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FREDERICK W. KELSEY. 



GERANIUM. Crane's Bill. Purple or purplish- 

 red flowers. Long seed pods. 



GLADIOLUS. Extra choice collections of the 

 large flowering bulbs, distinct colored kinds. 

 Very fine. Selected bulbs, $3 to $5 per 100. 

 XXX, $7.50 and $10 per 100. 



GYNERIUM argenteum. Pampas Grass. The 

 finest of the ornamental grasses, growing 6 to 

 10 feet high ; large white plumes in autumn. 

 A superb lawn plant; requires protection in 

 this latitude. 



GYP50PHILA. Chalk Plant. Small white 

 flowers. AcuriFOLiA, Paniculata and Repens 

 are the best varieties. 



HARPALIUM. Prairie Sunflower. Large, 

 showy yellow flowers in profusion. 



HELENIUM. Sneezewort. Large orange-col- 

 ored flowers in August. 



HELIANTHUS. Sunflower. Hardy and free 

 blooming from July to October. Decapetalus, 

 Orgyalis and Multiklorus Flore Pleno repre- 

 sent the best varieties. 



HELIOPSIS. Ox-eye. Somewhat like a sun- 

 flower. Orange-colored flowers. L^vis and 

 Pitcheriana are the best varieties. 



HELLEBORUS. Christmas Rose. Very val- 

 uable for cutting purposes. Requires a shady 

 position and moist soil, and when covered with 

 a frame in winter its beautiful flowers may be 

 had at Christmas. 



HEMEROCALLIS. Day Lily. Lily-shaped 

 flowers of coppery red and yellow. Flava, 

 Fulva, Graminea and Kwanso Flore Pleno 

 are the choicest and best-known sorts. 



HEPATICA. Liver Leaf. Round leaves and 

 purplish-white flowers. 



HESPERUS. Rocket. One of the finest hardy 

 herbaceous plants. Double white and purple 

 fragrant flowers in June. 



HIBISCUS. Rose Mallow. Handsome foliage 

 and beautiful showy flowers, both white and 

 rose m color. The varieties are Grandiflorus 

 Ai.nrs, RosEis, MoscHEUTOs, Crimson Eye. 

 See page 60. 



HOLLYHOCKS. Superb collections of the finest 

 double varieties and most brilliant colors. 

 Strong flowering 2-year roots, $3 to $5 per dozen. 

 Special low prices per 100. The best novelty 

 in hollyhocks is the new Allegheny strain. 

 Fine large-fringed flowers in various colors. 



HYPERICUM. See Deciduous Shrubs, page 39. 



HYSSOPUS. Hyssop. Blue and white flowers. 



IBERIS. Candytuft. Evergreen foliage, with 

 numerous beautiful heads of white flowers. 

 There are two specially fine varieties, Gfbral- 

 tarica and Sempervirens. 



IRIS Gates!. One of the finest and most beauti- 

 ful of all Iris. Very rare. $10 per dozen. 



IRIS Germanica. Showy broad-leaved Iris. 

 Hardy and fine. Strong flowering roots, $2 per 

 dozen ; $5 to $10 per 100. 



IRIS New Palestine. Flowers of distinct colors 

 and exquisite tints. Free blooming, easily 

 grown. Iris Atrofusca, claret brown; Iris 

 Nazarena, creamy white, reddi.sh brown spots; 



Iris Atropurpurea ; reddish purple brown, and 

 many others equally as fine. $5 to $10 per 

 dozen. 



IRIS Orientalis. Fine ornamental foliage and 

 rich violet blue flowers. 



IRIS Kaempferi. This beautiful Japanese 

 species is the finest of all the hardy Iris. Per- 

 fectly hardy and easily grown everywhere. 

 Flowers extra large, 6 to 8 inches in diameter ; 

 in various tints of purple, lavender, blue, 

 shaded with yellow straw color, and light 

 shades, tinted, edged and penciled with dark 

 rich colors, making very beautiful and efl:ective 

 combinations. In borders they give a mass of 

 bloom for several weeks during June and July, 

 when few flowers are out. I oflfer a superb 

 collection of the choicest double and single 

 varieties, including the newer named sorts, 

 the best of my own importations from Japan. 

 The newest and best strong flowering clumps, 

 $5 per dozen. Selection of choice named kinds, 

 $3 per dozen. Good strong roots, not named, 

 but desirable colors, from $10 to $20 per 100. 



ISIS pseudoacorus. Fine foliage and canary 

 yellow flowers. 



IRIS pumila. Flowers early, with mass of deep 

 blue flowers, 3 inches across. Forms dense 

 beds 6 or 8 inches high. An indigenous species. 

 Hardy and very fine. 



IRIS Siberica. A desirable hardy species ; vari- 

 ous colored flowers. Growth about 18 inches. 



IRIS Virginica. An eff'ective variety with light 

 blue flowers. 



IRIS variegata. Amethyst blue, with rich pur- 

 ple veining. A rare variety. 



LAMIUM. Dead-Nettle." Very pretty dwarf 

 plant with small pinkish-purple flowers. 



LATHYRUS. Perenni.\"l Pea. Very desirable 

 climbing plants, fine for covering roots of 

 trees; flowers in great profusion during the 

 summer. vShould be trained on trellis. 



LAVANDULA. Lavender. This is the well- 

 known plant with fragrant blue flowers. Very 

 desirable. 



LIATRIS. Blazing Star. Desirable border 

 plants, with long, dense spikes of rose, blue 

 and purple flowers. Best varieties. 



LILIUM. Lilies. See Hardy and Forcing 



Bulbs, page 61. ^ 



LINUM. Flax. Blue flowers during summer. 



LOBELIA cardinalis. Cardinal Flower. Fine 

 long, brilliant scarlet flower spikes in August. 

 One of the most valuable herbaceous plants. 



LOPANTHUS. Giant Hyssop. About 2 feet; 

 flowers lavender blue in June. 



LOTUS. Bird's Foot Trefoil. A very desira- 

 ble trailing plant, with dark foliage. 



LUPINUS. Lupine. Handsome spikes of blue 

 or purple flowers. 



LYCHNIS. Ragged Robin. Flowers in June, 

 sending up spikes of handsome, fragrant red 

 flowers, remaining for six weeks in bloom. 

 Forms a thick tuft of evergreen foliage. 



LYSIMACHIA. Creeping Moneywort. See 

 Trailing Vines for Shaded Places, page 54. 



I received the planls all in good condition. 

 Chappaqua, N. V. 



G. D. M 



