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AMATEUR CULTIVATORS GUIDE 



NO. PRICK 



IjA-TmYXtUiS (Perennial Pea). Nat. Ord., Legujninoscz. 

 Showy, free-flowering plants, growing in any cominon soil ; very oraamental on trellis- 

 work, old stumps, or for covering fences or walls. Hardy perennials. 



826 Laihyrus Latifolius. Red; from England. 5 feet $005 



827 Albus. White, s feet ^ . , . . . .05 



828 Grandiflorus. Large-flowered. 5 feet . , .,•,,, oS 



I.<A."VIE]VI>XJIL<A. (Lavender). Nat. Ord., Labiaiee. 



A genus of plants chiefly cultivated on account of the delicious fragrance of their flowers. 

 They succeed m any garden soil. Hardy perennial. • 



830 Lavendula Spica. Lilac; from Europe. 2 feet 05 



IjA.VA.TE:IIA.. Nat. Ord., Malvacecs. 



Very showy, profuse-blooming, handsome plants ; exceedingly effective when used as a 

 background to other plants. Hardy annuals. 



831 Lavatera Rosea. Rose-color; fine. 2 feet 05 



832 Alba. White ; fine. 2 feet 05 



ILi^GI:KISTK.CEM:IA.. Nat. Ord., Lythracece. 



A splendid greenhouse shrub, with exceedingly handsome flowers, sometimes called the 

 Bride of India. 



833 Lagerstrcemia Indica. Lilac; from East Indies. 5 feet 25 



834- Barclayana .25 



835 Rosea 25 



3L<i:i»TOSII»13:0]V. Nat. Ord., Polemoniacece. 



A charming tribe of the most beautiful of our hardy annuals. Nearly allied to the Gilia, 

 and requiring the same treatment. 



836 Leptosiphon Androsaceus. Mixed ; fi-om California 05 



837 Aureus. Golden-yellow; from California. Half foot 10 



838 Luteus. Primrose; orange centre. Half foot 10 



839 Densiflora. Rosy-lilac; from California. Half foot 05 



840 Alba. White ; from California. Half foot 10 • 



841 Hybridus. New French Hybrids. This we consider the finest of them all, em- 



bracing all the colors from dark-maroon, orange, lilac, purple, crimson, violet, 

 golden-yellow, and white ; of compact growth. One-third foot 25 



I^IA-THIS. Nat. Ord., Compositce. 

 A hardy perennial, found in many parts of the United States, growing in meadows and 

 moist places. 



842 Liatris Spicaia. Flowers bright-pui-ple, on stems fi-om three to five feet . . . .lo 



843 Scariosa (Gay Feather). A showy variety, with purple flowers 10 



844 Pumila. Purple; large-flowered 10 



845 Graminifolia. Pink; in heads 10 



luILITJlM. Nat. Ord., Lilaces. 

 The Lily stands pre-eminent among all flowering bulbs. Stately in habit, varied in color, 

 highly fragrant, ijerfectly hardy, easily cultivated, and blooming from June until frost, they 

 can claim, as they fully deser\-e, a prominent place in tlie largest or smallest garden. The 

 seeds often lie dormant several months before vegetating. Succeeds well in a mi.xture of 

 loam, peat, and silver-sand. 



846 Lilium Giganteum. The tallest and most magnificent of the lilies, growing ten feet high, 



with spikes of white trumpet-shaped flowers, with carmine streaks . . • .25 



ZVI Lancifolium Hybridium (Japan Lily). Finest mixed 25 



843 Auratum. The new golden-banded Lily. This superb Lily has flowers twelve 



inches in diameter ; pure white, with a yellowish band through the centre of each 

 petal, and covered with brownish dots. It is deliciously fragrant ; one stem often 

 produces six to ten of its immense blossoms. We have a few well-ripened seeds 

 of the above, which we offer. Ten seeds 50 



1LiIM:1VA.1VTHES. Nat. Ord., Tropaeolacem. 

 Very beautiful, showy, profuse-blooming, dwarf-growing plants ; "slightly fragrant ; par- 

 ticularly effective and valuable as edgings, succeeding in any soil or situation, but delighting 

 most in a moist soil ; from California. Hardy annuals. 



