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



PENTSTEMON. 



Beard Tongue. 

 Barbatus Torreyi.— 



A superb, tall-grow- 

 ing border plant, pre- 

 senting a most grace- 

 ful and attractive ap- 

 pearance when in 

 bloom and particular- 

 ly effective when with 

 shrubbery. It flowers 

 all through summer on 

 tall, erect stems, up- 

 on which are borne 

 long, loose panicles of 

 bright scarlet trumpet- 

 shaped flowers, ex- 

 ceedingly airy and 

 graceful. It is won- 

 aerfully free-flowering 

 and splendid for cut 

 ting. Should be inclu- 

 ded in even the small- 

 est collection. 



Each 12c; doz. $1.25; 

 100, $8.00. 



PHYSOSTEGIA. 



Virginica. Dragon Head. Lion's Heart.— (3 to 

 4 ft).— One of the finest and most beautiful of hardy 

 perennial plants whose merits have been singularly 

 overlooked. The flowers are exceedingly lovely and 

 attractive, resembling large Heather or small 

 Orchids, shell-pink, in large, graceful spikes on 

 long strong stems, produced in vast profusion from 

 the middle of June until frost. 



Virginica Alba.— A variety of the above, producing 

 lovely pui'e white flowers. 



Virginica Speciosa. — Large spikes of soft lavender 

 rose. 



Each 10c; doz. $1.00; 100, $8.00. 



PLUMBAGO. Leadwort. 



Larpentae. (4 to 6 in.)— A dwarf spreading plant 

 with small attractive leaves and a profusion of 

 very pretty deep blue flowers, during the whole 

 summer and autumn. Excellent for rock planting 

 and for edging. 



Each 15c; doz. $1.50; 100. $10.00. 



POLYGONUM. 



Amplexicaule oxyphyllum. Mountain Flbbcb. 

 —A strong robust plant, forming a compact bush 

 two to three feet high, covered with large panicles 

 of small white flowers, from late summer until 

 freezing weather. 



Compactum.— This beautiful variety grows but 12 

 to 15 inches high, has abundant glossy very hand 

 some leaves and during August and September the 

 entire plant is enveloped in a foamy mass of small 

 creamy white flowers. 



Cuspidatum. Giant Knotweed.— Grows six to 

 eight feet high with large glossy foliage in a mass 

 of verdure, and during August and September 

 large clusters of drooping creamy-white flowers are 

 produced at the axils of the leaves. It is very im- 

 posing and stately, and swaying with every breeze 

 it is most effective; either in mass, by itself or 

 planted with shrubbery. Extremely hardy. 



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



PLATYCODON. "^^^^ flower. 



Leichtlinii. Clematis Flowered Bell Flower, 

 A very valuable hardy perennial produced by 

 Prof. Max Leichtlin, Baden-Baden, Germany, the 

 result of twenty-three years of careful and pains- 



taking work. It forms compact; globular clumps 

 of stems, never more than a foot in height, which 

 are literally covered from June until September 



with large star-like flowers of great substance and 

 deepest violet blue color; resembling the flowers of 

 Clematis Jackmanii. 



Mariesi.— A plant with attractive foliage and of 

 dwarf habit; produces a profusion of star-like flow- 

 ers two inches, or more in diameter, of intense 

 dark blue, from June until October. Very valu- 

 able and excellent for cutting. 



Two year old roots, each 12c; doz. $1.25; 100, 

 $8.00. 



PRIMULA. 



Primrose. 



Officinalis. Polyan- 

 thus or Cowslip. (9 

 in.). Beautiful deep 

 maroon flowers with 

 bright yellow eyes and 

 a delicious, faint fra- 

 grance in branching 

 heads; excellent for 

 cutting. An old fash- 

 ioned flower with many 

 tender associations and 

 poetic references. 



P. Sieboldi. 



Sieboldi. Japanese Primrose. (9 In.).— The 

 flowers are produced in late spring in broad heads 

 and vary in colors from pure white to rich crimson; 

 of great value for planting at the front of the bor- 

 der and for rock garends. (See cut.) 



Veris superba. (15 in).— A mammoth flowerered 

 variety of the English Cowslip. The flowers are 

 a brigt canary-yellow from one to two inches in 

 diameter and are produced in large trusses. En- 

 tirely hard.v and very valuable. Each 15c; doz. $1.50. 



Vulgaris. English Primrose.— One of the earl 

 lest spring flowers; bright lemon-yellow and fra- 

 grant. An old favorite and no garden is complete 

 without it. See cut. Price, (except as noted,) 

 each 12c: doz. $1.25. 



