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Offline Lee Lobbestael

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Lialac arrows
« on: March 19, 2010, 04:52:05 pm »
Anybody ever use lialac(not sure of spelling) For arrows? Got a bunch of bushes around my parents property that have pretty straight shoots all over em! 
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Lialac arrows
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2010, 05:21:40 pm »
Folks make bows out of lilac so they should work for arrows.
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Offline zenmonkeyman

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Re: Lialac arrows
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2010, 05:26:13 pm »
Lilac is a variant of syringa, if you do a search you'll find lots of references to syringa arrows.
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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: Lialac arrows
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2010, 11:42:06 am »
Zen, what most folks are reffering to on here when they say Syringia isn't lilac, even though that's the Latin genus name for lilac. In the Pacific Northwest, syringia is the common name for mock-orange (Philidelphus lewisii) that a lot of people use for arrows and occasionally, bows. I think lilac would make good arrows, it's related to ash and privet.
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