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LI ATRIS (Blazing Star, or Gay Feather). 



Showy and attractive native plants, succeeding anywhere, producing large spikes of 

 flowers in July and August. 



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

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



15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. ; $10.00 per 100. 



LINDELOFIA. 



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

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



LINUM (Flax). 

 Perenne. A desirable plant for the border or rockery, growing 2 feet high, with light, 

 graceful foliage and large blue flowers all summer. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; 



$10.00 per 100. 



LITHOSPERMUM (Cromwell). 

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



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

 — Heavenly Blue. A new and beautiful turquoise-blue variety. 50 cts. each. 



LOBELIAS. 



Handsome border plants, thriving in any ordinary garden soil, but preferring a moist, 

 deep loam, where they will not suffer from drought. Few plants are more effective at 

 their season of bloom, which extends from early in August till late in September. 

 Cardinalis {Cardinal Flower). Rich, fiery cardinal flowers; strong plants, often pro- 

 ducing 10 to 18 spikes, 24 to 30 

 inches long. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per 

 doz.; $10.00 per 100. 

 Syphilitica hybrid a ( Great Lo- 

 belia). A choice selection of our 

 native Lobelia, producing large 

 spikes of flowers varying from blue 

 to pure white; July to September; 

 2 to 3 feet. 15 cts. each; $1.50 

 per doz; $10.00 per 100. 



LlLIUM 



Speciosum 



RURRUM 



LlATRIS 



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. 



LILIUM (Lily). 



All herbaceous borders should have a few Lilies scattered through them. The sorts offered 

 below can be planted with excellent results during the early spring months. It is in the 

 hardy border that Lilies do best, as they get the benefit of the shade of the surrounding 

 plants, which is so necessary for their welfare; other varieties should be planted in the 

 autumn, and are offered in our autumn catalogue. 



Auratum {Gold-banded Lily). Large graceful flowers, composed of six petals of a 

 delicate ivory-white, thickly studded with chocolate-crimson spots and striped through 

 the centre a golden-yellow. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Speciosum Album. Large white flowers of great substance, with a greenish band 

 running through the centre of each petal. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Speciosum Rubrum, or Roseum. White, heavily spotted with rich, rosy-crimson 

 spots. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Speciosum Magnificum. Rich, deep red. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. ; $10.00 per 100. 



Superbum (American Turk's Cap Lily). A beautiful native variety, bright reddish- 

 orange, spotted; 3 to 6 feet; August. 12 cts. each; $1.25 doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



Tigrinum Splendens {Tiger Lily). Very large flowers; orange, spotted black. 10 

 cts. each; $1.00 per doz.; $7.00 per 100. 



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