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flowers opening from dark rose-colored buds; Justi, with small pale 
blue flowers; Ludwig Spath, with dark red-purple single flowers. This 
last is very similar to Philemon and in these two plants are found 
probably the handsomest Lilacs with dark red-purple flowers. Marie 
Legraye, with single white flowers, is good as usual. Some of the 
white-flowered Lilacs recently produced in France have larger indi- 
vidual flowers, but little is known here yet of their value as garden 
plants, and Marie Legraye must still be considered the best of the 
thoroughly tested single white-flowered Lilacs. 
Syringa chinensis. Unfortunately named for it is not Chinese but a 
hybrid which appeared more than a century ago in the Botanic Garden 
at Rouen, Syringa chinensis is also now in bloom. Obtained by cross- 
ing the common Lilac with the Persian Lilac {S. persica), it has the 
slender branches, the small leaves and the small flowers of the latter, 
but its large size, the large flower clusters and the color of the flow- 
ers show the influence of the other parent. Syringa chinensis is one 
of the most valuable of all Lilacs; it is perfectly hardy, it grows rap- 
idly to a large size, and it never fails to produce its long clusters of 
reddish lilac flowers which cause the slender branches to droop grace- 
fully. There is a variety with white flowers tinged with pink (var. 
alha) and other varieties with slightly darker or lighter flowers than 
those of the common form. This hybrid flowers a few days earlier 
than the Persian Lilac. This is a broad rather low shrub with narrow 
pointed leaves and small, fragrant, pale lilac-colored flowers in few- 
flowered clusters which are crowded at the ends of the branches and 
appear like one long inflorescence. There is a white-flowered form 
(var. alba) and one with lobed leaves (var. laciniata). A native of 
Afghanistan, the Persian Lilac was cultivated in India and Persia from 
very early times and reached Europe three hundred years ago. A very 
old inhabitant of American gardens, it is now not often cultivated in 
this country. The earliest of the new Chinese Lilacs to bloom this 
year, Syringa microphylla is in bloom. It is a plant with small leaves 
and small, pale pink, fragrant, long-tubed flowers in small short clus- 
ters. The flowers resemble those of S. puhescens, but it is a less val- 
uable garden plant. 
Bush Honeysuckles. Many of the Bush Honeysuckles are again cov- 
ered with their fragrant flowers. No shrubs, not even the Lilacs, are 
more valuable garden plants in regions of extreme cold. They are 
very hardy; they flower freely every year, and many of the species 
and hybrids are covered in early summer with scarlet, yellow or blue 
fruit. To obtain the greatest beauty of these shrubs they must be 
planted in good soil with sufficient space betw’een them for their free 
growth. An example of well-grown Bush Honeysuckles can be seen on 
the right-hand side of the Bussey Hill Road opposite the Lilacs where 
there are several large plants. There is a large collection of smaller 
plants in the Shrub Collection, and a supplementary collection along 
the grass path in the rear of the Linden Collection on Meadow Road. 
Attention is called again to Lonicera Morrowii, because the plant usu- 
ally sold in American nurseries under that name is not L. Morrowii 
but a hybrid of that species with the Tartarian Honeysuckle and of 
