and in England as well as in America 

 it often became "laylock." Before 

 the name lilac became popular it was 

 called the " blew-pipe tree " because 

 the wood can be hollowed out and 

 serve as the stems for pipes. Walks 

 bordered on each side by blew-pipes 

 were very fashionable when this shrub 

 was, first introduced into England, but 

 now they are rather crowded out of 

 their rightful place. Such a walk in 

 May is all loveliness, and one feels with 

 them as with few other shrubs, that 

 the first whiff of their fragrance in 

 springtime unlocks the very heart and 

 soul of memory. A lilac-bordered 

 walk stirred by a light wind becomes 

 a tossing sea of bloom, and seen by 

 moonlight, an enchanted path. 



The lilac belongs to the same family 



as the olive. Medicinally it has a 



value from the fact that an extract 



from the unripe seeds is good as a 



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