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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



OCTOBEB 15, 1908. 



Lilac Gterulea Superba* 



lilac; President Grevy, cobalt blue; Al- 

 phonse Lavalle, bluish lilac; Michel 

 Buchner, pale lilac; Charles Joly, purple 

 red; Belle de Nancy, pink, white center; 

 Mme. Casimir-Perier, creamy white; 

 Doyen Keteleer, lilac blue, and Senator 

 Volland, rosy red. 



Miscellaneous Varieties. 



The foregoing are all forms of Sy- 

 ringa vulgaris. There are many other 

 interesting, beautiful and useful forms. 

 Some of the more desirable are: S. 

 oblata, purplish violet, the earliest of 

 all lilacs to bloom, the foliage becoming 

 a beautiful red in autumn; S. Josiksea, 

 violet, strong grower, blooms very late; 

 S. Chinensis, Chinese lilac, several 

 colors, makes a wide arching bush; S. 

 Persica, Persian lilac, purple or white, 

 slender drooping branches; S. villosa, 

 pink, a very late bloomer; S.pubescens, 

 small, very fragrant, pale blue flowers, 

 a beautiful variety; S. hyacinthiflora, 

 very early, a cross between S. oblata and 

 S. vulgaris; S. Japonica, Japanese tree 

 lilac, attains a height of twenty-five to 

 thir^-five feet, flowers early in July, 

 immense white panicles, makes a superb 

 lawn specimen; S. Pekinensis, grows 

 fifteen to twenty-five^ feet high, flowers 

 yellowish white, blooms the end of June 

 or early in July. 



The Newer Sorts. 

 The foregoing lists do not contain any 

 of the newer and high-priced lilacs. Any 

 or all are worthy of culture and there 

 is room for a big business in these im- 

 proved varieties over the old S. vulgaris 

 and its white form. The old sorts are 

 worth growing, but anyone who has 

 made the comparison must admit that 

 the named sorts are much superior. The 

 named varieties of 8. vulgaris appeal 

 most to people, but the early and late 



blooming qualities of the other species 

 are strong points in their favor. 



The Beit Dozen. 



For anyone wanting a "boiled-down" 

 list, I submit the following dozen sorts, 

 which will bloom over a period of six 

 weeks: S. oblata, S. vulgaris; singles, 

 Marie Legraye, Philemon, Ludwig Sp&th, 

 Gloire des Moulins, Macrostachya, 

 Charles X, S. vulgaris; doubles, Mme. 



Lemoine, Alphonse Lavalle, Belle de 

 Nancy, S. Chinensis, S. villosa and S. 

 Japonica. 



The immense development of late 

 years in the landscape branch of horti- 

 culture makes this an important depart- 

 ment with many retail florists. Of all 

 the popular shrubs called for, none pos- 

 sess the combined good qualities of the 

 lilacs, and he who takes time by the 

 forelock and works up a good stock of 

 them will assuredly make money. A few 

 good varieties planted in a florist's own 

 front garden will also prove a first- 

 class advertisement. W. N. Cbaiq. 



HARDY CLIMBERS. 



[A paper by Antolne Wintzer, of West Grove, 

 Pa., read before the New York Florists' Club 

 October 12, 1908.] 



Hardy Qematises. 



As all plantsmen know, the hardy 

 clematis family forms a group of most 

 desirable hardy cUmbers. They are suit- 

 able to plant in almost any place where 

 the fancy of the gardener or grower de- 

 sires to have them, so I will not enlarge 

 on that topic, as full details can be found 

 in Bailey's Encyclopedia, also in the 

 leading catalogues of Europe and Amer- 

 ica. 



Glancing, mentally, over the field it 

 has often occurred to me that the clem- 

 atis family would prove a fascinating 

 pastime for the plant breeder of ample 

 means and leisure, and we sincerely 

 hope that some of our noted breeders 

 may soon be inspired to take up the 

 work, if it has not been taken in hand. 



Probably it is not generally known 

 that over forty years ago several thou- 

 sand fine young clematis seedlings of 

 the lanuginosa and azurea grandiflora 

 strain were raised by the enterprising 

 and talented plantsman, the late Eugene 

 Beauma, at Morrisiana, N. Y., in 1864. 

 Nearly all of the seedlings produced fine 

 large flowers, some of them fully as good 

 as the named varieties we have at the 

 present time. The seed was sown as soon 

 as matured, in shallow wooden boxes. 

 The young seedlings were then planted 



Lilac Gloire des Moulins. 



