WILD BROS. NURSERY CO., SARCOXIE, MO. 
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Lilacs; Syringa 
The objection to the old common lilacs was that they are slow 
about commencing to bloom. The newer Hybrid Lilacs bloom 
young, often the year after planting if given suitable conditions, 
are more varied in color and more dwarf. For fragrance and 
freedom of bloom in latter April, nothing can surpass lilacs. 
They are suited for distant effects, for planting in corners or at 
the boundaries of the lawn, as screens, massed in groups and for 
specimen plants. Full sun with good air drainage is best, though 
they will stand a little morning and evening shade. Well drained 
soil, not too rich, gives a short-jointed growth that produces an 
abundance of flowers. Prune after blooming, a little each year 
resulting in well formed bushes and flowers well placed over the 
entire bush. The flower buds are formed in summer for the fol¬ 
lowing spring, so they should not suffer for lack of water at 
this time. 
Adelaide Dunbar. Semi-double; large clusters: opens crim¬ 
son becoming violet-red. 
Buff on. Single: ruffled lobes of mauve-pink; very early. 
Charles Joly. Semi-double to double; dark purplish-red to 
wine-red; large; fragrant: midseason; medium height. 
Hugo Koster. Single; violet tinged red, becoming lilac tinged 
pink; fragrant: large florets and good sized clusters. 
Katherine Havemeyer. Double; cobalt-lilac flushed mauve; 
large panicles: enormous flowers of perfect shape. 
Madame Lemoine. Double, pure white; rather late: fine. 
Mont Blanc. Single; pure white; one of the best. 
Negro. Single- deep purplish-red; blooms freely. 
President Grevy. Double soft blue; good sized clusters; 
blooms freely; rather tall. 
Pres. Poincaire. Semi-double; decidedly reddish buds, open¬ 
ing reddish-purple, becoming lavender; rather late; moderately 
fragrant. 
Pres. Viger. Double; lilac-blue tinted mauve: large flowers 
and long, conical trusses: vigorous, rather upright habit. 
Reaumur. Single: reddish buds opening lavender-pink to 
light old rose, becoming deep- lavender: very large florets and 
trusses: fragrant: fine. 
Volcan. Single; buds deep purplish-red, opening deep ruby 
purple: large reflexed florets and long trusses; one of the dark¬ 
est. Very similar and equal to the popular Ludwig Spaeth. 
PRICES OF ABOVE LILACS: 
Mail size, postpaid-.20 each; 1.50 per 10 
12 to 18 inches_.25 each; 2.00 per 10 
18 to 24 inches_.40 each; 3.00 per 10 
2 to 3 feet-.60 each; 5.00 per 10 
Lilac, Hungarian; Syringa Josikaea 
Valuable because extra late. In latter May the bush is liter¬ 
ally covered with single lilac-violet flowers; slightly fragrant: 
tall, attaining 10 to 12 ft.; leaves 2^ to 5 in. long. 
Mail size, postpaid_.20 each; 1.50 per 10 
18 to 24 inches_.35 each; 3.00i per 10 
2 to 3 feet_.40 each; 3.50 per 10 
3 to 4 feet_ .50 each; 4.50 per 10 
Lilac, Persian Purple 
Fragrant; light lilac, barely tinged pink, in clusters 3 to 4 in. 
long; blooms freely soon after the Common Purple Lilac, often 
with a smaller crop in the fall; grows about 5 ft. high. One of 
the best Lilacs for the South. 
Mail size, postpaid_.20 each; 1.50 per 10 
18 to 24 inches_.35 each; 300 per 10 
2 to 3 feet_ .40 each; 3.50 per 10 
3 to 4 feet_.50 each; 4.50 per 10 
Mock Orange, Large-Flowered; Philadelphus grandiflorus 
White flowers in pairs all along the branches. It makes a 
larger shrub than the Sweet Scented, with larger flowers. 
Mail size, postpaid_.15 each; 1.20 per 10 
2 to 3 feet_.35 each; 3.00 per 10 
3 to 4 feet_.45 each; 4.00 per 10 
4 to 5 feet_.60 each; 5.50 per 10 
Mock Orange, Sweet Scented; Philadelphus coronarius 
The name is almost a description. The creamy-white 4-petaled 
fragrant flowers appear in clusters along the branches in May. 
It succeeds in sun or where shaded part of the day, and is ex¬ 
cellent for specimen plants, screens or backgrounds. Usually 
Mock Orange, Sweet Scented, continued 
grows 5 to 6 ft. high, sometimes larger. Prune after blooming, 
removing weak and old branches to the ground. 
Mail size, postpaid_.15 each; 1.20 per 10 
2 to 3 feet_.35 each; 3.00 per 10 
3 to 4 feet_.45 each; 4.00 per 10 
4 to 5 feet_.60 each; 5.50 per 10 
Mock Orange, Virginal; Philadelphus virginalis 
The delightfully fragrant white flowers are semi-double, 
sometimes single, large, to IVz in. across, and perhaps the 
most beautiful of the Mock Oranges, though the bush is not as 
Uniform in growth as coronarius. Excellent as a cut flower, 
lasting well in water. Blooms in May and intermittently dur¬ 
ing summer: moderately tall. 
18 to 24 inches_.301 each; 2.50 per 10 
2 to 3 feet_.40 each; 3.50 per 10 
3 to 4 feet_.50 each; 4.50 per 10 
Olive, Russian; Eleagnus angustifolia 
Usually grown as a tall shrub, its height regulated by prun¬ 
ing, Flowers tiny, 4-lobed, narrow bell-shaped, silvery-green 
outside, lemon colored within: fragrant; fruit olive-shaped 1/2 
in- long, yellow with silvery scales; foliage 2-3 in. long, light 
grayish-green above, silvery beneath. 
18 to 24 inches_.25 each; 2.00 per 10 
2 to 3 feet_.30 each; 2.50 per 10 
Pearl Bush; Exochorda grandiflora 
So named from its pearl-like buds which open into 5-petaled 
flowers about 2 in. across, glistening white with greenish cen¬ 
ter, clustered at the ends of the branches in latter April; bright 
green foliage, in autumn yellowish. Usually grows 8-10 ft high. 
Prune after blooming to keep it compact. 
2 to 3 feet_.40 each; 3.50 per 10 
3 to 4 feet_.50 each; 4.50 per 10 
4 to 5 feet_._.75 each; 7.00 per 10 
Privet, Regel; Ligustrum ibota Regelianum 
Excellent for its foliage effect. A rather low shrub with 
almost horizontal branches, drooping at the tips; foliage dark 
green, arranged horizontally. Flowers like tiny white lilacs; 
in latter May; blue-black berries. A good foundation plant. 
Mail size, postpaid_.15 each; 1.00 per 10 
18 to 24 inches_.30 each; 2.50 per 10 
24 to 30 inches_.35 each; 3.00 per 10 
30 to 36 inches_ .40 each; 3.50 per 10 
Quince, Japan; Cydonia japonica 
Beautiful in latter March, just as the leaves begin to unfold, 
and extending into April, with its 5-petaled flowers 1 to 1% 
inches across, a scarlet so brilliant it is also called burning bush. 
Its dense foliage is a shining dark green, in autumn bronzy-red. 
Fruit yellowish-green 1 % to 2 inches across, fragrant but not 
edible. Branches thorny: young plants are somewhat irregular 
in growth, becoming attractive with age. Plant in sun; prune 
after blooming. 
Mail size, postpaid_.15 each; 
12 to 18 inches_,25 each; 
18 to 24 inches_.301 each; 
2 to 3 feet_35 each; 
1.20 per 10 
2.001 per 10 
2.50 per 10 
3.00 per 10 
Quince, Japan (Page 7) 
Kerria, Double (Page 6) 
