
Prolong Your Lilac B looming Season ly Planting 
SOME OF THE HYBRIDS AND SPECIES 
Aa Ele iNEg ee 
NONE DISAPPOINTING 
A great deal of interest has been created of late by a line of new 
hybrid Lilacs coming to us from Canada, largely the work of Miss 
Preston of Ottawa. These hybrid Lilacs are proving very desirable here 
in Minnesota. They are hybrids of Villosa and Josikaea, and like their 
parents they all come into bloom after the French Lilacs are through 
blooming. 
We have some 15 different varieties and have found them all good. 
They are somewhat similar and we have not decided as yet which are 
the best. We like them all and their slight variations add to their in- 
terest. They all grow into large open branching bushes with large heavy 
leaves like Villosa. 
We are discarding Villosa as these hybrids are far superior. The 
panicles are plumelike and the colors all run in lavenders and pinks. 
We are not describing the different varieties as we failed to do so at 
blooming time and the similarity is so great that any one of them will 
please you. There should be three or four varieties in every large col- 
lection as they vary in their blooming dates. 
We are also offering with them the Manchurian Lilac, which every- 
one should have, and the well known older hybrid Henri Lutece. 
ALICE. One of the famous new Prestoniae hybrids that are now causing 
such a stir in the Lilac world. A first cross between the Lilacs Vil- 
losa X Reflexa. This Lilac carries the good bush habit of its Villosa 
parent with much the beautiful color of Reflexa. 
CONSTANCE. Another splendid new hybrid Lilac that we have bloomed 
here for several years and which we like very much. Grows into a 
large bush with large, very striking foliage. Bush literally covered 
with large plumy panicles of a rose-pink color running into light 
purple. 
HENRI LUTECE. S. A hybrid between S. Villosa and S. Josikaea, with 
a round, shapely bush about midway in size between the two parents. 
The blooms are large, open, plumelike in appearance, held erect and 
of beautiful light violet in color. Has the heavy foliage of Josikaea. 
A fine ornamental shrub coming into bloom about a week after the 
French Lilac. This variety deserves a place in all Lilac plantings. One 
who has never seen one of these hybrid Lilacs cannot imagine how 
beautiful they are and how different from other Lilacs. 
LUCETTA. A hybrid between Vulgaris and Villosa. The bush resembles 
Villosa but is a trifle more open in growth with cleaner foliage. It 
is a real addition to our list of shrubs. The blooms come in long 
racemes held erect at first and then gracefully drooping as the petals 
open. The flowers are a bright pink in bud, opening to a rich cream 
in the center which makes a very striking and beautiful contrast with 
the deep pink on the reverse. 
MANCHURIAN LILAC. Here is a Lilac that pleases us very much. 
This Lilac came to us a number of years ago under this name and it 
may not be correct. It isa very slender, upright growing bush. When 
the bush is 5 feet tall it is not more than a foot through the branches. 
Our oldest bush, about 10 years old, is 3 feet in diameter and 9 feet 
tall. It blooms about 10 days after the French Lilac is gone and just 
before the Tree Lilac or Japonica. The flowers are similar to those of 
Japonica but somewhat smaller and do not show the creamy color, 
being a pure white. Don’t miss this one. 
REGAN. Not quite as open growing a bush as Lucetta, but otherwise 
somewhat similar. Bloom is longer, open branching and very feathery 
and graceful. Comes into bloom a day or two later. A deep pink to 
purple. 
Price of all the above Lilacs: 
2 to 3 ft. size, $2.50 3 to 4 ft. size, $3.00. 
Same discounts apply as for French Lilacs. 
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