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S. Josikaea |Hungarian |Lilac; |An old shrub of moderate
(Hungarian Lilac) |Mountains |May |growth, but is not of great
| | |value, as it happens to
| | |flower when we have a
| | |wealth of bloom from the
| | |commoner kinds. It is,
| | |however, interesting and
| | |worth growing, if only for
| | |the sake of the pretty
| | |sentiment that attaches to
| | |its origin, having been
| | |found by Baroness Von
| | |Josika in her wanderings
| | |about the Hungarian
| | |mountains in 1835. It may
| | |be best described as a
| | |small form of S. Emodi. It
| | |was first grown in Britain
| | |at Edinburgh, in the year
| | |mentioned. Its height is 6
| | |feet to 10 feet, with the
| | |young twigs of a purplish
| | |colour; the panicles are
| | |terminal, erect, and small
| | |compared with those of the
| | |more showy Lilacs, and
| | |usually about 4 inches
| | |long, rarely as much as 6
| | |inches to 9 inches.
| | |
S. pekinensis |Mountains of |White |One of the three
|North China | |Privet-like Syringas,
| | |and one of the last
| | |introduced. I