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NEW HYBRID LILACS, continued 
The season of bloom has been prolonged by the addition of earlier and later varieties. The colors range 
from pure white, cream, pale azure-blue and lavender, to deep blue, purple and dark blackish maroon. All 
are delightfully fragrant, and much more prolific bloomers than the common kind, which blooms freely only 
after attaining considerable age, while young plants of the new hybrid varieties, 2 to 3 feet high, bloom pro¬ 
fusely. All the varieties are equally as hardy in every section of the country as the older common kinds. 
It has been very difficult to obtain these varieties on their own roots, the new varieties usually offered 
in this country being budded on privet, which renders them short-lived, or grafted on the common Lilac, 
the suckers from which soon smother out the graft. For these reasons, budded Lilacs are of little value*, 
unless they are budded so low that, by deep planting, they may eventually become established on their 
own roots. 
The new Lilacs I offer are all own-root stock, the only satisfactory kind. The demand for these is so 
great that it has been impossible to work up a stock of very large-sized plants, and these we offer, with a few 
exceptions, are medium sized, varying in height from 2 to 4 feet, according to variety. Where the purchaser 
is not particular about the variety, but especially wishes large plants, I can usually supply them, if the selec¬ 
tion is left to me. 
All varieties, $1 each, except where noted 
Double Lilacs 
ABEL CARRIERE. Large; blue, reverse of 
petals rose. 
ARTHUR WM. PAUL* Large trusses of beau¬ 
tifully formed flowers; bright crimson, reverse of 
petals white; very effective. 
BELLE DE NANCY. Brilliant satiny rose, white 
center. 
CHARLES SARGENT. Immense panicles; 
flowers an inch in diameter; violet-mauve, shaded 
metallic-azure; extra. $1.50. 
CHAS. JOLY. A very beautiful bright crimson; 
extra. 
COLBERT. Large; dark purple-crimson. 
DEUIL D'EMILE GALLE. Compact trusses, 
with very double, large flowers; light carmine, buds 
purple. $1.50. 
DR. TROYANOWSKI. Immense panicles of 
azure-blue flowers. $1.50. 
EDMOND ABOUT. New. Very floriferous; 
flowers in big bouquets; a handsome, tender Iilac- 
mauve. $1.50. 
ETOILE DE MAI. Very large; crimson-violet, 
reverse of the petals white. Early. $1.50. 
HIPPOLYTE MARINGER. New. Large, com¬ 
pact trusses; large individual flowers, with curled 
petals; purplish mauve. $1.50. 
JEAN BART. Rosy carmine; large, compact 
panicle. 
JEANNE D’ARC. Fine large-flowered; white. 
$1.50. 
JULES FERRY. Large panicles; flowers sil¬ 
very mauve, rose-carmine buds; late-flowering. 
$1.50. 
LAMARCK. Very large panicles of rosy lilac 
flowers. 
LEON GAMBETTA. Immense trusses, indi¬ 
vidual flowers very large, nearly 1 inch in diameter; 
lilac-rose. A magnificent variety in every way; 
early flowering. See color plate. $2. 
LEON SIMON. Very large clusters; buds coral, 
opening blue. 
MARC MICHELI. Beautiful lilac, reverse of 
petals white. 
MAURICE DE VILMORIN. Extraordinary¬ 
sized panicles, flowers azure-blue, with white 
center. $1.50. 
MAXIME CORNU. Light rose-pink; flowers 
borne in splendid panicles. 
MISS ELLEN WILLMOTT. A grand new white, 
with immense panicles, and individual flowers 1 
inch in diameter. $1.50. 
MME. ANTOINE BUCHNER. Trusses often 
measure more than 1 foot, expanding successively, 
showing big buds of rich carmine-rose, intermixed 
with large, imbricated flowers of a tender rose, 
shaded mauve. Late-flowering. $1.50. 
MME. CASIMIR PERIER. Very large; creamy 
white. 
MME. LEMOINE. A very fine pure white. 
MME. LEON SIMON. Large; rosy lilac; the 
flowers are in fine trusses. 
OLIVIER DE SERRES. Enormous trusses 
borne on long stems; very large, double flowers of 
pale lilac-blue; very floriferous. $1.50. 
PRESIDENT GREVY. Very large; handsome 
soft blue; flowers very double. 
PRESIDENT LOUBET. Bright crimson-purple; 
buds carmine. 
PRESIDENT VIGER. Very large trusses and 
flowers; lilac-blue, tinted mauve. 
SENATOR VOLLAND. Large panicles of bright 
rose-colored flowers. 
VICTOR LEMOINE. New. Very long trusses; 
very large, globular, round flowers of azure-lilac, 
passing to clear lilac. 
WALDECK-ROSSEAU. Immense trusses, 10 
inches in length; large flowers; lilac-rose, with white 
center. $1.50. 
WILLIAM ROBINSON. Very large trusses; 
deep violet. 
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