10 THE GREEN THUMB 
Colo Nat’l 
Colo. Aver- Aver- 
Votes age age 
SINGLE 
Colo. Nat’l 
Colo. Aver- Aver- 
Votes age age 
DOUBLE 
VII. PURPLE 
8.4 Nicut (Hav.) 
8.3. Monce (1913) 
8.1 Propice (1928) 
8.0 Mrs. W. E. MARSHALL 
bo — WwW bo 
co 1 60 10 
Curia 
(Hav. 1924) 
12 7.9 7.8 Lupwic SPAETH (Spaeth 1883) 
1aN3 7.4 Erna (1927) 
Sustiel 2 4.) ae DIDEROT (1915) 
7.1 La Puace (1913) 
2 6.5 6.7 Toussaint L’?OUVERTURE 
(1908) 
Dee nO da V OLCANTCLSO9) 
Monsieur Lemoine couldn’t vote in 
either the Colorado or the American 
national lilac surveys. In 1933 accord- 
ing to Mrs. Edward Harding (1) two of 
Lemoine’s favorites were Capitaine 
SINGLES 
VESTALE (1910) 
Marceau (1913) 
Mont Buanc (1915) 
CaAPITAINE Ba.ret (1919) 
MAssEna (1923) 
MareEcHAL Focu (1924) 
PropiGcE (1928) 
AMBASSADEUR (1930) 
DOUBLES 
Mme. Lemorne (1890) 
ELLEN WitimotTtr (1903) 
Mme. ANTOINE BUCHNER (1905) 
Pres. PorncareE (1913) 
Pau. THrrRIion (1915) 
EpitH CAve.t (1916) 
KATHARINE HAVEMEYER (1922 
Mrs. Epwarp Harprine (1923) 
GENERAL PERSHING (1924) 
6.2 ADELAIDE DUNBAR 
(Dun. 1924) 
6.2 Pau. Harrot (1902) 
Baltet (1919) and Boule Azuree (1919). 
Several years ago Lemoine’s choices 
were reported (14) by J. Brisben 
Walker, Jr. to be: 
Nat’l Colo. 
Aver- Aver- 
age age 
White 8.5 ie | 
Reddish Csl. 6.8 
White regs 8.5 
Reddish-purple 8.0 8.3 
Reddish-purple 7.9 9.1 
Reddish-purple 8.3 8 
Purple 8.1 7 
Blue 8.5 8 
White 6.6 6.4 
White 8.0 8.1 
Pink 7.6 8.2 
Reddish-purple 6.8 7.4 
Reddish-purple 8.0 7.9 
White 9.2 Gar 
Lilac-pink ree 6.8 
Reddish-purple 7.0 8 
Lilac-pink 6.5 
(14) “Lilacs, Ideal for Colorado Climate,’ Rocky Mountain News, June 2, 1941. 
