LILAC SPECIES 
There is’ strik- 
ing beauty in 
the massive 
clusters of the 
late-blooming 
hybrid, Ethel 
M. Webster 
Syringa potanini 
gracefully 
flaunts its pro- 
fusion of ex- 
quisite pink 
blooms 
S. POTANINI (Potanin Lilac) (1885) 
Discovered in Kansu, China, by a Russian explorer, Potanin. One 
of the rarest and most beautiful species in cultivation. Leaves small; 
growth habit neat, erect, symmetrical. Dainty florets daphne pink 
to delicate lilac pink. Buds flaming salmon red, almost scarlet; a 
shade unique in lilacs. An unusually free bloomer; blossoms shortly 
after the French Hybrids and a second time, less heavily, in late 
summer. An extremely rapid, luxuriant grower. (Illus. above) 
All of our lilacs are grown on their own roots 
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