34 FLOWERING AND ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. 



to all, and needs no comment. The white variety k 

 not quite so common — they are only fit for outside 

 plantings, as they sucker very freely, and soon make 

 themselves common. 



Syringa Persica, or Persian lilac, is a delicate low 

 shrub, the flowers very abundant, and the leaves small 

 and delicate. There are two varieties of the Persian 

 lilac; the white flowering, and the blue or purple 

 flowering. 



The Chinese cut-leaved lilac is very curious ; the 

 leaves are cut like Parsley, the flowers growing in 

 longer racemes than the former. 



Siberian, or large Persian lilac. The bunches of 

 flowers are very large, and continue in season a long 

 time after the common lilac. 



Rosa, or roses* a very numerous variety of them ; 

 some reckon five or six hundred kinds. They are 

 accounted the most beautiful of Flora's productions. 

 Perhaps a handsome collection might be made of about 

 fifty of the best sorts, which, by taking said quantity. 

 I suppose might be obtained at about Mty cents each 

 under name ; and generally a fine collection unnamed 

 at half that amount. No good garden or shrubbery 

 can be without them. 



Tamarix Galica, or French Tamarix, and the Ta ■ 

 marix Germanica, German Tamarix, are two pretty 

 shrubs ; the leaves and branches are small and slender, 

 producing quantities of beautiful flowers, and form a 



