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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



September, 











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New Lilacs onTheir Own Roots 



Of late years there has been a multitude of new varieties of Lilacs grown, and some of them have 

 very great beauty, but, unfortunately, almost all the stock offered, both in this country and Europe, 

 has been budded on privet and is practically worthless, for Lilacs grown in this way are certain to die in 

 a few years. Nurserymen bud Lilacs on privet because they can produce a large stock quickly and 

 inexpensively; but one Lilac on its own roots is worth a score of budded plants. 



Twenty years ago we bought all the available stock of choice named Lilacs on their own roots in 

 Europe, and since then we have been both growing and buying until we have a very large and fine 

 stock. On account of their starting into growth so early in spring, Lilacs should be ordered early. 



Price, Except Where Noted, $1.25 Each, $12.00 Per Dozen 



Alba Grandiflora. Large spikes 

 of pure white flowers. 



Congo. Bright wall-flower-red. 



Dame Blanche. Double; white. 



Emily Lemoine. Double; very 

 large flowers of fine globular form. Rosy 

 lilac; beautiful. 



Geant des Batailles. Bright red- 

 dish lilac, in large trusses. Very bril- 

 liant and effective. 75 cents. 



Japonica. We have some extra- 

 large specimen plants of this July-flow- 

 ering Lilac. Immense spikes of pure 

 white flowers. $1.00. 



Alphonse Lavalle. Double, beau- 

 tiful, clear lilac. Extra large and fine. 

 75 cents each, $7.50 per dozen. 



Frau Bertha Damman. One of 

 the very best whites, immense panicles. 

 $1.00. 



Lamartine. Large panicles of 

 mauve-rose flowers; very early. 75 

 cents. 



Leon Simon. Double, compact 

 panicles; bluish-crimson. 



Lemoinei flore pleno. Double; 

 carmine-violet. $1.00. 



Le Gaulois. Double; dark red. 

 Extra large plants. $1.50. 



Madame Lemoine. Superb; 

 double; white. 



Marie Legraye. Large panicles of 

 white flowers. The best white Lilac. 

 75 cents, $7.50 per dozen. 



Michel Buchner. Dwarf plant; 

 very double; pale lilac; 75 cents. 



Negro. Dark violaceous purple. 



President Carnot. Double; lilac 

 tint, marked in centre with white; 

 extra-large, fine truss. $1.00. 



President Grevy. Double; vinous 

 violet. 



Virginite: Pure white. 

 Souvenir de Louis Spaeth. Most 



distinct and beautiful variety; trusses 

 immense; very large, compact florets; 

 deep purplish red. 



Toussaint Louverture. Dark 

 crimson. 



Villosa. A late-flowering species, 

 blooming a month later than other var- 

 ieties, with deep pink flowers; extremely 

 free-flowering and effective. Makes a 

 large, splendid specimen. 50 cents. 



Viviand Morel. Extra-long spikes 

 of large, double flowers, of light bluish 

 lilac, with white centres. 



Wm. Robinson. Double; viola- 

 ceous pink. The flower trusses are 

 extra large and the bush is vigorous 

 and hardy. $1.00. 



Charles Joly. Double; b!ackish-red; 

 distinct and extra fine. 



Miss Ellen Willmott. Double; 

 pure white; a splendid new variety. 

 $2.00. 



Due de Massa. Double; purplish 

 violet; large carmine flower heads. 



President Poincaire. Double; 

 enormous compact and solid heads of 

 flowers; very large flowers thickly set, 

 broad wrinkled lobes; claret-mauve 

 with purplish buds. $2.00 each. 



Madam Kreuter. Beautiful 

 bright rose; single. 



La Tour d'Auvergne. Double; 

 purplish-violet flowers in large trusses. 



Madam Antoine Buchner. 



Clusters often more than a foot in 

 length; buds carmine-pink, flowers ten- 

 der rose-tinted malva; late flowering. 



Souvenir de Louis Thibaut. 

 Double; very large flowers of a reddish- 

 purple shade. 



Lilac, Emily Lemoine, very beautiful, double, rosy, lilac. 



Special Offers of Named Peonies 



We have a surplus of choice named Peonies, and when the selection of varieties is left to us, we 

 will supply them at less than half price. The varieties and plants will be first class, but under no 

 circumstances will we furnish a list to select from. 



OFFER No. 1. Varieties the regular prices of which are 



$2.50 and $3 per dozen at $1.50 per dozen, $10.00 



per hundred. 

 OFFER No. 2. Varieties the regular prices of which are 



$4 and $5 per dozen, at $2.25 per dozen, $16.00 per 



hundred. 



OFFER No. 3. Varieties the regular prices of which are 

 $6, $7 and $8 per dozen at $3.50 per dozen, $25.00 

 per hundred. 



OFFER No. 4. Mixed. All colors single and double. 

 $1 per dozen, $6 per hundred, $55.00 per thous- 

 and. 



The above offers are good only until our stock is sufficiently reduced, after which no orders for these offers will be accepted 



We have the largest, finest and most comprehensive stock of hardy plants in America, including three 

 hundred varieties of the choicest Peonies, and an unsurpassed collection of named Phloxes. Our illustrated 

 catalogue describing these and hundreds of other Hardy Plants, Trees, Rhododendrons, Azaleas and 

 Shrubs, will be sent on request. 



Elliott Nursery Company 367 Fourth Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



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