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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury, N. Y.— Hardy Garden Flowers 
Siberian Iris with its pure navy-blue color can be exten- 
sively planted in damp or dry ground 
Iris Ksempferi. Japanese Iris. This most beautiful 
class is found in but few gardens. They are the 
largest hardy flower of their season, often 8 inches 
in diameter. The colors are pure and delicate, 
and the culture of the easiest. They bloom after 
all the other Iris and before the Phlox. They are 
particularly appropriate for naturalizing in moist 
ground, although thriving well in ordinary garden 
soil. The colors include pure white, deep blue, 
dark purple, pink-lavender, lilac, maroon, and 
many rich combinations. 
I. Sibiriea. Siberian Iris. Intermediate in season 
between the German and Japanese, it blooms 
in June with a solid sheet of purest and deepest 
blue. The flowers are like the German, but more 
slender and much more numerous, so that a 
group looks like a deep blue rug. We offer it in 
quantity, at low rates, permitting its use along 
salt marshes, streams, in groups of shrubs on 
upland and in gardens. Its pure color permits 
it to harmonize with its surroundings, both in 
and out of the garden. 
I. cristata. This differs from all other Iris in height 
and earliness, and is better classed with the 
Crocus, Pansy, and English Daisy. It opens its 
blue stars close to the ground in early May. It 
can be used for naturalizing in the grass, for 
garden borders, and spring bedding and carpeting 
at the edge of groups of shrubs. We offer it so 
cheaply that it can be used in quantity. 
I. pumila hybrida. These are a valuable recent 
addition to the garden. They resemble the Ger- 
man Iris, but are much earlier, being among the 
most conspicuous and beautiful garden flowers 
cf early May. Very good for bordering. 9 inches. 
We recommend them highly and offer strong 
plants. 
I. pyanea. Darkest blue. A regal flower, sure to 
be admired. 
I. Eburna,. Pure white, with creamy shadings. 
I. Florida. Sulphur-yellow. 
KNIPHOFIA Pfitzerii. Flame-flower. Red-hot- 
poker Plant. As certain to attract attention as 
any flower in the garden. It is a spike of rich 
orange-scarlet, over 12 inches long, on a tall, 
bare stem 3 feet high. It blooms so continuously 
from August to November as to make it almost 
indispensable. Native of South Africa. It is 
safer to mulch it in winter. 
LATHYRUS latifolia. Hardy Sweet Pea. A vig- 
orous, healthy vine, growing about 5 feet high, 
or clambering over shrubs and bearing clusters 
of rose-colored or white flowers the size of the 
Sweet Pea. Grows on very sterile soil and can be 
used for wild gardening and in the flower-garden. 
LESPEDEZA Sieboldi; syn., Desmodium pen- 
duliflorum. A shrub-like plant about 3 feet 
high, densely covered with gracefully curving 
sprays of magenta-pink pea-shaped flowers in 
early September. 
LIATRIS pycnostachya. Kansas Gay Feather. 
A showy garden plant with spikes 5 to 7 feet high 
of light rosy purple flowers. In August and Sep- 
tember it attracts much attention from those 
passing our Nursery. 
LILIUM candidum. Annunciation Lily; Madonna 
Lily. This thrives well in the garden or in beds 
of Rhododendrons. It is best planted in August 
or September, as it makes an autumn growth. 
L. umbellatum. This blooms in June. The color 
is bright red with black spots. 
L. speciosum roseum. These are hardy and easy 
to grow. The flowers are very beautifully shaded 
with red on a white ground. They are about 8 
inches in diameter and appear in midsummer. 
L. speciosum album. A white variety. 
Iris cristata in rock-garden. It is equally good as a bor- 
der or naturalized in the grass where it will take care of 
itself like the violets. 
