
Brands New Improved Qnench Lilacs 
With Beautiful Panicles of Enormous Size 
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 dé 
well in a severe 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 
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. 

THIS IS 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, continuing throughout the fall months. If 
Lilacs are planted in the spring, they should be 
planted as early in the 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 amon 
the roots until the hole is hal 
full; then tramp this down un- 
usually hard. Then fill the hole 
full 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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fully to applications of lime. 
Otherwise lime is unnecessary. 
able to give you this information. 

BRAND’S LILACS 
are all on their 
OWN ROOTS 
These bushes come to you all 
ready to plant. They need no trim- 
ming. Now that the French Lilac 
can be propagated successfully on 
its own root, there is no longer any 
reason why a Lilac propagated in 
any other way should be planted. 
The Lilac does not transplant as 
easily as most shrubs. Because of 
this fact we try in digging to leave 
some dirt among the roots. If we 
can do this, it makes transplanting 
much safer. This dirt, of course, 
causes additional weight and a 
small addition to the transporta- 
tion charges. 
Some in ordering ask that this 
dirt be left in the roots. Whether 
we can do this or not depends on 
the condition of the soil at digging 
time. If we dig in muddy weather, 
plenty of soil remains around the 
roots, but if the soil is dry it shakes 
out. 

FERTILIZERS 
A Lilac likes a sweet soil and responds wonder- 
to a large bush each year if you have an acid soil. 
All seed houses 
usually carry lime or your County Agent may be 
balanced fertilizer can be used with good results. 
Heavy applications of well-rotted barnyard manure 
every year covering the ground about the bushes 
best. 
Use 4 quarts of lime 
Any good well 
