UNUSUAL LILACS 
We Have Seldom Been Able To Offer 
Some of these are in our list for the first time. As it takes us five years to 
produce an Own Root Lilac, we are unable at this time to state when we shall 
again be able to offer them. They are unusual and we know Lilac fanciers will 
order as soon as our catalog reaches them. Please make a second choice if possible. 
COMTE DE ADRIEN MONTEBELLA. A single Lilac with exquisitely formed 
trusses in an even-toned delicate sky-blue. Truss so compact as to look double. 
It reminds one of a Hyacinth in form. 2 to 3 ft., #3.50 
DIDEROT. Single with tremendously large individual florets. A midseason free- 
flowering variety which bears on straight spreading branches, sensational 
large pointed spires of claret-purple bloom. A slow grower until thor¬ 
oughly established when it becomes one of the most outstanding of all 
Lilacs. This is the first time we have ever offered it for sale. 
In 2-ft. plants only, #7.50 
LEON GAMBETTA. Double. Panicles of the greatest size. Buds and re¬ 
verse of petals very pink, which gives the flower a general pink effect. 
Deep pink buds open into very double little roselike florets of the daintiest 
pink and lavender. We still say it is the finest of all Lilacs and we want 
to emphasize this. There are many fine Lilacs, but we believe this is the 
most beautiful of all. 2 to 3 ft., #5.00 
LUCETTA. Anoth er of the Villosa Hybrids, having much the same foliage 
and bush habits as Viola. Both of these varieties are desirable. They 
come into bloom after the French Lilacs are all gone, prolonging the 
Lilac season by at least 10 days. These Hybrids have much prettier bush 
habit than does the Villosa parent. Lucetta is a much deeper pink than 
Viola. 2 to 3 ft., #4.00 
LUCIE BALTET. Single. A Lilac entirely different from any other that we know of. 
Large, open, lacy trusses. Color a coppery old rose. This variety is as distinct 
among Lilacs as the Peony, Walter Faxon, is among Peonies. (We have ten plants 
to offer this season.) (The morning mail brought us one order calling for five of 
these ten plants even before our catalog goes to the printer.) 
2 to 3 ft., #5.00; 3 to 4 ft., #7.00 
MACROSTACHYA. S ingle. One of the old varieties seldom seen nowadays. An 
upright grower with clean light green foliage. Panicles rather slender, held up¬ 
right, a very delicate pink, almost white, irregularly bordered with a deeper pink. 
This is distinct in color from all others. 2 to 3 ft., #3.50 
MARECHAL LANNES. Double. One of the most sensational and choicest of the 
entire list of French Lilacs. The panicles are large and shapely, composed of about 
the largest florets found among all the Lilacs. Many of them are over an inch in 
diameter. Color of unopened buds is reddish violet, of the expanded florets 
campanula-violet. Mrs. Harding says of this Lilac, “A beautiful and wonderful 
Lilac.” 2 to 3 ft., #3.50; 3 to 4 ft., #5.00 
MARLYENSIS. Single. One of the most floriferous of all the Lilacs we have. A dwarf 
for a Lilac, the bush seldom growing over 5 feet high. In blooming time absolutely 
covered with medium sized panicles so thick as to leave no foliage visible. The color 
is a uniform deep old rose. It attracts the eye of every visitor. 2 to 3 ft., #3.50 
