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Directions for Planting: 
For a tight hedge, plant 
2 feet apart. If you wish 
merely a tall screen, put 
your plants in from 4 to 
6 feet apart. 
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PenAiatt 
R FAMOUS 
lilac HEDGE 
Generally in Bloom the Last Two Weeks in May 
PERSIAN LILACS 
The above illustration is a picture of our Persian Hedge growing in 
its natural form on our nursery grounds. You will note that the hedge 
is literally covered with bloom from the ground up and it is truly a 
wonderful sight to see. People drive here for miles around just to see 
this hedge when it is in bloom the latter part of May. 
The plants are absolutely hardy and we believe that such a hedge 
would outlive the person who planted it. 
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Prices for Light and Medium Shades 
Each Per 10 Per 25 Per 100 
18 to 24 in.#0.50 #2.50 #5.00 #18.00 
2 to 3 ft.60 3.50 7.00 25.00 
3 to 4 ft.75 5.00 10.00 35.00 
Prices for True Rose-Pink or Rothomagensis 
Each Per 10 Per 25 Per 100 
18 to 24 in.#0.60 #3.50 #7.00 #25.00 
2 to 3 ft.75 5.00 9.00 30.00 
3 to 4 ft. 1.00 6.50 13.50 
Prices for Combination of 3 Colors, including 
equal number of each 
Per 10 Per 25 Per 100 
18 to 24 in.#2.75 #5.65 #20.00 
2 to 3 ft. 3.90 7.50 26.00 
We do not have sufficient stock to list a 3- to 4-foot grade in this list. 
The Persian Lilac grown as a hedge also makes a wonderful wind¬ 
break for city lots in the colder, windier sections of the country. It will 
make the growing of the more tender perennials and shrubs much 
easier and moves the possibility of growing such things from 100 to 
200 miles further north than they otherwise could be grown. 
After our 73 years in the nursery business here in Minnesota, we 
readily recommend it as the best farm windbreak, as it will outlive an 
evergreen windbreak two to one. If farmers are interested and wish to 
plant in quantity, we shall be glad to furnish prices. 
We have selected 3 shades of Persian Lilacs from many different shades 
of this Lilac that we have seen blooming in various sections of the coun¬ 
try. It is very seldom that we have seen the true deep pink Persian, the 
real Rothomagensis, growing in any planting. Many call our medium 
shade of pink, Rothomagensis, which is not correct. 
The light pink is a clear even shade of true light pink. It makes a 
beautiful hedge if planted as one color. However, we think a combina¬ 
tion of the 3 shades, alternating them in the row, is more striking. We 
have seen all kinds of flowering shrubs grown in hedge form throughout 
the North, the South, the East, and the \\^est. We believe that the 
Persian Lilac planted as a hedge using the 3 colors as we have suggested 
is the most beautiful of all. 
This spring our stock of both the medium and true rose-pink shades 
was exhausted long before the shipping season was over, and we began 
immediately to book orders for fall. 
