BRYANT’S NURSERIES, PRINCETON, ILLINOIS 23 
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 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 four 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 24, 25, 26 and 27. 
FRENCH LILACS - GENERAL LIST 
Per 10 Per 100 
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Iamned se Viatictics miGutON 24° ICES oo ee ee ee 3.20 2h50 
Ni oirecuMMALI@LiCgne a tLOWan TCCte eis nathan Cs eat 3.80 35.00 
Me TCHR ALTE TIG SEM OI LCCT eg ke a nee re tnprneetipt oe nema ents 4.75 42.50 
Tae ALIETIOS ee CO LCR ee ee S50) 50.00 
: J 12:18andw | 218-24-in..« ¥ 2-3.ht- 3-4 ft. 4-5 ft. 
Alphonse, Eavalle joni =e 25 100 400 400 — 
Chayles 7X & cet ai eed re 400 200 400 500 80 
COD SO eee ee ee tena tee ete 170 200 300 300 130 
De Croncels asc ek ee LY ao — 60 250 30 
Edouard Andrey.cy feos ee 100 70 300 200 — 
Ellenwwallmott 22 2. tae 500 600 700 280 — 
Frau. Bertha; Dammann, — 15 80 100 os 
Feantte cd Ate emma keh te 100 30 150 200 — 
Mme. Casimiry Petieront o 3.42. 250 — 100 250 400 125 
Marechal? Lannes cee ea — 50 160 50 — 
MATIC OSTA VC MN cect ee fee sigs 150 1 175 100 
Mie ALemoinen £4 kote ea &: 150 250 150 — 
Manrice patres ke de 60 60 230 240 pias 
ATEN TS LADC eee Se antes ee cael 100 225 180 135 ees 
ran hien s EPI Ot ein het ee pan 100 225 200 100 ss 
Rresicent .Gatnot is. 100 80 150 340 100 
President Fallieres ceecccsccsecssesecesnesceeeseee 20 100 100 50 hs 
Presidents (Stevy yop ee ae Ae 100 200 said 
RiFaldeck.s ROSSCAW ia ee 60 200 225 350 30 
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