portends a fruitful year, coming from 

 the fact, no doubt, that what is favour- 

 able for one tree is good for all. 



There is a tradition that the lilac 

 was first brought to America by a Dr. 

 John Durand, a Huguenot, who came 

 to America in 1690, from La Rochelle, 

 France. With others of his faith he 

 settled first in New Rochelle, New York, 

 named after his beloved home in France. 

 Afterward he removed with his family 

 to Derby, Connecticut. Even in that 

 time of perilous and uncertain travel- 

 ling, room was found for such small 

 shrubs and plants as they had managed 

 to bring, and some lilac-bushes were 

 among them. Dr. Durand died at 

 Derby in 1727, but his descendants 

 still live there, and there are many 

 lilacs growing there, too, a sweeter 

 and more lasting memorial than an 

 ever so costly one of stone. 



It is not only the country or subur- 



