
BRYANT’S NURSERIES, PRINCETON, ILLINOIS 25 
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 often 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 budded 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 - SPECIAL LIST 
Per 10 Per 100 
WramedaVarreries at.2 Or LO sic Mes: on cater tan ee Ce ee he RY @ 22250 
Named =Viaricties=ul 6 O92 TIN CCS. Moe ee hae 3.20 27.50 
IMME V-AMICTICg i LOMsKLCCl Ee ne Barer caper Ot os MEL i 4.00 35.00 
Iaimed aViatieties) SrtOvA st OGL ce ett ip ae EA acc nal ie, 5.00 45.00 
12-18 in. 18-24 in. 2-3 ft. 3-4 ft. 
Ghacless)Ol ya ce te ee a ag ere tah a ee 100 500 | 100 --- 
CONS Gite era ce ae ee Ne not: 5), ee Ae ae eS 100 125 225 — 
TOR GC POO CEUSS ore ee ee edt ee 20 50 250 40 
Ludwig sot Reno Ean, (NDE UN I> Sele, odie Tt AI ele te: Sewer 200 800 400 — 
Matec BE antics ie ee te eet 100 175 100 — 
Mime cLeniGinieyin 22 ote oe ee ea he 70 350 320 — 
ies miler Wl tii EE et tee ae ne 250 500 poe) — 
VETS Fath Cpe, hee ae Ng es ee oR 90 250 175 a 
FRENCH LILACS - SLOW GROWING VARIETIES 
Per 10 Per 100 
PE AIEOE V ALIETICS 12> TO =) SNCS. ae oe eS Scale ek. $ 2.80 $ 25.00 
Named Varieties, 18 to 24 inches teen! oD AN TES MERE POON eh ROO 3.80 33.00 
PapRied Varieties net LOL S81 Cet, 5 keke Ne oe ee eg ae Iain 4.50 40.00 
12-18 in. 18-24 in. 2-3 ft. 
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RGAE £1) ees a ee oe ee mG a Me eo dt 8 50 as et 
Edouard Andre ......... CAMS RTE UN Ra tae ae ae Cee RY NMED er EAS 400 225 
ETRE ETS We) Ben FL aera eo ab eae Py LR Raed he ea? Ae 280 150 ~- 
BORIS ae Seo Arai es ek BM Se cele te 350 275 85 
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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. 
