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LIXHOSPERMUM (Gromwell). 



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

 June. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



LOBELIAS. 



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

 deep loam, where they will not suffer from drouth. 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 produc- 

 ing 10 to 18 spikes, 12 to 24 inches long. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $8.00 per 100. 



— Queen Victoria. \ beautiful variety, with bronzy foliage and rich dark scarlet 

 flowers; lequires piotection in wmter. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



— Nanseniana. A variety with purplish-carmine flowers. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 



Syphilitica hybrida [Great Lobehd), A choice selection of our native Lobelia, pro- 

 ducing 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- 



EOTXJS (Bird's Foot Trefoil). 



CorniculatUS fl.'pl. A pietty procumbent plant for the rockery, with attractive foliage 

 and double yellow floweis in summer. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



EUPINUS (Lupine). 



PolyphylluS. An effective plant, about 3 feet high, producing its large .spikes of blue 

 floweis from June to September. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



EYSIMACHIA. 



Ciliata {Fringed Loose-Strife'). Grows 

 2 feet high ; yellow flowers in July. 



Clethroides {Loose-strife). A fine hardy 

 variety, about 2 feet high, with long,, 

 dense, recurved spikes of pure white 

 flowers from July to Sept. (See cut.) 



Nummularia '{Creeping fenny, or 

 Mojzey-wort). Valuable for planting 

 under trees or shrubs where grass will 

 not grow, where it quickly forms a dense 

 carpet. 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz.; 

 $6.00 per 100. 

 Aurea. A golden-leaved form. 



Punctata. Plants 2 to 3 feet high, with 

 yellow flowers during July and August. 



15 cts. each; $150 per doz.; $10.00 per 

 100, except where noted. 



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LOBELI\ CaRDINALIS. 



LYCHNIS (Campion). 



All of the Lychnis are of the easiest 

 ■culture, and this, in addition to then- 

 brightness, has brought them into high 

 favor with lovers of hardy plants. Per 

 haps no class of plants has moie com- 

 mon or popular names thnn the various 

 varieties of Lychnis, of which the fol- 

 lowing is but a partial list: Campion, 

 Devil's Flower, Gardener's Delight, 

 Gardener's Eye, Jerusalem Cross, Lamp Flower, Maltese Cross, None Such, Ragged 

 Robbin, etc. L. Chalcedonica is also called London Pride in some of the Eastern 

 States; this name, however, belongs to Saxifraga Umbrosa. 

 N Alpina. A pretty rock plant with rose-colored flowers in May and June ; 6 inches 



— Alba. A white-flowered form. 



Chalcedonica. A most desirable plant, heads of brilliant orange-scarlet, grows 2 t > 



3 feet high and blooms all summer. (See cut.) 

 Chalcedonica Fl. PI, A double-flowering form, producing immense heads of ver 



milion-scarlet flowers, far exceeding in brilliancy the brightest Geraniums ; 2 to 3 



feet high, flowering from July to September. A gem for cutting, and one of the 



showiest border plants. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



— Alba. White-flowered form. | — Carnea. A pale pink variety. 



M Dioica Rosea. Produces masses of rose-colored flowers during May and June; 15 

 inches. 

 Haageana. Brilliant orange-scarlet flowers; blooms in i\Iay and June ; 12 inches 

 I 10 CIS. each ; $1.00 per doz. 

 *s/ Semperflorens Plenissima. This pretty variety flowers throughout the entire 

 summer. The flower is of a beautiful, tender rose color, and is produced in bushy 

 spikes 12 inches long. 

 Vespertina, Double White. Large, double white flowers, which are produced 

 in the greatest profusion during the entire summer; 18 inches high. 25 cts. each ; 

 $2 50 per doz. 

 Viscaria, Double Red. Forms a dense tuft of evergreen foliage, and in June sends 

 up spikes of handsome, double, deep-red, fragrant flowers, remaining in perfection 

 for six weeks. 

 Price, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz., except where noted. Set of 12 varieties for $1.50. 



Lychnis Chalcedonica. 



If you have a shady spot in your garden try Foxgloves. See colored plate and offer, page 169. 



