12 THE GREEN THUMB 
For those who prefer still shorter 
thumbnail lists, we give you the choices 
of three Colorado voters who voted on 
more than fifty varieties. It is re- 
eretted that space prevents listing the 
favorites of all the voters. 
Mrs. G. R. Marriage (Upton Gar- 
dens, Colorado Springs) selected the 
following four as best: Lucie Baltet, 
Massena, Edith Cavell and Mme. F. 
Morel. Close seconds included Mont 
Blanc, Ellen Willmott, Cavour, Olivier 
de Serres, Duc de Massa, President 
Fallieres, Macrostachya, Ludwig 
Spaeth, Paul Thirion, Volcan and Jules 
Simon. 
Roy P. Rogers (Rockmont Nursery: 
Boulder) in sending in his ballot writes: 
“Vestale and Mont Blanc are the two 
best single whites. I cannot see much 
difference. .. . Edith Cavell is the 
best double white closely followed by 
Ellen Willmott. Boule Azuree (ball of 
blue) is wonderful in flower but seems a 
poor grower. The two best lilacs we 
have are Massena (a dark red-purple 
single) and Leon Gambetta (a lavender- 
lilac double).”’ Runner-ups on Rogers’ 
ballot included Monge, Capitaine Bal- 
tet, Mme. F. Morel, Victor Lemoine, 
President Viger, Paul Thirion, Reau- 
mur and Marceau. 
Lemoine J. Bechtold writes on his 
ballot: “Monge, Capitaine Baltet, 
Massena are my choice three.” Rated 
slightly below these on Bechtold’s bal- 
lot were Vauban, Mont Blanc, Mare- 
chal Lannes, Lucie Baltet, Reaumur, 
Jan van Tol, President Lincoln, Boule 
Azuree, Duc de Massa, President 
Viger, Leon Gambetta, Etna, Diderot, 
Marechal Foch, Ruhm von Horsten- 
stein, Paul Thirion, Mrs. Edward 
Harding and President Poincare. 
Henry F. Lake, Jr.’s list of outstand- 
ing varieties in his collection at Gunni- 
son has been given in footnote (12). 
The two most sensational lilacs in 
the writer’s garden, Glory and Night, 
are both seedlings developed in Amer- 
ica by T. A. Havemeyer who grew the 
finest of the French lilacs in his Long 
Island garden and did much in intro- 
ducing French lilacs to other American 
gardens. Glory, a pinkish orchid col- 
ored single bloomed this year with 
florets slightly over 11% inches across 
with 14-inch-wide petals. Night is a 
regular bloomer with foot-long pan- 
icles and florets (flat not cupped) 
measuring nearly 114 inches across. 
Night opens a very dark red-purple 
(darker than Massena) and_ slowly 
changes to a rich royal purple. The 
almost black blossom buds are not 
fooled into opening in a warm March 
spell—and late March or early April 
storms with 10° or lower leave Night’s 
tight blossom buds untouched. 
When Mr. Havemeyer and Mr. 
Alexander Michie in 1936 sent the 
writer Glory and Night to try out in 
Colorado, Mr. Michie said Glory was 
the finest of all Mr. Havemeyer’s rais- 
ing; and that with them “Night is the 
finest dark lilac there is.’ In the na- 
tional survey these two rated at the 
top. Mr. E. A. Upton (Upton Nursery 
Co., Detroit) recently wrote us that he 
is undertaking to propagate Night and 
Glory on their own roots commercially. 
They are well worth waiting for. 
In the above short lists the nearest 
to the familiar lilac color are Capitaine 
Baltet (a single with quarter- to dollar- 
size florets), Mme. F. Morel, (a mauve- 
pink single with nickel-size flowers), 
and Leon Gambetta (double). Presi- 
dent Fallieres and Victor Lemoine also 
are fine doubles similar to Leon Gam- 
