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bloom by the lilacs and other shrubs, and in delicacy by the deut- 
zias, its masses of foliage when out of bloom are not surpassed by 
any. The variety of syringas is not large, and the common sort, 
first named below, is still unsurpassed in fragrance of flowers and 
beauty of foliage by the newer sorts. 
The Common Syringa. P. vulgaris. —This forms a shrub 
from eight to ten feet high, and spreads at maturity like the head 
of an elm. It is early in leaf; the foliage is luxuriant and breaks 
into fine masses; the flowers in May and June are white, single, 
about the size of an apple-blossom, and noted for their fragrance. 
The Double-flowering. P. floreplena. —This forms a smaller 
bush than the above, has semi-double flowers at the same time; 
also fragrant. 
Zeyher’s Syringa, P. zeyheri , is noted for the size it attains, 
forming a spreading bush twelve to fifteen feet high, with larger and 
less abundant flowers than the preceding, and but slightly fragrant. 
Gordon’s Syringa. P. Gordonii. — A large round-headed 
shrub eight to ten feet high, blooming a month or more later than 
the other sorts. Flowers large, white, and scentless. Its slender 
side-shoots give it the appearance of a weeping habit. Foliage a 
bright green. 
The Showy-flowered Syringa. P. speciosa or grandiflora .— 
A large bending-branched shrub, ten to fourteen feet high, bearing 
large white scentless flowers in June. 
The Dwarf Syringa. P. nana. —But tw r o to three feet high, 
and grows like a cabbage with in-curved branches. A shy bloomer, 
but a pretty shrub. When syringa bushes make too long and ram¬ 
bling growth, they are improved by heading back. 
THE VIBURNUMS. Viburnum. 
This family of shrubs embraces a few evergreens, but is 
best known through its popular representative, the showy snow¬ 
ball viburnum, or guelder rose, V. opulus. The foliage varies 
widely in the different species. The evergreen species is known as 
the laurustinus, V. tinus laurifolia , and has laurel-like leaves, thick 
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