SPECIAL LIST 
Varieties included here are either of recent introduction or else so slow growing that 
price has to be a little higher than general list. 
PRICE SCHEDULE 
B 3 to 4 ft.$1.75 
C 2 to 3 ft. 1.25 
D 1V 2 to 2 ft. 1.00 
El to iy 2 ft.75 
(Letters after varieties indicate sizes available.) 
^ALEXANDER HAMILTON—CDE. Double. Violet lavender. Individual flowers are of 
great size and in large showy clusters. 
*CAPT. PERRAULT—DE. Double. Rosy mauve. A very beautiful recent Lemoine 
variety. 
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS—CDE. A most beautiful single blue variety with large 
flowers of exquisite color and form but a very slow grower. 
GEN. PERSHING—DE. Double; flowers of quite unusual size, broad lobes of rich pur¬ 
plish-violet with paler undersides, big purple buds, late, very showy. 
LUCIE BALTET—BCDE. Entirely unique. Flowers single, purplish-red in bud, coppery 
old rose when expanded. Precocious and free blooming. 
* MARIE FINON—DE. Single, white. Comes highly recommended. 
PRES. LINCOLN—DE. Single; buds purple-lilac opening to wedgewood blue. A highly 
esteemed variety of American origin. 
SUNOL—CDE. This is merely a provisional name for one of the finest doubles we have 
seen. Buds are purple, open flowers blue. Extent of doubling is astonishing; 
we have counted over 40 petals on one flower! Richly fragrant. 
YESUVE—CDE. Said to be the darkest of all Lilacs. Slow grower. 
Originated Here 
These are still under test so have not been named. Our idea in breeding Lilacs here is 
that varieties raised and selected under California conditions may prove better for our 
conditions than those raised elsewhere. Only time will tell. The following are quite 
promising but are still under test so have not yet been named 
No. 110—B. Single. Light mauve purple. Petals reflexed lengthwise. Stamens show. 
Clusters very broad. Rich fragrance. Long blooming period. 
No. 112—BCDE. Single. Opens bluish purple, becoming blue with age. Good fragrance. 
Unusually free blooming. Flowers and clusters large. Mid-season. Carries 
flowers well above foliage. Growth moderate. 
SPECIES LILACS 
We have almost all known species including those mentioned last year and several 
others. We lack space for them here but will send details on request. 
GENERAL COLLECTION 
As we said in G. A. ’39 we have during the last twenty to twenty-five years, tested 
about 200 varieties. That is altogether too many to propagate so we have been continu¬ 
ally 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 varieties. 
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