Syringa • Lilac 
One of the most popular of the spring flowers, both for 
garden ornament and for cutting for the house; they are 
loved by everyone. In most cases they are delightfully 
fragrant and all are desirable. The loosely formed pan¬ 
icles of the species especially delight the plant-lover, but 
most people prefer the large, compact heads of the so- 
called French Hybrids. 
A Lilac border is a fine planting by itself, and they also 
are among the best of shrubs to mingle in a varied shrub 
border. They flourish in any good garden soil, but prefer 
plenty of lime and rather deep planting. Occasional 
feedings of bonemeal and cow-manure will keep them 
thriving. They should be pruned immediately after the 
flowering season so that next year’s flower-buds can form. 
French Hybrid Lilacs 
Species Lilacs 
SYRINGA AMURENSIS. Amur Lilac. 
The plant, which will eventually reach 12 
feet in height, bears yellowish white flowers 
in loose panicles 6 inches long. 
S. EMODI. Himalayan Lilac. Bush to 15 
feet with flowers in dense panicles to 6 inches 
long, pale lilac in color. Not hardy in the 
far North. 
S. JULIANAS. One of the dwarfer types. 
Rarely over 6 feet tall. Flowers appear in 
lateral panicles some 4 inches long. They 
are lilac in color and wonderfully fragrant. 
S. PERSICA. Persian Lilac. 6 feet tall with 
rather small foliage. The flowers, which 
are pale lilac, are in loose panicles. Pleas¬ 
ing fragrance. 
S. VILLOSA. Late Lilac. Shrub to 10 feet 
with pleasingly large foliage. The deli¬ 
cately tinted blooms of pale lilac are in 
panicles up to 1 foot long. 
S. VULGARIS. Common Lilac. Its great, 
branching plants, up to 15 feet high, bear 
enormous quantities of deliciously fragrant, 
lilac-colored flowers in large panicles in May. 
S. VULGARIS ALBA. A white type of the 
Common Lilac. 
BUFFON. One of the earliest of the hybrids. 
Flowers are single, quite large, and appear 
in elegant clusters. Color is mauve-pink. 
CHARLES X. Dark reddish purple flowers 
in magnificent clusters which are compact- 
conical in form and of medium size. 
FRAU BERTHA DAMMANN. Medium¬ 
sized, pure white flowers in narrow pyra¬ 
mids. The plant is of medium size. 
GRANDIFLORA ALBA. Flowers white, 
single, fragrant, in very large panicles. 
Midseason. Grows 6 feet tall. 
JACQUES CALLOT. Fine bushy plant 
bearing its large heads of single pinkish 
lilac flowers with entire abandon. The 
flower-heads average about 8 inches long 
and are quite broad and flattish. 
LUDWIG SPADTH. Large single flowers of 
crimson-purple. The clusters are narrow 
but quite large and symmetrically filled. 
Plant large and a profuse bloomer. 
MARIE LEGRAYE. Large, single white 
flowers of artistically informal shape open 
from pale yellow buds. The flower-heads 
are of medium size and pyramidal in form. 
MICHEL BUCHNER. A double-flowered 
variety with pale lilac flowers, sometimes 
described as clear lavender. 
MME. LEMOINE. Pure white, double 
variety expanding from pale yellow buds. 
The heads are narrow but somewhat com¬ 
pact and from medium to large in size. 
MONT BLANC. A fine shrub with enor¬ 
mous heads of single, pure white flowers. 
OTHELLO. Nice plant with single purple- 
red flowers. Large, pyramidal clusters. 
PHILEMON. A single flower of an inter¬ 
esting shade of purple. The clusters are of 
medium to large size, rather narrow, but 
well filled and compact. 
PRESIDENT VIGER. An interesting Lilac 
with semi-double to double flowers, ranging 
from light pinkish lilac to Argyle purple on 
the outside and lobelia-violet within. 
RENE JARRY-DESLOGES. This is a 
double or semi-double variety with large 
flowers varying from lilac to verbena- 
violet. The clusters are large and open 
and because of the variable color the gener al 
effect is somewhat mottled. 
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA 
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