168 A LITTLE BOOK OF PERENNIALS 



Tabular Cultural Index — Continued 



Species or variety 



Lavandula spica 



Lavandula vera 



Leontopodium alpinum. . 



Leontopodium sibiricum 

 Leptandra (see Veronica) , 



Liatris pycnostachya 



Liatris scariosa 



Liatris spicata 



Linum flavum 



Linum perenne 



Lobelia cardinalis 



Lobelia syphilitica 



Lupinus perennis 



Lupinus polyphyllus — 



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Lychnis chalcedonica. . . 



Lychnis coronaria 



Lychnis Flos-cuculi. . . . 



Lychnis Haageana 



Lychnis Viscaria 



Lygodium palmatum. . . 



Lysimachia clethroides.. 



Lysimachia Nummularia. 



Lysimachia punctata. . . . 

 Lythrum Salicaria 



Menziesia polifolia. . 

 Mertensia virginica. 



Miscanthus (see Eulalia) 

 Mitchella repens 



Mitella diphylla. . . 

 Monarda didyma. . 



Myosotis alpestris. 



Myosotis palustris . 



Nepeta glecoma. . . 



CEnothera fruticosa 



CEnothera missouriensis. 



Oenothera speciosa 



Opuntia arenaria 



Opuntia Camanchica. . . 

 Opuntia phaeacantha. . . 



Opuntia polyantha 



Opuntia Rafinesquii. . . . 



Opuntia vulgaris 



Osmunda cinnamomea. . 



Osmunda regalis 



Paeonia albiflora. 

 Paeonia Moutan, 



118 

 118 



87 



87 

 157 

 118 

 118 

 118 

 119 

 119 

 120 

 120 

 121 

 121 



122 

 122 

 122 

 122 

 122 

 92 



123 



123 



123 

 123 



102 

 124 



100 

 31 



31 

 125 



35 



32 



31 



125 

 125 

 125 

 63 

 63 

 63 

 63 

 63 



m 



91 

 32.91 



130 



1 to 2H 



1 to 2 



1 



1 



3 to 5 



2 to3 



2 to 3 

 4 



Color 



May-Sept. 



May-Sept. 



June-Aug. 

 Summer 

 Summer 

 Summer 

 Summer 

 Summer 

 Summer 



June 

 Mav 



Light blue 

 Blue 

 White 



White 



Rosy purple 

 Rosy purple 

 Rosy purple 



Yellow- 

 Blue, white 

 Cardinal 



Blue 



Violet blue 



Various 



Scarlet 



Crimson 



Rose 



Red orange 



Rose, white 



White 



Yellow 



Yellow 

 Reddish purple 



Rose, whitf 

 Blue 



White 



White 



Crimson, purple, 



pink 



Blue 



Blue 



Blue 



Yellow 

 Yellow 

 White 

 Yellow 

 Yellow 

 Yellow 

 Yellow 

 Tinged with red 

 Yellow 



Remarks 



Various 

 Various 



Fragrant, rather tender 

 perennials 

 The familiar Edelweiss 

 A larger flowered Edel- 

 weiss 



Dense spikes and grass- 

 like foliage 



Dainty, satiny flowers 



Native plants for damp 

 situations 

 A wild flower 

 Tall spires of pea-like 

 flowers 



1 Flowers generally re- 

 sembling Pinks 



This is the charming 

 climbing fern 



A graceful perennial re- 

 sembling the shrubby 

 Clethra 



A creeping plant for 

 shady places 



Showy flowers in whorls 



A tall perennial for wet 

 places 



A bell flowered Heather 



One of the daintiest of 



Spring wild flowers 



Trailing; edible red ber- 

 ries 

 A wild flower 



A striking, scarlet flower 

 Best for ordinary garden 



soil 

 For wet ground 



Wild flower, sometimes be- 

 coming a weed: trailing 



Fragrant flowers, open- 

 ing in the evening 



•Hardy Cacti 



A tall fern of unusual 



beauty 

 Especially valuable in 



wet soil 



Everybody's flower 

 The shrubby Peony 



