Sentence:  Other flowers we might gather as we pleased : myrtle and white violets from beneath the <WSD>lilacs</WSD> ; the lilacs themselves , that bloomed so prodigally but for the most part beyond our reach ; snowballs ; hollyhock blossoms that , turned upside down , make pink petticoated ladies ; and the little , dark blue larkspur that scattered its seed everywhere . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers