Originated Here 
These are varieties of our own raising. They are not patented, but we reserve the right 
to name them. 
**No. 110—B. Single. Light mauve purple. Petals reflexed lengthwise. Stamens show. 
Clusters very broad. Rich fragrance. Long blooming period. 
**No. 112—BC. Single. Opens bluish purple, becoming blue with age. Good fragrance. 
Unusually free blooming. Flowers and clusters large. Mid-season. 
**No. 113—BC. Buds pink, opening to pale lavender pink. Free blooming in large clus¬ 
ters. Mid-season. Single. 
**No. 114—BC. Single. Rich purple with very dark large buds. Very fragrant. Mid¬ 
season. Compact growth. Clusters rounded at tips and borne well above 
leaves. 
**No. 123—BCD. Single. Buds mauve opening to a beautiful lavender pink. Free bloom¬ 
er. Late. No other pinks in bloom at same time. We consider this really 
excellent. 
**PEAU DE CHAMOIS—ABCDE. Single; buff faintly tinged lavender. Very free and 
dependable bloomer; mid-season or late. Growth vigorous. 
SPECIES LILACS 
Prices per schedule above under Special List 
Most of the named Lilacs are forms of Syringa vulgaris but there are about 20 more 
distinct species. Generally speaking their appearance is entirely distinct from the com¬ 
mon type. Many are very beautiful and in coming years will probably be used for 
breeding new strains by hybridization. 
S. japonica—ABCD. Japanese Tree Lilac. Makes a tree and is latest of all to bloom, in 
late May and June here. Flowers are white in immense compound panicles 
18-24 inches long. Blooms when other flowers scarce. 
meyeri—D. Compact growth to about five feet. Purple to purplish lilac when expanded. 
microphylla—BCD. Has an abundance of small fragrant pink flowers. It is unique in 
that it often has a second crop of bloom in October. 
oblata—E. A compact shrub or small tree up to 12 feet. Flowers pink to purplish lilac 
in bud, opening to pale lilac. 
pubescens—DE. Said to have the most pleasing fragrance of all lilacs; also earliest. 
Flowers in dense panicles to five inches long. Pale lilac. Shrub to 6 ft. 
reflexa—ABC. Nodding Lilac. Buds deep rose; flowers rosy pink in drooping clusters 
nine to twelve inches long, literally covering the bush. Shrub to 12 feet. 
sweginzowi superba—BCD. Usually described as having rosy lavender flowers but as a 
matter of fact they are pure white in very elegant loose clusters in which all 
the stalks are red giving a pinkish appearance to the whole. Fragrance deli¬ 
cious. Free blooming shrub to 8 or 10 feet and really very fine. 
tomentella—BCDE. Very large, loose clusters of rose-lilac flowers. Late. 10 feet. 
GENERAL COLLECTION 
During the last 20 to 25 years we have tested about 200 varieties. That is altogether too 
many to propagate so we have been continually adding the finest to our active list and 
dropping those not so good or else too much like other sorts. This process will always 
be continued here so list will slowly change. At present it includes the following 35 
varieties. 
SINGLE 
DOUBLE 
Adelaide Dunbar 
Chas. Sargent 
Claude Bernard 
Condorcet 
Ellen Willmott 
Georges Bellair 
Hippolyte Maringer 
Jeanne d’Arc 
Katherine Havemeyer 
Leon Gambetta 
Marechal Lannes 
Maximowicz 
Mireille 
Mrs. Edward Harding 
Pres. Fallieres 
Pres. Poincare 
Vauban 
Victor Lemoine 
Buffon 
Capt. Baltet 
De Mirabel 
Diderot 
Eden 
Hugo Ivoster 
Jan Van Tol 
Lamartine 
Louvois 
Ludwig Spaeth 
Lutece 
Maurice Barres 
Mme. F. Morel 
Pearl 
Ruhm von Horstenstein 
Vestale 
Volcan 
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