BRYANT’S NURSERIES, PRINCETON, ILLINOIS 
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FRENCH LILACS 
For a number of years we have been specializing in the growing of French 
Lilacs and are propagating from a long list of varieties covering a wide range of 
color and form, a list that contains the better and more popular of the older varieties 
as well as many of the newer and finer types. 
OWN-ROOT Plants:—The Lilacs which we offer here are own-root plants'. Our French 
Lilacs are propagated by grafting on small pieces of Privet root, not by budding on Privet or 
Common Lilac. The grafts are then planted deep, both in the bed and when transplanted to the 
nursery row. When grown in this manner th<e Privet acts as' a nurse root for the Lilac scion un¬ 
til such time as the Lilac can develope its own root system. When that is accomplished, it soon 
overgrows the Privet and the Privet dies off—in fact on some varieties we are even able to re¬ 
move the Privet root when transplanting from the beds into the field. 
Own-root plants have the marked advantage over budded plants in that they are perfectly hardy 
and therefore much longer lived, and that all of the sprouts from the roots will be true to variety. 
Many nurserymen propagate French Lilacs by budding above the ground on California Privet, or, 
tho much less frequently, on Common Lilac stocks. Plants budded on Privet are almost invari¬ 
ably short lived unless' the plant is set low enough in the ground when transplanted so that the 
Lilac can develope its' own roots, a type of planting seldom accomplished with developed plants 
even by persons who understand the necessity for deep planting. If planted at the normal depth 
the plants are not root-hardy, as the tender Privet is apt to kill off during severe winters. Plants 
left too long on Privet roots are apt to develope a "graft blight" resulting from insufficient 
union with and overgrowth of the root stock by the scion. Buds' on Common Lilac, on the other 
hand, are root-hardy and make a good union, but the root stocks invariably sprout. Such sprouts, 
being hard to distinguish from the budded variety, and also usually being of stronger growth 
often drown out the buds. 
FRENCH LILACS — GENERAL LIST 
We can furnish small quantities of some varieties and sizes not included in the 
following quantity lists. 
Per 10 
Per 100 
Named Varieties, 12 to 18 inches . 
.$ 2.30 
$20.00 
Named Varieties, 18 to 24 inches . 
. 2.80 
25.00 
Named Varieties, 2 to 3 feet . 
. 3.75 
32.50 
Named Varieties, 3 to 4 feet . 
. 4.75 
42.50 
12-18 in. 
18-24 in. 
2-3 ft. 
3-4 ft. 
Alphonse Lavalle . 
. 50 
30 
20 
20 
Charles X . 
. 150 
30 
— 
— 
Emile Lemoine . 
. 140 
130 
100 
— 
Frau Bertha Dammann . 
. 20 
55 
65 
— 
Frau Wilhelm Pfitzer . 
. 45 
10 
15 
— 
Hugo Koster . 
. 500 
290 
100 
40 
Jean Mace . 
. 200 
85 
30 
90 
Jeanne d’Arc ... 
. 175 
120 
85 
— 
La Mauve .. 
. 40 
70 
60 
25 
Ludwig Spaeth . 
. 400 
225 
— 
— 
Mme. Casimir Perier . 
. 125 
100 
40 
10 
Mme. Lemoine . 
. 175 
50 
— 
— 
Mme. Leon Simon . 
. 90 
75 
55 
— 
Marie LeGraye . 
. 160 
140 
130 
15 
Maurice Barres . 
. 135 
100 
35 
20 
Michael Buchner . 
. 225 
325 
235 
20 
Miss Ellen Willmott . 
. 135 
100 
10 
— 
Mont Blanc . 
. 20 
30 
15 
— 
Mrs. McKelvey . 
. 150 
35 
35 
— 
Pres. Carnot . 
. 110 
70 
130 
70 
Pres. Faillaires . 
. 75 
70 
45 
20 
Pres. Grevy . 
. 125 
160 
290 
35 
Waldeck Rosseau . 
.. 200 
240 
100 
— 
For additional varieties of French Lilacs 
and Descriptive List 
and Color Classi- 
fication see pages 22, 23, and 24. 
Priqes quoted are for wholesale quantities. Orders calling for less than five of a variety and 
s'ize are not wholesale, but will be filled at an advance over printed rates as outlined on page 2. 
