HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



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LOBELIA— Cardinal Flower. 



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ving 111 any ordinary garden soil, but preferring a 

 not suffer from drouth. Few plants are more 

 and none are richer in color. We offer the 



15 to IS inches high, with 



L5 cts. each ; SI. 50 



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very large size. 



Handsome border plants, thri 



moist deep loam, where they will 



effective at their season of bloom 



following four fine varieties : 



Lobelia Apolla. A strong growing variety, grow-in 

 large rich deep purple flowers. 30 cts. each. 



— Cardinalis. Rich fiery cardinal flowers ; strong plants, often producing 10 to 

 18 spikes, 12 to 24 inches long. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 pel do/. 



— Queen Victoria. A beautiful form of above, with bronzy foliage and rich 

 dark scarlet flowers. 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. 



— Syphilitica. Dense spikes of fine deep blue flowers, 

 per doz. 



Lychnis Haageana. Brilliant orange scarlet flowers, 

 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. 



Lychnis Chalcedonica, Fl. PI. A fine perennial, producing immense heads 

 of vermilion scarlet flowers, far exceeding in brilliancy many of the brightest 

 Geraniums. A gem for cutting, and one of the showiest border plants in culti- 

 vation. 35 cts. each. 



Lychnis Semperflorens Plenissima. This pretty variety begins to flower 

 early in the Spring, and continues throughout the entire Summer. The flower 

 is of a beautiful, tender, rose color, and is produced in long, bushy spikes. 

 15 cts. each; §1.50 per doz. 



Lychnis Vespertina, Double White. Large, double, white flowers, which 

 are produced in the greatest profusion during the entire Summer; very valuable 

 for funeral designs, taking the place of the Carnation at a season when double 

 white flowers are scarce. 20 cts. each ; §2.00 per doz. 



Lychnis Splendens, Double Red 

 {Ra^^ed Robin). Forms a dense 

 tuft of evergreen foliage, and in June 

 it sends up tall spikes of handsome, 

 double, deep-red (lowers of a most ex- 

 quisite fragrance, and remains in per- 

 fection from a month to six weeks. (See 

 cut. ) 15 cts. each ; §1 .50 per doz. 



Lythrum Roseum Superbum 

 {Loose Strife). A strong-growing, 

 shrub-like plant, thriving in almost 

 any position, producing large spikes 

 of rose-colored flowers. 15 cts. 

 each ; §1.50 per doz. 



HArdy Lobelias. 



Hardy Garden Pink. 



Lychnts Splendens, Double Red. 



Lysimachia Clethroides. A fine 

 hardy variety, growing about 2 feet 

 high, with long, dense, recurved 

 spikes of pure white flowers. 15 cts. 

 each ; §1.50 per doz. 

 Lysimachia Nummularia. 

 (Creeping Jenny or Moneywort. ) 

 10 cts. each ; $1.00 per doz. 

 Monarda Didyma {Oswego Tea). 

 Flowers bright scarlet, produced in 

 spikes. 15 cts. each; §1.50 per doz. 

 rionarda Didyma Rosea. A pretty 

 rose-colored form of the above. 15 cts. 

 each ; §1.50 per doz. 

 CEnothera Fraseri {Evening Pi im- 

 rose). Bright yellow flowers, of good 

 size, produced all Summer. 

 — Missouriensis. Large bright yel- 

 low. 

 — Speciosa. A rare, pure white va- 

 riety, with flowers 3 inches across. 15 cts. each ; Si. 50 per doz. 

 Set of 3 for 40 cts. 

 Pardanthus Sinensis (Blackberry Lily.) Lily-like flowers of: a 

 bright orange color, spotted with red, w hi'ch are succeeded by seeds 

 that resemble blackberries. 10 cts. each ; §1.00 per doz. 

 Pentstemon Gentianoides. These are among the most beautiful 

 of our Summer flowering perennials. Graceful in growth, while the 

 elegant beauty of their pyramidal spikes of large Gloxinia-like 

 flowers elicits the admiration of all. We offer choice mixed seedlings 

 ranging in color from blush white to the deepest crimson. They 

 should have the protection of a cold frame in Winter. 15 cts. each ; 

 §1.50 per doz. 

 Physostegia Virginica. A pretty erect-growing perennial, pro- 

 ducing freely bright pink flowers. 15 cts. each ; §1.50 per doz. 

 Physostegia Virginica Alba. A superb white-flowered form of 

 the above. A plant that is in bloom the entire Summer, and most 

 desirable lor the border. 25 cts. each ; §2.<j0per doz. 



HARDY GARDEN PINKS. 



Dwarf, hardy pinks, bearing double flowers of rich colors and possessed 

 of the true clove scent ; they winter better if protected. ( See cut. ) 

 Her Majesty. The flowers of this fine variety are of a large size 



and of the purest white, very fragrant, and borne profusely on stout, 

 jg= erect stems, 12 inches long. It is hardy, and will winter in the open 



b rder. or may he grown in cold frames for early forcing. 

 Juliette. White, lac-rl crimson. 

 Laura Wilmer. White, purplish-maroon centre. 

 Snow {Mrs. Sinkins). Large, pure white, very fragrant. 

 Souvenir de Salle. Soft rosy pink. 

 Stanislaus. Violet rose, deep crimson centre. 



15 cts. each; the set of G for 75 cts 



