NAMED VARIETIES OF SYRINGA VULGARIS (L) 
Alba grandiflora. Very large, pure 
white single flowers. 
Albert the Good. An erect, vigor- 
• ous grower, with large spikes of red¬ 
dish purple flowers. 
Amethyst. Violet-purple flowers 
of fine size ; very prolific bloomer. 
Amoena. Claret-colored flowers ; 
very fragrant. 
Charlemberg. A distinct variety ; 
flowers very small, light purple shaded 
with pink ; truss compact. 
Charles X. Leaves large and shin¬ 
ing; rather loose truss of reddish pur¬ 
ple; a rapid, strong grower. 
Colmariensis. Very large, pale 
blue flowers and fine, glossy foliage; 
distinct and fine. 
Docteur Masters. Double. Spikes 
one foot long; flowers very light, 
round, clear lilac, lighter in the middle. 
Edouard Andre. Large spikes of 
clear rose flowers of irregular form, 
buds darker. An early-flowering sort. 
Frau Bertha Dammann. One of 
the best single sorts of recent intro¬ 
duction. The truss is immense ; 
flowers of medium size and pure white. 
Profuse bloomer. 
Gloire de Moulins. Long, rosy 
lilac panicles; individual flowers very 
large and fragrant. 
James Booth. Pale violet; single. 
Languis. A new single variety, 
blooming until late. Panicles large; 
individual flower of medium size; 
color rosy lilac, of a distinct shade. 
La Tour d’Auvergne. Flowers 
double, very large ; violet-purple. A 
strong grower. 
Le Gaulois. Panicles very large 
and compact; flowers double, deep 
peach color. 
Lovaniensis. A very distinct shade 
of silver}’ pink. The single flowers 
are in large, erect panicles, and show 
to good advantage. 
Marc Micheli. Very large spikes 
of enormous double flowers. Clear 
lilac-blue, nearly white underneath. 
A pretty variety. 
Marie Le Gray. Large panicles of 
single white flowers. Valuable for 
forcing. 
Mathieu de Dombasle. Panicles 
of medium size; flowers small, very 
double; reddish mauve. Very free- 
flowering. 
Michael Buchner. A dwarf grower, 
with very large, erect panicles of very 
double pale lilac flowers. Quite dis¬ 
tinct. 
President Grevy. A very fine 
double variety, with large panicles of 
beautiful blue flowers. One of the best. 
President Loubet. Long, compact 
spikes of enormous flowers, reddish 
carmine in the bud and opening pur¬ 
plish red. One of the darkest Lilacs. 
President Massart. Large panicles 
of single flowers, red in the bud, 
heliotrope when open. 
Prince Nottger. Single ; reddish 
purple ; large truss. 
Princess Alexandra. One of the 
finest white varieties; panicles large. 
Princesse Camille de Rohan. 
Single ; color same as S. vulgaris . 
Truss dense ; the most compact of the 
single varieties. 
Princesse Marie. Purewhite,single, 
compact. Later than other varieties. 
Rubra de Marley. Single ; rich 
rosy purple. 
Senateur Volland. Double flowers 
of rosy red; a fine variety. 
Souvenir de Ludwig Spaeth. 
Panicles long; individual flowers large, 
single, dark purplish red; distinct; 
superb. The finest of its color. 
Verschaffelt. Single; dark red in 
bud, lilac when open; distinct. 
Ville de Troyes. Fine; has large 
panicles of single dark purple flowers. 
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