PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS 
Our Lilacs should be planted at about the same depth as they were in 
the nursery, or possibly a little deeper. DEEP-PLANTING IS NOT 
NECESSARY WHEN LILACS ARE REALLY ON THEIR OWN 
ROOTS. Lilacs may be moved at any season if taken with a ball of earth 
and well watered for several days, but they are best planted either when 
dormant in the fall or in early spring. A mulch applied during the first 
season after planting is beneficial. 
Fig. A 
Fig. B 
GRAFTED ON PRIVET GROWN ON OWN ROOTS 
(Photographed in July) (Photographed in December) 
This clearly demonstrates the desirability of purchas- 
ing Lilacs GROWN ON THEIR OWN ROOTS, rather 
than grafted plants. Fig. A shows a Lilac grafted 
on Privet which was planted deep in order to get it 
on its own roots. The history of this plant shows, 
as in a great percentage of grafted Lilacs, that after 
five years it has failed to establish roots of its own. 
Note the greatly enlarged stem at the graft juncture. 
The wilted, unhealthy appearance is due entirely 
to the plant’s inability to obtain sufficient nutri- 
ment through the inadequate root system of the 
Privet understock. Fig. B shows a dormant two year 
old Lilac on its own roots. The picture speaks for itself. 

