Lilacs 
NEWEST VARIETIES 
The following list includes practically all of the very latest 
European Novelties many of which have received high awards. 
They have been grown from plants imported under government 
permit. All except Gen. Pershing and Hugo de Vries were 
originated by Lemoine at Nancy, France. 
10 100 
each rate rate 
B 3 to 4 ft. B. 3.00 2.50 
C 2 to 3 ft. B. 2.25 2.00 
D 1% to 2 ft. B. 2.00 1.75 
El to 1% ft. B. 1.75 1.50 
Letter after varieties indicates sizes available. 
AMI SCHOTT—BCDE. Double; dense panicles of broad cucul- 
late flowers, deep cobalt blue with paler reverses; 
a superb novelty. 
DIPLOMATE—BCDE. Single; huge bunches of well-shaped 
regular flowers, cobalt blue shaded mauve, center 
pale lilac, buds light purple. 
ETNA—CDE. “Broad panicles of medium sized, regular single 
flowers. Late. Deep claret purple; probably the 
nearest approach to red.”—Lemoine. 
FIRMAMENT—CDE. Single; immense panicles of large regu¬ 
lar flov/ers of a beautiful shade of sky blue, truly 
a gem among blue varieties. 
GEN. PERSHING—CDE. Double; flowers of quite unusual 
size, broad lobes, of a rich purplish-violet with paler 
undersides, big purple buds, late, very showy. 
HUGO de VRIES—DE. Single; dark purple. Flowers large in 
long clusters. Said to be a great improvement on 
Ludwig Spaeth. Excellent for forcing. 
MARECHAL FOCH—CDE. Single; bright carmine rose be¬ 
coming mauve. Flowers over an inch across. Clusters 
up to a foot long. Some consider this the best single 
Lilac to date. 
MASSENA—CDE. “Strong upright spikes; flowers single, over 
one inch broad and of the deepest purple red.”— 
Lemoine. A. M. R. H. S. 
MONUMENT—CDE. Single ;very big and compact trusses of 
creamy white flowers. A very showy novelty of an 
unusual floriferousness. 
PRODIGE—DE. Single; this novelty carries good trusses of 
immense flowers, mea.suring fully one-and-a^half 
inches in breadth, of a deep purplish red. 
LILAC SPECIAL LIST 
Includes scarce and slow-growing varieties. Also Species Lilacs. 
A 4 
to 
6 
ft. 
B. 
. 2.25 
1.75 
B 3 
to 
4 
ft. 
B. 
. 1.50 
1.25 
C 2 
to 
3 
ft. 
B. 
.90 
.75 
D 1% 
to 
2 
ft. 
B. 
.75 
.60 
E 1 
to 
1% ft. 
B. 
.55 
.45 
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS—E. Single; buds mauve, flow¬ 
ers pure blue. Grows slowly. 
LA PLACE—C. Single; claret violet; clusters large and showy. 
LUCIE BALTET—BCDE. Single; buds purplish, open pink. 
Said to be the nearest to pure pink. Beautiful. 
PEAU de CHAMOIS—ABCDE. Single; buff faintly tinged 
lavender. Very free and dependable bloomer; mid¬ 
season or late. 
PRES. LINCOLN—DE. Single; buds purple-lilac opening to 
wedgewood blue. 
SUNOL—DE. Double, buds purple; open flowers blue-lilac. 
Hose-in-hose type flower with strong lilac fragrance. 
Excellent. 
VESUVEl—E. Single; probably darkest of all Lilacs. Slow 
gi'ower. 
VARIETIES ORIGINATED HERE 
These are varieties of our own raising. They are not 
patented but we reserve the right to name them. 
#110—B. Single. Light mauve purple. Petals reflexed length¬ 
wise. Stamens .show. Clusters very broad. Rich fra¬ 
grance. Long blooming period. 
#112—BC. Single. Opens bluish purple, becoming blue with 
age. Good fragrance. Unusually free blooming. Flow¬ 
ers and clusters large. Mid-season. 
#113—C. Buds pink, opening to pale lavender pink. Free 
blooming in large clusters. Mid-season. Single. 
#114—C. Single. Rich purple with very dark large buds. 
Very fragrant. Mid-.season. Compact growth. Clusters 
rounded at tips and borne well above leaves. 
#123—CD. Single. Buds mauve opening to a beautiful lavender 
pink. Free bloomer. Late. No other pinks in bloom 
at same time. This is very fine. 
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