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foliage, resembling green plumes. (Illus. p. 17). Blossoms a delicate shade of 
violet. Growth habit similar to that of S. persica but a little more upright. It 
blooms at approximately the same time. This species prefers a slightly shel- 
tered location. A rare and charming novelty. 
S. PINNATIFOLIA (Pinnate Lilac) Another lilac discovered by E. H. 
Wilson, who found it in western China in 1904. A very rare and unusual 
shrub with beautiful, pinnate foliage. (Illus. p. 17.) A deliberate but graceful 
grower. Flowers dainty, pure snow-white, with conspicuous yellow anthers; 
clusters extremely tiny. Blooms very early. 
S. POTANINI (Potanin Lilac) First discovered in 1885 by the Russian 
explorer Potanin, in Kansu, China. Leaves small to medium size; growth 
habit neat, erect, symmetrical. An unusually free bloomer. Blossoms daphne 
pink without, delicate lilac-pink within. Buds flaming salmon-red, almost 
scarlet, a shade unique among lilacs. Extremely showy. One of the rarest and 
most strikingly beautiful species in cultivation. 
S. PRESTONIAE—See Prestonia Hybrids, p. 14. 
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Syringa pubescens 
S. PUBESCENS (Hairy Lilac) A species of rare distinction, found wild in 
the mountains near Peiping and first reported by a Russian botanist in 1840. 
It owes the name of Hairy Lilac to its slightly hairy, small, somewhat round 
leaves. This is a bush of very graceful, vase-like growth habit. Its dainty, 
star-like, delicate lilac-pink blossoms are borne in foaming clusters that cover 
the bush from the ground up. Its exquisite spicy fragrance is legendary; no 
other lilac can equal it. Although S. pubescens is a hardy shrub, it grows most 
luxuriously in a rather sheltered location. 
All of our lilacs are grown on their own roots 
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