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BRYANT’S NURSERIES, PRINCETON, ILLINOIS 
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 al¬ 
most invariably short lived unless the plant is set low enough in the ground when transplanted 
so that the Lilac can develop its own roots, a type of planting seldom accomplished with, devel¬ 
oped 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 develop 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 five price groups. 
We can furnish small quantities of some varieties and sizes not included in the 
following quantity lists. 
For additional varieties of French Lilacs and Descriptive List and Color Classi¬ 
fication see pages 25, 26, and 27. 
FRENCH LILACS - SPECIAL LIST 
Named Varieties, 12 to 18 inches ... 
Per 10 
...... $ 2.50 
Per 100 
$ 22.50 
Named Varieties, 18 to 24 inches . 
3.20 
27.50 
Named Varieties, 2 to 3 feet . 
4.00 
35.00 
Named Varieties, 3 to 4 feet . 
5.00 
45.00 
Charles Joly . 
12-18 in. 
.100 
18-24 in. 
400 
2-3 ft. 
190 
3-4ft. 
Congo . 
.100 
125 
240 
15 
De Croncels . 
. — 
50 
250 
40 
Ludwig Spaeth . 
. 125 
800 
675 
-- 
Marechal Lannes . 
. 110 
320 
175 
35 
Mme. Lemoine ... 
. 55 
335 
680 
Miss Ellen Willmott . 
.. 
_ 275 
900 
500 
10 
Mont Blanc . 
— 
. 40 
275 
325 
10 
FRENCH LILACS 
Named Varieties, 18 to 24 inches . 
- LOW PRICED LIST 
Per 10 
. $ 2.50 
Per 100 
$ 22.00 
Named Varieties, 2 to 3 feet . 
3.25 
27.50 
Named Varieties, 3 to 4 feet . 
4.00 
35.00 
Named Varieties, 4 to 5 feet . 
4.75 
42.50 
Named Varieties, 5 to 6 feet . 
5.50 
50.00 
18-24 in. 
2-3 ft. 
3-4 ft. 
4-5 ft. 
5-6 ft. 
Desfontaines . 
.275 
400 
100 
10 
Emile Lemoine . 
.225 
480 
50 
30 
Frau Wilhelm Pfitzer . 
. 40 
200 
35 
Jean Mace . 
. 65 
400 
175 
75 
10 
La Mauve . 
. 55 
400 
180 
70 
10 
Mme. Leon Simon . 
.275 
525 
100 
35 
5 
Michael Buchner . 
.340 
900 
300 
170 
25 
Montaigne ... 
.225 
425 
225 
225 
40 
Mrs. McKelvey . 
. 35 
325 
85 
15 
Renoncule (Ranunculata) . 
. 50 
440 
210 
125 
100 
Ville de Limoges .. 
. 15 
155 
50 
25 
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