
Prolong Your Lilac Blooming Season by Planting 
SOME OF THE HYBRIDS AND SPECIES 
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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. 
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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. 
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 
Pests: Oystershell scale and the Lilac borer are about the only enemies of the Lilac. 
For oystershell scale use as a spray either lime-sulphur or an oil spray. Use liquid 
lime-sulphur in preference to dry at the rate of 1 part to 7 parts water, or if the oil 
spray is used, then at the rate of 1 part to 15 parts water. In using the oil spray be 
sure the sprayer is thoroughly cleaned out before putting in the oil. Lime-sulphur spray 
should be applied just as the buds are beginning to show green, while the oil spray 
should be used just before the buds show any green. 
The Lilac borer is best handled by prevention. If bushes are kept well cultivated and 
growing, thcre 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. Qne can also shoot carbon bisulphide into the furrow of the borer with a medi- 
cine or fountain pen dropper; then plug up the entrance with putty or gum. 
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