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In-carvillea Delavayi. 



I^AVAXDULA. 



ll^avender.) 



Vera. Tliis is the irue Sweet Lavender; 

 grows about 18 inches high ; delight- 

 fully fragrant blue flowers in July and 

 August. 15 cts. each; .51.50 per doz. 



LEOXTOPOUIUM. 



(Edelweiss, or Alpine .Snowflower.) 

 Alpinuni. This Alpine beauty is well 

 known to tourists who have traveled in 

 Switzerland. It is a hardy plant, and 

 well worth a trial. It should be grown 

 either on the rockery or in well-drained, 

 sandy soil. 20 cts. each ; §2. 00 per doz. 



LEPACHYS. 



Pulcherrima Hybrida. Grows from 2 

 to 3 feet high, with finely cut foliage, 

 large flowers, ranging in color from 

 orange through yellowish-brown to deep maroon ; some self-colored, while others 

 are beautifully striped or mottled; produced from early summer until late fall. 25 cts. 

 each ; $2.50 per doz. 



LI AXRIS (Blazing Star, or Gay Feather). 



Most showy and attractive native plants, producing their large spikes of flowers from July 

 to September. 



QramiiiEefolia. Spikes 2 feet high of rich rosy-purple flowers in September and October. 

 Pj'Cnostachya [KtDisas Gay Feather). Spikes of light, rosy-purple flowers; 4 to 5 feet, 

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

 Deep purple flowers in spikes 2 to 3 feet high. 

 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. 



I.INUM (Flax). 



Bright yellow flowers from June to September ; 1 foot. 



A desirable plant either for the border or rockery, growing about 18 inches 



IBBRIS Candytuft). 



A most desirable dwarf plant with evergreen foliage, which is com- 

 pletely hidden with dense heads of flowers early in the spring. 

 Corresefolia. Grows about 9 inches high, and produces its white 



flowers in April and May. 

 Little Gem. A dwarf, clcse-growing, compact plant, very free-flower- 

 ing, becoming perfectly covered with its pure white blossoms. 

 Sempervirens [Evergreeti Candytuft'). Produces innumerable flat 



heads of pure white flowers during April and May. 

 — Fl. PI. -A. pretty double-flowered form of the above. 

 15 cts. each; §1.50 per doz. 



INCARVILLEA tHardy Gloxinia), 



Delavayi. A new hardy tuberous-rooted plant, and one of the choicest 

 perennial plants introduced in recent years. It produces large, gloxinia- 

 like rose-colored flowers, which last in perfection a long time; these are 

 produced in clusters on stems 18 inches high ; should be protected w ith 

 a covering of leaves during the winter. (See cut.) 25 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



INtJEA OFlea Bane). 



Ensifolia. A useful dwarf variety for the rockery, not exceeding 6 

 inches in height, with showy bright yellow flowers all summer. 



Britannica, A vigorous-growing variety, about 2 feet high ; producing 

 from July to September an abundance of pleasing light-yellow flowers. 

 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. 



LrAMILTM (Dead Nettle). 



Purpureum variegatum. A desirable creeping plant for the rockery, 



producing small pink flowers during 



the summer months. 

 Sl-50 per doz. 



15 cts. each ; 



L.WENDER. 



Spicata. 



Flavum. 

 Perenne. 



high, with light, graceful foliage and large flowers, which are produced through the entire 

 summer. We can furnish both the blue and the white variety. 

 15 cts. each; §1.50 per doz. 



EINDEI.OFIA. 



Longifolia. Growls about 2 feet high, and produces blue I'c-get-Me-Not-like flowers 

 during May. 25 cts. each ; $2 50 per doz. 



EIXHOSPERMUM (Gromwell). 



Coelestinum. An excellent low-growing plant for the rockery, with blue flowers in June. 

 25 cts. each; §2.50 per doz. 



L:.\TRis. 



In a half-shaded bed the New Tuberous Begonias, shown in colors on the back cover of this book, make a very handsome effect. 



