S. JU LI AN A E —(Juliana Lilac) — Discovered in 1901 by E. H. W ilson, on 
a mountain cliff in western Hupeh, China. It is a low-growing, broad shrub 
about five feet in height, with horizontally spreading branches and small 
velvety leaves. The rather short, fragrant flower clusters are borne pro¬ 
fusely on slender, twiggy branches. The flowers are violet-purple on the 
outer surface of the corolla and white within, with violet anthers. This 
contrast in color in the inflorescence marks S. julianae as a particularly 
striking and beautiful species. $3.00 each. 
S. KOEIINEANA —(Schneider Lilac) — Identical with S. velutina. 
S. KOMOROVI —(Komorof Lilac) — Named in honor of V. L. Komorov, a 
Russian botanist. This species is closely related to S. reflexa. It has the same 
nodding flower clusters, but they are not so markedly pendulous; nor are 
the slightly darker individual flowers quite so beautiful. This Lilac is a 
native of the province of Szechwan, western China. Its color .is deep pink— 
a pink deeper than that of any other known Lilac. 
S. MICROPHYLEA —(Littleleaf Lilac) — Discovered in 1892 in the prov¬ 
ince of Shensi, China, by the Rev. Giuseppe Giraldi, a Catholic missionary. 
It is widely distributed through North Central China. This is a very hardy, 
free-flowering shrub with pale pink, very pleasingly fragrant flowers. It is 
particularly valuable on account of its habit of blooming twice and some¬ 
times three times in the same season. This is a rare and very choice Lilac. 
Special quantity prices furnished on application. 
S. MEYERI —(Meyer Lilac) — A cultivated species found in 1908 near 
Peiping. This Lilac has never been found growing wild. It is a hardy dwarf 
plant with small leaves. Like S. microphylla , it has the habit of blossoming 
the second time, but its flowers are neither so profuse, so fragrant, nor so 
beautiful. 
S. OBLATA —(Broadleaf Lilac) — Introduced into England in 1856 by 
Robert Fortune, who found it in a Chinese garden. This species as a culti¬ 
vated plant is common in Peiping. It has fragrant, pale, lilac colored 
flowers. S. obi at a , although a hardy shrub, blossoms very early and is there¬ 
fore often caught by late frosts. 
S. OBLATA var. ALBA — (S. oblata var. affinis) (S. affinis) (Early Lilac) 
A white variety of S. oblata cultivated by the Chinese. It blossoms very 
early and like S. oblata its flowers are liable to injury by late frosts. 
S’. OB LA TA var. DILA TA TA —A variety of S. oblata with pale lilac colored 
flowers. This very hardy early Lilac is exceptionally beautiful when in 
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