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 the 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 icnough in the ground when transplanted so that the 
Lilac can develop 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. 
In order to facilitate pricing, we have divided the Lilacs which we are offering 
into four price groups. 
FRENCH LILACS — GENERAL LIST 
We can furnish small quantities of some varieties and sizes not included in the 
following quantity lists. 
Named Varieties, 12 to 18 inches . 
Per 10 
.$ 2.30 
Per 100 
$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 
Named Varieties, 4 to 5 feet . 
. 5.50 
50.00 
Alphonse Lavalle .-. 
12-18 in. 
126 
18-24 in. 
120 
2-3 ft. 
30 
3-4 ft. 
4-5 ft. 
Charles Joly . 
185 
• 300 
160 
25 
— 
Charles X . 
135 
40 
35 
15 
— 
Congo . 
185 
35 
— 
— 
— 
Frau Bertha Dammann . 
10 
— 
15 
15 
3 
Gen. Sherman . 
60 
40 
5 
10 
— 
Hugo Koster .. . 
525 
325 
450 
100 
— 
Jeanne d’Arc . 
160 
190 
100 
10 
— 
Ludwig Spaeth . 
750 
500 
375 
50 
— 
Mme. Casimir Perier . 
275 
135 
115 
— 
— 
Mme. Lemoine . 
175 
150 
85 
25 
— 
Marie LeGraye . 
90 
200 
125 
70 
5 
Maurice Barres . 
120 
140 
110 
40 
3 
Miss Ellen Willmott ... 
300 
150 
50 
10 
— 
Mont Blanc . 
100 
25 
5 
15 
13 
Paul Therion . 
260 
120 
90 
5 
— 
Pres. Carnot ... 
130 
75 
90 
55 
•— 
Pres. Grevy . 
300 
200 
100 
135 
30 
Pres. Faillaires . 
100 
45 
30 
40 
— 
Waldeck Rosseau . 
260 
170 
200 
125 
— 
For additional varieties of French Lilacs and Descriptive List and Color Classi¬ 
fication see pages 22, 23, and 24. 
Prices quoted are for wholesale quantities. Orders calling for less than five of a variety and 
size are not wholesale, but will be filled at an advance over printed, rates outlined on page 2. 
