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IBERIS. Candytuft 

 Sempervirens. EVERGREEN CAXDY- 

 TUFT. — A shrubby low-growing plant with 

 evergreen leaves, and is completely covered in 

 spring with flat heads of pure white flowers. 



Snowflake. — A greatly improved variety. Its 

 pure white flowers are larger than in the 

 other varieties and appear in lavish masses 

 during Mav and June. 



Each. 15c.: dozen, SI. 50; 100, $10.00. 



LATHYRUS. Perennial Pea 



Latifolius. EVERLASTING PEA. — A 

 climbing plant, valuable for covering trellises, 

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

 deep rosv-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, 25c.; dozen, $2.50. 



Henryi. — A most valuable Lily, for outdoor 

 culture. In habit, form, size and general 

 makeup of flowers it closely resembles the 

 speciosum varieties, but the plant is much more 

 rugged and the flowers are a deep orange- 

 yellow banded with green. A very free 

 bloomer. Each, 40c.; dozen, $4.00. 



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, 20c.; dozen, 

 $2.00. 



Superbum. TURK'S CAP.— Tall, stately 

 and graceful. Flowers rather small and numer- 

 ous; bright orange, thickly spotted with choco- 

 late. Each, 15c.; dozen, $1.50; 100, $10.00. 



Tigrinum splendens. TIGER LILY.— An 

 improved form of the well-known Tiger Lily. 

 Strong-growing, with large, orange-scarlet 

 flowers, thickly spotted with black. Each. 15c.; 

 dozen, $1.50; 100, $10.00. 



LOBELIA 



Cardinalis. CARDINAL FLOWER. IH 

 to 2 feet. — Startling in the brilliancy of its 

 bloom. The flowers, of vivid cardinal-red, are 

 borne in dense spikes thrown up in great num- 

 bers during autumn. Each. 15c.: dozen, $1.50. 



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, 25c.; dozen, $2.50. 



LYCHNIS 



Chalcedonica. MALTESE CROSS. 3 feet. 

 — A fine old garden flower with close heads of 

 brilliant scarlet flowers, and dark-green foliage. 



Vespertina fl. pi. DOUBLE WHITE 

 LYCHNIS. 18 in.— Produces all summer a 

 profusion of double, pure white flowers. 



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 fragrant. 



Each, 20c.; dozen. S2.00. 



LYSIMACHIA 



Clethroides. LOOSESTRIFE. IS in.— 

 Flowers pure white, in long, dense spikes. Its 

 bright green leaves are showy in summer and 

 assume rich tints in autumn. Blooms from 

 July to September. Each, 20c.; dozen, $2.00. 



LYTHRUM 



Roseum superbum. ROSE LOOSESTRIFE. 

 3 to 4 feet. — An improved variety of the pur- 

 ple Loosestrife, L. salicaria. It forms a 

 shrubby plant that is literally covered in July 

 and August with spikes of rosy-purple flow- 

 ers. Each, 20c.; dozen, $2.00. 



MONARDA. Bergamot 



Didyma splendens. OSWEGO TEA OR 

 BEE BAL^^I. — Large heads of intense rich 

 crimson-scarlet flowers in great numbers, 

 forming a gorgeous mass of bloom. It flow- 

 ers all summer. Each, 20c.; dozen, $2.00; 100. 

 $10.00. 



MYOSOTIS. Forget-Me-Not 

 Palustris semperflorens. — A lovely little 

 plant, especially valuable for moist situations. 

 Small pale blue flowers from early summer un- 

 til late in autumn. Each, 15c.; dozen, $1.50; 

 100. $8.00. 



