TOWSON, MARYLAND • IbeciduouS Shrub 81 



Lilac, Jeanne D'Arc, one 

 of the loveliest and most 

 fragrant of the French 

 Hybrids. 



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SYRINGA • Lilac 



HE LILACS are old favorites bearing bright green medium sized, heart shaped foliage 

 and large clusters of showy and often fragrant flowers. They are very effective when 

 massed in groups and form beautiful hedges and screens. Their native homes are scattered 

 over Europe and Asia and the first of them were brought to this country in the seventeenth 

 century by early settlers, who had enough love and faith in them to afford them room on 

 their crowded sailing vessels. 



SYRINGA chinensis (rothmagensis) (Chinese 

 Lilac). Covered in May with deep, rich rose clusters, 

 which are large and broad. One of the best un- 

 trimmed hedges. Showy as a specimen. 



S. chinensis saugeana (Purple Chinese Lilac j. 



Medium sized, with slender arching branches bearing 

 attractive deep, purplish red flowers. 



S. josikaea (Hungarian Lilac). Handsome, grows 

 12 feet in height having dark green foliage and long 

 narrow panicles of bluish-purple flowers. Prolongs 

 the beauty of the Lilac season by blooming late. 



S. persica (Persian Lilac). Comes into bloom 

 after the common Lilac. A broad, shapely bush of 

 medium height, with small leaves and abundant rosy- 

 purple, fragrant flowers which weigh down the 

 slender branches. 



S. persica alba (White Persian Lilac). Similar 

 to the Persian Lilac but bears flowers of pure white. 



S. villosa (hate Lilac). A hardy native of north- 

 ern China. Large, of excellent habit with erect, rigid 

 branches and pale green leaves. Flowers are delicately 

 tinted, pinkish lilac or nearly white. A first-rate 

 garden shrub, very valuable for its hardiness and late 

 bloom. 



S. vulgaris (Common Lilac). The best loved shrub 

 in the American garden. In many, out-of-the-way 

 places it is often the only sign of an old home- 

 stead. No plant is more hardy, or more florif- 

 erous and none gives so little trouble. Will flourish 

 anywhere except in swampy places and if allowed to 

 become unsightly, may be cut to the ground and new, 

 shapely bush will spring up. Flowers are lilac in 

 color and fragrant. Handsome in nearly any setting. 

 An old familiar friend to the gardenmaker. 



S. vulgaris alba (Common White Lilac). Has 



all the attributes and characteristics of the purple 

 lilac except that it bears slightly lighter green foliage 

 and white flowers. 



