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2>. M. FERRY & CO>S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



Delphinium, nudicaule, eighteen inches high, with 

 scarlet flowers; fine for rockeries, flower 



borders, or pot culture; hardy perennial 10 



" Zalil, a new and handsome yellow flowered 

 variety. Flowers an inch in diameter, pro- 

 duced in large spikes. A perennial, but will 

 bloom freely the first year if started early 25 



I.ATHYRUS I < ATlFOUlJS.-(See Peas). 



UTHYRUS ODORATUS.-(See Sweet 

 Peas). 



I.EPTOSIPHON. 



Make beautiful, low edgings for borders or walks. 

 They do not bear our hot, scorching summers well, and 

 the seed had better be sown late in the autumn or very 

 early in spring, and, if possible, in a sheltered situation. 

 Hardy annual; six inches high. 



Leptosiphon, aureus, beautiful orange color 5 



UMNANTHES. 



A native of California; quite hardy ; of prostrate 

 habit; stems ten or twelve inches long, crowned with 

 numerous fragrant flowers, each about an inch across. 

 A large portion of the flower is yellow, the extremities 

 of the petals only being white. Blooms from June to 

 August. Sow the seed in spring, and give each plant 

 two feet of room. Hardy annual; three inches high. 

 Limnanthes, Douglasi 5 



EINARIA-fKenilworth Ivy). 



A pretty, trailing plant for covering rock work, and 

 very useful for hanging baskets. Hardy perennial. 

 Linaria, cymbalaria 15 



UNUM. 



A beautiful and effective genus of plants, of slender 

 and delicate growth, and having a profusion of bright 

 flowers. 



Linum, grandiflorum rubrum (Scarlet Flax), 



from Algiers. Hardy annual 5 



" coccineum, deep crimson: one of the hand- 

 somest annuals ever introduced; in brilliancy 

 of color surpassed by none 5 



LiNUM. Grandiflorum. 



Lobelia, Crystal Palace. 



LOBELIA, 



A most elegant and useful genus of plants, of easy 

 culture, and well adapted for bedding, edging, pots or 

 rockeries. They are employed as universally in general 

 summer gardens as scarlet geraniums, to beds of which 

 they form a neat and effective edging. Seeds should 

 be covered lightly. Start early, under glass, and trans- 

 plant, or sow in open ground in May. 

 Lobelia, erinus (Blue King), intense dark blue, 

 with a white spot ; dark colored foliage; 

 showy and valuable for bedding purposes. 



Half-hardy annual 10 



" erinus (Queen of Whites), pure white flow- 

 ers, not tinted with the slightest shade of any 

 color. Blooms until destroyed by frost. Half- 

 hardy annual 10 



" erinus (Crystal Palace), magnificent variety, 



with large blue flowers; a fine sort for bedding.io 

 " cardinalis (Queen Victoria), scarlet, new 

 scarlet flowering variety, with the darkest 

 leaves, and very constant. Hardy perennial. .15 

 " erinus (Cardinal Flower), a magnificent 

 native variety, with spikes of brilliant scarlet 

 flowers. Will flourish in any common soil. 

 Seeds need to be well started with heat. Hardy 



perennial; two feet high 10 



" erinus, gracilis, very fine for baskets, vases, 

 etc., trailing gracefully, and blooming pro- 

 fusely. Half-hardy annual 10 



LOKDON PRIDE.- (See Lychnis Chalce- 

 donica). 



LOPHOSPERMUM. 



Beautiful evergreen climbers, with purple and violet 

 blossoms. Require green-house or cold-frame in winter; 

 will run up fences or verandas in summer. Propagated 

 by preserving the fleshy roots in dry earth in winter. 

 Seed should be sown in hot-bed in March or April. 

 Lophospermum, scandens, flowers violet-purple; 



ten feet *i 



LOVE GRASS-(Eragrostis). 



A very pretty species of ornamental grass, growing 

 one foot high; splendid for winter bouquets. Hardy 

 annual. 



Eragrostis, elegans, beautiful, dancing spikelets . . 5 



