November, 1017 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



139 



MM. 



Farr's Superb Lilacs 



For Fall Planting 



Lilac-time is springtime at its best. One can scarcely 

 conceive of a spring garden without Lilacs; every bush 

 a mass of glorious colors, and filling the air with deli- 

 cate fragrance. 



Seemingly perfect as were the old purple and white sorts, the 

 master hybridizer, Victor Lemoine, touched them with his magic 

 hand, and lo, from them a multitude of glorified forms and new 

 colors appeared, with individual flowers and trusses more than 

 doubled in size; with varieties early and varieties late, thus con- 

 siderably lengthening the blooming season. 



Ellen Willmott, with long pointed trusses and large snow-white 

 flowers; Belle de Nancy, soft lilac pink; the splendid early flowered 

 giant, Leon Gambetta. These are but a few examples of the more 

 than 100 new varieties that I grow on their own roots at Wyomiss- 

 ing. All these new Lilacs are unusually free bloomers — far surpass- 

 ing the old sorts. If you wish these rich blooms in your garden next 

 spring, the plants must be set this fall. 



Fair's Hardy Plant Specialties 



(Sixth Edition, 1917-1918) describes Lemoine's new Lilacs, 

 Deutzias, Philadelphus, Japanese and German Iris, more than 500 

 varieties of Peonies, Evergreens, and Rock"-plants. 112 pages of 

 text, 30 full page illustrations (13 in color). A book of distinct value 

 to garden lovers. If you do not have a copy of this Sixth Edition, 

 send for one to-day. 



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Many Sorts for Different Sections 



but 

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