. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. a 1. S. vuLGA^Ris L. The common Lilac. Identification, Lin. Sp., 11. ; Don's Mill., 4. p, 51. Hyrumymcs. Lilac vulgaris GtsTtn; Pipe Privet, or Pipe Tree ; Lilas commun, Fr.; gemeiner Flieder, G^r.; Lilla, or Lilac turco, Ital. Engravings. Lam. 111., t. 7.; Schmidt Baum., t. 77.; N. Du.
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. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. a 1. S. vuLGA^Ris L. The common Lilac. Identification, Lin. Sp., 11. ; Don's Mill., 4. p, 51. Hyrumymcs. Lilac vulgaris GtsTtn; Pipe Privet, or Pipe Tree ; Lilas commun, Fr.; gemeiner Flieder, G^r.; Lilla, or Lilac turco, Ital. Engravings. Lam. 111., t. 7.; Schmidt Baum., t. 77.; N. Du. Ham., t. 61. Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves ovate-cordate, acuminated. {Don's Mill.) A de- ciduous shrub. Persia and Hungary, on chalky precipices in the Cverna valley, and Mount Domoglet, as well as on the whole group of rocks along the Danube. Height 8 ft. to 10 ft. Introduced in 1597. Flowers purple or white; May. Fruit brown ; ripe in September. Varieties. St S. V. 1 ccETulea Clus. Hist. i. p. 56 , Krause t. 26., and our fig. 1238. — Flowers blue. There is a subvariety with the leaves imperfectly variegated. * S. 0. 2 ioldcea Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 18.3., and our fig. 1237. — Flowers purple. The Scotch Lilac, so called, because it was fii-st recorded in Sutherland's Catalogue of the Edinburgh Botanic Garden. * t^. V. 3 alba. —Flowers white. This variety flowers earliest. ji S. z). 4 alba major Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836. —Flowers larger than those of the previous variety. i- S. V. 5 alba plena. iS. plena Lod. Cat.—Flowers double. * S u. 6 rUbra Lodd. Cat. — Flowers red sfe S. fc. 7 rubra major Lodd. Cat. ed. 1836, the Lilas de Marly of the French gardeners, has flowers larger than the parent variety. 1237- s. v. ™iiicea. Other Varieties. A number of plants have been raised from seed by Mr. Williams of Pitmaston, of which there are six sorts, tolerably distinct, in the Horticultural Society's Garden. The French nurserymen are also in possession of some new seedlings ; but none