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THE GARDEN M A GAZINE 



October 1912 



NEW LILACS ON THEIR OWN ROOTS 



OF LATE years there has been a multitude 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 certain to die in a few years. Nurserymen 

 bud Lilacs on privet because they can produce a large stock quickly and inexpen- 

 sive^', but one Lilac on its own roots is worth a score of budded plants. 



PRICE, EXCEPT WHERE NOTED, $1.50 EACH, $15.00 PER DOZEN 



Leon Simon. Double; compact panicles; flowers 

 bluish crimson. $2. 



Madame Lemoine. Superb; double; white. Si. 



Toussaint 1'Overture. Dark crimson. 



Souvenir de la Thibaut. Rosy lilac. 



Mad. Abel Chatenay. Double; milk-white. $2. 



Marie Legraye. Large panicles of white flowers. 

 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 compact 

 florets, very large; the color is deep purplish red. $1. 



Viollosa Lutea. A late flowering species with deep 

 pink flowers; extremely free-flowering and effect- 

 ive. $1. 



Viviand Morel. Long Spikes; light bluish lilac, 

 center white; double. 



Wm. Robinson. Double; violaceous pink. Si. 00 



Amethystina. Very dark reddish purple. 

 Alphonse Lavalle. Double; large panicles; blue, 



shaded violet. $2. 

 Bertha Damman. Pure white; very large panicles 



of flowers; fine. $2. 

 Charles Joly. A superb dark reddish purple 



variety; double. S2. 

 Congo. Bright wallflower -red. Si. 

 Dr. Lindley. Large, compact panicles of purplish 



lilac flowers; dark red in bud; very fine. 

 Alba Grandiflora. Very large; pure white trusses 



of flowers. 

 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. 

 Jeanne d'Arc. Double; enormous spikes; pure white 



flowers, large and full; buds creamy white. 

 La Ville de Troves, Large, purplish red flowers; 



fine. 75 cts. 

 La Tour d'Auvergne. Double; purplish violet. $1. 

 Le Gaulois. Rosy lilac; a very lovely variety. 50c. 

 Lemoinei fl. pi. Double; carmine-violet. 



NEW LILAC. MARIE LKGRAYK 



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, Rhododendrons, 

 Azaleas and Shrubs, will be sent on request. 



"A PLEA FOR HARDY PLANTS," by J. Wilkinson Elliot, contains much information about Hardy Gardens, 

 with plans for their arrangement. We have made arrangements with the publishers of this book to furnish 

 it to customers at a very low price. Particulars on request. 



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