New, Rare and Beautiful Plants. 
RIS Ksempferi, Murusaki. Purple, wavy petals. 
. Otentosaina. Light purple, slightly mottled with 
white ; tall ; very early ; handsome. 
. Pearl. Pure white ; tall ; early. 
. Perfection. White, penciled and mottled with 
purple ; dwarf ; medium early. 
. Robert Buist. Dark indigo blue ; fine yellow 
eye ; double. 
. Virginalis. Double white ; extra-fine and very 
large. 
. Water Nymph. White, deeply laced and shaded 
with lavender ; tall ; early ; distinct. 
Each Dozen 
. Seedlings of Mixed Sorts. Very 
fine ; unnamed $o 20 $2 oo 
, Susiaua. The " Mourning Bride." A dis- 
tinct and remarkably beautiful Iris ; the 
flowers are a wonderful mingling of white, 
black and lilac ; entirely distinct from any 
other species. A most attractive plant 
when in full bloom 30 3 00 
L.ATHYRUS. The Perennial Peas; fine 
running plants, with large flowers ; beauti- 
ful and of easy growth. 
Jj. latifolixis. The Everlasting Pea ; has 
rose-colored flowers in August 25 2 50 
li. albus. White flowers 25 2 50 
I;AVENDUtiA spica {vera). The well- 
known Lavender ; a fine small, shrubby 
plant with blue flowers and leaves of a 
notable fragrance 25 
LiIATRIS. American plants of great beauty, 
with light purple flowers ; the plants are of 
a graceful, grass-like habit, having tuberous 
roots, straight stems and narrow leaves. 
They are much prized in Europe, and should 
be better known here. 
Ij. pycnostacliya. Kansas Gay Feather. 
Flower-spike 10 to 20 inches long, very 
dense and cylindrical. In exposed places 
needs a stake. 3 to 5 feet 15 i 50 
Ij. si)icata. Button Snake Root. Flower- 
spike 6 to 15 inches long ; flowers purple. 
2 to 4 feet 15 I 50 
l/INUM Austriacum. Austrian Flax. A 
pretty perennial plant, with bluish purple 
flowers all summer, i to 2 feet 20 2 00 
IjOBELIA. The hardy Lobelias are splen- 
did plants for the herbaceous garden, hav- 
ing brilliant flowers on upright stems. 
Ij. oardinalis. Cardinal Flower, One of 
the finest scarlet-flowered hardy plants, 
of easy cultivation, even in clay soils. 
Flowers from August to October. 3 to 
4 feet 20 2 00 
Ij. syphilitica. Larger flowers than L. car- 
dinalis ; a clear blue color of different 
shades 20 2 00 
LOTUS corniculatiis fl. pi. The Bird- 
Foot Trefoil. A postrate and spreading 
plant, with neat green leaves, and clus- 
ters of bright yellow flowers ; a hand- 
some plant 25 2 so 
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LYCHNIS.* This is one of our best old gar- 
den perennials; sure and brilliant flowering, 
and easy to grow. 
Ij. chalcedonica. This, with its varieties, 
will grow in any good garden soil, and 
give an abundance of scarlet flowers in 
June and July ;Jo 25 $2 50 
Ij. flore-pleno. A rather rare, double- 
flowered variety of the above 
L. alba. A white-flowered variety . . . 
Ii. coronaria. Mullein Pink. An old gar- 
den favorite, with large, rich purple flow- 
ers and soft, woolly leaves, i to 2 feet . . 
Ij. flos-cuculi, Adolphe Muss. A fine 
new variety of L. flos-cuculi. It origi- 
nated in Germany ; very fine for forcing ; 
blooms all summer 
Ij. flos-Jovis. Plant dwarf, with umbels of 
large, showy scarlet flowers 
Ij. Haageana. A species with large, hand- 
some brilliant vermilion flowers 2 inches 
across. 6 to 12 inches 
L. viscaria 11. pi. German Catchfly, A 
dense tufted species, with brilliant scarlet 
flowers in summer. 12 to 15 inches . . . 
IjYSIMACHIA clethroides. A fine hardy 
plant from Japan, with long, dense, re- 
curved spikes of pure white flowers in 
summer, i to 2 feet 25 2 50 
IiYTHRUM. Handsome perennials, grow- 
ing best in moist places. Flowers rosy 
purple. 
li. salicaria roseum. Rosy purple flowers. 25 2 50 
Ii. Japonieiim. Loosestrife. Flowers 
small, of a beautiful purple, produced in 
' summer 25 2 50 
MAJLVA moschata alba. White Musk 
Mallow. A handsome plant, with stems 
2 to 3 feet long, covered all summer with 
white flowers 2 inches across 25 
MENTHA viridis. Spearmint. A useful 
culinary plant 15 
MERTENSIA. Showy flowering, graceful 
plants of easy culture and distinct habit. 
M. panieulata. Purplish blue flowers in 
July 25 
M. Virginica. Virginia Lungwort. Leaves 
of a tender glaucous green. Flowers an 
inch long, in gracefully drooping racemes, 
and of a most beautiful blue, i to 2 feet . 20 2 00 
MITCHEIiIjA rcpens. Partridge Berry. 
A beautiful creeping vine, with small white 
fragrant flowers in summer, followed by 
bright scarlet berries, which remain 
through the winter 15 i 50 
MONARDA didyma. One of the finest 
hardy flowering plants ; has fragrant foli- 
age at>d bright scarlet flowers from July 
to September 25 2 50 
MYOSOTIS Alpestris. The Forget-Me- 
Not. Exquisite little perennial plants, 
gracing any situation. Flowers blue, with 
small yellowish eye ; quite fragrant ... 25 2 50 
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