WILD AND CULTIVATED FLOWERS 121 
Our Aunt Amanda’s three lilacs have bloomed, 
shed their sweetness, and now are showing rust on 
their flowers. To me this is a distressing sight. 
I wish they would hurry and die completely. But 
I notice this rust also on the lilac blossoms at Miss 
Wiseman’s and at Nestly Heights, so I have con- 
cluded that to turn rusty when dying must be their 
habit. 
