PERENNIALS AND CALIFORNIA BULBS 
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, t 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 
ow 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 
fJhf^H V°7 apa * th 7 Wl11 "J* b Y 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 will 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. 
• *°?u E ^ Cardinalis r id one n of mos t brilliantly colored flowers known. The fine 
variety that I sell grows from 18 inches to nearly 3 feet in height. The flowers are a most 
vivid cardinal. No plant was more admired at the Exposition. Its culture is easy. Give 
it good soil m the sun and fairly abundant watering. Soil rich in humus suits it best, 
and it should be divided to single shoots every winter and planted in groups about a 
toot apart each way for the most effective display. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
LYCHNIS is related to the pinks, and is a showy plant, flowering in early summer. 
Hardy, and of the easiest culture. 
L. Arkwrightii is a cross between L. Haageana and L. chalcedonica. A foot or two 
high, it bears many very bright flowers in various shades of crimson, scarlet, orange, and 
salmon. 25 cts. each. 
L chalcedonica, or Scarlet Lightning, is a most showy plant with flower-stems about 
2 teet high. It has large heads of brilliant scarlet flowers. Long flowering. 15 cts. each. 
L. Flos-cuculi, Double, or Ragged Robin, is a vigorous grower and a most hardy 
plant, bearing many bright pink flowers during the entire summer. 12 to 18 inches 
15 cts. each. 
L. Viscaria is quite an attractive plant a foot or so high, somewhat resembling a 
pink. It is known as the German Catchfly. It has 
rose-pink flowers. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
MALLOW MARVELS (Hybrid Hibiscus) when 
in full growth have the appearance of a large, 
spreading, many-stemmed shrub 
3 to 5 feet high, with handsome 
foliage and great satiny flowers as 
much as 10 or 12 inches across. 
They bloom from midsummer on 
and are fine things for any posi- 
tion where a large plant is needed, 
a the winter, like their cousins, 
the hollyhocks, they die to the 
ground, and are perfectly hardy 
even the coldest sections. Sit., 
n or light shade. Soil, a good 
im but a moist situation pro- 
duces the finest plants. PI., 
October to April. Red, 
white and pink. 35 cts. ea. 
MARIGOLD (Calendula) 
is a most excellent plant, and 
one that can be relied on for 
winter bloom. For this, plant 
strong plants in the fall. Good, 
strong plants from October on 
at 50 cts. per doz. 
MICHAELMAS DAISIES 
are among the very best 
hardy plants known and for fine 
masses of soft coloring in the 
garden they have no superior, 
'n planting hardy borders they 
Mallow Marvels 
