126 TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES 
long. Flowers dicecious, very small. May. Fruit globular, about 
¥ in. in diameter, violet-purplish; ripe in autumn, and remaining 
on the tree through the winter. A small tres, 15 to 20 ft. high, from 
southern Virginia southward, in moist woods. 
Genus 62. SYRINGA. 
Leaves simple, entire, opposite; flowers ornamental, in 
large, dense clusters. The Lilacs are all beautiful, but 
form mere shrubs, except the following: 
Syringa Japonica. (Japan Liac. 
Giant TREE Lizac.) Leaves deciduous, 
opposite, oval to cordate, thick, dark 
green, glossy; flowers white, 4-parted, 
odorless, in very large, dense, erect, ter- 
minal clusters, blooming in summer; 
fruit dry 2-celled pods with 2 to 4 
seeds. A magnificent small tree, 20 tc 
30 ft. high; from Japan; probably hardy 
throughout. 
$. Japénica. 
Genus 68. CHIONANTHUS. 
Low trees or shrubs with simple, deciduous, opposite, 
entire, thick, smooth, petioled leaves. Flowers 4-parted, 
with long, slender, delicate white lobes, drooping in clus- 
ters from the lower side of the branches and forming a 
fringe; in early summer. Fruit a purple drupe. 
Chionanthus Virginica, L. (FRINGE- 
TREE). Leaves smooth; thickish, large 
(3 to 6 in. long), oval or obovate, entire. 
The leaves are occasionally somewhat 
alternate and thin; they resemble those 
of the Magnolia. Drupe ovoid, % in. long, 
covered with a bloom. A beautiful small 
tree or shrub, 8 to 30 ft. high, wild along 
streams, southern Pennsylvaniaandsouth- ¢ AY : 
ward, and generally cultivated north for 
its delicate fringe-like flowers. Hardy. 
A variety (var. angustifolia) with long, j 
narrow leaves is oceasionally cultivated. GC. Virginiea. 
