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THE CREAM OF THE 
New French Hybrids 
The following are the “cream” of the cream of Lilacs. They stand 
out above other varieties because of their enormous trusses and ex- 
quisite colors, as well as their fragrance. No more need be said than 
“these are the best to date.” Although our collection of French Lilacs 
comprises only a limited number of varieties, the purpose of this list 
is to bring to your attention the very newest and most interesting 
developments at the earliest possible date. 
The plants offered are healthy and vigorous, about 24% to 3 feet tall, 
and will flower for you next year. 
Ambassadeur Each $5.00, Three $14.00, Doz. $50.00 
A splendid new French Hybrid. One of the best. Broad spikes of very 
large single flowers of a most charming appearance. The rounded, 
slightly reflexed lobes are of a pleasing azure-lilac, enlightened by a 
conspicuous white center. Single. 
Ami Schott Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
Magnificent double deep cobalt-blue flowers with paler reverse. The 
panicles are dense and broad. This is a superb novelty. 
Etna Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
Broad panicles of medium sized regular flowers, deep claret-purple, 
late. Practically the most approaching to red. Single. 
General Pershing Each $2.50, Three $7.00, Doz. $25.00 
Double flowers of a quite unusual size, broad lobes of a rich purplish 
violet, paler underneath, big purple buds. Late. Very beautiful. 
Hugo de Vries Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
Brilliant single deep purple flowers with carmine-red glow. Exceptionally 
large trusses. An outstanding fine Lilac, blooms freely and is a good 
grower. Single. 
Lamartine Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
Mauve-pink, immense, compound clusters of single flowers. Very choice 
variety. Early flowering. 
Marie Finon Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
Extremely floriferous, immense single flowers of purest alabaster-white. 
Large branched panicles, round flowers. 
Marechal Foch Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
A sensational new Lilac. The expert horticulturist, Felix Crousse, pro- 
nounced this to be the handsomest of all single Lilacs. The high pan- 
icles, carried by long, straight stems, are truly immense and very light. 
The individual flowers, fully one inch in diameter, perfectly shaped, are 

of a bright carmine-rose with a pink eye when opening, contrasting President Lincoln 
with the mauve of the older flowers and the deep carmine of the buds 
Massena Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 General Pershing 
Strong, upright spikes, individual flowers over one inch across, of the : 
deepest red. 

Paul Deschanel Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
Immense panicles of very broad flowers, rosy mauve with carmine buds; 
exceedingly free. 
President Lincoln Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
Single flowers three-fourths to seven-eighths inch across, purplish lilac 
in bud, Wedgwood-blue when fully open, large clusters. Branches as- 
cending and habit somewhat compact. Very vigorous and early in bloom. 
Rosace Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
A magnificent new Lilac with broad and long spikes of very regular 
large individual double flowers of a soft mauve-pink; an improvement 
of the popular and beautiful variety, President Fallieres, expanding after 
all other Lilacs have finished blooming. Late flowering double. 
THE DAPHNE LILAC 
Microphylla Superba Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
A remarkably lovely shrub, deliciously fragrant, introduced from China. 
Graceful, slender stems; pinkish red buds opening to pale pink, loose 
panicles of small individual florets. The flowers produce a two-tone 
effect that is very pleasing and novel. The main truss is on top of 
each stem and smaller trusses are set down the branches, so that the 
entire plant forms one large bouquet. The foliage is very pretty, about 
one inch long and three-fourths inch wide. Blooms again in the fall. 
The fragrance of this Lilac is something never to be forgotten. More 
like that of Daphne and Gardenia blended than the Lilac fragrance 
we are familiar with. 
HYBRID HUNGARIAN LILAC 
Henri Lutece Each $2.50, Three $7.00, Doz. $25.00 
A hybrid between S. villosa and S. Josikea, with a round, shapely bush 
about midway in size between the two parents. The blooms are enor- 
mous panicles, plumelike in appearance, held erect and of beautiful 
light violet in color. Has the heavy foliage of Josikea. A fine orna- 
mental shrub coming into bloom about a week after the French Lilacs. 
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. 
THE PINK PEARL LILAC 
Sweginzowi albida Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
This new Hybrid Lilac was originated by Mr. Lemoine, of Nancy, France, 
who without a doubt has created the world’s finest Lilacs, Peonies, and 
many other things. This Lilac is not a so-called French Hybrid, but a 
cross between S. Sweginzowi Superba and S. Wilsoni. At the end of May 
it produces a profusion of many-branched panicles of the most elegant 
character; the large, long-tubed flowers with reflexed lobes are of a 
delicate pale pink passing to white and are very sweet scented. The 
flowers remind one of large trusses of pink pearls. Hardy anywhere. 
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