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trees, &c., it forms beautiful hedges to cottage gardens, where there is abun- 
dance of room. 
22. §.Jostx#\4 Jacq. Josika’s Lilac. 
Identification. Jacq. in Bot. Zeit., 1831, t. 67. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 51. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 3278.; Bot. Reg., t. 1733. ; Botanist, t. 24. ; and our figs. 1289, and 1240. 
Spec. Char., $c. Leaves el- 
liptic-lanceolate, acute, 
ciliated, wrinkled, gla- 
brous, on short petioles, 
white beneath. Flowers 
purple. (Don’s Mill.) 
An upright deciduous 
shrub. Transylvania, 
in shady places near 
water. Height 6 ft. to 
12: ft. Introd. in 1833. 
Flowers purple ; May. 
Naked young wood 
1259. S. Josike'a. purplish green. TRAD). ses osie ae 
% 3. S. pe’rstca L. The Persian Lilac. 
Identification. Lin. Sp.. 11.; Don’s Mill., 4. p. 51. 
Synonymes. Lilac minor Meench ; Lilac pérsica Lam. ; Lilas de Perse, Fr. ; Lilac di Persia, Ital. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t. 486. ; and our jig. 1242. ‘ t 
Spec. Char.. §c. Leaves small, lanceolate, A 
entire. Flowers purple. (Don’s Mill.) A >" 
deciduous shrub. Persia. Height 4 ft. to af 
6 ft. Introduced in 1640. Flowers purple ; \Y 
May and June. 
. 
Varieties. 
2% 8. p. 2 dlba Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. — 
Leaves lanceolate, entire. Flowers 
white. 
% 8. p. 3 lacinidta Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836, 
Bot. Cab. 1107., and our fig. 1241. 
S. capitata Gmel. Itin. ii, p. 304. 
Ah t.32. f.1., Schmidt. Baum. ii. p.79.; Lilas 
a Feuilles de Persil, Fr. — This variety 
has some of its leaves pinnatifidly cut, 
and nearly all of them cut in some 
manner. 
& S. p. 4 salvifilia Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836 has 
the leaves somewhat hoary, like those of 
the common sage. 
. S.p. laciniata. 
One of the most common, and, at the same time, 
one of the most ornamental, of our low deciduous 
shrubs. It is frequently planted in pots, and forced 
tj so as to come into flower at Christmas. In Paris, 
‘ it is said, they retard the Persian lilacs, by placing 
them in an icehouse in December, and keeping them 
there till the September or October following, when 
they will come into bloom without the aid of artificial 
heat about Christmas. (See Gard. Mag., vii. p. 247.) 
.Layers and suckers, which are produced in great 
1442. 8, persica. abundance in any common garden soil. 
% 4, S. ROTHOMAGE’NSIS. The Rouen Lilac. 
Synonymes. S. ddbia Pers. Ench.1. p.9.3 Lilaceum rothomagénse Renault Fl. de? Orne p. 100. 
