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' L.AUIIUM (l>ead Nettle). 

 Purpureum variegatum. A desirable creeping plant for the rockery, producing 

 small pink flowers during the summer months. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



LAVENDULA (Lavender). 



Vera. The common -lavender of commerce; grows about 18 inches high; delight- 

 fully fragrant blue flowers in July and August. 10 cts. each; $1.00 per doz. 



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. 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 sum- 

 mer until late in fall. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



L.IATR.IS (Blazing Star, or Gay Feather.) 



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

 Tuly to September. 



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

 Pycnostachya {Kansas Gay Feather). Spikes of light, rosy-purple flowers; 4 to 5 ft. 

 Scariosa. Dee]) 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. 



LINUM (Flax). 



Flavum. Bright yellow flowers from June to September; 1 foot. 



Perenne. A desirable plant either 

 for the border or rockery, growing 

 about 18 inches high, with light, 

 graceful foliage and large; clear 

 blue flowers, which are produced 

 through the entire summer. 

 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



EINDEEOFIA. 



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.) 



Coelestinum. An excellent low- 

 growing plant for the rockery, with 

 blue flowers in June. 25 cts. each ; 

 $2.50 per doz. 



Lilium Speciosum Rubrum 



LlATRIS. 



EIEIUM (tiiy). 



All well-regulated herbaceous bor- 

 ders should have a few Lilies scattered 



through them, including Auratum, 



Candidum, Speciosum varieties, etc., 



etc. The sorts offered below can be planted with excellent 



results during the 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. 



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. (See cut.) Extra large bulbs, 25 cts. each; 

 $2.50 per doz. First size bulbs, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. Postage, 5 cts. each. 



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

 running through the centre of each petal. Extra large bulbs, 25 cts. each; $2.50 

 per doz. First size, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. Postage, 5 cts. each extra. 



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

 son spots. (See cut.) Extra large bulbs, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. First size, 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. Postage, 5 cts. each extra. 



Speciosum Melpomene. Very large flowers, rich blood-crimson, heavily spotted. 

 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. Postage, 5 cts. each extra. 



Tigrinum Splendens ( Tiger Lily). Very large flowers. 12 cts. each ; $1.25 per doz. 



LOBELIAS 



Handsome border plants, thriving in any ordinary 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 pro- 

 ducing 10 to 18 spikes, 12 to 24 inches long. 

 Queen Victoria. A beautiful form of Cardinalis, with bronzy foliage and rich dark 



scarlet flowers. 

 Syphilitica. Dense spikes of fine deep blue flowers. 



Rivoirei. New. For description see New and Rare Plants, pages 99 to 104. 50 

 cts. each. Price (except where noted), 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 



Lilium Auratum. 



A handsome bed can be made with the new Red-hot-Poker plant. See colored plate and offer on page ioi. 



