
“With many a pointed blossom rising delicate, 
with the perfume strong I love.’—Walt Whitman 
nent Irishman’s warning: “All general- 
izations are false—including this one.” 
However one very interesting result 
of the survey is that nearly all lilacs 
and especially the French varieties 
seem to grow well in Colorado almost 
all the way up to timberline. 
In mile-and-a-half-high Gunnison, 
Mr. Henry F. Lake, Jr. is successfully 
growing 77 lilac varieties in his 7700- 
foot-high garden. He says in severe 
winters there the temperature drops to 
A7° below with three feet of snow. He 
writes: ““We have in Western Colo- 
rado, a march of lilacs lasting a month, 
from the time the early ones come out 
at Grand Junction (4,583 ft.) progres- 
sively through Delta (4,980 ft.), Mont- 
rose (5,820 ft.), Hotchkiss (5,370 ft.), 
Paonia (5,696 ft.) Ridgeway (6,990 ft.) 
and lastly our blossoms in the moun- 
(11) George W. Kelly has included a lilac survey in his excellent series of surveys of garden 
aristocrats that thrive in Colorado climate. He sent ballots to about seventy-five nursery- 
men and gardeners in Colorado. Kelly assigned to the writer the interesting task of summariz- 
ing the results for “The Green Thumb.” Thirteen ballots were returned with valuable notes 
from points all over the state as compared to 38 voters in the national survey. We are only 
sorry that limitation of space prevents quoting all of the interesting comments. Three 
voted on 50 to 60 varieties, one on 40 varieties. The average number voted on was eighteen. 
Several voters are growing the newer varieties and latest novelties but haven’t accumulated 
enough experience to vote on their merits. 
