way, they found the blooms snowy 

 white, and the sprigs well rooted and 

 apparently growing. They grew into 

 brave bushes, and in the springtime 

 were ever a mass of bloom. For love 

 of her, some of the roots were trans- 

 planted into the gardens of the vil- 

 lagers, and in this way the white lilac 

 spread over England. So they will 

 tell you in a little village on the River 

 Wye, in Hertfordshire, and they will 

 show you the bush still growing on 

 her grave. 



In addition to the name of blew-pipe, 

 the lilac is also known, in some rustic 

 parts of England, as Prince's Feather, 

 and by the still homelier title of " ducks' 

 bills." In recent years this shrub has 

 been made to bear double blossoms^ 

 which give it an unfamiliar appearance. 



Leigh Hunt says that "variations 



in flowers are like variations in music, 



often beautiful as such but almost 



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