Che Cream of the Ft ybrio 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 
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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. 
The plants offered are healthy and vigorous, about 24% to 4 feet tall, depending on the habit of 
the variety. 
Alice Eastwood (New) Each $4.00, Three $11.00, Doz. $40.00 
The buds are claret-purple, when open are handsome double Cylamen- 
purple. Clusters 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 $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
A fine single. Light blue flowers with long slender petals strongly re- 
curved 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. 
Clarke’s Giant (See page 166.) 
Esther Staley 2-3 ft., Each $5.00 
The Best Pink Lilac to Date! (Plant Patent No. 768) 
A magnificent new Lilac in a most desirable and unusual color. Pink 
Lilacs have been waited for and wanted for many years. There is 
nothing like it. Buds are red; flowers are single, moderately large and 
soft Paul-Neyron-rose, making a delightful contrast when the large 
clusters are partially expanded. During the severaill years it was being 
tested, cut flowers at Lilac shows always elicited great admiration and 
most favorable comment. Blooming time is midseason, shortly after the 
really early varieties. The plant is healthy and has remarkable vigor. 
(So far as we know, aind our large collection gives ample opportunity 
to judge, this is the only pink Lilac introduced to date.) 
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. 
Hugo Koster Each $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
Single, bluish lilac to light reddish purple, flowers and clusters both 
very large. One of the best of the single Lilacs, distinct and attractive. 
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. 
Katherine Havemeyer Each $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
Flowers large, double, in large compact clusters. Cobalt-blue flushed 
mauve. A splendid variety both in flower and growth characteristics. 
La Vestale Each $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
Immense trusses in great abundance of purest white. Single. 
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. 
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. 
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 beautifully 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. 
Mme. Lemoine Each $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
Flowers large, double, pure white. Clusters narrow, medium to large. 
One of the most satisfactory and popular of the double whites and a 
very dependable bioomer. 
Mrs. Edward Harding Each $3.50, Three $9.75, Doz. $35.00 
Large panicles of large, full double flowers of the brightest carmine. 
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 somewhat 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 double. 
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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. Tne 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 
Josikaea,. 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. 
French Lilac, Rosace 
