The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25

IL a very fne bush. growing six to
eight feet tall. and in June II Is COW
cred with spikes Of mauve flowers.
This IL a compact upright grower and
very desirable.
DIR. Bretschneider is a fine shrub
with large leaves. overwhelmed with
bloom in June. 1t is very hardy. The
flowers are pale pink. fading to pur
white. This is one Of our best. We
nav succeeded in raising about a
thousand seedlings Of this variety fer
tilted with other summer boomers
which will % come into bloom, and
We expect to find some choice new
varieties among them.
Nillosa Ia considered the finest OF the
group. We saw it growing in Mani
toba. 1t has rather pale purple flow
ers. For the first few years 1t may
ne a disappointment, but some June
1t will be covered with a mass OF Gloon
and the whole bush seem one glorious
bouquet fit to adorn a kings palace.
This group does not sprout from the
root. Dig a trench and pull down the
branches and bury them six inches
deep. leaving the tops out. same as
the SNOWFALL is propagated. and thus
they are readily multiplied by layer
ing.
The Ligustriana, also called Amru-
ensis or Russian. is a sort Of cross
between the bush and the tree lila 1t
grows straight and takes the tree form,
though not as rank a grower as the
Chinese or Japanese tree lilac.
These last mentioned are trees.
They need some training while young.
but when once compelled to take the
tree form grow nearly as fast and as
large as our native ash.
In the Arnold Arboretum In Boston /
measured a japanese tree lilac twenty
years old which was thirty inches
around three feet from the ground.
II Ia said that In the mountains OF
Japan they are sometimes a foot
through and fifty feet tall. This is an
important addition to u ornamental
trees and proves hardy even in Mani
toba. II is often p%ropagated from
cuttings. which. however. must be well
calloused before planting.
The Chinese tree lilac. Syringa pc
kinensis. is Of a different type. The
leaves are small and the twigs are
s!ehueT' we nave some eieNeh years
Old That are about eighteen feet tai
and Jour inches through at the bass
and would make fair sized fence posts
These need a little attention at firs'
Ito make them assume a tree form. anC
even then IL is hard to get a stem tha'
Il perfectly straight. yet 1t makes 9
fair sized tree. When the pekinensi,
IL crowned with n great mass OF whit
honey scented flowers 1t is very at
tractive. An avenue of these tree!
would add much TO the beauty OF tn
, landscape. The twiss are so small
/. they often assume a ~pendulous habit
They are sometimes grated on tn
stems Of a common lilac. when the!
make beautiful weepers, Both thes'
trees are June boomers, OFTEN extend
ing the time OF towering into July
They blossom 80 pro'useIy nat the!
, ~ ' ~ ~
These with the four Others men
: toned give US six summer boomers
D Some one should cross the Vlllosa an,
= Bre,schneider into the Japanese an
so secure a colored flower.
. A dealer once said he had secure
| some beautiful purple tree lilacs.
| told him there were no such treei
! He insisted on 1t and said they wer
Z very fine. Visiting the firm which fur
= nished them I asked to see their tire
Z li.acs. They showed me a row Of real
fine looking specimens OF the commo
II lilacs budded on privet. Thus prop
e gated they cannot sprout from the root
= but alas. the borers had found thei
g The borer is bad on the whole Nulgari
u family n will often kill the mai
u stem: but the plant 10 saved by throw
r. ing up new shoots. | know OF no wa
o TO keep out this pest unless it be keeI
n ing the stems washed with lime ar
sulphur. Fortunately the borer seldoI
works N the tree lilac and Is not a
bad with the summer boomers a. Wit
n the common sorts.
i rh. ~xr,~.r,. Family,
q
Most people "heh asHeu ~" fha"
:. ',h. nrrn,. and Nh. white n,
X stander better informed will say the
are three n will add the Persia
a The common kin seems to vie wit
the Canada thistle and will often be-
ID 1t in multiplying. This family now
divergent In form n flowers is su
ceptible OF great improvement and Il
number of new varieties placed on Il
=. rnarkpt 10 aafopishipu Nor In Tits