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Lythrum Roseum Superbum 



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Lavandula (Lavender) 



Vera. This is the true Sweet Lavender; grows about 18 inches 

 high; delightfully fragrant blue flowers in July and August. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



LiatriS (Blazing star, or Gay Feather) t 



Pycnostachya. Most showy native plants, large spikes of rosy-purple 

 flowers from July to September; 5 feet. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 

 per 100. 



Linum (Fiax) 



Perenne. A desirable plant for the border or rockery, growing l\ feet high, 



with light graceful foliage and large blue flowers all summer. 

 Perenne Alba. A white variety of the above. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Lychnis (Campion) 



All the Lychnis are of the easiest culture, and thi 

 brightness, has brought them into high favor. 

 Chalcedonica. A most desirable plant, heads of brilliant orange-scarlet; 



grows 2 to 3 feet high and blooms all summer. 

 — Alba. A white-flowered form. 

 Haageana. Brilliant orange-scarlet. 

 Viscaria, Double Red. Forms a dense tuft of evergreen foliage, and in 



June sends up spikes of handsome, double, deep red fragrant flowers. 

 Price, 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Lysimachia 



Cillata {Fringed Loose Strife). Grows 2 feet high; yellow flowers in July. 

 Fortune!. A neat variety, growing about 18 inches high, with dense upright 



spikes of white flowers in August. 

 Nummularia (Creeping Jenny or Moneywort). Valuable for planting under 



trees or shrubs where grass wiU not grow. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. ' 



Lythrum 



Roseum Superbum (Rose Loose Strife). A strong growing plant, 3 to 4 

 feet high, producing large spikes of rose-colored flowers from July to Septem- 

 ber. 



Virgatum. Grows 2 to 3 feet high with erect stems and bright rosy purple 

 flowers in summer. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



Mertensia (BiueBeiis) 



Virginica. An early spring-flowering plant, growing about 1 to IJ feet high with 

 drooping panicles of handsome light-blue flowers, fading to clear pink; one of the 

 most interesting of our native spring flowers. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 

 per 100. 



Monarda (Bergamot) 

 Showy plants growing from 2 to 3 feet high, succeeding in any soil or position, with 



aromatic foliage, and producing their bright flowers during July and August. 



Didyma Cambridge Scarlet (Oswego Tea). Brilliant crimson-scarlet. 



— Rosea (Bee Balm). A pretty rose-colored form. 



— Violacea. Bright amaranth-red. 



Fistulosa Alba (Wild Bergamot). A white-flowered variety. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. The set of 4 varieties, $1.00. 



MyOSOtis (Forget-Me-Not) 



Palustris Semperflorens. A variety that is hardly ever out of flower; useful in a 



shady spot in the border. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 



Oenothera (Evening Primrose) 



Missouriensis. Large yellow flowers often 5 inches in diameter, produced freely from 



June to August. 

 Speciosa. A rare, pure white variety. 

 Youngi. Bright yellow; 18 inches. 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100. 

 Peonies. See page 28. 



Pachysandra 



Terminalis. Grows 6 to 8 inches high, forming broad mats of bright glo.ssy green 

 foliage. Valuable as a ground cover; does well under trees where grass will not grow. 

 25 cts. each; $2.00 per doz.; $15.00 per 100; $120.00 per 1000. 



PentStemOn (Beard Tongue) 



Most useful perennials, either for the border or rockery. 

 Barbatus Coral Gem. Dense showy spikes of coral pink flowers, June and July; 



2 J feet. 

 Barbatus Torryeii. Spikes of brilliant scarlet flowers; height 3 to 4 feet. 

 Digitalis. Large spikes of long purple-white flowers, with purple throats, during 

 June and July; 2 to 3 feet. 



Pubescens. Bright rosy-purple; July and August; 18 inches. 

 Smalli. Rosy-carmine flowers in early summer; 1 foot. 

 Price, 30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. One each 

 of the 5 sorts, $1.25. 



Monarda Didyma 



NOTE — All Bulbs, Roots and Plan';s are forwarded by Express, purchaser paying charges. If wanted by Parcel Post add 10 per cent< 

 tp value of order to points east of .h« JVI>s«isaippi River, and W per certt, to points west of the Miaviasippi Riveri 



