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planted at the gate entrance of a garden, along low wire fences 

 and to cover stumps or rockeries. 



The plant is perfectly hardy and there are both white and pink 

 colored sorts. The best way is to get your plants from the nursery- 

 man or sow seeds mdoors, carry the plants in a cool house over 

 Wmter, and have them ready for planting out the following Spring. 



LAVENDER, SEA 

 See Statice 



LAVENDULA VERA (LAVENDER) 

 Since hardy plants have come to the front, a call for a couple 

 of Lavender plants is a common one. When filling an order for 

 perennials including one or two each of Rose Geraniums and Lemon 

 Verbenas to complete a hst of bedding stock your customer wants, 

 you will find Lavender desirable on accounts of its dehghtful fragrance, 

 its little blue flowers during July, and its hardiness. You will want 

 just a few clumps in your collection. 



LEMON VERBENA 



See Aloys ia 



LIGUSTRUM 



See Privet 



LILAC 



See Syringa 



LILIES— GREENHOUSE SORTS 



What we know as Easter Lilies have become important florist flowers 

 for not only Easter but the rest of the year as well. They are used 

 for all purposes from weddings to fimerals, are adapted for all occasions 

 where flowers are used in pots or in a cut state, and with the help of 

 cold storage bulbs, they are with us almost every day of the year. 

 The display in the florist's cooler can hardly be called complete witiiout 

 a vase of cut blooms and buds in the center, whether the time be Win- 

 ter, Summer, Spring or Fall 



'THERE are several varieties of Lilium longiflorum, that used 

 *■ almost entirely by the Lily specialist for Easter being giganteum. 

 This is the easiest to handle on a big scale, that is, if proper heating 

 facilities can be had so as to maintain a 60-deg. temperature at all 

 times. Without this, you cannot force the Lily successfully, and you 

 are far better off purchasing your requirements ready for the 

 counter from the large grower. 



Forcing Lilium giganteum 

 The bulbs from Japan usually reach us in November, but 

 whether late or early, you should have pots and soil ready so you 



