THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
211 
Iay, 1917 
Di*mo 
me 
— and Lilac time is Spring time at its best, with the air heavy with fragrance, and every bush a mass 
of glorious color — seemingly perfect. But the master hybridizer, M. Victor Lemoine, touched them 
with his hand, and, lo, from the purple and white a multitude of new forms and colors appeared — even 
seasons now changed — early ones, late ones, each a glorified evolution from the old type. Ellen 
Willmott, with long pointed snow-white trusses of flowers nearly an inch in diameter; Madam Buch- 
ner, flushed with soft rose; Belle de Nancy, soft lilac pink; the splendid early flowered giant, Leon 
Gambetta, with semi-double flowers almost as large and as perfectly formed as tuberoses; Waldeck- 
Rosseau, great trusses of dark violet; President Loubet, Negro, Toussaint Louverture, with all 
the richness of their dark crimson and wine colors, are but a few examples of the more than one hun- 
dred new kinds in my new garden at Wyomissing. 
Now is the time to study these and make a selection for your own garden. Make it a point to 
visit a comprehensive collection; Highland Park, Rochester, The Arboretum, Boston, or come to 
Wyomissing — it is worth while. Here I grow Lilacs on their own roots, which is the proper way, as 
plants budded on privet are short-lived. 
Select now, while they are in bloom 
to you, for fall planting. If impossil 
select a few of those 1 know to be the 
T HE prices of the best new lilacs 
range from gi.oo to $1.50 for plants 
on their own roots. To readers of The 
Garden Magazine I make the following 
ofFer for fall delivery: 
6 plants, in 6 varie- 
ties, my selection «J>D,t)U 
12 plants, in 12 varie- __ 
ties, my selection l^.UU 
25 plants, in 25 varie- __ __ 
ties, my selection ££.UU 
(Sixth Edition, 1917-18) which describes Lemoine’s Lilacs, Deut- 
zias, Philadelphus, Japanese and. German Iris, more than 500 vari- 
eties of Peonies, Evergreens, and Rock-plants. 1 12 pages of text, 
30 full page illustrations (13 in color). A book of distinct value to 
garden lovers. It will be sent on request to all interested. 
BERTRAND H. FARR — Wyomissing Nurseries Co, 
104 Garfield Avenue Wyomissing, Penna 
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