UPTON NURSERY COMPANY 
4838 Spokane Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 
dish violet with dark red buds are borne on 
medium sized trusses. 
CONDORCET. Large semi-double flowers of 
Argyle purple shading to white, with dark rose 
colored buds; medium sized, compact panicles. 
One of Lemoine’s first introductions. Very 
fragrant. Good. 
CONGO. Single; deep red-purple; redder 
than Ludwig Spaeth; marked at throat with 
Socardo’s violet. Enormous flowers and pan¬ 
icles; graceful, drooping branches. One of the 
choicest Lilacs; very fragrant. 
ELLEN WILLMOTT. Double; pure snow 
white; tall, open pyramidal clusters; flowers 
large, distinctive. The pure white blossoms, 
contrasting with the fresh green of the young 
leaves, create a picture of exquisite loveliness. 
One of our best Lilacs. 
GLOIRE DE MOULINS. Single; Laelia 
pink; trusses and flowers medium in size. 
Erect, vigorous bushes; very fioriferous. One 
of the most showy Lilacs in our nursery. 
LUDWIG SPAETH. Single; dark crimson- 
purple. Very large panicles; very fragrant. 
One of the handsomest of the dark red-purple 
Lilacs, and one of the best growers and most 
prolific bloomers. 
MARIE LEGRAYE. Large, loose clusters of 
single ivory-white flowers with cream colored 
buds. A very popular Lilac which blooms 
freely, beginning when the plant is quite 
young. 
MICHEL BUCHNER. Double; pale bluish 
lilac tinged with rose on under side; long, nar¬ 
row, open clusters. A magnificent Lilac. 
MME. ANTOINE BUCHNER. Double; deli¬ 
cate rose shaded mauve with carmine rose 
buds; trusses open and very large; often a 
foot long. A late bloomer, fine and showy, ex¬ 
ceptionally beautiful in subdued light. One of 
the “aristocrats of the garden.” 
MME. CASIMIR PERI ER. Double; creamy 
white with greenish yellow buds; clusters 
large and well filled. A free and dependable 
bloomer; very fragrant. 
MME. KREUTER. Single; Lobelia violet 
shading to Bischop’s purple. Flowers medium, 
borne in large panicles. A good Lilac that 
blooms profusely. 
MME. LEMOINE. Double; snow white; 
large flowers and panicles. This beautiful 
Lilac of surpassing whiteness is a worthy addi¬ 
tion to any garden. 
PRESIDENT GREVY. Double; blue shading 
to cobalt edged with rose; flowers large and 
borne in huge panicles. A very vigorous bush 
and rapid grower. An early and very popular 
introduction of Lemoine. 
VEST ALE. Single; enormous panicles of 
very large pure white flowers with conspicu¬ 
ous yellow anthers. The buds are a pale 
greenish yellow. A distinctive and remark¬ 
ably attractive Lilac; delightfully fragrant. 
TRUE HYBRIDS 
These are produced by the crossing of plants differing more or less in kind, 
but usually closely related and of the same genus. Strong plants $2.50 each, two 
for $4.50, three for $6.00, unless otherwise specified. 
S. LUTECE. This truly remarkable Lilac 
of exceptional beauty flowers late, after the 
Common Lilac has faded. Its violet-purple 
flowers are borne in large clusters, often a foot 
or more in length. This vigorous hybrid is a 
rapid grower and makes a shapely bush, valu¬ 
able either as a specimen or when planted 
with other shrubs. 
S. NANCEIANA FLOREAL. Emil Lemoine 
produced this by crossing Lutece with S. 
swegenzowi. It resembles the latter in the 
form of its flowers and the former in its color, 
which is an attractive mauve-lilac. This pleas¬ 
ing, free-blooming shrub promises to become 
very popular. It is vigorous and very rare. 
LAMARTINE. This hybrid bears big loose 
clusters of large single flowers, purplish lilac 
marked with Lobelia violet. It has been 
awarded a medal by the Royal Horticultural 
Society, and is one of the earliest bloomers. 
S. CHINENSIS (S. rothamagensis) (Rouen 
Lilac). A natural hybrid between S. persica 
and S. vulgaris. It resembles the former in 
its narrow leaves and twiggy growth, the lat¬ 
ter in its color. Its reddish purple flowers 
are borne in enormous clusters and in the 
greatest profusion. It is undoubtedly one of 
the finest of the Lilacs. $1.00 each. 
S. CHINES IS F. ALBA. A white form of the 
Rouen Lilac with pronounced violet markings 
at the throat of the corolla. $1.50 each. 
TREE LILACS 
These are tree-like in growth and perfectly hardy. They make beautiful lawn 
in extensive border plantings of tall shrubs give an added note of 
composition. $1.50 each. Five for $6.00. 
specimens and 
interest to the 
S. AMURENSIS. This is a native of the 
Amur country of Northeastern Asia. It be¬ 
comes a shapely, well branched, round topped 
tree that reaches a height of about twenty 
feet. The clusters of ivory-white flowers have 
a clover-iike fragrance. 
S. JAPONICA. This hardy tree lilac is a 
native of Japan. It may reach a height of 
thirty feet, and bears its small white flowers 
in great compound panicles over a foot in 
length. It grows rapidly into a well shaped 
tree with a bark resembling that of the Cherry. 
We carry a number of additional Rare Species and Hybrid Lilacs which we can 
supply in small quantities only. 
