EFILAC SPECIES 

Company. A neat, upright growing shrub with a distinctive pale bark streaked 
with white. Leaves large, long, very light green; flowers white, with con- 
spicuous yellow anthers. A very late bloomer. 
S. HENRYI— See Henryi Hybrids, Silhouette Photograph 
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S. HYACINTHIFLORA—See Gir- 
aldi Hybrids, p. 12. 
S. JAPONICA—See S. amurensis 
japonica, p. 23. 
S. JOSIFLEXA — See Josiflexa Hy- 
brids, p. 15. 
S. JOSIKAEA (Hungarian Lilac) 
Discovered by Baroness von Josika 
on her estate in Transylvania, and 
brought to the attention of European 
horticulturists in 1830. Although 
called Hungarian, it is actually native 
to a number of countries in south- 
eastern Europe. Blossoms violet-blue; 
borne in long, graceful panicles. Late- 
flowering. Leaves large, lustrous dark 
green. A very robust grower. 
S. JULIANAE (Juliana Lilac) Dis- 
covered on a mountain cliff in Hupeh 
Province, China, by E. H. Wilson in 
1901. A dwarf shrub of low, spreading 
growth habit. Flowers violet without, 
white within, and with violet anthers. 
Dainty and fragrant. One of the love- 
liest of all the species lilacs. 
S. KOMAROVI (Komarof Lilac) 
Found in the Chinese province of 
Szechwan in 1893 by an unidentified 

Russian botanist, who sent a speci- Top: Varied leaf forms of S. diversifolia 
men of this species to the Imperial Center: S. pinnatifolia 
Botanic Garden of St. Petersburg Bottom left: S. persica laciniata 
(now Leningrad). Trusses. slightly Bottom right: The true S. persica 
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