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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. 
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 11, 12, 13, and 14. 
FRENCH LILACS - GENERAL LIST 
Per 10 
Per 100 
Named Varieties, 12 to 18 inches . 
..$ 2.30 
$ 20.00 
Named Varieties, 18 to 24 inches ... 
... 3.20 
27.50 
Named Varieties, 2 to 3 feet . 
... 3.30 
30.00 
Named Varieties, 3 to 4 feet . . 
... 4.50 
40.00 
Named Varieties, 4 to 5 feet . 
... 5.50 
50.00 
12-18 in 
18-24 in. 
2-3 ft. 
3-4 ft. 
4-5 ft. 
Alphonse Lavalle . 
. 35 
420 
235 
15 
10 
Charles X . 
. 30 
260 
800 
30 
10 
Frau Bertha Dammann . 
— 
50 
150 
15 
5 
General Sherman . 
— 
25 
100 
10 
— 
Hugo Koster . 
. 125 
650 
1200 
200 
— 
Jeanne d’Arc . 
. 30 
225 
300 
25 
— 
Maurice Barres . 
. 150 
300 
200 
30 
— 
Mme. Casimir Perier . 
. 40 
150 
500 
30 
— 
Marie LeGraye . 
. 125 
125 
475 
60 
10 
Paul Therion . 
. 125 
450 
630 
30 
— 
President Carnot . 
. 75 
325 
375 
110 
45 
President Faillaires . . . 
.150 
140 
90 
20 
5 
President Grevy . 
... 15 
225 
700 
30 
— 
Waldeck Rosseau . 
. 25 
250 
800 
180 
15 
FRENCH LILACS - LOW PRICED LIST 
Per 10 Per 100 
Named Varieties, 18 to 24 inches ... 
...$ 2.50 
$ 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 . 
18-24 in. 
2-3 ft. 
3-4 ft. 
... 5.50 
4-5 ft. 
50.00 
5-6 ft. 
Desfontaines . 
.275 
400 
100 
10 
_ m 
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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