelphus—is a genus of about a 
dozen species, the world over, and our common sort, 
coronarius, \s an imported plant that has developed sev- 
eral quite distinct varieties under the process of cultiva- 
tion, with double flowers and peculiar markings of foli- 
age. A native species of the Southern States, gvandifiora, 
has larger blossoms than the covonarius, which are also 
quite as pleasantly scented as the latter; but it is prob- 
ably not hardy enough to supplant its foreign rival. 
Hybridizing has put many varieties on the market, whose 
advantages are very evident to the hybridists themselves, 
and more or less so to others. 
A synonym for fragrance is honeysuckle, although in 
some of the species this is not a significant feature. The 
genus—botanically called Lomicera—is widely repre- 
sented in different countries, particularly those of the 
north temperate zone, whereas its southern extension is 
limited. Our native shrubs in this group are quite in- 
ferior, and scarcely worth cultivating, with so many 
choicer foreign species to choose from. 
The flower-type is tubular or funnel-form, lobed and 
somewhat irregular at the apex, with five stamens, and 
the leaf is ovate, oval, or long-ovate, entire and oppo- 
site. In foliage honeysuckles are inferior to many other 
shrubs, and the blossom, as a rule, is quite small (which 
is measurably compensated for by its profusion), of vari- 
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