pale rose colored flower clusters. This pleasing effect, combined with the 
synametrical form and the beauty of the dark, dull green foliage, makes this 
a Lilac of surpassing loveliness. 
8. SWEGINZOWI SUPERB A —Introduced by the Arm of V. Lemoine 6c 
Son and awarded a medal by the Royal Horticultural Society. E. H. Wilson 
pronounces this to be identical with S. sweginzowi. 
S. TOMENTELLA —(Felty Lilac) — Discovered by two travelers, AI. Bon- 
valot and Prince Henri d’Orleans, in 1890, in the province of Szechwan, 
China. It was introduced into cultivation by E. H. Wilson, who found it 
first in 1905. Later, in 1908, he saw it in flower on the frontiers of eastern 
Tibet and says, in his Aristocrats of the Garden, ‘T thought then that I had 
never before seen such a handsome species of Lilac. It had foot-high broad 
panicles of pink to rosy-lilac colored flowers.” This fragrant species blos¬ 
soms later than the Common Lilac. 
Syringa Tonientella 
8. J ELUTINA —(Korean Lilac) — Discovered in the mountains of Korea 
by \ . L. Komorov in 1897. E. H. W ilson brought this species to the United 
States in 1917. It is a very variable, upright shrub with slender branches 
and good foliage. The beautiful, pale lilac colored flower clusters are 
pleasingly fragrant and produced in abundance. 
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