'IBRARY 
ENMWORIVED~ 
x FEB 13 1948 
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6% GOL A Ce COR aN] |: 
HERE'S THE ANSWER -- American Association of Nurserymen 
bo Rt Gift Certificates ~- for the BRIDE, or the 
Y IC BIRTHDAY, the ANNIVERSARY, not to mention 
CHRISTMAS (who would think of mentioning Christmas 
in February!) =~ available in any amount, beginning with 
$5.00 -~ redeemable in nursery stock, within one year from 
date of issue, from any retail nursery in the U.S. that 
is a member of the American Association of Nurserymen 
(and there are over 1000 nurseries belonging to the AAN) 
-- YOU SEND US: (1) Your name and address 
(2) Name of the person to whom the Gift Certificate is to 
be made out pret. 
(3) Your check to cover the exact amount of the Certificate 
-—- WE SEND YOU: 
(1) Gift Certificate for the amount specified, made out to the person to 
whom you are giving it, complete with envelope ready for you to mail 
(2) A receipt for the Certificate, for you to keep 
IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A GIFT CERTIFICATE AS A PRESENT --- you can redeem it -- by or- 
dering some of our OWN ROOT LILACS --- and applying your Gift Certificate as payment 
on your order. Just remember to order early; we can't grow enough of these lilacs? 








Volume V 
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HOW’ S x OWUER 
NOS E ? 
What lilacs are 
most fragrant ? 
Yes, we know all 
-~-=-— GOSSIPY BITS ABOUT BOUQUETS ----- 
"I prefer to leave my blooms on the bush” 
said almost all those who told us which 
lilac varieties they had found best for 
cutting...eapparently you can't go too far 
about S.pubescens; 
it's something super 
— but how about the 
French Hybrids and Early 
Hybrids? Which ones are 
tops? We just can't smell the more 
than 100 different varieties of Early 
and French Hybrids in our collection, 
all with scientific accuracy ~~ yet 
people are always asking, how about 
fragrance? Can you help us? Tell us 
what varieties smell the sweetest -- 
we'll appreciate the information -- 
and put it to good use — but just re- 
member -~ lilacs are most fragrant 
after having been in bloom for sever~ 
al days -- keep this in mind when 
comparing early and later bloomers -— 


wrong, though, if you snip your blossoms 
off Mme.F.Morel, Charles X, Charles Joly, 
Ellen Willmott, Pres.Grevy, Lucie Baltet, 
Victor Lemoine, Mme.Lemoine or Marie Le- 
graye...---eLilactime in Holland is in the 
middle of winter, according to the maga- 
zine, "The Dutch Grower" -- plants are 
brought into the warm greenhouses for 
forcing and blooms by the thousands are 
shipped to England and other countries -- 
in spring the bushes go back 
in the nursery, until the 
following winter -- some f 
plants are reported to I cies 
have survived this 
"double life" for 
twenty years..... 
