1Enclosure: Invoice to Robert Cary & Company, 20 July 1767 (Washington Papers)
“Laylock” is an obsolete form of “lilac.”
2Memorandum Books, 1771 (Jefferson Papers)
Trees. Lilac.—wild cherry—Dogwood—Redbud—Horse chesnut—Catalpa—Magnolia—Mulberry—...
3February—1785 (Washington Papers)
...froze. Removed two pretty large & full grown Lilacs to the No. Garden gate—one on each...
4[Diary entry: 22 February 1785] (Washington Papers)
...froze. Removed two pretty large & full grown Lilacs to the No. Garden gate—one on each...
5[Diary entry: 23 February 1785] (Washington Papers)
...of yesterday, in the South Shrubbery except the Lilacs for which I thought the ground too...
6March 1785 (Washington Papers)
...Garden House. Likewise took up the clump of Lilacs that stood at the Corner of the South...Lilacs
7[Diary entry: 3 March 1785] (Washington Papers)
...Garden House. Likewise took up the clump of Lilacs that stood at the Corner of the South...
8[Diary entry: 29 March 1785] (Washington Papers)
...Hemlock—10 Aspan—4 Magnolia—2 Elm—2 Papaw—2 Lilacs—3 Fringe—1 Swamp berry & 1 H ⟨ ⟩
9April—1785 (Washington Papers)
...were coming out. Those of the weeping willow & Lilac had been out many days, and were the...
10[Diary entry: 16 April 1785] (Washington Papers)
...were coming out. Those of the weeping willow & Lilac had been out many days, and were the...