
FARIBAULT,. MINN. 
MME. FRANCISQUE MOREL. S. Morel gave to the world one truly 
great Lilac, this one, and it is truly a masterpiece, one of the great, 
great Lilacs. A Lilac of the largest size and still a beautiful one. Great 
panicles with florets as big as a quarter. A deep purple flushed mauve- 
pink. 2 to 3 ft., $3.50; 3 to 4 ft., $5.00 
MME. LEMOINE. D. One of the best of the older whites; a snow-white 
without tinge of cream. Foliage dark green. A free blooming variety. 
2 to 3 ft., $1.00; 3 to 4 ft., $1.50 
MONGE. S. One of the newer varieties which seems to deserve the 
name of the best red Lilac. Plant habit good. A rather dwarf grow- 
er. Panicles very broad at base developing into a very nice cone. 
Color a brilliant deep rich red which holds unusually long in the sun. 
This is the brightest red Lilac. Not red-purple, but really red. If 
one likes red this is the Lilac. 2 to 3 ft., $4.00; 3 to 4 ft., $5.00 
MONTAIGNE. D. Those who like large blooms will find in Montaigne 
a flower to their heart’s desire. The bush is very tall and upright. The 
blooms carried at the top of the stems are simply amazing. From 
memory, we would describe the color as a soft, almost uniform 
creamy pink, with just a faint suggestion of rose. A strong grower. 
2 to 3 ft., $3.00; 3 to 4 ft., $4.00 
MRS. EDWARD HARDING. D. When this variety becomes established 
It produces large blooms filled with unsymmetrical florets of a rich 
claret color mixed with pink. The color holds reasonably well but 
as the panicles begin to fade, the blossom still retains lighter shades 
of equal beauty. The plant is of medium height and when it acquires 
some age it becomes a superb variety. 
2 to 3 ft., $2.50 

WHY LILACS MAY FAIL TO 
BLOOM 
We are asked a number of times during the course of the year, 
“Why do my Lilacs fail to bloom?” 
It is impossible to answer this question satisfactorily by letter. 
There are a number of reasons why Lilacs fail to bloom. We 
cannot tell which special reason is applicable in each individual 
case. We are giving a number of causes in this catalog and leav- 
ing you to decide which of these fit your individual problem. 

We have no difficulty here at the nursery. Our plants are 
loaded with flowers each year and if your plants are not giving 
satisfactory bloom, some one of the following causes must be 
responsible. 
1. Your plants may not have been handled carefully enough when you made 
your planting. The roots may have been exposed to the air and some of the 
vitality of the plant weakened. A bundle of Lilacs comes to you_and this 
bundle is often opened up and the plants separated and looked over. Then they 
are laid out in the sun or shade while the holes for them are dug and the 
planting goes on. The plants grow but they received a setback from this ex- 
posure of the roots and it often takes 2 or 3 years to overcome this mistreatment. 
2. It may be the roots were not spread out carefully and soil packed tightly 
about them at planting time. The roots may have become jammed in a cramped 
and twisted mass in the hole, and growth stunted. In filling in the hole dry 
dirt may have been pulled in over the roots and so reduced the vitality of the 
plant as to check its right growth for several years. 
3. The young plant may be planted so close to trees or larger shrubs as to 
rob it of much of its vitality. 
4. It may be in too much shade or in dry gravelly soil. Lilacs like a rich 
heavy soil but not a wet acid soil. 
5. It may be your plants are making altogether too much growth and that 
such growth needs checking. Or they may have formed a great mass of heavy 
Bioaches from the ground with a tremendous branchy top growth and have 
reached a point where they have stopped going forward and produce no bloom, 
If your plants are making a very rapid growth, sending out long new shoots 
with no bloom, go through your plants about the middle of June and trim out 
about one-half of the new growths back to the old wood. This will have a 
tendency to cause blooming buds to set on the balance of the new growth for 
the next year. If your bushes have a great many branches from the ground and 
many short top branches go through your plants in March in the north or 
earlier in the south (before the sap starts) and cut out about one-half of the 
old branches to the ground. This will cause a new growth which no doubt will 
bring the plant into heavy blooming. 
Now any of the foregoing causes might be the reason your Lilacs are not 
blooming. You are in a position to analyze your difficulty much better than we. 
We have no further information to offer. 
A tag giving full directions for the planting and care of your Lilacs is 
attached to every order of Lilacs that leaves our packing department. Watch 
for this card. Read it carefully before you open your package and then follow 
directions. Keep this card in your files and consult it if you need our advice. 
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Jacques Calot 
OLIVIER DE SERRES. D. A clear, clean, uniform light blue with un- 
opened buds a deep violet. The bush is tall and a good grower. The 
large double florets are packed closely on the stem. Panicles are very 
large and the general effect of the plant when in full bloom is simply 
amazing. To see this variety at its very best wait until your plant is 
well established. We class it as a Lilac of the very highest quality. 
2 to 3 ft., $4.00; 3 to 4 ft., $5.00 
PRESIDENT CARNOT. D. A very profuse blooming variety with large 
panicles, regular in form, and rather oblong. The black of the floret 
is a deep reddish blue, center bluish violet, suffused with pink. 
2 to 3 ft., $1.50; 3 to 4 ft., $2.00 
PRESIDENT FALLIERES. D. A lavender-rose marked with white. Pan- 
icles large, loose and showy. Very large. This Lilac is classed by many 
as one of the very choicest of Lilacs. It carries those delicate orchid 
shades so many love. Somewhat similar to Leon Gambetta but with 
smaller florets. 
2 to 3 ft., $2.00; 3 to 4 ft., $2.50 
PRESIDENT GREVY. D. Light blue. Immense panicles; very double 
and symmetrical. A clear, soft, delicate blue—President Grevy is one 
of the older sorts and still one of the most desirable. 
2 to 3 ft., $1.50; 3 to 4 ft., $2.00 
PRESIDENT POINCARE. D. Very thrifty plant, grows into a large, 
heavy-limbed bush. Panicles large to very large, globular, made up 
of many lobes. Petals very large, purplish red on outside, turning to 
lavender-blue as they open. An immense and impressive bloom. Mag- 
nificent fits this variety nicely. 
2 to 3 ft., $2.00; 3 to 4 ft., $2.50 
PRESIDENT VIGER. D. A tall, upright, shapely growing Lilac with 
long, rather narrow, cone-shaped panicles held erect on the bush. 
Color purple tipped deep pink in the bud, fading to a soft mauve. 
2 to 3 ft., $1.00; 3 to 4 ft., $1.50 
REAUMUR. 5S. Each year we are more impressed with the beauty of 
this variety. The panicles are of the greatest size as the truss is made 
up of several smaller ones all worked together so as to appear as one 
great truss. Color a subdued rose-red. It keeps its color a long time 
and is a superb variety. This is one of the greatest of the Lilacs. 
2 to 3 ft., $4.00; 3 to 4 ft., $5.00 
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