Lilacs 
Named Varieties 
Wo have tested abont 150 varieties and have gradually 
eliminated all but the very best sorts. All are grown by 
budding and as we pinch them when only a few inches tall they 
are all well branched and practically all bloom from first 
season on. 
Named varieties of Lilacs are divided into two groups. Special 
List and General List, based mainly on rate of growth. 
Sizes available for 
each variety are indicated 
by letters 
A, B, 
C, etc., following names in variety list below. 
SPECIAL LIST 
10 
100 
rate 
rate 
B 5 
to 6 
ft. B. 
. 1.10 
1.00 
C 4 
to 5 
ft. B. 
.85 
.75 
D 3 
to 4 
ft. B. 
.70 
.60 
E 2 
to 3 
ft. B. 
.55 
.50 
f iy 2 
to 2 
ft. B... 
.45 
.40 
G 1 
to \y 2 
ft. B. 
.40 
.35 
Double Flowered 
Georges Bellair, buds red, flowers purple DEFG 
Jeanne d’Arc, double white. EFG 
Katherine Havemeyer, buds mauve, flowers lilac blue 
CDEF 
Mrs. Edward Harding, rosy carmine. EFG 
My Favorite, mauve blue. CDEFG 
Single Flowered 
Christopher Columbus, buds mauve, flowers blue. DEF 
De Miribel, violet, long clustered. EFG 
Diderot, dark purple, long clusters. EFG 
Dr. Lindley, lilac-purple. CDE 
Edmond Boissier, dark bluish purple. CDEFG 
Jan Van Tol, snow white. DEFG 
Mnie. Francisque Morel, reddish purple, enormous clus¬ 
ters. DEFG 
Volcan, dax-kest purple, late. EFG 
GENERAL LIST 
A 
6 
to 
8~ 
ft. 
B. 
. 1.25 
B 
5 
to 
6 
ft. 
B. 
.85 
.75 
C 
4 
to 
5 
ft. 
B. 
.70 
.60 
D 
3 
to 
4 
ft. 
B. 
.55 
.50 
E 
2 
to 
3 
ft. 
B. 
.45 
.40 
F 
1 
to 
2 
ft. 
B. 
.40 
.35 
G 
1 
to 
1% 
ft. 
B. 
. .35 
.30 
Double Flowered 
Chas. Sargent, mauve and blue, enormous clusters.. 
BCDEFG 
*Claude Bernard, light mauve lilac, ABODE 
Condorcet, almost pure blue. EFG 
Hippolyte Maringer, light purplish mauve BCDE 
Leon Gambetta, lilac, early. ABCDEF 
Marechal Lannes, pinkish mauve. BCEFG 
Maximowicz, violet heliotrope to blue. FG 
Montaigne, light mauve. BC 
Pres. Fallieres, lavender, largest of all. CEFG 
Pres. Poincare, claret mauve. BCDEFG 
♦Vauban, mauve pink. ABCDEF 
YValdeck-Rousseu, violet. EF 
Single Flowered 
Capt. Baltet, buds pui'ple, opens lilac. BCG 
♦Descartes, very light mauve. CD 
Dr. Breitschneider, pure pink, blooms on new wood. 
DEFG 
Gloire de Lorraine, lilac. CDE 
♦Lamartine, mauve pink. CDEF 
♦Louvois, violet purple tinged blue. CDEFG 
Ludwig Spaeth, dark purple, late. EFG 
Marie Legraye, white. F 
♦Mirabeau, mauve opening bluish, earliest. DEFG 
Mont Blanc, snow white. BCDEF 
Perle Von Stuttgart, white, pi-ofuse bloomers. DEFG 
Reaumur, carmine purple, late. DEFG 
Ruhm Von Horstenstein, buds purple, flowers lilac. DEFG 
Vestale, white, early. BCDEFG 
♦Varieties starred are the new “Early Lilacs” which are so fine 
for cutting. 
Standards 
Claude Bernard 
5 ft. stem 8 to 10 ft. B. 1.50 
4 to 5 ft. stem 7 to 8 ft. B... 1.25 
3 to 4 ft. stem 6 to 7 ft. B. 1.00 
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