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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 rce- 
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 26, 27, 28, and 29. 
FRENCH LILACS - SPECIAL LIST 
Per 10 Per 100 
Blamednvaticties t2etos Gr inches se eo ee eye $.-2,00 2. $129.00 
aed e Vat clicsselGnt0. 24.0inches> sense ee a 3.30 30.00 
marcia ia iChiCsMeo atOl ioe teetan a saute te oe Se ae 3.80 35.00 
i ATICOURY ASICTLOS wot. 44 feet mess ene trie) ol en es To 5.00 45.00 
(*Starred varieties at 5c per plant above listed prices.) 
12-18 in. 18-24 in. 2-5 ft 3-44, 
Kolfa tleSt lol yates Se eee Ng A 75 250 200 200 
Chi gO sere eter son eR Ore aden 5 50 200 275 = 
De GCroncels tamer eee parr re eee ie — 65 175 110 
POAT ATU kame. ous iaie a e a Se te E70 150 375 50 
Ber Wali th errs te ee ete ee 310 675 400 —- 
SEN eramOlerin ate peeks oe cus otis Lee ee — — 30 50 
ah ETERS REY sities 10) Belo SOIR SL re ee Sk ab Rater a Ae 100 Brey 200 ~ 
Ld wie 205 pa etl ance oi i Be ae Ce 2g 100 225 550 — 
Marechal eLannesyece sp aea ob oto ee. ee 50 150 100 — 
Wire Peni Gi ice oe niet tte a ie ng (ree 120 SUCe 150 25 
IMEC iets an Cee ee ete NS 2 es fo, LT — 150 300 — 
DR CARIUrt mee eee me tence eee el rey foi oS et 130 150 225 50 
“RU vO Me ITOUstenstenns asco ee ee aS 100 a a, 
SiN Wal CLEA IER RAST SLT ee ee ee Te — 40 30 ae 


All orders are booked subject to our regular Terms and Conditions of Sale as printed on 
pages 2 and 3. These should be carefully noted as we cannot vary from them. 
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