

Brands New Improved French Lilacs 
With Beautiful Danicles of Enormous Size 
BRAND’S LILACS 

We have experimented with the propagation 
of the French lilac for over twenty years to find 
how to grow it in a practical way on its own 
roots. We have discovered how to do this suc- 
cessfully. Before we were able to do this we 
never had any success with French lilacs in the 
Minnesota.-climate. We have never had any 
trouble with our French lilacs dying out since. 
A French lilac must be on its own root to do 
well in a sévere climate like that of Minnesota. 
Growing an improved lilac on its own root is 
a slow process. It actually takes us two years 
longer to produce a lilac of a given grade on 
its own root than it would take to produce the 
same grade on privet. Yet we insist on sending 
out only those lilacs that will prove satisfactory 
THIS 1S IMPORTANT 
Many make the mistake of planting the lilac 
too shallow. Most shrubs should be planted with 
the crown about 2 inches below the surface. 
Lilacs do much better if planted with the crown 
6 inches below the surface line as illustrated in 
the picture below. 
WHEN TO PLANT YOUR LILACS 
Lilacs can be planted with perfect safety either 
in the spring or in the fall. In the fall we begin 
to send out our plants the latter part of Septem- 
ber, and we continue to make shipments through- 
out the fall months. If lilacs are planted in the 
spring, they should be planted as early in the 
are all on their 
OWN ROOTS 
These bushes come to you all ready 
to plant. They need no trimming. Now 
that the French lilac can be propa- 
gated successfully on its own root, there 
is mo longer eny reason why a lilac 
propagated in any other way should be 
planted. 
READ CAREFULLY BEFORE 
ORDERING 
We do not pay transportation charges 
so our customers can depend upon receiving only 
genuine own-root plants. 
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THE ABOVE PICTURE 
is from a photograph of four average sized plants of our Own-Root French 
lilacs, showing one plant of a two- to three-foot size, and three plants of a 
three- to four-foot size. 
The line running through each plant shows the depth you should plant your 
bushes. 
To one who has never grown an Own-Root French lilac, the price may seem 
high. But we feel sure you would not wish to care for a plant for five years 
and offer it for a price below what we are charging. 



season as possible. 
FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS 
CAREFULLY 
To allow the French lilac its 
natural spread, the plants should 
be set not less than 8 feet apart. 
Dig a hole as large as a bushel 
basket. Fill back with rich top 
soil mixed with one-third part 
well-rotted cow manure if same 
is obtainable, and tramp down 
firmly until you can place the 
plants on this soil so that when 
roots are spread out naturally, 
the crown will be from 4 to 6 
inches deeper than it was in the 
nursery row. 
Work the soil carefully among 
the roots until the hole is half 
full; then tramp this down un- 
usually hard. Then pour in a 
full pail of water. After this has 
settled away fill the hole with 
loose mellow soil until it is 
rounding full, then tramp light- 
ly. Keep plants well hoed. Where 
planting is done in the fall, place 
a coarse mulch 6 inches deep 
about the bushes the first winter 
to keep ground from heaving. 
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on our lilacs, but you will note that we 
offer a liberal quantity discount which 
in most cases will cover these charges. 
All nursery stock travels as second 
class by express. See that your agent 
doesn’t charge you a First Class rate. 

PESTS 
Oystershell scale and the lilac borer are about the 
only enemies of the lilac. For oystershell scale use 
as a spray lime-sulphur. Use liquid lime-sulphur in 
preference to dry at the rate of 1 part to 7 parts 
water. Lime-sulphur spray should be applied just 
as the buds are beginning to show green. 
The lilac borer is best handled by prevention. If 
bushes are kept well cultivated and growing, there 
is but little borer trouble. Where the borer is at 
work, he may be taken and killed by running a 
small wire into the hole and twisting it around to 
accomplish this. One can also shoot carbon bisul- 
phide into the furrow of the borer with a medicine 
or fountain pen dropper; then plug up the entrance 
with putty. 
FERTILIZERS 
A lilac likes a sweet soil and responds wonder- 
fully to applications of lime. Use 4 quarts of lime 
to a large bush each year if you have an acid soil. 
Otherwise lime is unnecessary. All seed houses 
usually carry lime or your County Agent may be 
able to give you this information. Any good well- 
balanced fertilizer can be used with good results. 
Heavy applications of well-rotted barnyard ma- 
nure every year covering the ground about the 
bushes is best. 
