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J. T. LOVETT, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 



LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS. 



Perennial Pea. 



A beautiful climbing plant with pale green 

 foliage; valuable for covering trellises, stumps 

 of trees, etc The flow- 

 ers are pea-like, deep 

 rosy-red, produced in 

 racemes at the axils of 

 the leaves, in great 

 abundance, all summer. 

 It is excellent for cut- 

 ting and keeps in good 

 condition for a long 

 ) &t&PjfciiSaifo/ f time. Very hardy and 

 of the easiest culture. 



Strong field roots 

 each 15c; doz. $1.50. 



Mary Lovett and Pink Beauty. — Two new 



varieties of great merit. For descriptions 

 and prices of which, see page 12. 



LOBELIA CARDINALS. 



Cardinal Flower. 



Startling in the brilliancy of its bloom, 

 which is exceedingly effective when contrast- 

 ed with green foliage in the border. The 

 flowers are borne in dense spikes of a vivid, 

 cardinal-red, thrown up, in great numbers 



Lobelia Cardinals. 

 during autumn. Useful for cutting. It prefers 

 moist soil. Admitted to be the most intense 

 and brilliant flower in existence, it is of spe- 

 cial value for planting with early blooming 

 species and varieties to give color to the bor- 

 der in the autumn. 



Each 12c; doz. $1.25 100, $8.00. 



LIATRIS. Blazing Star. 



Gracilis. — A newly introduced species, by 

 far the most beautiful and valuable of all the 

 Liatris family. It flowers late in the autumn, 

 after almost all other hardy flowers have 

 disappeared, each bulb producing six or 

 more slender stems six to eight feet tall 

 which are densely clothed for half their 

 length with soft, feathery light purple or lilac 



flowers and present an effect that is almost 

 startling in beauty and blaze of color. 

 Each 15c; doz. $1.50. 



Picnostachya. Kansas Gay Feather. — Four 

 to five feet. Handsome and very showy. Pale 

 purple flowers on tall, round, dense spikes 

 in August and September. Prefers a dry 

 soil. Very fine massed in shrubbery. 



Each 12c; doz. $1.25. 



LYCHNIS. Campion. 



Chalcedonica. Maltese Cross. — London Pride. 



Lamp Flower A fine old garden flower with 



close heads of brilliant scarlet flowers and 

 dark green foliage. Showy and useful for 

 cutting. Grows two to three feet high and 

 blooms all summer. 



Each 12c; doz. $1.25. 



Semperflorens plenissima. — Produces dainty, 

 lace-like, delicate rose colored flowers in 

 profusion the entire summer, in loose clus- 

 ters on stems a foot long. Succeeds best in 

 partial shade. 



Each 15c; doz. $1.25. 



Lychnis viscana splendens ft. pi. 



Viscaria splendens fl. pi. Double German 

 Catchfly. — Sometimes erroneously termed 

 Ragged Robin. A magnificent variety with 

 thickly tufted evergreen foilage which turns 

 later to brilliant autumn colors. The flowers, 

 which are produced in June, are in tall 

 spikes; double, and of a pure, rosy-red color, 

 pleasantly fragrant. It remains in bloom for 

 six weeks and its flowers ar e of great sub- 

 stance. One of the most brilliant and valu- 

 able hardy plants in cultivation. (See cut). 

 Prom 2% in. pots, each, 10c; doz. $1.00; 

 100, $6.00. 



Field plants, each, 15c; doz. $1,50; 100, 

 $10.00. 



