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Of late years there has been a multitude of new varie- 

 ties 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 on 

 this 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. 



Fifteen 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 the spring, Lilacs should 

 be ordered early. They are best planted in the fall. 



Price, except where noted, $1.25 each, 

 $12 per doz. 



Alphonse Lavalle. Double; beautiful, clear lilac. 



Extra large and fine. 

 Charles Joly. Double; blackish-red; distinct and 



extra fine. 

 Charles X. Large, shining leaves and great trusses 



of reddish purple flowers. 

 Due de Massa. Double; purplish violet, large carmine 



buds. 

 Dr. Lindley. Large compact panicles of purplish-lilac 



flowers, dark red in bud. 

 Frau Antoine Buchner. Double; very 



large heads of flowers, soft pink, late. 



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Geant des Batailles. Bright reddish lilac, in large trusses, 

 and effective. 75 cents. 



Japonica. We have some extra-large specimen plants of this July-flowering 

 Lilac. Immense spikes of pure white flowers. $1.00. 



Lemoinei. Double; white. 



La Tour d'Avergne. Double; purplish- violet flowers borne in large trusses. 



Madam Kreuter. Beautiful bright rose. 



Thunberg. Double; compact flowers, deep mauve. 



Vestali. Enormous panicles, large flowers, perfectly shaped, pure white. 



Frau Bertha Damman. One of the very best whites, immense panicles. 



Lamartine. Large panicles of mauve-rose flowers; very early. 



Lean Simon* Double; compact panicles, bluish-crimson. 



Lemoinei flore pleno. Double; carmine-violet. $1.00. 



Marie Legraye. Large panicles of white flowers. The best white Lilac. 



Michel Buchner. Dwarf plant; very double; pale lilac. 



President Poincare. Double; enormous compact head of flowers, claret- 

 mauve with purple buds. Splendid. $2.50. 



President Carnot. Double; lilac tint marked in centre with white; extra- 

 large, fine truss. $1.00; extra heavy, $2.00. 



President Grevy. Double; vinous violet. 



Souvenir de Louis Spaeth. Most distinct and beautiful variety: trusses 

 immense; very large, compact florets; deep purplish red. 



Villosa. A late-flowering species, blooming a month later than other varieties, 

 with deep pink flowers; extremely free-flowering and effective. Makes a 

 large, splendid specimen. $1.00. 



Viviand Morel. Extra-long spikes of large, double flowers of light bluish-lilac, 

 with white centres. 



Wm. Robinson. Double; violaceous pink. The flower trusses are extra large 

 and the bush is vigorous and hardy. $1.00. 



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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