FRENCH HYBRID LILACS 
A LMOST everybody knows and loves the old-fashioned 
L purple Lilac, but only a few know how exquisitely lovely 
the French Hybrids are. They are just as easy to grow, and 
bloom when they are even younger. The flowers are relatively 
huge, and are borne in enormous clusters, sometimes six or 
seven clusters combined in one great truss. There are several 
hundred varieties, from which we have selected fifteen single 
and double kinds in a complete range of color. 
Belle de Nancy. Double; rose-lilac. 
Charles Joly. Double; crimson-purple. 
Charles X. Single; bluish violet. 
Congo. Single; dark ruddy purple. 
Jan van Tol. Single; pure white. 
Katherine Havemeyer. Double; light violet. 
Marie Legraye. Single; creamy white. 
Miss Ellen Willmott. Double; pure white. 
Mme. Casimir-Perier. Double; white. 
Mme. Lemoine. Double; snow-white. 
Mrs. Edward Harding. Double; reddish purple. 
Philemon. Single; pale purple. 
President Fallieres. Double; pale lavender. 
President Grevy. Double; soft bluish lilac. 
Souv. de Ludwig Spaeth. Single; crimson-purple. 
All hybrid varieties, 2 to 3-ft. plants, budded and dug with ball 
of earth, $1 each; 3 to 4 ft., $1.50 each. Larger plants up to 8 ft., 
available in some varieties. 
Vulgaris (Common Purple Lilac). The old-fashioned, fragrant kind. 
2 to 3 ft., 75 cts. each; 3 to 4 ft., $1. 
Vulgaris alba (Common White Lilac). Charming old variety. Very 
sweet. 2 to 3 ft., 75 cts. each; 3 to 4 ft., $1. 
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FRENCH HYBRID LILACS 
