Choice flower Seeds 



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WILLIAM ELLIOTT & SONS, NEW YORK 



LAPAGERIA ROSEA 



One of the most beautiful greenhouse and conservatory climbers yet known; has numerous brilliant car- 

 mine-colored, bell-shaped flowers. Pkt. 25 cts. 



LEMON VERBENA 



An old favorite, with lemon-scented foliage. Pkt. 10 cts. 



LISIANTHUS RUS5ELLIANUS 



A magnificent greenhouse plant, with tulip-shaped flowers of a fine, rich purple, with a very dark eye in the 

 center. The flower continues perfect for two or three weeks. Pkt. 25 cts. 



LATHYRUS (Everlasting Pea) 



These are splendid hardy perennials, profuse bloomers and ex- 

 cellent for cutting. Flowers are like those of Sweet Peas, not fra- 

 grant, but more lasting. Plants live throughout the winter with 

 some protection. 



Crimson. Pkt. 5 cts. Tl^hite. Pkt. 5 cts. Mixed. Pkt. 



LAYIA ELEGANS 



A pretty hardy annual, growing about 1 foot high. The flowers 

 measure nearly 2 inches in diameter and are of a golden yellow, 

 tipped with white. Pkt. 5 cts. 



LINUM 



Very graceful, free-flowering plants. L. grandiflorum is one of 

 the handsomest annuals ever introduced, equally recommended 

 for its brilliant color and long duration in bloom. L. flarum is 

 a fine gold-colored variety, which may also be grown in pots. 



Grandiflorum. Scarlet. 1 foot. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Grandiflorum flavum. Yellow. Pkt. 10 cts. 



LAVENDER 



Well-known hardy perennial, bearing long spikes of fragrant 

 blue flowers. Pkt. 5 cts. 



LOPHOSPERMUM 



Exceedingly ornamental climbing plants, with large and hand- 

 some flowers ; very effective for conservatory or garden decora- 

 tions. Half-hardy annual. 



Coccinenm. Scarlet. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Scandens. Rosy Purple. Pkt. 10 cts. 



LOVE-IN-A-MIST. See Nigella. 



LUPINUS 



Free-flowering plants with long spikes of flowers, rich and 

 varied in color. Mixed annual varieties. Pkt. 5 cts. 



I^arkspur 



LARKSPUR 



(Annual Delphinium) 



This is one of the best known of 

 English garden flowers. A vast 

 improvement has been effected, by 

 careful selection and attentive cul- 

 tivation, in the size and color of 

 the blossoms and the general habit 

 of the plant. Hardy annual. 



Double Dwarf Rocket. 

 Finest mixed colors. 1 foot. Pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 30 cts. 



Double Tall Rocket. Finest 

 mixed colors. 2 feet. Pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 30 cts. 



Double Stock-Flowered. 

 Long spikes of bloom ; finest mixed 

 colors. Ifoot. Pkt. 5cts.,oz. 40ets. 



Emperor. Mixed. A magnifl- 

 cent variety, remarkably florifer- 

 ous ; rich colors. li/2feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Candelabra- Flowered. A 

 fine dwarf branching variety, of a 

 great many colors. Mixed. 1 foot. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Collection of Dwarf Bocket, six 

 separate colors, 30 cents. 



LYCHNIS 



strikingly effective in mixed 

 flower and shrubbery borders. 

 Hardy perennials. 



Chalcedonica. Large heads 

 of brilliant scarlet flowers. 2 feet. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



Alba. Pure white, very orna- 

 mental. 2 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Finest Mixed Varieties. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



MARIGOLD African Varieties 



Eldorado. Without a doubt the finest of the African Marigolds. Immense 

 double flowers of many beautiful shades of yellow. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Gold Nugget. Dwarf, dense growth; large double flowers of a golden-yellow 

 color. Pkt. 10 cts. 



African Quilled. Mixed varieties. 2 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



French Varieties 



Gold-Striped. Flowers rich maroon, regularly striped with golden-yellow; 

 habit of plant dwarf and compact. Pkt. 10 cts. x,, .l ^ ^ 



Dwarf French. Finest mixed ; very double. 1 foot. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Leo-ion d'Honneur. A single-flowering Marigold, forming compact bushes 

 6 inches high. The flowers are golden yellow, marked with a large spot of velvety 

 crimson. Pkt. 10 cts. 



I^athyrus I,atifolius 



Marigold, African 



