GERMAN IRIS (I. Germanica). 



The German Iris is one of the most desirable early spring- 

 flowering plants. The flowers are of large size and of exquisite 

 colors. No garden is complete without a collection of these 

 beautiful "Flags." We offer the following choice sorts: 

 Cherion. Standard lilac-mauve; falls violet-mauve. 

 Florentina Alba. Very free-flowering white. 

 Edith. Standards light plumbago-blue; falls purple. 

 Gazelle. White frilled rich mauve. 

 Honorabilis, Standards golden yellow, falls rich mahogany 



brown. 

 Johan de Witt. Standards bluish-violet; falls deep violet- 

 purple, veined with white. 

 Jordan. Standards and falls light mauve. 

 La Tendresse. Ageratum blue throughout. 

 Lord Salisbury. Stankards amber-white; falls dark violet- 

 purple. 

 Maori King. Standards golden yellow; lower petals chocolate, 

 veined white aud edged yellow. 25 cts. each; §2.50 perdoz. 

 Mrs. H. Darwin. Standards white; falls slightly reticulated 



violet. 

 Mme. Chereau. Standards and falls pure white;- daintily 



edged with light blue. 

 Plicata. Standards and falls bright violet-purple. 

 Rembrandt. Standards light lavender; falls deeper. 

 Shakespeare. Standards straw yellow, veined with burnt um- 

 ber; falls deep carmine-violet. 

 Spectabilis. Light and deep violet-purple. 

 Souvenir. Standards yellow; falls veined brown. 

 Tineas. Standards and falls deep ageratum blue. 



Price: Any of the 

 above (except where 

 noted), 15 cts. each; 

 §1,50 per doz. ; 

 $10.00 per 100. Set 

 of 18 vaieties, 

 §2.25. 

 Mixed German Iris. 

 10 cts. each; §1.00 

 per doz.; §6.00 per 

 100. 



LlATRIS. 



German Iris, Mjie. Chereau. 



LAMIUM (Dead Nettle - *. 

 Album. A choice green leaved variety with white flowers in early summer. 

 Purpureum variegatum. A desirable variegated-leaved creeping plant for the rock- 

 ery, producing small pink flowers through the summer months. 

 15 cts. each; §1.50 per doz. 



LAVANDULA. (Lavender). 



Vera. This is the true Sweet Lavender; grows about 18 inches high; delightfully fragrant 

 blue flowers in July and August. 15 cts. each; §1.50 per doz.; §10.00 per 100. 



LEONTOPODIUM (Edelweiss, or Alpine Snowflower), 



Alpinum. This Alpine beauty is well known to tourists who have traveled in Switzer 

 land. It is a hardy plant, and well worth a trial. It should be grown either on the 

 rockery or in well-drained, sandy soil. 25 cts. each. 



EIATRIS (Blazing Star, or Gay Feather). 



Most showy and attractive native plants, succeeding anywhere and producing their large 

 spikes of flowers from July to September. (See cut.) 

 Pycnostachya. Spikes of light, rosy-purple flowers; 5 feet. 

 Scariosa. Deep purple flowers in spikes 3 to 4 feet high. 

 Spicata. Deep purple flowers in spikes 2 to 3 feet high. 



15 cts. each; §1.50 per doz. ; §10.00 per 100. Set of 3 sorts 40 cts. 



LINARIA (Toad-flax). 



Hepaticajfolia Alba. A very pretty floriferous perennial of creeping habit, forming a 

 dense carpet of marbled foliage and small white flowers in early summer; useful on the 

 rockery. 25 cts. each. §2.50 per doz. 



LUSDEJLOFIA. 



Longifolia. Grows about 2 feet high, and produces blue Forget-Me-Not-like flowers 



during May. 25 cts. each; §2.50 per doz. 



LITHOSPERMUM (Gromwell). 

 Prostratum. An elegant creeping plant for the rockery, bearing lovely small blue 



flowers from April to September. 25 cts each; §2.50 per doz. 



We feature Day Lilies and Hollyhocks this season. See plates and offer opposite pages 222 and 223. 



