CONGO. A single vinous red. Bush tall and always heavy with 
bloom. Very popular variety. 
DECAISNE. Beautiful single flowers of soft azure blue borne 
in loose clusters abundantly. Exquisite and dainty. 
DE MIRABEL. Single slate-blue violet. Unopened buds are dark 
violet. Open florets have a white reverse. Unusually beautiful effect. 
Pointed cone-like spikes. One of the darkest of all lilacs, distinct in 
color and form. 
DESCARTES. See GIRALDI HYBRIDS. 
DIDEROT. Deep claret purple of sensational size and form. Both 
panicles and florets are of immense size. A slow grower and out- 
standing when established. 
EDITH CAVELL. Showy milk-white double. Blooms between 
Mme. LeMoine, which is early, and Miss Ellen Willmott, the latest 
white double. Panicle is open and lace-like. 
EDOWARD ANDRE. Double pink flowers of medium size borne 
in open, much branched clusters. One of the best pink lilacs. 
ETNA. Branched clusters of rich claret-purple single florets. 
Described by the originator, Lemoine, as the nearest approach to 
red. Late. 
GENERAL PERSHING. Dark, rich purple violet double, ra- 
cimes long and compact. 
GLOIRE DE MOULINS. Dark reddish purple single. Very 
profuse bloomer, completely covering the bush with bloom. Mid- 
season. Easily forms a little tree. 
HIPPOLYTE MARINGER. A double with unusual and dis- 
tinguished coloring, having several hues of purple with a touch of 
white in the center. Undulating and billowy racimes well above the 
foliage. 
HUGO KOSTER. A single of light lilac tinged mauve. Clusters 
open and pyramidal. Bush well shaped, foliage dense, very floriferous. 
Showy landscape variety. Good for cutting. 
JAN VAN TOL. A single white with unusually large florets 
and panicles of great size. An outstanding variety comparatively new 
in America. 
JEAN MACE. Early double bluish mauve. Unusually thrifty 
habit of growth. One of the most floriferous of the French lilacs. 
JEANNE D’ARC. A magnificent double white. Spikes long 
and showy. A sturdy bush always sure to bloom abundantly. 
