LilacNewsletterVol. XIV, No. 10, October, 1988

'--'INTERNATIONAL LILAC SOCIETY

INTERNATIONAL LILAC SOCIETY is a non-profit corporationcomprised of incf'lYidualswho share a particular interest, appre-ciation and fondness for lilacs. Through exchange of knowledge,experience and facIs gained by members it is helping to promote,educate and broaden public understanding and awareness. .

Articles printed in this publication are the views and opinions ofthe author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the editoror the Intemational Lilac Society.

This publication, LILAC NEWSLETTER(formeriy THE PIPELINE) is issuedmonthly. Back copies are available bywriting 10 the Intemational Lilac Society,c/o Mr. Ouirfes Holetich, Royal BotanicalGardens, Box 399, Hamilton, Ontario,Canada. LaN 3H8. Please send 50 centsfor each copy requested.

President: Orville Sbtward,P.O. Box 33,Plymouth, VT 05056.

Secretary: WaJter W. Oakes·Box 315, Rumford. Maine, 04216 .Treasuter: WaJter e. EickhoB't,.140 W. Douglas Ave.. Naperville, IL 60540EdifDf'! Pro tern. Or. Owen M. Rogers.University of New Hampshire,Durham, NH 03824

INTERN A nONAL ULAC SOCIETY,William A. Uttey, Ex. Vice-Pres..Grape Hill F.-m. Dewereaux Rd., Clyde, NY 14433

MEMBERSHIP CLASS/FICA TIONSingle annual .••••••..•....••••••• $ 10.00Family. • • • • • • • ~ • • . . . . • • . . . • • • • . • . ., 2.50Sustaining _ • . • • • • • • . . • . . • • . . • • • • •• 20.00Institutional/Commercial . • • . • • • . . • • • .. 25.00 .Life •••• _ •••• _ ••••..•.•.•••••••• 150.00

-Mail membership'«lJes to I.LS. Secretary

2SITE SELECTION

WHERESHOULDLILACS BE PLMTED

The best site for a lilac is an open area with good soil drainage •. Fullsun is.best for ••ximum bloom. Shade part of the day will not materiallyreduce flowering but the amount of bloom will lessen as the amount ofshade increases. Good drainage is needed since lilacs do not like "wetfeet" and will not grow well in poorly drained soil. They will stand afair amount of drought although newly set plants may need water duringthe first year for successful establishment.Mass planting is recommended for all public areas for best landscapeeffect and reduction of maintenance injury. A bed of lilacs with only aone to one and a half foot of open space between the foliage masses 5'planting on center will fill in quickly, crowding out any weeds andpreventing injury from mowers, plows or other equipment. If widerspacing is necessary, filler shrubs, to be removed later, can be added solong as there is a plan calling for their eventual removal. Safer plansinclude filling the initial space with annual flowers, cover it with atextured mulch. such as bark, or use of a groundcover such as myrtle(Vinca minor) 01' paChysandra (Pachysandra terminal is).Once established. lilacs will survive in a wide range of soils but newlyset plants need a well drained soil with pH between 6 and 7 or they willbe very slow getting started. If the soil is less than ideal, organicmatter will improve both drainage and moisture retention. If organicfertilizer is desired, bonemea1 works well although it must be appliedahead of the planting and worked into the soil because the nutrients arereleased very slowly.

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The Bureau of Environment of the New Hampshire Department of Transporta-tion prescribes the following mixture in their landscape plantingspecifications: ..When the ~xisting soil is to be replaced the following· shall beadded and thoroughly mixed with each cubic yard of loam backfill:(Note 1 cu. ft.' is approximately four-fifths of a bushel) 3 cubicfeet of old'cow manure or 4 cubic feet of horse manure; 4 cubic feetof peat moss~ 10. pounds of 10-6-4 fertilizer minimum 35 per centwater insoluble nitrogen (W.I.N.); .and 15 pounds of groundagr;cul-tural limestone.

The N.H. Department 9f Transportation mixture varies somewhat infertilizer recommendation but has been a very successful mixture;n siteswhere existing soil conditi"onswere poor. The existing soil was removedand the above loam backfill mixture added. .

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REGIONAL LILACS

I. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (So vulgaris)

At the convention in Rochester this spring, I asked a number of people tosupply a list of lilacs that did well in their region. Here is the first.It is a list from Joel Margaretteri in Leona Valley, California. None ofthe regional lists are expected to be exhaustive or challenging. Theyaresimple lists of lilac cultivars that, over the years, have proven reliablein the region. Joel sent~ m~ch longer list but 11m reporting only thoseSyringa vulgaris cultivars that do "well" in the mountains of s.outherncalifornia •. Joel writes "I have marked those I have and their perfor-mance. Generally the petals and trusses are larger than those I have seenin the east.1I

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A. M. BrandAbel CarriereAdelaide DunbarAgincourt BeautyAleksei Mares EVAlexander HamiltonAline MocquerisAlphonse LavalleeAmi SchottAndenken An Ludwi-g SpaethAnne ShiachArchevequeBelle de nancyBeth TurnerBiala AnnaBogdan PrzyrzykowskiBoule AzureeBoussingaultBright CentennialCalvin C. LaneyCapttaine..BaltaCapitaine PerraultCarmenCarmineCaroline Foley('''::It'~Hr

Charles JolyCharles x.CharmChristophe ColombCity of GreshamCity of KalamaCity of LongviewClaraCol. Wm. R.PlumColbertComte Adrien De MontebelloComte De KerchoveCondorcetCongoConqueteCora LydenCrepusculeDappled DawnDe ChroncelsDe JussieuDe MiribelDe SaussureDecaisneDescanso GiantDescanso Kingn"" •• ~""n4-"';n,::l~

UlaerotDiplomateDoyen KeteleerDr. Von RegelDuc De Mas~aDwight D. EisenhowerEdith CavellEdmond AboutEdmond BoissierEdouard AndJ'eEdward J. 'GardnerEmile Lemoine-Erzherzog JohannEthiopia'EtnaEtoile De Mai-Fa1e Ba1tykuFirmamentFloraFrank K1agerFrank PatersonFrau Wilhelm PfltzerFritzGeheimrat HeyderGeneral John PershingGeneral SheridanGeneral ShermanGeorge W. AldridgeGeorges Be11airGilbertGloire D' AalsmeerGloryGodronGol iathGortenziyaGrand Duc ConstantinGuizotHelen SchldenHenri MartinHenri RobertHenry Wadsworth Longfe.1lowHippolyte Maringer -Hiram H. Edgerton

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Hugo De VriesI.V. Michuri-nIndiyaJacques Ca1lotJames BoothJames StuartJan Van To1Jane DayJeanne D' ArcJoan DunbarJohann Mensing-Jules Ferry .Jules SimonJulien GerardinK. A. TimiryazevKatherine HavemeyerKomsomol ka .KosmosKrasavitsa Moskvyc ,__'Kremlevskie KurantyLa Tour D' AuvergneLady LindsayLaplaceLe PrintempsLeon GambettaLeon SimonLeonid LeonovLewis MaddockLucie BaltetM. I. KalininMacrostachyaMarceauMarechal De BassompierreMarechal Foch' .Marecha1 LannesMarie FinonMarie LegrayeMarshal VasilevskiiMars ha1 Zhttk-ov"~'Martha KounzeMaurice De VilmorinMauve MistMaximowicz

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May DayMechtaMichel BuchnerMinchankaMiss Ellen WillmottMme. Abel ChatenayMme. Antoine BuchnerMme. BriotMme. Casimir PerierMme. Charles SouchetMme. F. MorelMme. FallieresMme. Florent StepmanMme. Henri GuillaudMme. LemoineMme. Leon SimonMongeMons. Maxime CornuMont BlancMontaigneMonumentMrs. Calvin CoolidgeMrs. Edward Harding ~Mrs. Harry BickleMrs. McKelveyMrs. W. E. MarshallMy FavoriteNadezhdaNancy FrickNaudinNegroOgni DonbassaOgni MoskvyOld FashionedOlivier De SerresOstankinoOstranderP. P. KonchalovskiiParttzanka .Paul DeschanelPaul HariotPaul ThirionPerle Von Stuttgart

PhilemonPink MistPinkiePlanchonPol Robson·President CarnotPresident FallieresPresident Grevy.President LebrunPresident LincolnPresident LoubetPresident MonroePresident Poincare.President RooseveltPresident VigerPrimrosePrince NotgerPrince of WalesPrincess AlexandraPriscillaProdigeProf. E. H. WilsonProf. Edmund JankowskiReaumurRene Jarry-DeslogesRenonculeRochambeauRochesterRomanceRosaceRuhm Von HorstensteinS. V. LavrovSaint JoanSarah SandsScipion CochetSensatiQnSholokhovSieboldSi1ver K-ing-Slater1s EleganceSobraSorok Let KomsomolaSouv De. Alice Hardlpg

7Souvenir De Louis GielisSovietskaya Arkti-ka·Stadtgartner RothpletzStefan MakowieckiSumerkiSweetheartTaras BulbaThomas JeffersonThunbergTitaTournefortToussaint-LouvertureTrtomphe De MoulinsTriste BarbaroUtro Moskvy

Valentina GrizodubovaVerschaffeltiiVestaleVictor LemoineViolet GloryViolettaVolcanW. K. MillsWaldeck-RousseauWilliam C. BarryWilliam RobinsonWoodlandYubileinayaZnamia Lenin~

SYRINGA X PRESTONlAE CUtnVARS

DawnDonald WymanE1inc~Ethel M. W~bsterFreedom

GoplanaHelcaMaybelle FarnumMirandaUrsula

*** ATTENTION ***

FALCONSKEAPE is negotiating with the airlines for special discounted air-fares for those planning to attend the 1989 INTERNATIONAL lILAC SOCIETYConvention in Medina, Ohio.In order to get these special fares, we must know how many of our membersare planning to travel to the Cleveland area by air. Please fill out fheform below and return it to us as soon as possible.YES, I/We are planning to attend the Convention in May, 1989

How many persons will be in your party?What will be your mode of transportation? Fly__ Other _If flying, from which major city will you be departing? _(This information is required to determine the airlines servin9~t~he--'1~ar~g~-est number of Conve.ntion attendees).It is most important that you respond to this questionaire. The response~will be used not only in our negotiations with the airlines, but also fotdealing with the hotels and other services suppliers required for coordi·nating a successful meeting.Thank you for your cooperation.

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REGIONAL VICE·PRESIDENTS "

Region 1 Northeast· ME., NH.: VT., MA.• CT•• and RI.Dan Cohen. BOl( 71. Sheffield, VT 05866. "

Region 2 Atlantic· NJ•• NY•• and PA.John Carvill, 138 Old Loudon Rd., Latham, NY 12110

Region 3 South· DC., DE•• MD. south apd west to the Mississippi RiverElsie Kar., Rt. 1. Box 604·5, Anthony, FL 32617 -

Region 4 Central- OH., IN., IL, MI., and WIWilliam Horman, Box 8784, Detroit, MI 48224

Region 5 West· MN., lA., NO., SO., NE~,MT., and WY.Mal( Peterson, "Rt. 1, BOl(273, Ogallala, NE 69153

Region 6 Northwest· Alaska, WA., OR., and 10.Vacant

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Region 7 Pacific - CA.Louis C. Erickson, 5229 Bardwell Ave., Riverside, CA 92506

Region SA Southwest Mountains • NV., UT., CO., AZ.. and NM.Andrew Pierce, Denver Botanical Garden. 909 York St., Denver, CO 80206.

Region 88 South Central" KS., MO•• OK••AR., nt. and LA.Vacant.

Region 9 Eastem Canada· Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,Prince Edward Island, Quebec and OntarioGeorge Kidd, 62 Steeple Hill Cres, A.R. 7, Nepean, Ontario, Canad_ K2H 7V2

Region 10 Westem Canada· Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta. British Columbia,North Wesl Territory and Yukon Territory. "Roger Vick. Curator, Devonian Botanic Garden, University of Alberta.Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E9

Region 11 • Memben at LargeVacant.

P.O. Box 52CambridgeSprings. PA 16403

(814) 398-2728

In our first year at our new location in northwestern Pennsylvanf a weoffer the following selection. We reconmend ordfidng now 'for springdelivery, but if you are having a Lilac attack and really must have themthis fall, we will try. .

CommonLilac One Year Seedlings. Bare Root. 6-10 Inch ••••••.••. $0.70 ea.

CommonLilac One Year Pot Grown•....••••.••••.•••.••.•.•••••...•. $0.90 ea.

CommonLilac TwoYear Transplant. B/B..••..•••..•.••••••••••••• $2.50 ea.

The following are named var+etfes , started by Tissue Culture, then fieldgrown for one year:, .

Katherine Havemeyer. 0-V•. 5-8 inch ••••••.•.•••..•.•••.•... $2.50 ea.Charle's Joly. D-VII. 5-8 inch ••...•••••••••••••••••..••... $2.50 ea.Pres i dent Grevy. O-II I. 5-8,:inch. • . • • • • . • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• $2.50 ea.Charles Tenth. S-VI. 5-8 inch •..•..•••••..•.•••••••...••.• $2.50 ea.Ludwig Spaeth. S-VII. 6-10 inch .••••.••••.••••.•••••.••••. $2.80 ea.Belle Oe Nancy. D-V. 4-6 tnch. •••••••••• ,•••••••••••••••••• $2.40 ea.,Miss Ellen Willmott. 0-1. 4-6 inch •.••..•..•. ~••.•.••••••• $2.40 ea.Paul Thirion. D-VI. 4-6 inch •••••••• ~••.••••••. ~••••••••.• $2.40 ea.

Pleas'e: 'send·a check with your order. A reasonable estimate for shipping"cost is 10% of the order value; .adjustment to that estimate will be madewhen the order is shipped ..:.~.

:The Lilac FannP.O. Box 52Cambridge Springs, PA 16403(814) 398-2728