Lilium 

 caroKnianum 



Lilium, continued 



whorls. Flowers of various shades of orange, yellow and red, with 

 numerous dark spots. Distributed from Canada and Minnesota, south- 

 ward to Georgia and Missouri. 



L. candidum. MADONNA LILY. Stems 3 to 4 feet high, with 

 numerous glossy green scattered leaves. Native of Europe. 

 F'owers numerous, 4 to 5 inches long, pure white, very fragrant. 

 The best hardy white Lily. 



L. carolinianum. CAROLINA LILY. Stems 2 to 3 feet tall, 

 with the leaves verticillate or the uppermost scattered. Dis- 

 tributed naturally from Virginia to Florida and Louisiana. 

 Flowers orange-red, nodding, with strongly reflexed, purple- 

 spotted segments. 



L. elegans (L. umbellalum). JAPANESE ORANGE LILY. Stems 2 to 3 



N ^^^^^^^B^^^M ^^^ f eet high. st 'ff an( l boldly erect, more or less cobwebby, with numerous 

 ^W /J^9I i x * scattered leaves. Flowers several, mainly in some brilliant shade of 



I I if ii\\i yellow, orange or red. One of the most valuable of the hardy Lilies, 



i Native of Japan. 



L. speciosum. JAPANESE PINK LILY. Stems 2 to 4 feet high, bearing 

 bright lustrous green, scattered leaves. Flowers several, or many, fra- 

 grant, white, more or less suffused with pink and rose, dotted with red, 

 the segments strongly recurved. Native of Japan. A grand and 

 desirable species of great durability and hardiness. 



L. superbum TURK'S CAP LILY. Stems 2 to 3 feet tall, with the leaves disposed in numer- 

 ous whorls. Flowers several to many, bright reddish orange, conspicuously spotted with 

 purple, the segments strongly recurved. Distributed from Maine to Ontario and Minnesota, 

 southward to North Carolina and Tennessee. 



L. tigrinum. TIGER LILY. Stems 3 to 5 feet high, more or less cobwebby, densely clothed 

 with scattered rich green leaves. Native of China 

 and Japan. Flowers several or numerous, nodding, orange-red spotted 

 with black. We offer a superb strain (variety splendens), which is the 

 most robust, free-flowering form. 



L. tigrinum flore pleno. DOUBLE TIGER LILY. Similar to the preceding 

 but with numerous double flowers of exquisite form and substance. 



Liriope 



Liriope graminifolia (Ophiopogon spicatus}. PURPLE SNAKE-BEARD. 

 A very pretty plant with grass-like foliage, growing in dense tufts. 

 Native of China. Flowers lavender or violet-purple, borne in dense 

 spikes in summer. Although ordinarily considered a greenhouse plant, 

 it has withstood several degrees below zero on our nursery and we 

 recommend it as a dainty acquisition to the herbaceous border. 



Lychnis 



Lychnis chalcedonica. MALTESE CROSS. A charming old-fashioned 

 flower with the petals arranged in the form of a Maltese Cross. Stems 

 tufted, from a leafy base, 2 to 3 feet tall, producing compact terminal 

 heads of brilliant orange-scarlet flowers throughout the summer. Very 

 free-flowering and desirable. Probably of Japanese origin. 



Lysimachia 



Lysimachia clethroides. LOOSESTRIFE. A showy vigorous species with 

 leafy stems 2 to 3 feet high. Native of Japan. Flowers white, disposed 

 in a long gracefully arching raceme, freely produced in summer. A 

 splendid border plant and the flowers very valuable for cutting. 



L. nummularia. MONEYWORT. Stems creeping, covering large patches 

 of ground, bearing numerous nearly round leaves of a pleasing bright 

 green color. Flowers golden yellow, very profuse. One of the best 

 plants for carpeting the ground in moist or shady places. Native of 

 Europe. 



Mertensia 



Merlensia virginica. BLUE BELLS. A beautiful early-flowering plant 

 with handsome flowers. Grows naturally from Canada and Minnesota, 

 southward to Kansas and Georgia. Stems clustered, bearing large 

 glaucous green leaves up to the inflorescence. Flowers blue, large and 

 showy, disposed in graceful nodding clusters. Thrives best in moist 

 loamy soils. 



Monarda 



Monarda didyma. OSWEGO TEA. One of the most brilliant of our 

 garden plants. Stems about 3 feet tall, sharply 4-angled, leafy up to the 

 inflorescence. Flowers bright scarlet, disposed in numerous compact 

 heads in late summer. Grows naturally from Canada to Georgia and 

 Alabama. 



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