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THE PARKS AND GARDENS OP PARIS. [Chap. XXX. 



many fine varieties of Lilac that varied and most beautiful small 

 groups or groves could be formed of tbem alone. To Lave a Lilac 

 group, or several, or a small grove, or even a few thoroughly well- 

 grown specimens, would be infinitely better than the common 

 plan of scattering a number of plants through the shrubberies to 

 dwindle or to perish. 



As regards Lilacs in the open garden we appear to be satisfied 

 with the common variety. It is to be regretted that snch 

 excellent kinds as Dr. Lindley and Charles X. are not planted in 

 preference to, or at least to an equal extent with, the commoner 

 kinds. These are limited to three : Syringa vulgaris, S. dubia 

 (or rothomagensis), and S. persica, with a few of their varieties ; 

 and it is one or other of these kinds we are sure to see in our 

 gardens or pleasure-grounds. In France, however, there is no 

 such poverty of selection. There Lilacs are grown more fre- 

 quently as specimens both in public and private gardens, and are 

 often carefully pruned with a view of securing finer trusses of 

 blossom. Many accustomed to the one kind so often half-starved 

 in London shrubberies, and like so many other fine hardy shrubs 

 treated as if unworthy of culture or attention, might be surprised 

 to see such a list as the following from a French catalogue of 

 handsome kinds more or less distinct. 



Dooteur Nobbe 



Ekeuholm 



Flore pleno 



Geant des Batailles 



General Schmidt 



Gloire de la Kochelle 



*Glolre de Moiilins 



Goliath 



James Booth 



Justii 



Karlsruhensis 



Konig Johann 



LangiuB 



Lovaniensis 



*Madame Kreuter 



Alba 



Lacitiiata 



Bubra 



*Aline Mocqueris 



Ambroise Versohaffelt 



Amoena 



Beranger 



♦Blanc Virginal 



*Carne k Grando Fleur 



Charlemagne 



Croix de Brahy 



*De Croncels 



*De Laval 



*De Trianon 



Delepine 



Doctor Lindley 



As regards the best kinds of Lilac, M. C. Baltet, who has had excellent op- 

 portunities of judging, recommends those in the above list with an asterisk affixed 

 as the kinds most worthy of culture among the varieties raised in recent years. 

 He has observed more than fifty kinds growing in his garden, and among them 

 he considers there are twenty good ones. 



Moritz Eichler 



*Philemon 



President Massart 



Prince Imperial 



Prinoesse Camille de Eohan 



Princesse Marie 



Professor Stoeckhard 



Purpurea 



Bubra insignia 



Charles X. 



*Sange 



Spectabilis 



Triomphe d'Orl&ns 



Yallettiana 



♦Ville de Troyes. 



