FE DW. J. GARDNER NURSERY 
GROWERS OF 
OWN-ROOT FRENCH LILACS, PEONIES 
FLOWERING SHRUBS AND TREES 
HORICON, WISCONSIN 
July 31, 1951 
Nationat Arboretum 
Washington 
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Gentlemen: 
We are enclosing our latest price list of lilacs. About 160 
varieties in different sizes are priced in this list. The stock 
offered is all strictly own-root and as far as we know, our 
varieties are true to name. A prominent lilac expert advised us 
that on checking 100 assorted blooming plants sold by us toa 
Midwestern Arboretum in 1949, only four or five were not true to 
name, and he seemed to consider that quite remarkable. 
We have quite a large supply of plants of most varieties on hand 
but with such a large list, it is difficult to anticipate what 
variety is going to be in best demand and as anyone knows, the 
success of propagating lilacs varies with the seasons. Therefore, 
orders should be placed as early as possible so the plants can be 
labeled and reserved for you long before the digging season starts. 
In checking over the lilacs, don't forget our new seedling, 
Hdward J. Gardner, which we feel is the finest pink lilac to 
date. We have all the best pink lilacs in our collection so we 
can compare their performances with our own seedling right here 
under identical conditions. We would like every Arboretun, 
Public Park and Experimental Garden to have this new pink lilac 
and would be glad to donate plants to each one, but this is 
beyond our financial means. We will therefore allow a discount 
of 33-1/3% on this lilac and a discount of 20% on all of our 
other stock, to these institutions. 
We have colored photo slides of this lilac which will be furnished 
free to these institutions on request on their letterhead. 
Yours very truly, 
EDW. J. GARDNER NURSERY 
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