Everything for the Garden, Farm and Lawn. 
HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS — Continued 
GERMAIN IRIS 
Of the easiest culture and thrives in any ordinary garden 
soil, blooming profusely in May and June. Remarkably rich 
and beautiful in color, very fragrant, perfectly hardy. Very 
effective when grouped; excellent for cutting. 
Admiral Togo. — White, faintly tinged lavender; falls and 
standards lightly bordered purple. Of the habit of Mme. Che- 
reau. Extra fine, clean colour. 
Brooklyn. — Standards lavender, yellow at base ; falls pale blue ; 
base veined brown on a white ground; edged yellow splashed 
with dark blue; beautiful. 
Flavescens. — Self-colour, canary yellow. 
Florentina Alba. — -An excellent variety for cutting and an early 
bloomer. Flowers ivory white tinged with lilac. The Orris 
Root variety of commerce. 
Gracchus.— Standards clear yellow; falls marked red, reticu- 
lated white. A very conspicuous variety. 
lie rant. — Standards bright blue; falls much darker. A beau- 
tiful broad-leafed sort; early flowering. 
Her Majesty. — New and very beautiful. One of the choicest. 
Standards lovely rose-pink. Falls bright crimson tinged with 
darker shade. The blending of tints and colorings are rare for 
an Iris. 
Honorable. — Intense yellow, falls a beautiful bronze. 
Mme. Cherreau. — Pure white, edged with azure blue; falls 
deep white blue penciling. 
Mrs. H. Darwin. — Pure white, falls slightly reticulated violet 
at the base; very beautiful and free flowering; two feet. Early. 
Queen of May. — This is very satisfactory _ and well adapted 
everywhere. It is soft, rosy lilac, almost pink — a colour rare 
among Iris. 
Velveteen.— Yellowish buff; falls intense plum purple. 
Each, 30 cts.; doz., $3.00. 
Lathyrus latifolius Perennial Pea; Everlasting Pea 
J A very desirable perennial, and 
though the flowers are not fragrant, like the sweet pea, they are 
very handsome and well worth growing. 
Lathyrus Latifolius. — Deep rosy-rod. 15 cts. each; $1.50 
per doz. 
Lathyfollus Albus.— Pure white. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
Linum (Flax) Perenne — A desirable plant for the 
x border or rockery, growing 
2 feet high, with light, graceful foliage and largo blue flowers all 
summer. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
Lily of the Valley. — Large clumps. Each, 25 cts. 
Lythrum Roseum Superbum Roso Loosestrife. A 
strong-growing 
plant, 3 to 4 feet in hoight, producing long spikes of rose-coloured 
flowers from July to September. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
Lobelia Cardinalis. Cardinal Flower. Handsome plants 
* thriving in a moist, deep loam, 
where they will not suffer from drought; long spikes of intense 
fiery scarlet flowers. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 
.(Lupine). — Effective plants, 
producing large spikes of flow- 
ers. Mrs. Ely says of them: "May be planted either in the aut- 
umn or early spring. These plants bloom from about the 20th 
of May for three weeks, and grow about 3 feet high. Being 
perfectly hardy and free from attack of insects, they are especially 
valuable. They require only well prepared garden soil and to 
be kept watered in dry weather, which should always be done, 
if possible, late in the afternoon." 
Lupin us Polyphyllus.— Clear blue. 25 ctg. each; $2.50 per 
doz. 
Lupinus Polyphyllus. 
Malva Moschata. 
Lupinus Alba. 
per doz. 
-A white variety of above. 25 eta. each; $2.50 
Lupinus Moerheimi. — A comparatively new variety and a 
plant that, on account of its clean bold growth, always attracts 
attention. The spikes of flowers are frequently over a foot long, 
in colour superb, being a combination of light and dark shades 
of pink without a trace of magenta. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
Lychnis Chalcedonica A most desirable plant, heads 
a of brilliant orange-scarlet in 
June and July; grows 2 to 3 feet high. Each, 15 cts.; doz., $1.25 
Lychnis Haageana. — Flowers Scarlet, nearly 2 inches across, 
8 to 12 inches. 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 
Lychnis Viscarla Alba Grandlfiora. — Stout leafy spikes, 
terminating with crowded heads of white flowers. 25 cts. each; 
$2.50 per doz. 
Lychnis Arkwrightii A cross between L. Chalcedonica 
3 and Haageana, having the up- 
right habit of Chalcedonica, with the flowers of Haageana, but 
very greatly improved. A botanical novelty of great merit, 
and a decided acquisition. 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 
.Musk Mallow. Flowers rose or while 
about 2 inches wide, in terminat 
axillary clusters; height about 2 feet; branching. A handsome 
perennial native of Britain. 15 cts. each; $1.35 per doz. 
Meehan's Mallow Marvels — The most remarkable 
— — creation of the day. 
Absolutely hardy, the Mallow Marvels have been tested, and are 
thriving in Canada and in the mountain portions of the northern 
states as successfully as in Georgia and Florida. A plant for all 
sections of the country. Individual blooms are as large as ten 
inches across. Plants labeled to colour as they flower. Every 
plant sold true to colour. 
Price:White Marvel, Red Marvel, Pink Marvel, 80 cts. each. 
Coloured plate and all particulars free on request. 
Monarda Didvma. Cardinal-red flowers in large, showy 
J heads 2 or more inches across, on 
leafy, angled stems about 3 feet high, and when massed for 
distinct effects against a dark back-ground, its brilliant flowers 
give bright, semi— tropic garden pictures in summer. 20 cts. 
each; $2.00 per doz. 
Pansies, Ferguson's Giant Show — Fo J, richness 
^ and variety of 
colouring we believe these plants are unsurpassed. 10 cts. each; 
75 cts. per doz. 
Physostegia Virginica Rosea Compacta. — 
This flowering plant may be classed as one of tho finest herba- 
ceous plants for border and for cutting alike. It surpasses the 
old kind by its compact habit, its size and abundance of flowers. 
Sown early in spring it will flower the first summer; perfection, 
however, is attained in the second year. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per 
doz. 
Platycodon Grandiflorum — fix to 15 inches high. 
' Large, solitary, white or 
blue flowers at the ends of the branches. China and Japan. 
Summer. 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
Platycodon, Album. — 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
Poppies, Oriental. papavor) -The most gorgeous fami- 
1 ^ ; ly of hardy border plants in cultiva- 
tion, most easily cultivated in any border, or shrubbery. 
Beauty of Livermere. — Crimson. 
Crimped Beauty. — Orange scarlet. 
Goliath.— Rich soldier scarlet. 
Lady Roscoe. — Salmon. 
Mrs. Perry.— Salmon pink. 
Princess Ena. — Orange salmon. 
Prince of Orange. — Orange. 
Princess Victoria Louise. — Salmon rose. 
Queen Alexandra. — Rosy salmon. 
Prices of the above varieties, 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
p nnnl , Inplanrl Different colours from May to October 
roppy Reimu— n tQ £g iDches ^ 2 0 cts. each; $2.00 per 
doz. 
Pyrethrum Hybridum Too much cannot be said in 
J j favor of this grand hardy 
perennial, which will thrive in any good garden soil where there 
is good drainage and full exposure to the sun. Splendid for cut- 
ting, lasting a week in good condition. In choicest mixture. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. 
