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HAWK’S BEABD. See Crepis. A dwarf annual. 
HIBISCUS. 
Marsh Mallow. Very 
desirable plants of me- 
dium to large size, 
blooming freely and 
producing flowers of 
great size, brilliance 
and beauty. 
rieties are annual and | 
some perennial. Of | 
easy and simple cul- 
ture. 
Africanus. 
annual, with flowers 
three to four inches 
across; creamy yellow, | 
with purple centre. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
Crimson Eye.) 
Perennial, but bloom- 
ing freely the first year. 
Hardy. White flower 
six inches across, with | 
erimson centre. A pro- 
fuse bloomer. Pkt.,10c. 
Lunaria biennis. An old-fashioned | 
Flowers purple, blue 
Also called 
Large 
Hisiscus, AFRICANUS. 
HONESTY. 
flower, with curious seed pods. 
or white. Blooms best the second year. 
Moonwort. Packet, 5 cents. 
ICELAND POPPY. Blooms the first season 
from seed, although a hardy perennial. See Poppy. 
ICE PLANT. Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. 
A pretty little trailer for baskets or massing ; six inches 
high or less. 
Flowers white. 
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Leaves covered with crystalline drops. 
Very effective. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
IPOM@A. 
Moonfiower. See 
Climbers. Also see 
novelties. | 
LADY~°S 
SLIPPER. See 
Balsam. Also see | 
novelties. 
LARKSPUR. 
Quick growing an- | 
nual and _ peren- | 
nial plants. For | 
the perennial sorts | 
see  Delphinium. | 
The annuals have | 
a wide range of | 
bright colors. The | 
flowers are borne 
in great profusion. 
Sow the seed when 
the trees begin to 
open their leaves. 
Thin to stand one 
foot apart. 
Double Dwarf. 
Rocket. Finest | 
mixed. One foot. 
Packet, 5 cents. 
Tall Double Rocket. Mixed. 2 to 3 feet. Pkt, 5c. 
Finest Mixed Warieties. Packet, 5 cents. 
LAWATERA. Tall, bushy annual, suitable for 
backgrounds, producing single flowers. Colors rose. 
white, etc. Three feet. Sow seed where plants are to 
remain. Packet, 5 cents. 
LAYIA. Layia ele- 
gans. An elegant little 
hardy annual, suitable 
for cut flowers. Bright 
yellow, somewhat on 
the daisy order. Valu- 
able for the border, as 
itis a very free bloom- 
er. Packet, 5 cents. 
LEPTOSYNE. 
Leptosyne maritima. 
An annual growing 
one foot high, with 
feathery foliage. 
Flowers single; gold- 
en yellow; lasting. 
Blooms in tive weeks 
from the sowing otf 
the seed. Excellent 
for cutting. Pkt., 5c. 
LINARIA. A 
splendid genus of 
plants well worthy of 
cultivation ; they are 
easily grown, and are 
LARKSPUR. 
LAVATERA. 
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Some va- | 
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profuse bloomers. The flowers are very pretty and | 
Suitable for cutting. They like a sunny position and 
dry, rather than damp soil. 
Alpina. Alpine Snapdragon. Covered the whole 
summer through with deep violet blooms having 
orange throat. Hardy perennial. Planted early will 
bloom the first year. Six inches high. Packet, 10 cts. 
Annuals, quick to 
bloom. Many colors. 
One foot. Pkt., 5 cts. 
LIMNANTHES 
DOUGLASI. A 
showy California plant 
of spreading habit, 
producing yellow and 
white flowers, which 
are sweet scented and 
borne in great profu- 
sion. Packet, 5 cents. 
LINUM. Scarlet 
Flax. One of the most 
Mee. effective and showy 
Je, bedding plants ; of long 
duration, having fine 
foliage and delicate 
stems. Flowers one 
inch across, and borne 
in great profusion. My 
strain is the grandiior- 
um coccineum, a bdril- 
liant searlet. Pkt., 5c. 
Hy brida Mixed. | 
LOBELIA. 
LOBELIA. Of these beautiful and useful plants I 
offer three strains or varieties, They differ essentially 
in form and habit, and are similar only in flower shape. 
Erinus Compacta. Round, compact plants, four 
to six inches high, covered with bloom; suitable for 
beds, ribbon gardening, etc. Handsome, deep rich blue 
color. Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, $1.75. 
Srinus Warieties Mixed. Indispensable for 
vases and baskets, as they are of trailing and extremely 
graceful form. Blue, white, rose. Pkt., 5c.; 0z., 60c. 
Cardinalis. An extremely brilliant scarlet 
bloomer, two feet high. Hardy perennial, of easy cul- 
ture. Packet, 10 cents. 
Faney Warieties Mixed. Packet, 5 cents. 
LUPINUS. Lupines. Strong annuals, 
three feet high, with upright racemes of beautiful blue, 
pink and white flowers. They are botanically allied to 
Mixed. Packet, 6 cts. 
LYCHNIS. Very 
desirable garden plants 
having botanic rela- 
with the 
pinks. Of easy culture. 
Chaleedonica. 
Burning Star. Scarlet. 
An old favorite. 
Hardy. Three or four 
Pkt., 5cts. 5 
Haageana,. Hy- 
brids of mixed colors, 
from white to pink 
and scarlet. One foot 
high. Very pleasing 
and effective. Pkt., 5 
MARGUERITES. 
See Carnations. 
MANEHOT. A 
Japanese Hibiscus of 
robust habit, bearing 
flowers three to six 
inches across. The 
plants attains a height 
of several feet. They 
bloom freely from August until frost. Color cream 
white, with a garnet eye. Startindoors. Pkt., 10 cts. 
MARVEL OF PERU. FourO’Clock. A well- 
known and deservedly favorite flower. It always finds 
enthusiastic admirers at Briar Crest, even among new, 
more fashionable plants. 
like flowers; white, yellow, crimson, striped, etc. The 
roots may be preserved through the winter in the cel- 
lar. The flowers open suddenly late in the afternoon. 
Sow in open ground and thin to ten or twelve inches. 
LycHNis. 
Tom Thumb Warieties Mixed. These make | 
The 
very handsome dwarf, compact, bushy plants, 
foliage is golden variegated, and the blooms are nu- 
merous and in many brilliant colors. Packet, 5 cents. 
Hybrid Fine Mixed. A good mixture of many 
colors. These attain a height of about two feet. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents, 
Marve oF Perv. (Four O’Ctock.) 
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Produces large, convolvulus- | 
MARIGOLD. Tagetes. ilar looming 
plants, with bundsome double flowers of rich colors. 
The African Marigold are taller; the trench more com- 
pact in habit of growth. Sow seeds in open ground 
when danger of frost is over. Thin or transplant to 
stand one foot apart. If early bloom is desired, start 
the seed in boxes or frames. 
Lemon Queen. 
African; 242 feet high, 
flowers 2 to 3 inches in 
diameter. Large, bushy 
plants, bearing 75 to 106 
flowers at one time. 
Large, double lemon 
colored flowers. Pkt., 
5 cts.; 0z., 25 cts. 
| Prince of Orange. 
| Similar in all respects 
to the above, excepting ¢ 
| color of flower. Golden 
| orange. Packet, 5 cts.; %, 
| ounce, 25 cts. 
Eldorado. 2% feetY 
| tall. Good bush. Large 
| full double flowers. 
| Light to dark yellow. 
| Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts. 
| New French 
|Compact. Gold 
striped; very compact. 
| and dwarf. 6 or § inches. 
PEt., 5 cts.; 0z., 20 cts. 
MATTHIOLA. Matthiola bicornis. Night Smell- 
ing Stock. An annual plant of the stock-gilliflower 
group, very fragrant at night aud after showers. Start 
in greenhouse. Packet, 5 cents. 
| MATRICARIA. See Feverfew. 
| MEXICAN PRIMROSE. See novelties. 
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MARIGOLD. 
MIGNONETTE, IMPROVED MACHET 
| JXIGNONETTE. Reseda odorata, A well-known 
| fragrant favorite. Fine for pot or garden culture. Can 
be had during the whole year by sowing at intervals. 
My Mignonette trials at Briar Crest show the excell- 
ence of this plant for bedding purposes and for bee 
pasturage. The air near the Mignonette beds is filed 
with a spicy odor and the flower clusters are visited by 
thousands of honey bees. 
Parsen’s White. Long spikes. Pkt., 5c.; 0z., 35c. 
Golden Queen. Spikes bright golden yellow 
Very attractive and fragrant. Pkt., 5 cts., 45 cts. 
Sweet Scented. Very fragrant. Pkt. ; 
Improved Machet. Dwarf, vigorous with mas- 
sive red flowers, deliciously scented. Pkt., 5c.; 0z., 50c. 
Red Giant. Of vigorous growth and great excel- 
lence. Flowers showing much red. Pkt., 10c.; 0z., 60c. 
| Giant White Spiral. Two to three feet high. 
Spikes ten inches. Color, snow white. Pkt., 5 cts. 
Mignonettes, Finest Mixed. A very fine 
| mixture, including all the best sorts. My friends will 
find this very desirable. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 50 cts. 
MIMOSA. Sensitive Plant. Its leaves close and 
droop when touched. Hence its name. Very interest- 
ing. Two feet high. Start indoors. 
Pudiea. Pinkish flowers. Packet, 5 cents. 
MEMULWUS. Monkey Flower. Showy, profusely 
flowering plants, comprising numerous varieties; the 
flowers white, sulphur and yellow, spotted with crim- 
son, scarlet and pink. Fine for the greenhouse or open 
garden, One foot. 
| Moschatus. 
inches ; yellow. 
Mixed Warieties. 
| Beautiful and brilliant. 
MOONFLOW ER. 
MORNING 
GLORY. Seeclimbers. 
Convyolvulus. 
MUSK PLANT. 
See Mimulus moschatus. 
MYOSOTIS. For- 
get-me-not. See novel- 
ties. Succeed best in rich, 
moist soils. Sow in shal- 
low drills and thin out 
to six inches. An ex- 
quisite and favorite bor- 
der plant. 
Alpestris. Dwarf, 
blue, flowering freely 
the first year. Pkt., 5c. 
Palustris. True 
blue, white and yellow 
eyes. Flowering best 
the second year, One 
| foot. Packet, 5 cents, 
The well-known musk plant. Six 
Packet, 10 cents. 
All colors and markings 
Packet, 10 cents. 
Ipomea. See novelties. 
