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CARL PURDY, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA 
LEPACHYS pinnata is related to Rudbeckia, Golden Glow. It grows 3 feet high, 
with many graceful yellow flowers. 25 cts. each. 
LIATRIS pycnostachya produces spikes of light rosy purple flowers in midsummer 
and grows 4 to 5 feet. Quite ornamental. Sit-., sun. Soil, any loam to light. Prop., 
divisions. PL, October to March. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY chimps have been hard to secure for several years. I now 
have a fair supply. They require a light to medium shade and a rich, loose soil kept 
moderately moist. Well-rotted manure and leaf-mold should form at least a part of it 
and I think that the best of soils is a sandy loam so enriched. The beds should be top- 
dressed with well-rotted manure every fall. They should be reset about the third year. 
Clumps of several pips, or growing buds at 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
LINARIA dalmatica. See Novelties. 
LINUM flavum grows erect from a somewhat woody base and makes a fine clump, 
\ l A to 2 feet high, which produces many golden yellow flowers of beauty. 25 cts. each, 
$2.50 per doz. 
L. perenne is an excellent plant with many small leaves and erect stems forming a 
nice group. For a long period beautiful blue flowers appear daily in the morning. It 
always pleases. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
LIPPIA repens has proved most useful in California as a lawn material and is also 
a most excellent plant for rocks or steep banks or to hang over walls. It spreads by 
prostrate stems which root freely at the joints and soon make a flat, dense ground-cover 
of a pleasing green which can be mowed or left as time allows. The flowers are borne in 
low heads and are white, tinted lavender and give the effect of clover. For planting a 
lawn or ground-cover, place pieces of the stem not over a foot apart each way— closer 
is better. If a foot apart they will meet by fall; if closer, that much quicker. Sit., sun or 
light shade. Soil, anything from stiff clay to sand, rich or poor. It will grow where less 
hardy plants could not exist. Prop., by cuttings, or better, sections of the stems with 
some root. Plant with a trowel. Water freely at first and until well set. After the first 
year it wil.l hold on with no water, but with a winter top-dressing and plenty of water it 
is an excellent springy lawn. It does not seed or tend to spread and become a weed. 
Root sections $1.50 per 100, $ 10 per 1,000. 
