Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Etc. 
53 
Larkspur • Delphinium 
Very beautiful hardy plants, with rich green 
leaves and magnificent blue flowers. They are 
uniformly popular and of easy culture. 
Linosyris • Linosyris 
Showy, pale yellow flowers, borne in terminal 
panicles. Blooms in autumn. 3 feet. 
Liver-Leaf • Hepatica 
Round-lobed (H. triloba). Flowers white, 
red and purple, making a most effective display 
among the earliest of the spring flowers. Should 
be grown in clumps. Will stand for 10 to 15 years. 
Loosestrife • Lysimachia 
Clethroides. Showy and vigorous shrub; 
flowers white, borne on long, dense spikes, bloom- 
ing in July. 2 to 3 feet high. 
Moneywort (L. nummularia). Stems creep- 
ing, covering large spaces of ground; small, yellow 
bell-shaped flowers produced in June. Adapted 
to moist and shady places and fine for 
hanging baskets and rockwork. 
Lythrum 
Roseum superbum. A vigorous shrub, 
with spikes of rose-colored flowers; blooms 
in August and September. 4 feet. 
Madwort • Alyssum 
Argenteum. A dwarf plant, with grayish 
foliage and yellow flowers. Blooms in the late 
spring. I foot. 
Meadow-Sweet • Spiraea Alba 
Aruncus. A highly ornamental plant of 
easy culture; large panicles of creamy white 
flowers. June. 4 feet. 
Astilboides. Another variety producing 
white flowers in panicles. June. 2 feet. 
Floribunda. Compact and graceful white 
flowers. June. 2 to 3 feet. 
Filipendula. Long, showy heads of white 
flowers, tinged with rose; fine foliage. June. 
I to 2 feet. 
Flora plena. Double white flowers; fern- 
like foliage. June. 2 to 3 feet. 
Hamboldtii. Greenish flowers of a shade 
contrasting nicely with the foliage. June. 
3 feet. 
Lobata. Deep rose; on large heads; of 
robust habit. June, i foot. 
Marsh Marigold ■ Caltha 
Flore pleno. Attractive bright golden yellow 
flowers; double; blooms in early spring. 
Meadow Rue • Thalictrum 
Aquilegifolium. A graceful border plant, 
with heads of the feathery cream-colored flowers; 
foliage finely cut. 
Glaucum. Yellow flowers, otherwise similar 
to the above. 
Monkshood, or Wolfsbane • Aconitum 
Autumnale. A tall, free-flowering plant, with 
spikes of showy blue or lilac flowers, opening in 
autumn; dark green leaves. 4 feet. 
Myrtle • Vinca 
Caerulea minor. A blue-flowering, trailing 
evergreen; strong grower; thrives in every shady 
place. 
Elegantissima alba. A variety with white 
flowers and glossy green oval foliage. 
ORIENTAL POPPY (SEE PAGE 54) 
