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forced almost white. The first of this group, S. vulgaris 

 Lemoinei, was sent out about 1884, and was then awarded 

 a certificate by the Eoyal Horticultural Society. The 

 range in colouring of these Lilacs is rather confined, so 

 that the various forms resemble one another in no small 

 degree, particularly when the flowers are opened under 

 glass. From the large size of the flower bunches, and the 

 individual flowers being double, they are all of great 

 beauty, and being quite hardy still further enhances their 

 value for outdoor gardening purposes. 



The Lilacs grow freely in any soil of fair quality, but 

 a free, rich, and not too dry loam, would seem to suit the 

 majority of these plants best. 



The Philadelphus or Mock Orange is frequently but 

 erroneously called Syringa. 



Tamarix (Tamariscineae). 



y Tamarix gallica (syn T. anglica). — Common Tamarisk. 

 India to Europe. This shrub often in favoured maritime 

 places reaches to a height of fully 10 feet, with long and 

 slender branches, and spikes of pretty, rosy-pink flowers 

 produced at the end of summer. For seaside planting, 

 it is an invaluable shrub, and on account of its feathery 

 appearance and wealth of showy flowers is well worthy of 

 being included in our list of ornamental and useful shrubs. 



T. paevifloea (syns T. africama and T. tetrandra), 

 South-Eastern Europe and Levant, is nearly allied to T. 

 gallica, with white, pinky-tinged flowers. Other species 

 are T. chinensis, a graceful, hardy shrub, with long spikes 

 of pink flowers; and T. Odessana (Odessa, 1891), with 

 reddish bark and compound racemes of flowers. 



The Tamarisks thrive best in sandy soil and a maritime 

 situation. 



Tasmannia, See Drimys. 



