Archive image from page 332 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofamer04bail4 Year: 1900 SYRINGA SYBINGA 1763 as calyx. May. 1:221. 22:18:).- Tbe earliest of all to bloom and handsome, with its vinous red foliage in fall. Var. alba, Hort., has white flowers. 5. hyacinthiildra, H
Archive image from page 332 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofamer04bail4 Year: 1900 SYRINGA SYBINGA 1763 as calyx. May. 1:221. 22:18:).- Tbe earliest of all to bloom and handsome, with its vinous red foliage in fall. Var. alba, Hort., has white flowers. 5. hyacinthiildra, Hort. (S. ohlata x vulgaris). Inter- mediate between the parents, with broadly ovate Ivs., turning purplish in fall. Only known in the double form, var. plena, Lemoine. Manj' or perhaps most of the newer double-tit>wered vars. have originated by recrossing- tiiis form with vars. of S. vulyaris. 0. vulgaris, Linn. Figs. 2153, 2454. Upright shrub or small tree, 20 ft. high: Ivs. ovate, truncate or slightly cordate, acuminate, bright green, 2-4 in. long: fls. lilac, blue, purplish or white, in large panicles. May. South- eastern Europe to Caucasus and Afghanistan; some- times escaped from gardens in the eastern states. Gn. 5:i, p. 156. 1899 most im- portant of the older original vars. are the following: Var. alba, Dietr., branches yellowish gray: fls. white: buds 3'ellowisli green; blooms a week earlier than the other vars. 12:1081. Var. cserulea, Dietr. Fls. blue, in rather loose panicles. Var. purpiirea, DC. (var. 9-i(6/''., Loud.). Fls. purplish red, in large and rather dense panicles. Here belong also var. Marlynsis, Hort., and Charles X. Var. violacea, Dietr. Fls. violet- lilac, in rather loose panicles. Var. plena, Hort. With double fls. There are several vars. with variegated Ivs., but these are hai'dly worth cultivating. 7. Chineusis, Willd. {S. Persica X vulgaris. , Pers. S. Jothomaf/nsis, Loud. 5'. Vai-hia, Cours.). Shrub, at
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