W The Elizabeth Nurseky Company. 



HARDY PERENNIAL 

 IRIS. Rainbow= Flower. 

 Iris Kaempferi — 1895 varieties, named, both double 



and single, 12 cts. each, $10 per 100. 

 Mixed Sorts — Either double mixed, single mixed, or 



double and single mixed, 8 cts. each, $6 per 100. 



Our mixtures are made up from the finest Japan 



varieties and are perfectly grand. 



QERHAN IRIS. 



Another good old flower, as handsome as an or- 

 ehid, now found in many new colors. A striking 

 flower of crepe like texture and most excellent col- 

 oring, the gauzy veining reminding one of the deli- 

 eate tracing of the butterfly's wing. They bloom in 

 May and June when there is a dearth of flowers. 

 Named Varieties— 10 cts. each, |6 per 100. 

 Mixed Sorts— Extra fine. 8 cts. each, $5 per 100. 

 IRIS SIBERICA. 



These are early and free-flowering Iris of great 

 beauty and value for cutting, two colors, blue and 

 white, 8 cts. each, $5 per 100. 



Iris Prismatica— Of grass-like growth, with elegantly 



marked blue flowers. Damp ground. 10 cts. each, 



75 cts. per doz. 

 L Versicolor (Blue Flag)— Flowers bright blue. 10 



cts. each, 75 cts. per doz. 

 I. Pumila — 8 inches high ; flowers large, deep purple. 



Ap^iil. 10 cts. each. $1 per doz. 



LATHYRUS. Pea. 



These are exceedingly ornamental and very desir- 

 able plants, suited to any moderately good soil. 

 These are free climbers, and well adapted to grow on 

 garden trellises, to cover walls, stumps and trees, and 

 with their constant bloom give striking and satisfac- 

 tory results. 



L. Latifolius (Ever-blooming Pea) — 10 ft. Dense 

 clusters of deep red flowers in constant succession 

 throughout the summer. Fine for cutting pur- 

 poses. 20 cts. 



LEPACHYS. 



Showy plants of easy culture in any common soih 

 and well suited for back of border, or for growing 

 among shrubs, or for naturalizing. 

 L. Pinnata — Lemon yellow flowers with drooping 

 petals and purple, cone-like centers. 20 cts. 

 LEUCANTHEMUM NIPPONICUM. 

 From Japan. A gorgeous flower fally 4 inches in 

 diameter, shaped like a daisy. The flower is white 

 with a yellowish center. The plant is perfectly 

 hardy and is very useful for forcing. A very de- 

 sirable novelty. 35 cts. each. $2.50 per 10, 



LIATRIS. Blazing Star. 

 Exceedingly pretty border plants, thriving in any 

 moderately good, light soil. All with narrow, linear, 

 frrass-like foliage and showy spikes of bright colored 

 flowers. Useful for growing in the poorest of soils. 

 L. Spicata— Deep purple flowers. One of the earliest. 

 15 cents. 



L. Graminifolia — 2 feet high, covered in August with 

 brush-like purple flowers. Very showy. 15 cts. 

 each, $1 per doz. 



LOBELIA. Cardinal Flower. 

 Handsome border plants, thriving in common gar- 

 den soils, but preferring a deep moist loam where 

 they cannot sufitir from the drought. Few plants 

 are more efiective at their season of bloom than 

 these, and none are richer in their color efl'ects. 

 L. Cardinaiis — 3 ft. August and September. One of 

 the finest scarlet hardy plants we have, and of easy 

 cultivation even in clay soils. 20 cts. ; $1.60 per 

 dozen. 



PLANTS— Continued. 



Lobelia Syphilitica— 2^ ft. September. Close spikes of 



showy, deep-blue fiowers. cts. 

 L. var. alba — A white vai-iety, not common, and 



handsome. 20 cts. 



LOTUS. Trefoil. 



L. Corniculatus (Bird's foot T., or Babies' Slippers)— 

 Clusters of bright yellow flowers tinged with 

 orange. 20 cts. 



LYCHNIS— Lamp-Flower. 



No garden, however small, can do without some 

 representative of this valuable class of hardy plants. 

 All thriving well in ricb loam, even preferring that 

 of a light nature, and at their blooming season giving 

 a wealth of showy flowers in rich, well-defined 

 colors. All will give fine results in the flower border, 

 and the dwarf species are admirable for the rock- 

 work as well. 



L. Ctialoedonica (London Pride) — Showy, dense heads 

 of brighiest crimson flowers. One of the oldest 

 cultivated, and ytt most distinct and desirable of 

 hardy plants. 20 cts. 



Var. Alba —Handsome pure white flowered form. 

 20 cts. 



LYCHNIS FLOS CUCULI PLENISSIHA SEHPER 

 FLORENS. 



The plant is perfectly hardy, grows very easily and 

 rapidly, and comes in bloom when quite small, form- 

 ing, with its many stalks, bushes 12 to 18 inches 

 high. It is constantly tendine out new^ shoots, every 

 one of which produces a number of buds, covering it 

 with innuoaerable flowers from spring to fall. The 

 blossom resembles a beautiful feather ball of fresh 

 rose color, and shows in loose, long-stemmed clusters, 

 which are very useful for the fi est and most fash- 

 ionable bouquets. An important testimony to the 

 value of the plant is the fact that everywhere it haiS 

 been exhibited it received a prize. Large groups of 

 this Lychnis present a wondeifnl appearance, and 

 cannot be too highly recommended for flower gar- 

 dens, on account of its long period of blooming and 

 striking eflect, 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 



LYCHNIS. 



L. Viscaria splendens plena— The flowers are large, 

 and perfectly double, of a deep scarlet, verging on 

 crimson ; free blooming. 15 cts. 



LYTHRUM. 



L. Salicaria superba— 3 to 4 feet high, with spikes of 

 deep rose red flowers. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. 



LYSIHACHIA— Loose-Strife. 



A pretty evergreen creeper with handsomely 

 mottled oval foliage and heads of small intensely 

 fragrant flowers in early spring, followed by bright- 

 scarlet berries that remain on the plant until the 

 following spring. 



L. Stricta— Flowers pure yellow, in loose spikes. 

 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. 



L. Quadrifolia— Flowers produced from the axils of 

 the leaves, yellow. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. 



L. Punctata- Flowers very large, pure yellow, m 

 spikes. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. 



L. Nummularia — A trailing vine, with very large, yel- 

 low flowers. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz 



L. Ciliata — 2 ffet high, with very large, jellow 

 flowers. 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. 



MITCHELLA. 



M, Rppens— Little evergreen trailer, with sweet- 

 scented white flowers and scarlet berries in winter 

 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. 



