for general landscape work. Morover, the leaves turn a burgundy-red color 

 in fall. This variety can be propagated readily from softwood cuttings. 



Maybelle Farnum Lilac 



This variety was named June 18, 1958. It is a seedling of James Mac- 

 farlane pollinated by a very dense cluster selection of our own breeding 

 descended from Royaltv. It blooms about two weeks later than common 

 lilac. The dense shouldered clusters are about nine inches in length. The 

 florets are single and of a lilac purple color. Propagation from softwood 

 cuttings is possible but it is not as easily rooted as James Macfarlane. 



Other Late Lilacs 



From crosses between James Macfarlane and Anna Amhoff, several 

 desirable plants have been chosen for further testing. 



Since Anna Amhoff has been found difficult to propagate from softwood 

 cuttings, a white-flowered selection which can be propagated readily in 

 this manner is the most likely to be named. 



Mary Blanchard Lilac 



This variety belongs to Syringa vulgaris, the common lilac. It is an open 

 pollinated seedling of Congo and was distributed for trial as N. H. 4^70. 



The flower clusters average eight inches in length, the florets are one inch 

 in diameter, single and the buds are purple when first open but become 

 violet in full bloom. It was named June 3, 1958. It may be propagated by 

 softwood cuttings. 



Interspecific Lilac Hybrids 



What was thought to be a hybrid between the common lilac. Syringa 

 vulgaris L. and 5. amurerjsis japonica (Maxim) Fr. and Sav., mentioned 

 in New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 383, has proved 

 to be only a seedling of the late-flowering species. Other attempts to make 

 the cross since have given some plants but probably none are hybrids. 

 Also attempts have been made to cross Miss Kim, and S. amurensis japonica. 

 If crosses between the late-blooming species can be made, some most inter- 

 esting seedlings should result. 



Moiiarda 



In 1955, Monarda 'Granite Pink' was released by the New Hampshire Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station to nurserymen and home gardeners. This mem- 

 ber of the mint family, growing three feet tall and as wide across, and 

 covered with soft pink flowers from July to September, is an open-pollinated 

 seedling of a taller variety, 'Croftway Pink'. 



New Hampshire florists have found 'Granite Pink' useful for cut flowers 

 when field grown. In the greenhouse it will produce a spring cut flower crop 

 from cuttings taken in January from dormant stock plants forced in a 50°F. 

 greenhouse. The color is a true pink which does not clash with the colors 



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