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



LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS, Mary Lovett. 



A marvelous variety of the Perennial Pea, 

 surpassing all other varieties in cultivation. 



The flowers are 

 of very great 

 . substance, last- 



ing fully ten 

 days after gath- 

 ered, and the 

 clusters are both 

 large and full, 

 (f r e q u e ntly a 

 dozen or more 

 blossoms on a 

 stem), but its 

 greatest charm 

 lies in its exquis- 

 ite color, which 

 is carmine, or 

 rosy pink, shad- 

 ing to shell pink 

 at the edges, 

 thus producing a 

 color scheme dif- 

 cult to describe. 

 The plant is a 

 good grower and 

 Towers freely 

 che entire sum- 

 mer and autumn. 

 The illustration shows the flowers less than 

 half size. 



Strong field roots, each, 25c; doz. $2.50. 



SALVIA AZUREA GRANDIFLORA. 



California Blue Sage 



HARDY PINK, Perpetual Snow. 



. A revelation in Hardy Pinks. Doubtless a 

 hybrid of Dianthus plumarius and Marguerite 

 Carnation, inheriting the hardiness and beau- 

 ty of flower of the former and perpetual 

 blooming properties of the latter. The plant 

 forms a dense tuft of attractive grass like 

 glaucous green leaves, and from early spring 

 until the ground freezes, continues to produce 

 a lavish crop of large beautiful fringed pure 

 white flowers that are richly clove-scented, 

 which are borne on slender wiry stems. One 

 of the most valuable Hardy Perennials of mod. 

 ern times and invaluable for cutting. No gar- 

 den, however small, should be without it. 



From 2V 2 in. pots, each 15c; doz. $1.50. 



Strong clumps, each 25c; doz. $2.50. 



A truly wonderful plant and a Hardy Per- 

 ennial greatly admired by all who visited 

 the Monmouth Nursery when in flower. It is 

 strong growing and branching, attains a 

 height of three to four feet and during Aug- 

 ust and September (a season when there 

 is usually a dearth of bloom in the hardy 

 border) the plants are entirely covered with 

 panicles of the most charming celestial blue 

 imaginable. A mass of it is so striking as to 

 arrest the eye at a distance of several hun- 

 dred yards and its beauties become more 

 manifest the nearer it is approached. Useful 

 also as cut flowers and very lasting. 



From 2y 2 in. pots, each, 10c; doz. $1.00: 

 100, $6.00. 



Field plants, each 15c; doz. $1.50; 100, 

 $10.00. 



LYTHRUM AUTUMN GLOW. 



Lvthrum salicarie growing in its native 

 wilds, is decidedly showy and attractive when 

 in flower; especially when a number of them 

 are massed together. L. roseum superbum is 

 a variety of this species, a stronger grower 

 and a decided improvement upon it. Autumn 

 Glow is a still further improvement upon L. 

 roseum superbum. Of all the Hardy Perennials 

 grown at the Monmouth Nursery, there i 5 * no 

 other that produces such a blaze of brilliant 

 color. It forrn s a shnib-like r»l»nt, 3 f OP, t or 

 more in height and from late in July until the 

 middle of September it presents a veritable 

 sheet of rosy red flowers — the spikes of 

 bloom completely covering the plant. It 

 should be grouped in mass for best effect. 



Each 15c; doz. $1.50; 100, $8.00. 



