. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON TREES AND SHRUBS. Syringas (Lilacs) are of easy growth in common soil, very floriferous, and attractive when in flower. They are useful for forcing into blossom in the depth of winter. S. oblata, S. Emodi (Fig. 267), S. JosikcEa^ and S. vulgaris^ interesting though they be are not so ornamental as those mentioned below. Of Single - flowered sorts the following are specially meritorious : S. Per ska (Persian Lilac) is an old inhabitant of our gardens, having been in- troduced so long ago 1640 ; it is of dwarf, erec
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON TREES AND SHRUBS. Syringas (Lilacs) are of easy growth in common soil, very floriferous, and attractive when in flower. They are useful for forcing into blossom in the depth of winter. S. oblata, S. Emodi (Fig. 267), S. JosikcEa^ and S. vulgaris^ interesting though they be are not so ornamental as those mentioned below. Of Single - flowered sorts the following are specially meritorious : S. Per ska (Persian Lilac) is an old inhabitant of our gardens, having been in- troduced so long ago 1640 ; it is of dwarf, erect habit, with lilac and white flowers borne in clusters. Gloire de Lorraine bears fine trusses of rich rose - coloured flowers. Charles X. is distinct, with large compact trusses of reddish-purpl e flowers. Marie Le- grange is one of the very best wtoes grown, and Princess Marie is hard to beat the latter bears pure white early flowers in com- pact trusses with much freedom. Louis Van Houtte has deep red flowers of great size and substance. Geant des Ba- tailles bears medium-sized trusses of rosy-pink flowers sort, wnth massive spikes. Fig. 267.—Syringa Emodi. of large Souvenir de Louis Spath is a capital dark purple flowers. Ville de Troys has deep red flowers of much substance. Beranger is a wonderfully free blossomer; its bluish-lilac flowers are very pretty. The following are amongst the best Double and Semi-double varieties : Madame Lemoine is a grand white, with large flowers. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Drury, William D. , 1857-1928, ed. London, Eng. , L. U. Gill; New York, U. S. A. , C. Scribner's sons
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