I've never seen that house, but I've imagined it thousands of times. I think it must have had honeysuckle over the parlor window and lilacs in the front yard and lilies of the valley just inside the gate.
" I wonder, " began Adam Patch, looking out with a mild, kindly glance at the lilac bushes that rustled against the windows, " I wonder if you ever think about the after-life" .
" And that, " said Mary with solemn delight, pointing under a big lilac bush, " is where he perched on the little heap of earth and showed me the key" .
Along with the fresh air, through the open window, came the croaking of frogs, interrupted by the whistling of nightingales, one of which was in a lilac bush under the window.
The south breeze always has a violet odor; the north breeze has the fragrance of wild roses; the east breeze is perfumed with lilies-of-the-valley and the west wind with lilac blossoms.
Lord Henry went out to the garden and found Dorian Gray burying his face in the great cool lilac-blossoms, feverishly drinking in their perfume as if it had been wine.