209 



President Lebrun. Fl sgl, pinkish (Grand roseraies du val 



de la Loire). 1933. 

 Prodige Lem. 1928. Fl sgl, purplish red. 

 Rosace Fein. 1932. Fl dbl, soft mauve pink, improvement of 



President Fallieres (p. 204). 



Early Hybrids 



Assessipi Skinner 1935. Jour. Royal Hort. Soc, Nov. 1936. 



Vol. FXF Part II. Color near Ruhm von Horstenstein 



(p. 207). fl larger. 

 Excel Skinner 1935. Fl sgl, lilac. 



Fenelon Fein. 1930. Fl pink, earlier than Mirabeau (p. 198). 

 Minnehaha Skinner 1935. Fl sgl, pinkish lilac. 

 Nokomis Skinner 1935. Fl sgl, lilac. 

 Pocahontas, Jour. Royal Hort. Soc., Nov. 1936. Vol. LNI, Part 



IF Dark, cl larger than L'Oncle Tom (p. 206). 

 Scotia Scott N. named about 1936. Fl sgl, pink, holds color 



well. 



Other Hybrids 



Floreal Lem. 1925. Hyb from ilenryi Lutece X Sweginzowii 



superba. Fl sgl. mauve lilac. 

 Prairial Lem. 1933. Jour. Royal Hort. Soc. Nov. 1936, Vol. 



LXT, Part II. S. Henryi X S. tomentella, fl lilac mauve. 

 Rutilant Lem. 1930. Fl purplish red. 

 chinensis Saugeana Fern. 1900. Fl lilac red. 



VII. References 



Anderson, F. Home of the lilacs. Card. Chron. 97 : 272. 1935. 



Barron, L. Mr. Havemeyer's lilacs. Country Life 66: 66-67. 

 1934. 



Chester, Kenneth S. Graft blight, a disease of lilac related to the 

 employment of certain understocks in propagation. Jour. 

 Arnold Arb. 12: 79-146. 1931. 



Gleason, H. W. Reviewing the lilac parade. Horticulture 13: 

 321. 1935. 



Harding, Alice. Lilacs in my garden. The Macmillan Co. New- 

 York, 1933. 



Maclagan, J. F. A. Date of flowering as effected by climatic tem- 

 perature. Plant Physiol. 8: 395-423. 1933. 



