LILAC TIME. Usually our Lilacs are 
at their best around Decoration Day. 
During this time you can see our Lilacs 
both in our fields and show room. Here 
is the place to study varieties and 
make your selection. You will enjoy 
every hour spent with us. 
REAUMUR. Single. A remarkable Lilac, a flower the beauty of which 
grows upon you. The flowers appear of the greatest size as the truss 
is made up of several smaller ones all worked together so as to appear 
as one great bloom. Color a subdued rose-red. It keeps its color a 
long time and is a superb Lilac. Very choice. 
2 to 3 ft., $3.00; 3 to 4 ft., $5.00 
SENATOR VOLLAND. Double. Very floriferous. A very pretty lilac 
with a large bloom that is somewhat open. When in the bud the 
reverse of the petals shows a very distinct bright touch of pink which 
continues to show as the florets open and gives a very dainty effect. 
Center of florets pinkish light lilac. 3 to 4 ft., $1.50; 4 to 5 ft., $2.50 
SOUV. DE LUDWIG SPAETH. Single. Red. Although one of the oldest 
of the improved lilacs still it is one of the very best lilacs grown. It 
seems impossible to get a red that has so many good, and so few bad 
qualities as Ludwig Spaeth. Panicles long and held erect well out from 
the foliage. A brilliant intense rich purple-red, that holds up well in 
the sun and lasts a long time. Bush large, very profuse bloomer. 
2 to 3 ft., $1.50; 3 to 4 ft., $2.00 
STATZGARTNER ROTHPLEZ. Double. An upright growing shrub with 
long, cone-shaped panicles. A rich red-purple. Until recently Charles 
Joly has been our only good double red. We have in Statzgartner 
Rothplez another fine red, giving bloom later than Charles Joly. 
2 to 3 ft., $2.50; 3 to 4 ft., $3.00; 4 to 5 ft., $5.00 
THUN BERG. Double. Very large, long, slender spikes, generally two 
to the panicle. Buds and reverse of florets a violet-mauve with a red¬ 
dish appearance from a distance. Florets are large; open a light lilac, 
twisting and turning as they 
open, so that the color of the 
bud is interminged with that 
of the inside of the petals 
making a very striking lilac. 
2 to 3 ft., $1.50; 3 to 4 ft., 
$2.00; 4 to 5 ft., $3.00. 
VICTOR LEMOINE. Double. 
This is about the most won¬ 
derful of all the French 
Lilacs. It is no wonder that 
Victor Lemoine, the orig¬ 
inator, gave to it his own 
name. We class it as one of 
the three or four very best if 
not the best. Florets are very 
double like little double roses. These are 
gathered into panicles of the largest size, 
and the color effect is simply indescribable. 
The general effect is a soft rosy pink over¬ 
laid with a delicate blue-lavender. This is 
one of the very latest to bloom. 
2 to 3 ft., $3.50; 3 to 4 ft., $5.00 
WALDECK-ROUSSEAU. Double. Here is a Lilac that we have never 
done justice by in our descriptions. It is essentially a landscape va¬ 
riety, one that is of tremendous value tor its effect as one stands from 
50 to 75 feet from the bush. Viewed thus with the sun shining it is 
a marvelous Lilac. The panicles are open and of a light rose color. 
The buds are a deep rose-pink with the floret opening with a white 
center. The striking contrast of deep pink and white is very pleasing. 
2 to 3 ft., $2.50; 3 to 4 ft., $3.50 
WILLIAM ROBINSON. Double. Invariably well liked; always chosen 
as one of £he best. Very compact panicles, almost round. When 
florets are about to open, the bloom gives a very striking pinkish red 
effect which gives place to a lavender as the florets fully open and 
their reverse side turns back. Very much admired. 
2 to 3 ft., $1.50; 3 to 4 ft., $2.00 
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VOLCAN. Single. As near a true deep red as we have. 
Panicles which are very long, large, and shapely, 
come up well above the foliage. These panicles look rather open as they 
are in the bud stage, but as they develop they open into one of the finest, 
most shapely, and attractive of all the red lilacs. It is the latest of all the 
the red-purples. 2 to 3 ft., $1.50; 3 to 4 ft., $2.00; 4 to 5 ft., $3.00 
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Upper Marlbora, Maryland 
November 19, 1938 
“The French Lilacs which l ordered from you 
were received in October and planted the same day. 
Of course, l cant tell how they are going to thrive 
and bloom but they certainly are lovely sturdy 
bushes, much larger and better than I had expected 
from the. catalog description. I am sure they are 
going to prove most satisfactory.” —Miss. L.D. 
VILLOSA. Anoth er excellent lilac for large and 
small plantings. Grows into a large shrub, 10 
feet high, with large, heavy, waxy leaves. Comes 
into bloom when all other lilacs are gone. Pan¬ 
icles large, broad, plumelike, a delicate pink 
color. 2 to 3 ft., $1.25 
Genuine Brand Lilacs 
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Naturally, the law of average cannot possibly regulate the demand for all lilacs 
so evenly as to prevent a surplus of some and a shortage of others. It is nothing 
unusual to find that the varieties in which we have a surplus include the very best of 
the good standard kinds. To keep our stock arranged in balanced quantities, we are 
willing to send these out at a special low price which provides for this Final Collection 
Offer: 
Three fine French Lilacs, all different colors, all labeled, ^ JF 
our selection. Strong, 2 to 3 ft. plants for /_ T _ J L J 
(And 3 to 4 ft. plants as we have them.) 
