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OUR LIST THIS SPRING 
You will find all the varieties we offer very good. None will dis- 
appoint you. We regret that we had to remove a number of especially 
choice varieties from our list this spring. The demand for such kinds 
as Cavour, DeMiribel, Gilbert, Lucie Baltet, Marechal Foch, etc., was 
so great last fall and our stock so limited that we sold every saleable 
plant we had. However, we are growing these varieties and we hope 
to offer Own Root plants very soon. 
D. stands for double florets; S. for single florets. 
ALICE. A Villosa-Reflexa hybrid that in habit of growth favors its 
Villosa parent. Very clean thrifty plant with very large light 
green leaves. Panicle very large, rather open, and graceful. Color 
a delicate pink underground shading into deep purple. A very 
good Lilac. 2 to 3 ft., #1.50 
ALPHONSE LAVALLEE. D. Blue. Tall, robust growing; makes a very 
shapely bush. Panicles long, broad, shapely, and compact. Opens an 
intense blue, but as the florets develop it changes to a beautiful shade 
of lavender. Splendid sort. 2 to 3 ft., #1.00; 3 to 4 ft., #1.50 
BELLE DE NANCY. D. Large, satiny rose, showing white towards the 
center. General color effect deep pink. One of the best pinks among 
the older varieties. 2 to 3 ft., #1.00; 3 to 4 ft., #1.50 
BUFFON. (Giraldi Hybrid.) S. One of the very earliest of the early 
hybrids. Individual florets large and of fine substance. We think 
Buffon very choice. Color is a rich delicate clear pink of the finest 
quality. Very effective as the large, loose panicles are just opening. 
Best single pink. 2 to 3 ft., #2.00; 3 to 4 ft., #2.50 
CAPITAINE BALTET. S. Enormous trusses of single flowers of the 
greatest size. A uniform ruddy purple-lilac. A comparatively new 
variety that as yet is not widely distributed, but which by Lilac con' 
noisseurs is pronounced one of Lemoine’s best singles. It is one of 
the most profuse bloomers of all, the bush sometimes being almost 
hidden by the great panicles. This is classed among the twelve or 
fifteen best of all Lilacs. 2 to 3 ft., #3.50; 3 to 4 ft., #5.00 
CHARLES JOLY. D. Purple-red. One of the best of the double dark 
reds. Bush medium both in size and height, limbs growing very up' 
right. Rather large blooms, held erect well above the foliage; very 
striking. 2 to 3 ft., #1.50 
CHARLES SARGENT. D. Medium-tall growing variety. Very shapely 
and vigorous plant. Color a beautiful light lavender. Very double 
flower with florets very full; long, narrow, pointed petals. 
2 to 3 ft., #1.00; 3 to 4 ft., #1.50 
CHARLES X. S. O ne of the older varieties that is still in great demand 
because of its profuse blooming qualities and also because it is one 
of the very best varieties of all for cut flowers. A bluish violet-red. 
2 to 3 ft., #1.00; 3 to 4 ft., #1.50 
COMTE ADRIAN DE MONTIBELLA. D. A very nicely arranged 
panicle of medium size that has much of the appearance of a large 
bloom of a pale blue Hyacinth. No description could fit it better. 
A very pretty flower in a pretty shade of blue. 
2 to 3 ft., #3.50; 4 to 5 ft., #5.00 
CONDORCET. Semi'double. This is one of the very best of the blue 
Lilacs. The panicles are very broad and compact. The color is a clear 
rich light blue. If one wishes as near a blue as possible he will be 
pleased with Condorcet. 2 to 3 ft., #2.00; 3 to 4 ft., #2.50 
CONGO. S. Immense, single, wine-red. A splendid growing variety 
that produces immense blooms in the greatest profusion. The bios* 
soms, when they first open and for several days are sensational be' 
cause of their great size and rich color. Then the color changes to 
a dull purple. When visitors are in our fields and this variety is at 
its best, it goes into almost every order. 2 to 3 ft., #3.00 
Qua Jdilac ^btifdcuf, 
If you wish to see one of the finest displays of French Lilacs in 
the country, come to our nursery the last two weeks in May. You 
will see panicles of French Lilacs that actually measure 13 inches 
in length. Our Persian Hedge is well worth driving many miles 
to see. Our grounds are always open to visitors. At this same 
time you will also see hundreds of varieties of Iris in full bloom. 
SEASON OF BLOOMING 
It is hard to give an accurate table for the comparative blooming 
season of all the different Lilacs. The Lilacs which we offer in this 
catalog seem to come in three rather distinct groups, the three blend' 
ing into one another. There is a very early group and then there is 
a distinct late group, each of these being rather small. The balance 
which covers the bulk of the varieties would have to be classed as 
midseason. 
Buffon is our first Lilac to bloom. Many others follow in rapid 
succession. All of the hybrids, Alice, Henri Lutece, Josikaea, Lu- 
cetta, Reflexa, and Villosa are very late. 
Among the French Lilacs listed below, the following are late: 
Comte Adrian de Montibella, Edmund Bossier, Monge, Mme. An¬ 
toine Buchner, Marechal Lannes, Paul Thirion, Thunberg, Victor 
Lemoine. 
DECAISNE. S. We think a great deal of this Lilac. It is most refined 
in every way. Nice bush with clean foliage; large panicles very nicely 
formed, and many of them. A very delicate true rich blue. Rated by 
many as the best. For real refinement in color this would, without 
doubt, be rated as the best light blue single. 
2 to 3 ft., #3.50; 3 to 4 ft., #4.00; 4 to 5 ft., #5.00 
EDITH CAVELL. D. A very showy, pure milk-white; buds suffused 
cream and pale sulphur. Panicles extra large, long and cone-shaped. 
This Lilac is as large and as fine as Miss Ellen Willmott, but is a 
different type of flower. Ellen Willmott is more compact and perfect 
in form while the panicle of Edith Cavell is a trifle more open and 
more lacelike in effect, and it is also earlier. Every fine collection 
should have both. 
2 to 3 ft., #3.50; 3 to 4 ft., #4.00; 4 to 5 ft., #5.00 
EDMUND ABOUT. D. A bush of large, strong, heavy foliage. Large 
panicles with large florets. Reverse of petals blue with intense rose- 
pink shadings opening to a very rich soft blue fading lighter. 
2 to 3 ft., #1.50 
DIDEROT. Single with tremendously large individual florets. A mid- 
season, free-flowering variety which bears on straight, spreading 
branches, sensational, large, pointed spires of claret-purple bloom. 
A slow grower until thoroughly established when it becomes one of 
the most outstanding of all Lilacs. This is the second time we have 
ever offered it for sale and we have only 10 plants to offer. 
2 to 3 ft., #5.00 
EDMUND BOSSIER. S. This is a new single red or red-purple that 
pleases us very, very much. It is the latest of the single reds except 
possibly Volcan, and the color is so exceedingly soft and rich that we 
class it as a “must have” Lilac. 
2 to 3ft., #4.00; 3 to 4 ft., #5.00; 4 to 5 ft., #6.00 
GEHEIMRAT SINGLEMARK. S. A very deep blue-purple. This is a 
very dark lilac. The long, upright panicles, are made up of many 
small lobes that add to the attractiveness of the flower. The plant is 
tall and upright growing. A good variety. 
2 to 3 ft., #2.00; 3 to 4 ft., #2.50; 4 to 5 ft., #3.00 
GRACE ORTHWA1TE. S A very fine single bright pink of our own 
origin. Plant very thrifty and covered with medium sized trusses of 
an intense pink. Those who like a light bright pink will like this one 
very much. 2 to 3 ft., #1.50 
GUDRON. D. Large florets, double to semi-double, in open, much- 
branched clusters. Argyle purple to a light pinkish lilac without, 
and Saccardo’s violet streaked with pale lobelia-violet within. One of 
the newer, much-prized sorts. 2 to 3 ft., #4.00; 3 to 4 ft., #5.00 
HENRI LUTECE. S. A hybrid between S. Villosa and S. Josikea, 
with a round, shapely bush about midway in size between the two 
parents. The blooms are large, open, plumelike in appearance, held 
erect and of beautiful light violet in color. Has the heavy foliage 
of Josikea. A fine ornamental shrub coming into bloom about a 
week after the French Lilac. 
2 to 3 ft., #1.50; 3 to 4 ft., #2.00 
HENRI MARTIN. D. Extremely long, graceful panicles. Beautiful blue- 
lavender—a splendid new Lilac. Our show plants of Henri Martin 
are right by the path as we go from the office to the trial fields beyond. 
We pass it many times a day when it is in bloom and we always stop 
and marvel at its beauty. A Lilac of most beautiful form. 
2 to 3 ft., #4.00 
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