CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM 



LEPACHYS, RAFIN. 



(Compositce.) 



L. columnaris, TORR. & GRAY. North- 

 western America. 



PL, 1895. Hardy. Ht. 3 ft. Fl. 

 yellow ; July. 



*L. pinnata, TORR. & GRAY. United 



States. 

 Syns. L. pinnatifida ; Rudbeckia 



pinnata, Vent. 

 PL, 1897. Hardy. Ht. 3 to 3 ft. 



FL yellow; July 21 to Oct. 1. 



LEUCANTHEMUM, TOURN. = CHRY- 

 SANTHEMUM. 



LEUCOJTJM, L. SNOWFLAKE. 

 (A maryllidacece.) 

 ***L. aestivum, L. Summer Snowflake. 



Europe, &c. 



PL, 1901. Hardy. Ht. 2 ft. Fl. 

 white tipped with green; May 10 

 to June 15. 



L. autumnale, L. Autumn Snowflake. 



Mediterranean region. 

 PL, 1901. Hardy. Ht. 9 to 10 in. 

 FL white; Aug. 12 to Sept. 15. 



L. pulchellum, SALISB. Balearic Is- 

 lands. 



PL, 1901. Hardy. Ht. 1 to 2 ft. 

 FL white with green spots; May 

 13 to June 15. 



*L. vernum, L. Spring Snowflake. Eur. 

 PL, 1901. Hardy. Ht. 8 to 12 in. 

 FL white tipped with green ; 

 April 20 to May 9. 



**L. vernum carpaticum. 



PL, 1901. Hardy. Ht. 8 to 12 in. 

 Fl. white tipped with yellow ; 

 April 20 to May 6. 



LIATRIS, SCHREB. BUTTON SNAKE- 

 ROOT. 



(Composite.) 

 **L. elegans, WILLD. Blazing Star. North 



America. 



PL, 1901. Hardy. Ht. 3 ft. Fl. 

 bright rosy purple; July 17 to 

 Aug. 20. 



L. graminif olia dubia. 

 PL, 1908. 



L. grandiflora. 

 PL, 1908. 



L. punctata, HOOK. North America. 

 PL, 1901. Hardy. Ht. 2 ft. FL 

 rosy purple; Aug. 29 to Oct. 10. 



*L. pycnostachya, MICHX. Kansas Gay 



Flower. North America. 

 PL, 1901. Half hardy. Ht. 3 to 5 

 ft. Fl. pale purple; Aug. 22 to 

 Sept. 26. 



**L. scariosa, WILLD. North America. 

 PL, 1894. Hardy. Ht. 2 to 3 ft. 

 Fl. lavender purple; August. 



L. scariosa magnifica. 

 PL, 1901. Half hardy. 



*L. spicata, WILLD. North America. 

 PL, 1894. Hardy. Ht. 3 ft. FL 

 rosy purple; July 21 to Sept. 6. 



L. spicata montana. 



PL, 1901. Half hardy. 



LIGULARIA, CASS. = SENECIO. 



LIGUSTICUM, L. LOVAGE. 



(Umbelliferce.) 

 L. Grayi. Eocky Mountains. 



PL, 1901. Hardy. Ht. 3 ft. FL 

 yellowish; May 11 to June 10. 



LILIUM, TO URN. LILY. 

 (Liliacece.) 



Although the lily is one of the best known flowers, there are too few of them in 

 Canadian gardens. The two most often met with are the tiger and orange lilies, 

 but while these are hardy and very free bloomers they are much surpassed in beauty 

 by some others. The Japanese lilies, L. auraium, L. speciosum and L. longiflorum 

 are very desirable sorts, but are short lived in most parts of Canada, and cannot be 

 depended upon for more than two or three years. Most species of lilies are propagated 

 from bulbs or the scales of bulbs. Propagation from seeds is a slow process with most 

 kinds, but Lilium tenuifolium propagates readily from seed and will bloom the second 



