FRENCH HYBRIDS 


blue blossoms, contrasting with rosy mauve buds. A tall, lusty grower. Among 
Lemoine’s first introductions and still a best seller. (Illus. p. 9.) 
PRESIDENT LINCOLN (Dunbar 1917) Single. Widely acclaimed as the 
bluest lilac in commerce—clear, cool Wedgwood blue. Individual florets con- 
spicuous; clusters loose, open, graceful, elegant. Very sturdy; grows rapidly; 
blooms early. (Illus. below). 
Buffon (Giraldi Hybrid) Natural Color Photograph President Loubet 

Katherine Havemeyer President Lincoln Monge 
PRESIDENT LOUBET (Lemoine 1910) Double. A slender, upright shrub 
bearing a profusion of dense, showy trusses of large crimson-purple flowers. 
Buds bright claret-red. Another early bloomer. (Illus. above). 
PYRAMIDAL (Lemoine 1886) Double. Buds carmine-rose, opening bright 
lavender. Panicles long, pyramidal, feathery, imposing. A very reliable 
bloomer. A strong, shapely bush; well adapted to specimen planting. 
All of our lilacs are grown on their own roots 
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