A LELAG DIGEST - 

For more than 20 years Lilac Time has been Festival Time for Mannsville, N. Y., when George Staplin’s 
Lilacs bloom. Plants from Farr. 
Liownin 3 | 
Every row of Farr Lilacs is plainly staked for the convenience of visitors and to insure accurate digging. 

One-fourth of the Farr Lilac fields. Photo was taken at right angle to rows, showing wide spacing which 
permits extra-bushy plants. Daylily tract, right background. 

Alphabetically planted (see stakes) to insure trueness. Bushy and multi-stemmed. 



A few years ago we supplied a regular routine order for 86 Lilacs in 62 varieties to the New York Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva, 
[Y. This photograph of the plants was made in the spring three years later. Every plant is true to name, thriving, and in bloom 
WHY LILACS? 
In this country no flower has had a longer 
popularity than the Lilac, as can easily be 
proved by the number of fine old clumps 
that are seen growing by the foundations of 
burnt or abandoned farmhouses in New 
England and the Middle States. 
These plants were once the only bit of 
color and beauty that found its way into the 
hard lives of our pioneer settlers, and they 
are now often the only remaining evidence of 
a former home. 
Today, in spite of competition from more 
recently introduced plants, the Lilac remains 
the most important and the most popular 
of our spring-blooming shrubs, and rightly 
so, for it is hardy everywhere, grows well, 
and gives abundant crops of wonderfully 
fragrant flowers each year, with little or no 
care. 
WHY HYBRID LILACS? 
It is hard to have too many Lilacs. The 
old purple variety grown by our grandparents 
and great grandparents is still a good sort 
to plant, but use with it an assortment of 
the modern hybrids that cover such a fine 
color-range and give such a long season of 
bloom. 
Those who know only the old white and 
purple Lilacs can have no idea of the 
wonderful beauty of the modern hybrids, of 
the varying colors, beginning with white, 
going through shades of pink, blue, violet, 
and purple, the flowers single and double and 
varying greatly in form of truss and in 
blooming season. 
Common and old-fashioned Lilacs usually 
do not bloom until they attain a large size. 
French Hybrid Lilacs, if undisturbed, fre- 
quently bloom when 18 inches tall and within 
a relatively short time after transplanting. 
Their blooms are much larger and more 
numerous and there are singles and doubles 
and a dozen distinct and rare shades of color. 
They need less attention than roses, ever- 
greens, or fruit trees and require no more 
room or maintenance cost than the common 
and ordinary flowering shrubs. 
WHY FARR LILACS? 
Farr Lilacs bear at least double the standard 
number of stems and branches per foot height. 
They are all own-rooted, extra-well-branched 
and bushy specimens. 
We set the young plants very deeply in 
the nursery row so as to obtain extra stems 
and sprouts. As they are spaced for two- 
way cultivation instead of crowding them 
into solid nursery rows, they do not ‘‘thin’’ 
each other. Thousands of visitors annually 
attest to the trueness and immaculateness of 
our field planting. 
Farr Lilacs are guaranteed to grow and to 
be true to name. See guarantee on next 
column. 

Lilac Lucie Baltet in the Farr Display Garden. Lilacs w 
IN MY MOTHER’S GARDEN WERE 
GREEN-LEAVED HIDING PLACES— 
NOOKS BETWEEN THE LILACS— 
AH, A PLEASANT PLACE TO PLAY. 
—Margaret Widdemer. 
WHERE TO PLANT 
Plant in a sunny and well-drained location, 
not in full shade or in low or wet spots. All 
varieties are alike in their requirements. 
Plant as hedges, borders, beds, along founda- 
tions and as specimens. A Lilac hedge serves 
the double purpose of bloom and _ screen. 
Lilacs prefer cold winters and we do not 
recommend them for the Gulf States region. 
WHEN TO PLANT 
In fall, after leaves drop and until the 
ground freezes; in spring, after the ground 
opens and until the buds sprout. 
HOW TO PLANT 
Comprehensive planting and cultural in- 
structions are supplied with order acknowledg- 
ments. 
7-POINT GUARANTEE 
Point 1. Trueness to name. 
Point 2. Shapely and well branched. 
Point 3. Abundance of own roots. 
Point 4. Fully up to size specified. 
Point 5. Free of disease and insects. 
Point 6. Exceptionally well packed for 
fresh and undamaged arrival. 
Point 7. WE WILL REPLACE ANY 
PLANTS THAT FAIL TO GROW, pro- 
vided the account is settled within regular 
30-day terms and report of failure is made 
by May 1, following fall shipment; or by 
October 1, following spring shipment. 
The cost of planting, or transportation of 
replacements, is borne by the purchaser. 
TERMS. Open account—30 days to estab- 
lished credit or net cash with order. Trans- 
portation at cost. 
Extensive Lilac Collections 
Recently Supplied by Farr 
One of these may be in your locality for you to see 
and enjoy. 
Miss Marjorie Allison, Allentown, Pa. 
C. A. Beck, Bethlehem, Pa. 
Mrs. Warren Bicknell, Cleveland, Ohio 
Mrs. Edw. E. Brown, Waupaca, Wis. 
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio 
Mrs. Harold Cornwall, Beaver Falls, N. Y. 
Mrs. Francis Crane, Golden St., Holliston, Mass. 
William C. Dickerman, Milton, Pa. 
Mrs. Pierre 8. du Pont, Longwood, Kennett Square, Pa. 
Mrs. J. T. Dorrance, Woodcrest, Radnor, Pa. 
Mrs. Thomas H. Hall, Jr., Essex Club, Newark, N. J 
Mrs. F. C. Helwig, Kansas City, Kans. 
Mrs. Robert Owen Horton, Lynchburg, Va. 
Mrs. H. L. Igleheart, Elizabethtown, Ky. 
Mrs. Raymond Koch, Winnetka, Ill. 
Laureldale Cemetery Co., Reading, Pa. 
Linden Hall, Lititz, Pa. 
N. Y. Botanical Gardens, New York City 
N. Y. Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y. 
Mr. William J. Peck, Pittston, Pa. 
Perkiomen Seminary, Pennsburg, Pa. 
Phoebe Home, Allentown, Pa. 
Queen Victoria Park, Niagara Falls, Canada 
Reading Museum, Reading, Pa. 
Mrs. W. A. Rinehart, Charlottesville, Va. 
E. K. Schultz, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Mrs. Arthur Scott, Todmorden Farms, Media, Pa. 
G. E. Smith, Lansing, Mich. 
Louis Vetault & Son, East Hampton, N. Y. 
Ernest O. Wagner, Lakeville, Conn. 
Mr. T. A. Whelan, Weston, W. Va. 


i ant to grow and bloom 
for generations, The best require no more room or attention. 
