LILAC  ,' or See also:

• PIPE

PIPE See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

TREE (Syringa vulgaris), a tree of the See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive See also:

• FAMILY

family, Oleaceae . The genus contains about ten See also:

• SPECIES

species of ornamental See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

hardy See also:

• DECIDUOUS (from Lat. decidere, to fall down)

deciduous shrubs native in eastern See also:

• EUROPE

Europe and temperate See also:

• ASIA

Asia . They have opposite, generally entire leaves and large panicles of small See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers, with a See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

bell-shaped calyx and a 4-lobed cylindrical corolla, with the two stamens characteristic of the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order attached at the mouth of the See also:

• TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube . The See also:

• COMMON

common lilac is said to have come from See also:

• PERSIA

Persia in the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, but is doubtfully indigenous in See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary, the See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders of See also:

• MOLDAVIA

Moldavia, &c . Two kinds of Syringa, viz. See also:

• ALBA

alba and caerulca, are figured and described by See also:

• GERARD (c. 1040-1120)
• GERARD (d. I1o8)
• GERARD, ETIENNE MAURICE, COUNT (1773–1852)
• GERARD, FRANCOIS, BARON (1770-1837)
• GERARD, JEAN IGNACE ISIDORE (1803-1847)
• GERARD, JOHN (1545-1612)
• GERARD, or GIRARD, AUDRAN

Gerard (Herball, 1597), which he calls the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white and the See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue pipe privets . The former is the common See also:

• PRIVET

privet, Ligustrum vulgare, which, and the ash tree, Fraxinus excelsior, are the only members of the family native in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain . The latter is the lilac, as both figure and description agree accurately with it . It was carried by the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European colonists to See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• AMERICA

America, and is still grown in gardens of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern and See also:

• MIDDLE

middle states . There are many See also:

• FINE

fine varieties of lilac, both with single and See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double flowers; they are among the commonest and most beautiful of See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring-flowering shrubs . The so-called See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian lilac of gardens (S. dubia, S. chinensis See also:

• VAR

var . Rothomagensis), also known as the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese or See also:

• ROUEN

Rouen lilac, a small See also:

• SHRUB

shrub 4 to 6 ft. high with intense See also:

• VIOLET

violet flowers appearing in May and See also:

• JUNE

June, is considered to be a hybrid between S. vulgaris and S. persica—the true Persian lilac, a native of Persia and See also:

• AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan, a shrub 4 to 7 ft. high with bluish-See also:

• PURPLE

purple or white flowers . Of other species, S .

Josikaea, from Transylvania, has scentless bluish-purple flowers; S . Emodi, a native of the Himalayas, is a handsome shrub with large ovate leaves and dense panicles of purple or white strongly scented flowers . Lilacs grow freely and See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower profusely in almost any See also:

• SOIL

soil and situation, but when neglected are See also:

• APT

apt to become choked with suckers which shoot up in great See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers from the See also:

• BASE

base . They are readily propagated by means of these suckers . Syringa is also a common name for the See also:

• MOCK

mock-See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

orange Philadelphus coronarius (nat. ord . See also:

• SAXIFRAGACEAE

Saxifragaceae), a handsome shrub 2 to Io ft. high, with smooth ovate leaves and clusters of white flowers which have a strong orange-like See also:

• SCENT

scent . It is a native of western Asia, and perhaps some parts of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern Europe .