30 J. T. LOVETT, LITTLE SILVER, N.J.— HARDY PERENNIALS 



IMPERIAL JAPANESE IRIS 

 Iris Kaempferi 



Dagmar Georgeson. — Three large, drooping, 

 rich royal purple petals; very distinct. 



Double White. GOLD BOUND.— Six large, 

 open milk-white petals; deep yellow at base. 



Mount Hood. — Six petals, light blue, shading 

 to darker blue; orange at center. 



Peacock. — Nine large overlapping petals; 

 violet purple, veined with white. 



Pyramid.— Nine large petals, indigo blue, 

 veined with white. 



Sherwood. — Three large overlapping petals; 

 pearly white, deeply edged with bright rose. 



Spaulding.— Six petals, oddly and prettily 

 crimped; rosy purple, shading to pure white. 



Stella. — Three violet petals, veined white. 



Templeton. — Nine petals; light violet, mot- 

 tled with deep pink and white. 



Thompson Lovett. — Six large petals; intense 

 rich purple plum with oriole at base. 



Strong roots, each, 25c.; dozen, $2.50; 100, 

 $18.00. 



Unnamed, each, 20c.; dozen, $2.00; 100, 

 j' $12.00. 



SIBERIAN IRIS. (Iris Sibirica) 



Blue King. — Flowers similar in form to those 

 of the Liberty Iris but smaller and are borne 

 on long slender stems in great profusion, just 

 as the Fleur-de-Lis are fading; elegant and 

 refined. Color of the flowers is a clear, rich 

 blue throughout. 



Orientalis. — Even more profuse in bloom 

 than Blue King, with flowers of rich velvety 

 violet blue and blooms a few days later. 



Snow Queen. — A form of Orientalis, with 

 all the refined beauty and lavish profusion of 

 bloom of that Iris; but with flowers of pure 

 milk-white throughout. 



Price, each, 20c.; dozen, $2.00; 100, $12.00. 



HIBISCUS. Mallow 



Meehan's Mallow Marvels. — 6 to 8 feet.— In- 

 deed marvels of brilliancy and beauty. The 

 large flowers (eight to ten inches in diameter) 

 appear early in August and continue without 

 intermission until checked by frost. The blos- 

 soms are produced in great profusion and are 

 fiery crimson, blood red, pink and white. Es- 

 pecially valuable for planting with shrubbery. 

 Needs winter protection. Each, 25c,; dozen, 

 $2.50; 100, $15.00, 



Moscheutos. MARSH MALLOW. 3 to 5 

 feet. — Strong-growing, bushy plants, with large 

 leaves and producing large, bell-shaped flow- 

 ers freely, during late summer and autumn. 

 Especially valuable for planting with shrub- 

 bery. I offer three varieties: Alba, or pure 

 white; Crimson Eye, white with large spot of 

 rich crimson at the center; Rosea, cheerful 

 light pink throughout. Each, 20c.; dozen, 

 $2.00; 100, $10.00. 



HYACINTHUS. Galtonia 



Candicans. CAPE HYACINTH.— A showy 

 species of Hyacinth, blooming in late summer 

 and early autumn. The bulbs throw up strong- 

 stems, 2 or 3 feet high, which are surmounted 

 with pretty, bell-shaped white flowers, in loose 

 panicles. Each, 15c.; dozen, $1.50. 



LATHYRUS. Perennial Pea 



Latifolius. EVERLASTING PEA. — A 

 climbing plant, valuable for covering trellises, 

 stumps of trees, etc. The flowers are pea-like, 

 deep rosy-red, produced in racemes. 



Mary Lovett. PINK BEAUTY.— A variety 

 of great beauty and merit that originated at 

 the Monmouth Nursery. The flowers are 

 light, cheerful, rosy-carmine color. 



White Pearl. — A snow-white variety, with 

 flowers much larger than those of the old 

 white sort and which are produced in large 

 trusses from early July until September. 



Each, 20c.: dozen, $2.00. 



LIATRIS. Blazing Star 



Pycnostachya. KANSAS GAY FEATHER. 

 4 to 5 feet. — Pale purple flowers on tall, round, 

 dense spikes in August and September. Each, 

 20c.; dozen, $2.00. 



LILIUM. Lily 



Auratum. GOLDEN - BANDED LILY. — 

 Immense bell-shaped flowers, ivory-white, 

 thickly marked with chocolate dots, with a 

 stripe of bright yellow through the center of 

 each petal; and almost overpowering with rich 

 fragrance. Each, 35c.; dozen, $3.50. 



Speciosum. LANCIFOLIUM. — The ever- 

 popular Japanese Lilies. Their wax-like 

 fragrant flowers are very lovely. Speciosum 

 album, white with faint dots and bands of 

 light green; Speciosum roseum (rubrum), rosy 

 carmine with brown spots. Each, 35c.; dozen, 

 $3.50; 100, $25.00. 



LUPINUS. Lupine 



Polyphyllus. 3 feet. — Finely cut foliage and 

 large flowering spikes of pea-shaped deep blue 

 flowers from June until September. 



Polyphyllus albus. — A variety of the above 

 producing white flowers. 



Each, 20c.; dozen, $2.00; 100, $15.00. 



LYCHNIS 



Chalcedonica. MALTESE CROSS. 3 feet. 

 — A fine old garden flower with close heads of 

 brilliant scarlet flowers, and dark-green foliage. 



Viscaria fl. pi. DOUBLE RED LYCHNIS. 

 18 in. — Erroneously termed Ragged Robin. 

 Thickly tufted evergreen foliage, which turns 

 to brilliant autumn colors. The flowers, which 

 are produced in June, are in tall spikes, double, 

 and of pure rosy red color and fragr^int. 



Each, 20c.; dozen, $2,00, 



