LILACS AND SPRING FLOWERS 



borne a cluster of flowers at every terminal point; 

 in its first time of blooming, however, the flowers 

 were not remarkable, reminding one only of the 

 common lilac. Lamartine had a faint blooming — 

 so did Miss Ellen Willmott — enough to show 

 that here is a treasure in white lilacs. Small 

 double flowerets appeared on this lilac last year, 

 greenish or creamy, and very round buds. Mira- 

 beau also gave one breath in flowers and expired; 

 but I was too late in examining this to describe it. 



Syringa Milton's flowers are of a dull, rich lav- 

 ender; a small floweret, but very fine in color. 

 Marechal Lannes is a very full double, and of a good 

 bluish-lavender. The fine loose and twisting pet- 

 als of each floweret give a beautiful effect to the 

 cluster of bloom, an effect of softness not always 

 present in lilacs. Pasteur's distinguished habit of 

 bloom sets it apart. The tall, upright thyrses of 

 mauve flowers ai"e set in sprays of large dark- 

 green leaves. The play of light and shade upon 

 the mauve and green is one of those special spring 

 delights upon which the possessor of this lilac 

 may almost surely count. 



Cavour has the most unbelievable number of 

 seven pinnacles of flowers to each thyrsus — large 

 flowerets at that — in each cluster. And for the 



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