24 BRYANT’S NURSERIES, PRINCETON, ILLINOIS 
FRENCH LILACS 
For a number of years we have been specializing in the growing of French 
Lilacs and are propagating from a long list of varieties covering a wide range of 
color and form, a list that contains the better and more popular of the older varieties 
as well as many of the newer and finer types. 
OWN-ROOT Plants:—The Lilacs which we offer here are own-root plants. Our French 
Lilacs are propagated by grafting on small pieces of Privet root, not by budding on Privet or 
Common Lilac. The grafts are planted deep, both in the bed and when transplanted to the 
nursery row. When grown in this manner the Privet acts as a nurse root for the Lilac scion un- 
til such time as the Lilac can develope its own root system. When that is accomplished, it soon 
overgrows the Privet and the Privet dies off—in fact on some varieties we are even able to re- 
move the Privet root when transplanting from the beds into the field. There is of course quite 
a little difference in how long it takes for the different varieties to go onto their own roots but 
any of our plants which have been grown in the field two years after transplanting are at least 
started on their own, roots. 
Own-root plants have the marked advantage over budded plants in that they are perfectly 
hardy and therefore much longer lived, and that all of the sprouts from the roots will be true to 
variety. Many nurserymen propagate French Lilacs by budding above the ground on California 
Privet, or, tho much less frequently, on Common Lilac stocks. Plants buddedi on Privet are al- 
most invariably short lived unless the plant is set low enough in the ground when transplanted 
so that the Lilac can develop its own roots, a type of planting seldom accomplished with devel- 
oped plants even by persons who understand the necessity for deep planting. If planted at the 
normal depth the plants are not root-hardy, as the tender Privet is apt to kill off during severe 
winters. Plants left too long on Privet roots are apt to develop a ‘“‘graft blight’’ resulting from 
insufficient union with and overgrowth of the root stock by the scion. Buds on Common Lilac, 
on the other hand, are root-hardy and make a good union, but the root stocks invariably sprout. 
Such sprouts, being hard to distinguish from the budded variety and also usually being of 
stronger growth, often drown out the buds. 
In order to facilitate pricing, we have divided the Lilacs which we are offering 
into five price groups. 
We can furnish small quantities of some varieties and sizes not included in the 
following quantity lists. 
For additional varieties of French Lilacs and Descriptive List and Color Classi- 
fication see pages 26, 27, and 28. 
FRENCH LILACS SLOW GROWING VARIETIES 
Per 10 Per 100 
Watiéed.. Varieties, 12:sto nl Sninches oe tees eee oe ee See $ 3.30 $ 30.00 
Named: Varietiessn1Stog2 4einchesac tee 2 ene ee eee 3.80 35.00 
Named <V arieties: 2 “to3 fecte es 2 oe ee eee ee 450 40.06 
Named? arieties,. 5 ‘tos4 cteet oe ee oe 2-30 50.00 
12-18 in. 18-24in. 2-3 ft. 3-4 ft. 
De-iMiribel ano ee ee 300 100 20 a= 
JaniVan lol eee ee . 100 pel5 300 20 
Reavy rh ee eee ee 130 150 325 60 
FRENCH LILACS - SPECIAL LIST 
Per 10 Per 100 
Named, Varieties; °12"to718' inches\3 Ses eee $220 se $ 27500 
- "Named, Varieties," 18 to24 inches == ee ee 3.30 30.00 
Named. Varieties,: 2° to 3. feet. ee ee . 3.80 35.00 
Named Varieties, 3 to 4 feet patent sp nineltnr Saok et (1 45.00 
(*Starred varieties at 5c per plant above listed prices.) 
12-18 in. 18-24 in. 2-3. ft. 3-4 ft. 
* Adelaide Dunbar: es _— 70 140 ots 
Charles: Joly 4 eee 75 350 500 400 
CO ncaa aeaean amen ecnnneerneenmapenrernenernecensencennntncnentocreeer cee 50 250 375 50 
De=Croncels: s.266 ee — 65 275 145 
Edouard Andre «22 eee ee 250 525 150 
Ellen Willmott-2.2 3 eee 610 975 430 20 
General: Sherman 22.2 2 ae a — i 70 
*Katherine > Flavemey Ct eee — 70 75 — 
*Leon: Gambetta :2.22 eee ~ aU 30 =a — 
Ludwig Spaeth ——_... ee 200 425 1050 200 

Prices quoted are for wholesale quantities. Orders calling for less than five of a variety and 
size are not wholesale, but will be filled at an advance over printed rates as outlined on page 2. 
