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We often get a flood of inquiries about some scarce Lilac that 
happens to be written up in some garden magazine. These varieties 
are usually in the test stage and are not grown in sufficient quantity 
to offer them for sale as it takes many years to propagate a new va- 
riety ‘on its own root. But why pass up the number of good ones 
on the market at the present time? We are now offering such fine 
varieties as Lucie Baltet and others mentioned on page 19. These 
Lilacs equal in beauty any of the new ones in our show garden that 
we will offer in the future. So why wait for these scarce new kinds? 






Report of Brand Lilacs from Edmonds, Washington 
Letter Dated May 1, 1941 
For your information we find that the word has been getting out 
about our wonderful Lilacs, and truly this year they have surpassed 
any previous year’s blooms. As with every year, we had felt at the 
beginning of the season that our Lilacs were not very heavily budded, 
but as customary, we were so greatly surprised and greeted with 
extraordinarily beautiful, heavy trusses that we have been literally 
carried off our feet with their performance and excellence of bloom. 
In fact, we have had a great many people come out to see our Lilacs 
this year, having heard from someone about them. 
The following Lilacs have really been outstanding this year: 










Henri Martin. Everybody wants this one. 
Reaumur. Literally covered with bloom on such a small bush. 
Olivier de Serres. The largest trusses of all this year. 
Hippolyte Maringer. Gorgeous in color effect. 
Leon Gambetta. Early and covered with beautiful spikes. 
Victor Lemoine. Gorgeous. 
Alphonse Lavallee. The longest, bluest spike of all and covered 
from the ground up. 
Pres. Poincare. Everybody wants this one and it is a favorite with 
us, too. 
Charles Sargent. Beautifully full pointed petals and trusses. 
Miss Ellen Willmott. Glorious right now. 
Pres. Grevy, Charles Joly, Volcan, and Mme. Antoine Buchner. 
All wonderful right now. 
Violetta. Only one truss this year, but what enormous sized florets. 
A real comer when we can grow it better. 














I could go on raving about our Lilacs and believe me, we aim to 
have one of the finest plantings in the West before we are through, 
with your kind help. 
As soon as I can get to it, I intend to send you a list of some 
varieties we want and not yet listed by you, so that you will have 
the first opportunity to supply our needs. 
Signed, ROY S. LEIGHTON 
“Thank you, Mr. Leighton, for your list just received.” 






