BETTER L0G 
by FARR 
Which to Plant 
Our list of Hybrid Lilacs has resulted from 37 years of Nursery experience, 
with 32 years of specialization in Lilacs. It contains only the best from our test 
collection of more than 200 varieties. 
No one can list a “Best Dozen.” “AII Lilacs are beautiful, only some years 
some are more beautiful than others,” was a favorite expression of Bertrand H. 
Farr. Tastes as to color and single or double form vary with the individual. 
More than 150 varieties of Hybrid Lilacs have been discarded. We recom- 
mend that you select an order according to your own preference for color, type, 
and price. Our descriptions scrupulously avoid such terms as “sensational,” 
“amazing,” “most beautiful.’ Such terms could truthfully be applied to all Farr 
Hybrid Lilacs when normally grown. 
Where to Plant 
Plant in a sunny, well-drained location, not in shady or wet spots. Use Hybrid 
Lilacs m the foundation planting about your home, for tall screening hedges, as 
specimens in your flower garden or on your Iawn. 
Start a Hybrid Lilac collection for a wartime and, Iater, a lifetime hobby. 
When to Plant 
In fall, after leaves drop and till ground freezes; in very early spring as soon 
as ground opens and before foliage appears. 
ALPHONSE LAVALLEE. Double, delicate 
sky-blue flowers in long, compact panicles. 
Tall growing. Very free bloomer with good 
fragrance. Florets type 3. Low and bushy. 
18 to 24 in. $2.00. 
BELLE de NANCY. Double. Large, loosely 
conical, bright pink trusses. Florets are 
satiny rose, with white center. Type 3. 
Early midseason. 2 to 3 ft. $4.C0. 
BLEUATRE. Single. Large, symmetrical, 
and solid; deep blue trusses composed of 
many small florets. Type 2. Medium grower. 
Early. 3 to 4 ft. $3.50, 4 to 5 ft. $4.50. 
CAPITAINE BALTET. Single. A difficult-to- 
describe translucent shade of violet-red 
color which was the hit of the New York 
World’s Fair. Slow and bushy grower. 
Florets type 1. Midseason. 3 to 4 ft. $4.00. 
CHARLES JOLY. Double. Long and slen- 
der, bright crimson trusses. Strong grower. 
Type 3 florets. Midseason. An old favorite. 
2 to 3 ft. $3.00, 3 to 4 ft. $4.00. 
CHARLES X. Single. Violaceous red. Flor- 
ets type 2. Old but still outstanding because 
of profuse and dependable bloom. Strong, 
many-branched grower. 3 to 4 ft. $3.00. 
CHRISTOPHE COLOMB. Single. Clear 
blue to tender lilac. Large, widely conical, 
compact trusses, composed of deeply 
cupped, type 1 florets in a very symmetrical 
pattern. Slow grower. Late midseason. 
2 to 3 ft. $3.00, 3 to 4 ft. $4.00. 
COMTE de MONTEBELLO. Double. 
Large, conical, and symmetrical; even- 
toned, clear sky-blue. Type 3 florets. 
Medium grower. Late midseason. 3 to 4 ft. 
$4.00, 4 to 5 ft. $5.00. 
CONGO. Single. Large, broad trusses of 
wallflower-red blooms composed of medium 
type 1 florets which produce a compact 
lacy effect. A favorite with visitors. Strong 
grower. Early. 2 to 3 ft. $3.50, 3 to 4 ft. 
$4.50 
DECAISNE. (Decorative.) Single. Long, 
loose, and graceful trusses of clear azure- 
blue flowers. Slow grower. Late midseaso?i. 
Type 2 florets. 2 to 3 ft. $5.00, 3 to 4 ft. 
$6.00. 
DIDEROT. Single. Very large and 
deeply cupped claret-purple, type 1 florets, 
forming largest, pointed spires of bloom. 
Slow grower. 2 to 3 ft. $4.00. 
EDITH CAVELL. Double. Opens from 
cream to pure milk-white in large, long, 
cone-shaped trusses. Like Ellen Willmott 
except slightly later, a bit more loosely con- 
structed, and has sulphur-yellow buds. 
Strong grower. Late. Type 5 florets. 2 to 
3 ft. $4.00, 3 to 4 ft. $5.00. 
EDMOND BOSSIER. Single. Loose, large, 
very slender truss. Deeply cupped, type 1 
florets of darkest red. Late. Medium 
grower. 2 to 3 ft. $4.00, 3 to 4 ft. $5.00. 
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