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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1912 



New Lilacs 

 on Their Own Roots 



OF LATE years there has been a multi- 

 tude of new varieties of Lilacs grown 

 and many 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 on this are cer- 

 tain 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. 



LILAC, SOUVENIR de LOUIS SPAETH 



Price, Except Where Noted, $1.50 Each, $15 per Doz. 



Alphonse Lavalle. Double; large panicles; 



blue, shaded violet. $2. 

 A. W. Paul. Red, black, or flower whitish. 

 Bertha Dammann. Pure white; very large 



panicles of flowers; fine. $2. 

 Charles Joly. A superb dark reddish purple 



variety; double. $1. 

 Congo. Bright wallflower-red. $1 

 Dr. Lindley. Large, compact panicles of pur- 

 plish lilac flowers; dark red in bud; very 



fine. 

 Dame Blanche. Double; white. $1. 

 Emile Lemoine. Double; very large flowers, of 



fine globular form; rosy lilac; beautiful. 

 Geant des Batailles. Bright reddish lilac; in 



Large trusses, 75 cts. 

 Grand Due Constantine. Ashy lilac; double. 

 Jeanne d'Arc. Double, enormous spikes; pure 



white flowers, large and full; buds creamy 



white. 

 La Ville de Troyes. Large, purplish red 



flowers; fine. $1. 

 La Tour d' Auvergne. Double; purplish 



violet. $1. 

 Le Gaulois. Rosy lilac; a very lovely variety. 



50 cts. 



Lemoinei. Rose, turning to lilac; double. 

 Leon Simon. Double, compact panicles; flow- 

 ers bluish crimson. 



Superb: double; white. 

 Violet-pink; large and 

 Creamy white; 



Madame Lemoine. 



$1. 



Madame F. Morel. 



fine; single. 



Madame Casimir-Perier. 



lovely double. 



Mad. Abel Chatenay. Double; milk-white. 

 $2. 



Marie Legraye. Large panicles of white flow- 

 ers. The best white lilac. 75 cts. 



Michael Buchner. Dwarf plant; very double; 

 color pale lilac. $1. 



Negro. Very dark violaceous purple. 

 President Carnot. Double; lilac tint, marked 

 in center with white. $1. 



Rothomagensis. Violaceous lilac. 35 cts. 



Souvenir de Louis Spaeth. Most distinct and 

 beautiful variety; trusses immense; very com- 

 pact florets, very large; the color is deep pur- 

 plish red. 



Villosa Lutea. A late-flowering species with 

 deep pink flowers; extremely free-flowering 

 and effective. $1. 



Viviand Morel. Long spikes; light bluish 

 lilac, center white; double. 



Wm. Robinson. Double violaceous pink. 



Amethystina. Very dark reddish purple. 



NEW LILAC, MARIE LEGRAYE 



We started growing choice named Lilacs on their own roots ten years ago and now have a very large 

 and fine stock and the only stock in America. These Lilacs are strikingly distinct and beautiful. The 

 flowers of the double varieties are very lasting. 



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

 hundred varieties of the choicest Peonies, one hundred varieties of Japanese and European Tree Peonies, 

 and also the largest collection of Japanese Iris in the world and an unsurpassed collection of named 

 Phloxes. Our illustrated catalogue describing these and hundreds of other Hardy Plants, Trees, Rhodo- 

 dendrons, Azaleas and Shrubs, will be sent on request. 



"A PLEA FOR HARDY PLANTS," by J. Wilkinson Elliott, contains much information about Hardy Gardens, with plans for their arrange- 

 ment. We have made arrangements with the publishers of this book to furnish it to customers at a very low price. Particulars on request. 



Elliott Nursery 



336 Fourth Ave. 



Pittsburg, Pa. 



