Мо. 1107. 
SYRINGA PERSICA laciniata. 
Class. . 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
А native of Persia: it has been long cul- 
tivated in this country, having been known 
to Parkinson, who described and figured it 
‘in his Paradisus; saying, it was then to be 
seen with Master Tradescant at South 
beth. 
It grows to a shrub four or five feet high, 
and flowers abundantly in May. Like the 
whole family to which it belongs, it is very 
ornamental. It is propagated by layers, 
and will grow in any good garden soil. 
