Che Cream of the French Hybrid Lilacs 
The following are the “cream” of the cream of Lilacs. They stand out above other varieties be- 
cause of their enormous trusses and exquisite 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 2% to 3 feet tall. 
Alice Eastwood (New) Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
The buds are claret-purple, when open are handsome double Cylamen- 
purple. Ciusters are beautifully formed and slender, almost ‘spike 
like’ and are particularly handsome when used as cut flowers. A unique 
and extra fine variety. 
Ambassadeur Each $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
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 $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
Magnificent double deep cobalt-blue flowers with paler reverse. The 
panicles are dense and broad. This is a superb novelty. 
Blue Hyacinth (New) Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
A fine singie. Light blue flowers with long and slender petals strongly 
recurved which give the impression of Hyacinth petals. Clusters are 
large, 12 inches long and 8 inches wide. Flowers are really of great size 
and have unusual form and beauty. 
Etna Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
Broad panicles of medium sized regular flowers, deep claret-purple, 
late. Practically the most approaching to red. Single. 
General Pershing Each $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
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 $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
Brilliant single deep purple flowers with carmine-red glow. Exceptionally 
large trusses. An outstanding fine Lilac, blooms freely and is a good 
grower. Single. 
Kate Sessions (New) Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
The single Campanula-violet flowers are long and bold, quite wide at 
the base. It is very early and a profuse bloomer. The flowers are 
produced in big clusters and outstanding, carried well above the foliage. 
A fine new Lilac and a good grower. 
Lamartine Each $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
Mauve-pink, immense, compound clusters of single flowers. Very choice 
variety. Early flowering. 
Firmament (New) Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
Immense panicles of large formal flowers of a beautiful shade of sky- 
blue, truly a gem among blue varieties. We consider this Lemoine’s best 
single light blue to date. It is exceptionally fine in every way. 
La Vestale Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
Immense trusses in great abundance of purest white. Single. 
Marie Finon Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
Extremely floriferous, immense single flowers of purest alabaster-white. 
Large branched panicles, round flowers. 
Marechal Foch Each $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
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 
with the mauve of the older flowers and the deep carmine of the buds 
Massena Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
Strong, upright spikes, individual flowers over one inch across, of the 
deepest red. 
Miss Ellen Willmott Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
Extremely floriferous, immense double flowers of purest alabaster-white. 
Large branched panicle, round flowers. 
Missimo (New) Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
The soft mauve buds when open turn into beoutifully curled single rosy 
purple flowers. The flower clusters are enormous—one makes a bouquet 
often 14 inches wide and 10 inches high, remarkably profuse and out- 
standing because of its curly and twisted petals. 
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 $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
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 samewhat compact. Very vigorous and early in bloom. 
Rosace Each $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
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 doubie. 
Clarke’s Giant 
The New Giant Hybrid Lilac 
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Choice Hybrid Silac Species 
THE DAPHNE LILAC 
Microphylla Superba Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
A remarkably lovely shrub, deliciously fragrant, introduced from China. 
Graceful, slender stems; pinkish red buds opening to lilac-pink, 
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 decorative, 
about one inch long and three-fourths inch wide. Blooms again in 
the fall. Of neat habit, seldom growing over 5 feet tall. 
HYBRID HUNGARIAN LILAC 
Henryi Lutece Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
A hybrid between S. villosa and S. Josikea, with a round, shapely bush. 
The blooms are enormous panicles, plumelike in appearance, held 
erect and of beautiful light violet color. Has the heavy foliage of 
Josikea. A fine ornamental 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. 
Ultimate height about 10 feet. 
THE PINK PEARL LILAC 
Sweginzowi Albida Each $3.00, Three $8.50, Doz. $32.00 
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 pan- 
icles 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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