will result in suckers of the seedling stock confusing the purchaser — and then 

 planted deep with the bud union about five or six inches below the surface. 

 In a couple of years the Lilac will have put out its own roots and the original 

 root stock will cease to function. Strictly own-root plants from the nursery 

 have to be older, and even though smaller in size are necessarily more expen- 

 sive. Xew varieties are practically unobtainable unless from budded stock, 

 and most of the own-root lilacs offered in this country are of the older stand- 

 ard sorts. Get the new things while they are new. and let them make their 

 own roots in your own garden. Plant them deep in well prepared soil. That's 

 all there is to it. 



List of Varieties 



CHRISTOPHE COLOMBE. Uf a blue tone when expanded. Single saucer 

 shaped florets, produced in great profusion. The clusters are well filled, large 

 and symmetrical. Mrs. McKelvey remarks tliat this i'^ one of thf:' uiost pleasing 

 and distinct of all varieties. Stocky bushes, well branched, $2.00 



EDITH CAVELL. A^ery large creamy white, with deep cream and sulphur 

 buds. Dilterent from other white varieties because of itN rich cream effect. 

 Slow grower, but blooms when very small. Each $2.00 



PRESIDENT FALLIERES. Double lavender-pink. Trusses are simply enor- 

 mous, with very double large florets. A magnificent lilac which should hf in 

 every collection. Each $2.50 



MARECHAL LANNES. A very handsome double with broad clusters. Buds 

 are quite tawny m appearance, developing into a beautiful shade of pinkish 

 blue. Large and showy. Each $2.50 



JAN VAN TOL. A Holland production, the largest of all white lilacs, with 

 florets over an inch in diameter. Single flowers, with trusses ten inches in 

 length. Each $2.50 



MAURICE BARRES. One of the handsomest of all single lilacs. Very florifer- 

 ous. with widely branched open clusters. The color is pale azure blue when 

 open, with minute orange eye. Each $3.00 



VAUBAN. An extremely early flowering form, coming into bloom ten days 

 ahead of the regular lilac season. Flowers are double or semi-double, pale 

 mauve pink when open, and possess a delicious fragrance. Young plants are 

 a mass of huge panicles. Fast growing, and should be pruned quite severely 

 to prevent leginess and induce larger flower trusses. Each $2.00 



DESCARTES. Very early, with flowers much pinker in efl"ect than most others 

 in tliis group. The buds appear wood brown before opening, then gradually 

 Turn soft lilac pink, very delicate and pale as the flower matur^^s. Sinoln. 

 A most floriferous variety. Bushy plants. Each $2.00 



CLAUDE BERNARD. Very rapid grower, attaining large size in a short 

 time. Another of the early hybrids, with very double closely packed florets 

 in hea^7' trusses. Here is something unique, unlike any other lilac in this list. 

 Husky three-foot bushes. ^ ' Each $2.50 



LUTICE. Something entirely novel to the average gardener. Lutice is a hybrid 

 form which blooms on the new wood, long after the other lilacs have faded 

 and gone. It leafs out late, and develops flower spikes on the tender new 

 growth, delicate flesh in color. The flowers are tubular in shape and prolong 

 the lilac season considerably. Vigorous in growth. ^ly stock is large, and 

 all own-rooted. ' ~ * Each $3.00 



