Deseret Evening News | 1907-08-19 | Page 2 | Famous Lilac Tree

FAMOUS LILAC iTAc TREE Chief among tho objects of nt In Interest Interest interest terest In the tha gardens I of ot Easton Lodge the residence of the tho Earl and Countess of Warwick Is la the tho nt Iliac tree which occupies a conspicuous position on the tho terrace This tree is Ii the tho finest specimen of or Its lis kind In tho the Kingdom It H has lias a circumference of ot 13 iO feet reet and a II height of ot IS It feet re t and It hoi hM PO so dense a n growth and blooms so profusely that when triton In flower nw r It forms torms a n huge bouquet of or lilac iliac blossom Tho lilac Is it that commonly known as na natho tho the Persian and described by botanists an mu tho ho Chinese but bur It Is t not a II native of or either cither Persia or Chinti ChInn hut was raised In III the botanic garden garlen In 1795 by tho the hybridization of or the true troB Persian II Inc Ine and the tine common lilac iliac of ot British gar gardens gardenS dens It wins nan M of nt notable proportions at lit th the middle of the tho lust century and ond produced such ouch a magnificent nt display of or blossoms that In tho the now flowering ring season t Maynard Lady grandfather used 1 to make a s specIal elDI journey from Lon Lea London ibm don to enjoy the beauty and fragrance of the flowers Gardeners Magazine