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NEW OR NOTEWORTHY SHRUBS 
Syringa Josikaea. Hungarian Lilac. Large stout shrub, flowering 
in June. Foliage glossy, dark green; $1.00. 
Syringa Pekinensis. A large shrub to 12 feet with slender branches 
and graceful habit, flowers white, June. Each, $1.00. 
Syringa persica. Persian Lilac. Small shrub to 6 feet, with slender 
branches and graceful habit. A very profuse bloomer in May; large, 
$1.00 each. 
Syringa villosa. Late Lilac. Of dense, bushy habit, valued as a 
specimen shrub and for its late and profuse flowering. Large bushes, 
$ 1 . 00 . 
Lovelier Lilacs 
The improved varieties of Lilac are popularly called French Hy¬ 
brids, because many have been originated by French breeders. The 
long continued popularity of the Lilac gains headway each season. This 
is not difficult to appreciate when beauty, fragrance, long life and free¬ 
dom from disease and pests are combined with hardiness and certainty 
of performance. 
Our Lovelier Lilacs are hardier, more vigorous, bloom sooner after 
planting, and with more certainty each season than the common lilac, 
either white or purple. Every plant we send out is grown from the be¬ 
ginning on its “own roots.” This permits no possibility of sprouting 
from an understock as with grafted plants; it insures a healthy plant 
of utmost vigor and long life from a natural root-system. 
Size, Time of Shipment, etc. I am adding nearly 20 new varieties 
to my former list. Some of these are small bushes, and in rather limit¬ 
ed quantities. The approximate sizes are given. It may be necessary 
to hang out the “Sold Out” sign on some varieties, unless ordered early. 
Fall shipments, late October and through November. Sizes under 18 
inches can be delivered prepaid by parcel post; the larger sizes will 
be shipped by express, 2nd class rate, charges collect. Note the 10 
per cent quantity-cash discount, explained in the introduction. 
Alba Grandiflora. Tall-growing single white. 3-4 ft. $2.00 
Bleuatre. Single, early blue, vigorous, good, 18 inch. 1.50 
Carmen. Double, pale mauve buds pinkish; strong. 18-in. 1.50 
Cavour. Single, slaty-blue, late, med. growth. 18 in. 2.00 
Charles Joly. Tall, erect, double deep purple. 3-4 ft. 1.50 
Congo. Single red-purple, vigorous, (2-3, $1.25) 3-4, 1.50 
Cram pel. Single, pinkish-lilac quite dwarf. 2-3 ft. 1.50 
Danton. Single, dark purple-red, med. grower. 18 inch 2.00 
Due de Massa. Double, violet-purple, a 4-X var. 10-15 in. 2.00 
Edith Cavell. Double, milk-white, cream buds. 10-15 in. 1.50 
Edouard Andre. Double, pink-lilac, (2-3 ft. $1.25) 3-4 ft. 1.50 
Ellen Willmott. Double, late white, stout, free. 18 in. 2.00 
Emile Lemoine. Double late, pinkish lilac, good. 3-4 ft. 1.50 
Georges Bellaire. Double, vinous-purple, deep color. 18 in. 1.50 
Hippolyte Maringer. Double, large, mauve-purple. 3-4 ft. 2.00 
Hugo Koster. Single, bluish-lilac, quite dwarf. 2-3 ft. 1.25 
Jeanne D’Arc. Extra good double white, large. 18 in. 1.50 
Jules Ferry. Double, silvery mauve, buds deeper. 18 in. 1.50 
Lamartine. Single, early, lilac-rose, tall. 3-4 ft. 1.50 
Leon Gambetta. Double very large floret and pan. 3-4 ft. 1.50 
Lucie Baltet. Single ,profuse coppery old-rose. 12-18 in. 1.50 
