BRYANT’S NURSERIES, PRINCETON, ILLINOIS 
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FRENCH LILACS — DESCRIPTIVE LIST CONTINUED 
Montaigne — flowers very large and double; in long narrow clusters; mauve pink. A fine variety 
of strong growth. 
Mrs. Edward Harding — long wide-spreading showy panicles of large full double flowers of 
brightest carmine. A striking color and a very showy flower, but tends to fade much lighter. 
Paul Therion — large double flowers in very large and showy well-filled clusters ; rosy-lavendar 
tinged claret, much resembling large double violets. A very fine and showy variety. 
Pres. Carnot — flowers large, double, light lilac blue; in long narrow clusters. A free-blooming 
strong-growing variety of very good color. 
Pres. Faillieres — large pale lavendar flowers in very large clusters. An outstanding variety with 
good growth characteristics and showy flowers. 
Pres. Grevy — flowers large, semi-double to double, in large pyramidal clusters ; a clear soft deli¬ 
cate blue. An old variety that is still one of the best of its color. 
Pres. Lincoln — flowers single, medium in size, in long open narrow-pyramidal clusters ; wedge- 
wood blue, an unusual color in lilacs and probably the nearest to a true blue. 
Reamur — flowers single, very large, violet-carmine and satiny-rose; in long well-filled clusters. 
A very choice dark Lilac, but a slow and rather poor grower. 
Rhum von Horstenstein — flowers very large, single, in long narrow trusses ; an even dark reddish 
purple. A very promising free-blooming new variety. 
Renoncule (Ranunculata) — flowers fragrant, double, of medium size, in narrow compact clust¬ 
ers ; a pleasing even blue. Free flowering and a strong grower. 
Ville de Limoges — single flowers of medium size in well-filled pyramidal clusters; mauve-pink 
One of the most fragrant of all Lilacs. 
Waldeck Rosseau — double flowers of medium size, in large, long, many-branched clusters; deep 
violet, darker within than without. A very pleasing variety. 
William Robinson — flowers double, large, in large open irregular clusters; deep red in bud 
expanding to light crimson. 
CLASSIFICATION TO COLOR:—As it is almost impossible to describe colors 
of flowers, particularly in a long list of similar varieties, so as to really give a good 
idea of color tones, we have divided the Lilacs on our list into seven general color 
groups so as to aid in color classification. It should also be remembered that there is 
a decided difference in the form of the individual Lilac flowers, as well as in the 
shape and size of the trusses or clusters. Also that there is often a decided difference 
in the growth characteristics of the different varieties. 
White Varieties 
Single Varieties — Frau Bertha Dammann, Jan Van Tol, Marie LeGraye, Mont Blanc. 
Double Varieties — Edith Cavell, Jeanne d’Arc, Mme. Casimir Perier, Mme. Lemoine, Miss 
Ellen Willmott. 
Pink Shades 
Single Varieties — Buffon, Descartes, Lamartine, Ville de Limoges. 
Double Varieties — Emile Lemoine, Edouard Andre, La Mauve, Leon Gambetta, Mme. Leon 
Simon. 
Red Shades 
Single Varieties — Congo, DeCroncels, Diderot, Ludwig Spaeth, Reamur, Rhum von 
Horstenstein. 
Double Varieties — Adelaide Dunbar, Charles Joly, La Tour d’Auvergne, Mrs. Edward 
Harding, Paul Therion, William Robinson. 
Blue Shades 
Single Varieties — Pres. Lincoln. 
Double Varieties — Desfontaines, Jean Mace, Katherine Havemeyer, Pres. Carnot, Pres. Grevy, 
Renoncule. 
Light Lilac Shades 
Single Varieties — Gen. Sherman, Maurice Barres. 
Double Varieties — Frau Wilhelm Pfitzer, Pres. Faillieres, Vauban. 
Dark Lilac Shades 
Single Varieties — Charles X, Hugo Koster, Pascal. 
Double Varieties — Claude Bernard, Michael Buchner, Montaigne. 
Violet Shades 
Single Varieties — De Mirabel, Louvois. 
Double Varieties — Alphonse Lavalle, Marechal Lannes, Waldeck Rosseau. 
