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FRENCH LILACS - CLASSIFICATION TO COLOR 
As it is almost impossible to describe colors of flowers, particularly in 2 long 
list of similar varieties, so as to really give a good idea of color tones, we have 
divided the Lilacs on our list into nine general color groups so as to aid in color 
classification. It should also be remembered that there is a decided difference in 
the form of the individual Lilac flowers, as well as in the shape and size of the 
trusses or clusters. Also that there is often a decided difference in the growth 
characteristics of the different varieties. 
The color classification given here follows that included in the recent report 
of the Committee on Horticultural Varieties of the American Association of Botan- 
ical Gardens and Arboretums and therefore differs somewhat from the color classi- 
fication which we have been using in previous years. The varieties under each color 
group are listed according to their place preference in the Committee report. 
White Varieties 
Single Varieties — Mont Blanc, Jan Van Tol, Marie Legraye, Frau Bertha Dammann. 
Double Varieties — Edith Cavell, (Miss) Ellen Willmott, Jeanne d’Arc, Mme. Lemoine, Mme. 
Casimir Perier. 
Violet Shades 
Single Varieties — De Miribel, Louvois. 
Double Varieties — Marechal Lannes. 
Blue Shades 
Single Varieties — Pres. Lincoln, Descaine, -Bleuatre. 
Double Varieties — Emile Gentil. 
Bluish Lilac Shades 
Single Varieties — Maurice Barres, Katherine Havemeyer, General Sherman. 
Double Varieties — Pres. Grevy, Pres. Carnot. 
Lilac Shades 
Single Varieties — Hugo Koster, Pascal. 
Double Varieties — Pres. Fallieres, Leon Gambetta, Desfontaines, Souv. de L. Thibaut, 
Michel Buchner, Emile Lemoine, Mme. Leon Simon, Renoncule, Alphonse Lavallee. 
Lilac Pink Shades 
Single Varieties —- Lamartine, Descartes. 
Double Varieties — Waldeck Rousseau, Jean Mace, Vauban, Claude Bernard, LaMauve. 
Pink Shades 
Single Varieties — Lucie Baltet, Frau Wilhelm Pfitzer, Buffon. 
Double Varieties — Montaigne, Edouard Andre. 
Reddish Purple Shades ; 
Single Varieties — Reaumur, Congo, Ruhm von Horstenstein, Charles X, De Croncels. 
Double Varieties — Paul Thirion, Mrs. Edward Harding, Charles Joly, William Robinson, 
La Tour d’Auvergne. 
Deep Purple Shades 
Single Varieties — Ludwig Spaeth, Diderot. 
Double Varieties — Adelaide Dunbar. 
FRENCH LILACS - DESCRIPTIVE LIST 
In April 1942 the Committee on Horticultural Varieties of the American Asso- 
ciation of Botanical Gardens and Arboretums published the results of a study which 
the Committee had made of better than 500 varieties of Lilac hybrids, including in 
that report a recommendation of the one hundred “best’’ Lilacs based on ratings 
received during that study. We have marked with an asterisk (*) the varieties in 
this list which are included in that list of one hundred. 
*Adelaide Dunbar — flowers large, semi-double to occasionally double, in long narrow clusters; 
deep maroon-red in bud, opening violet red. One of the darkest red lilacs. 
Alphonse Layallee — flowers double, of medium size, clear lilac, deeper within than without. 
Clusters large, shapely, and compact. A splendid variety. 
*Buffon — single, very attractive mauve-pink flowers with reflexed lobes. F 
*Charles Joly — flowers double, quite large, very dark violet-purple with silvery reflex; clusters 
open, of medium size. An old variety, but still one of the best all-around double dark reds. 
Charles X — An old free-flowering favorite. Flowers single, of medium size, reddish-violet; 
compact clusters of medium size. One of the most free-flowering of all the French Lilacs. 
Claude Bernard — long panicles of double or semi-double bright mauve lilac flowers. 
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. 
