1104 Syringa of flowering plants, Syringa (philadelphus; lilac). It belongs to the Oleaceae family. The "Syringa" most common member species is the Syringa vulgaris (common lilac). The official naming citation was mentioned in "The Names of the Minor Planets" by Paul Herget in 1955 (). Due to his many discoveries, Karl Reinmuth submitted a large list of 66 newly named asteroids in the early 1930s. The list covered his discoveries with numbers between and . This list also contained a sequence of 28 asteroids, starting with 1054 Forsytia, that were all named after plants, in particular flowering plants "(also see list of
Chicago Botanic Garden by John O. Simonds and Geoffrey Rausch. Several famous buildings have been designed by well-known architects since 1976. The Chicago Botanic Garden opened the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center, located at the south end of the garden, to the public on September 23, 2009. In September 2010, the Plant Science Center earned a GOLD LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating from the U.S. Green Building Council because of its sustainable design. The Chicago Botanic Garden conserves rare plant species, and is working with regional, national and international organizations on behalf of plant conservation.