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Own-Root French Lilacs for the Fall of 1955 Delivery 
For the past 2 seasons, the number of Lilacs that we have been able to offer has been extremely limited. We now have coming on for the 
fall of 1955 many fine varieties that we can again offer in a strong 18- to 24-inch grade. We are writing our catalog now in the month of 
November, 1954, and we have to anticipate what we shall be able to offer in the fall of 1955. We doubt if many of our varieties will reach a 
2- to 3-foot size and for this reason we are not promising to deliver a larger grade than an 18- to 24-inch size. Our plants will be strong and 
well grown and we really believe that our customers will have excellent success with these smaller plants. We are able to offer them 2 years 
before we could list them as 3- to 4-foot plants. For this reason we can lower our price. These smaller plants will make their new growth in your 
garden instead of ours. The smaller plants are more easily dug, more easily packed, and prepaid charges are less. Then our customers will find 
they are much more easily planted than a larger bush and they will take hold and begin to make better growth more quickly than the larger 
sized bushes. 
We feel sure our thrifty 18- to 24-inch grade will please you, but if you are interested in getting just the variety you wish, you should order 
early for October, 1955 delivery. 
All varieties will be 3-year-old plants in a strong, 18 to 24 inch grade. 
ALPHONSE LAVALLEE. D. A tall robust growing variety that makes 
a very shapely bush. The panicles are long and compact. The buds 
first open an intense blue but as the florets develop, they change into 
a beautiful shade of lavender. $2.50 
AMI SCHOTT. D. A magnificent cobalt-blue with paler reverse. The 
panicles are dense and broad and this superb blue will more than 
please its owner. Stock limited. $3.50 
BELLE DE NANCY. D. A large satiny rose, showing white towards the 
center. One of the very best pinks among the older varieties. $2.50 
BUFFON. S. The very earliest of the early hybrids. Individual florets 
large and of fine substance. We think Buffon very choice. Color is 
a rich delicate mauve-pink of the finest quality. Panicles very large. 
We wish to impress upon our customers that if they are looking for 
a pure single pink, Buffon will not be disappointing. $3.50 
CAPITAINE BALTET. S. A uniform deep pink or light red producing 
panicles of the largest size. A comparatively new variety not widely 
distributed but which by Lilac connoisseurs is pronounced one of 
Lemoine’s best singles. It is one of the most profuse bloomers of all, 
the bush sometimes being almost hidden by the great panicles. This is 
classed among the twelve or fifteen best of all Lilacs. $3.50 
CHARLES JOLY. D. One of the best of the double dark reds. Bush 
medium both in size and height, limbs growing very upright. Rather 
large blooms, held erect well above the foliage; very striking. $2.50 
CHARLES X. S. One of the older varieties that is still in great demand 
because of its profuse blooming qualities and also because it is one 
of the very best varieties of all for cut flowers. Blooms will stand 
perfect in water for a full week. A deep rose-red. $2.50 
EDITH CAVELL. D. A very showy, creamy white; buds suffused cream 
and pale sulphur. Panicles extra large, long and cone-shaped. This 
Lilac is as large and as fine as Miss Ellen Willmott, but is a different 
type of flower. Ellen Willmott is more compact and perfect in form 
while the panicle of Edith Cavell is a trifle more open and more lace- 
like in effect. The individual florets are a trifle larger than those of 
Ellen Willmott. Every fine collection should have both. They are 
the two great double white Lilacs and it is difficult to choose between 
the two. $3.50 
EDMOND BOSSIER. S. This is a new single red or red-purple that 
pleases us very, very much. It is the latest of the single reds, and it 
is so exceedingly soft and rich that we class it as a “must have” Lilac. 
This fine variety is one of our favorite reds and we know it will 
prove satisfactory in any garden. $3.50 
ETNA. S. Another fine single which is very scarce and seldom listed. 
One of the most brilliant reds of all Lilacs, coming into bloom late 
in the Lilac season. A very showy variety. One of the recent intro- 
ductions. $3.50 
FIRMAMENT. S. A new variety that we are not able to offer year after 
year. This year we have a limited quantity of this fine single blue 
which we believe stands right at the top among all good Lilacs. The 
panicle is large, loosely arranged, extremely dainty, and of a beauti- 
ful shade of light blue void of any trace of pink. A “must have” in 
any fine collection. $3.50 
HENRI MARTIN. D. This beautiful blue-lavender, with its extremely 
long, graceful panicles is a variety we do not hesitate to recommend 
to anyone who wishes the best in Lilacs. Our show plants of Henri 
Martin are right by the path as we go from the office to the trial 
fields beyond. We pass it many times a day when it is in bloom and 
we always stop and marvel at its beauty. A Lilac of most beautiful 
form, with large individual florets and with panicles often measuring 
13 inches in length. $3.50 
JACQUES CALOT. S. Here is one of the most pleasing and satisfactory 
of all pink Lilacs. Always a very heavy bloomer. The bush is literally 
covered with fair sized nicely shaped panicles composed of florets 
of giant size. $2.50 
JULES SIMON. D. An erect growing variety with very clean branches 
and heavy, clean, light green foliage. Expanding buds show much 
bright intense rose. Opening truss becomes a very rich, clear, velvety 
light blue. This variety always commands attention from our visitors 
during the blooming season, $2.50 
KATHARINE HAVEMEYER. D. A splendid Lilac which we like more 
and more the longer we have it. It is always an outstanding variety 
among all our plantings. Trusses are immense, very full double, very 
rich and of a most beautiful mauve-pink. A very thrifty bush. One 
of the most persistent bloomers. Nearly every 3- to 4-foot bush 
bloomed in the nursery row in 1938. One 4-foot plant had 18 large 
trusses and 3 small ones. $3.50 
LEON GAMBETTA. D. Panicles of the greatest size. Buds and re- 
verse of petals very pink, which gives the flower a general pink 
effect. Deep pink buds open into very double little rose-like florets 
of the daintiest pink and lavender. We still say it is the finest 
of all Lilacs and we want to emphasize this. There are many fine 
Lilacs, but we believe this is the most beautiful of all. $4.00 
LUCIE BALTET. S. A fine coppery old rose, entirely unlike any other 
Lilac in color. This variety is as distinct among Lilacs as the Peony, 
Walter Faxton, is among Peonies. We have tried for many years to 
propagate this fine Lilac in sufficient quantity to supply the demand, 
but we are unable to offer it year after year. Again this year we have 
a few to offer. $4.00 
MACROSTACHYA. S. An upright grower with clean light green fo- 
liage. Panicles rather slender, held upright, a very delicate pink, 
almost white, irregularly bordered with a deeper pink. This is dis- 
tinct in color from all others. $3.00 
MARECHAL LANNES. D. One of the most sensational and choicest of 
the entire list of French Lilacs. The panicles are large and shapely, 
composed of about the largest florets found among all the Lilacs. 
Many of them are over an inch in diameter. Color of unopened buds 
is reddish violet, of the expanded florets campanula-violet. Mrs. 
Harding says of this Lilac: “* A wonderfully beautiful Lilac.” $3.50 
MAURICE BARRES. S. A very large single with showy, open, widely 
branched panicles. The plant is strong growing and blooms lux- 
uriantly. The general color effect is azure-lilac. A most worthy va- 
riety. $3.50 
MISS ELLEN WILLMOTT. D. A large bush with very stout limbs and 
large, thick, light green leaves. The flowers come in immense panicles 
of creamy white, made up of double florets almost twice the size of 
those of any other double white except Edith Cavell. Plant this va- 
riety and Edith Cavell and you will have the two best double Bae 
3.50 
New Lilac A. M. Brand 
(Originated by A. M. Brand) 
This Lilac is a single, with panicles of immense size and borne 
in profusion. The color is a beautiful rich rose-red. The plant 
is strong and healthy. One little Lilac about 4 feet high stood 
at the end of a row. It was the only one we allowed to bloom 
and it created a sensation during our Lilac show. Visitors were 
amazed to see such a small bush literally covered with large 
panicles that almost hid the foliage. We counted 27 great blooms 
that were open at one time. $10.00 
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