...beauty as ornamental shrubs. The representative of 2. THE LILAC TRIBE, THE LILAC, SYRfNGA VULGA^RIS, " Various in array, now white, Now sanguine, and her...beauteous head now set "With purple spikes pyramidal," was one of the first plants introduced by our forefathers, and it is universally found; often, in the...

...red, And of an humbler growth, the other* tali, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light...unresolved Which hue she most approved, she chose them alii Copious of flowers the woodbine, pale and wan, But well compensating her sickly looks With never-cloying...

...flowers, called by the French gardeners, le lilas de Marly. Cowper had noticed its many hues. , ^ " Various in array, now white Now sanguine, and her...; as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hues she most approved, she chose them all." Scarcely less frequent in our gardens, and easily distinguished...

...purple flowers, called by the French gardeners, le lilas de Marly. Cowper had noticed its many hues. " Various in array, now white Now sanguine, and her...; as if Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hues she most approved, she chose them all." Scarcely less frequent in our gardens, and easily distinguished...

...Ib. And of a humbler growth, the other tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighboring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf, 155 That the wind severs from the broken wave ; The lilac, various in array, now white, Now sanguine,...

...generally cultivated shrubs, and is beautifully described by the poet, Cowper, as throwing up its — " Silver globes, light as the foamy surf, That the wind severs from the broken wave." * ORDER XXXVII. RUBIA'CEJE. (MADDER FAMILY ) Herbs, shrubs or trees with opposite or verticillate,...

...renew with pleasure. The guelder-rose, which, when lilacs and laburnums were in bloom, hung aloft " Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf That the wind severs from the broken wave," now bears instead tufts of coral beads, and at this season is no less attractive in its wild state...

...red, And of an humbler growth, the other* tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, Her silver globes, light...Studious of ornament, yet unresolved Which hue she most approv'd, she chose them all ; Copious of flowers the woodbine, pale and wan, But well compensating...

...red And of an humbler growth, the other tall,1 And throwing up into the darkest gloum Of neighbouring it should be, by the fruit it bears. 'Tis hard indeed...if nothing will defend Mankind from quarrels but [all ; Which hue she most approved, she chose them Copious of flowers the woodbine, pale and wan, But...

...red And of an humbler growth, the other tall, And throwing up into the darkest gloom Of neighbouring cypress or more sable yew Her silver globes, light...sanguine, and her beauteous head now set With purple spike pyramidal, as if Studious of ornament yet unresolVd Which hue she most approVd, she chose them...