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HYBRID LILACS 
Known also as FRENCH LILACS 
benefitted by applications of lime over the soil above their roots, if the soil is inclined to be acid. 
] ILACS thrive best in a sunny location and in a well drained soil. They prefer a neutral soil and are 
Bonemeal is one of the best fertilizers to use. 
planting, at least a pint to a bush, and should cover an area at least 2 feet in 
This may be mixed ew the soil at the time of 
Geneeter. 
Our lilae stock is propagated on their own roots, also grafted and budded, Dh ah are establishe Teh 
on their own roots before being sold. They are stocky, 
and with proper planting and care usually bloom the second year. They need be plantec 
deeper than they were in our gardens. We do not prepay transportation on lilacs and recommen 
shipments. 
Sizes and prices: 12 to 18 inches........ 
18 to 24 inches........ 
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LIST OF VARIETIES OF LILACS 
Alphonse-Lavalle. (D) Rosy to lilac blue. 
Buffon. (S) Pink, early. 
Belle de Nancy. (D) Rosepink. 
Captaine Baltet. (S) Warm shade of lilac. 
Charles Joly. (D) Purple red. 
Charles X. (S) Neutral red shade. 
Clara Cochet. (S) Pale persian lilac. 
Colbert. (D) Rosy purplish shadings. 
Congo. (S) Argyle-purple. 
Condercet. (D) Pale lilae. 
Duc de Massa. (D) Purple-to-lobelia-violet. 
Edith Cavell. (D) White. 
Emile Gentil. (S) Blue to mauve. 
General Kitchener. (D) Reddish to pale lilae pink. 
Hyacinthiflora. (S) Lilac shade. 
Jan Van Tol. (S) White. 
Jean Bart. (D) Mauve. 
Jean Mace. (D) Bluish-mauve. 
Jules Simon. (D) Blue to lavendar. 
Katherine Havemeyer. (D) Blue to mauve. 
Lamartine. (S) Early, rosy-mauve. 
Leon Gambetta. (D) Purplish-violet. 
Le Printemp. (D) Purplish. 
Mme. Abel Chatney. (D) White. 
Marie Legraye. (S) White. 
Maurice Barres. (S) Pale lilac blue. 
Michel Buchner. (D) Pale lilae pink. 
Miss Ellen Willmott. (D) White, late. 
Mme. F. Morel. (S) Reddish. 
Mme. Lemoine. (D) White, late. 
Mrs. Edward Harding. (D) Tourmaline pink. 
Mrs. Morgan. (SD) Orchid. 
Mrs. Mills. (D) Lavender. 
Mirabeau. (S) Lobelia-violet. 
Monge. (S) Pale rose-purple. 
Montaigne. (D) Light mauve to blue. 
Mont Blanc. (S) White. 
Monument Carnot. (D) Lobelia-violet. 
Naudin. (D) Ageratum-blue. 
Olivier de Serres. (D) Purplish-lilac. 
Pascal. (S) Pure lilac. 
Philemon. (S) Chinese-violet. 
President Carnot. (D) Pale lavender-violet. 
President Fallieres. (D) Deep dull-lavender. 
President Grevy. (D) Blue. 
President Lincoln. (S$) Light bluish violet. 
President Loubet. (D) Daphne-red. 
President Viger. (SD) Light pinkish lilac. 
Reaumur. (8S) Rose-red. 
Rhum Von Hortenstein. (S) Reddish-purple. 
Souvenir de L. Thibaut. (D) Purplish-lilac. 
Sou. de Ludwig Spaeth. (S) Reddish-purple. 
Toussaint Louverture. (S) Eupatorium-purple. 
Vauban. (SD) Purple to pinkish. 
Vestale. (S) White. 
Viviand-Morel. (SD) Light lobelia-violet. 
Volcan. (S) Rose-purple. 
Waldeck-Rousseau. (D) Rosy-purple. 
William Robinson. (D) Rosy to mauve. 
E. J. BERNECHE ... Grower of Fine Peonies and Hybrid Lilacs 
3903 S. W. Baird Street 
Portland, Oregon 
