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R. L. Gould & Co. Seedsmen Since 1898 St. Paul, Minn. 
Lilium Tenuifolium 
{Coral Lily) 
This is only 24 inches high and one 
of the earliest to bloom. Flowers are 
deep scarlet and have recurled petals 
of waxy texture. Perfectly hardy. Pkt. 
10c. 
Linum Perenne 
A pretty plant for the border, with 
light graceful foliage, bearing large 
flowers through the entire summer. 
Flowers are delicate light blue to pure 
white. Plants 15 to 18 Inches in height. 
Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Lunaria {Honesty or Satin Flower) 
A curious biennial chiefly grown for its 
shiny silvery seed pods, which make a 
useful winter decoration, arranged 
with flowers in baskets and bouquets. 
When the seed pods are perfected, cut 
the stalks bearing them, and store 
away in a dry place. .Grow 18 to 24 
inches high. Pkt. 10c. 
Lupine 
Lupine 
This will be found a great acquisition 
to any garden. It forms dense bushes 
three to four feet high, of elegant 
spikes completely clothed to the ground 
with snowy white and deep sea blue 
flowers, that are very fragrant. Lupines 
are one of the hardiest perennial plants 
grown, and will thrive in the poorest 
soil. Pkt. 10c. 
Lychnis {Rose Campion) 
Handsome hardy perennial with bril¬ 
liant colored flowers. Excellent for 
borders: blooms first year if sown 
early. Colors: white, pink, to shades 
of rich scarlet. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Monarda {Bee Balm) 
Hybrida, A fine mixture of this well 
known hardy perennial. Grows 3 feet 
high and produces crimson and purple 
shades of flowers and aromatic foliage. 
Blooms from July to September. Does 
best in sandy loam and sunny situation. 
Pkt. 10c. 
MyOSOtis {Forget-Me-Not) 
These dainty little flowers love cool 
moist soils, and bloom freely in spring 
and fall. They make beautiful close 
borders or edgings. They flower the 
first season from early spring-planted 
seed, or seed may be sown in late sum¬ 
mer or early fall. Grow 10 to 12 Inches 
high. 
Alpestrls, The Alpestris Myosotis while 
a perennial needs winter protection. 
Is mostly treated as an annual; bright 
blue. Pkt. 10c. 
Nepeta 
An excellent perennial plant for the 
rpck garden, or anywhere. Very com¬ 
pact, producing during July and Au¬ 
gust masses of beautiful lavender- 
blue flowers. Mussini. 1 ft. high. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Oenothera {Evening Primrose) 
Are elegant plants for growing in an 
exposed sunny position, either in the 
border or rockery. Grow 10 to 12 
inches high and bear from June until 
August, large flowers, often 5 inches 
in diameter. 
Missourieitsis (macroearpa). Yellow 
flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
PaSSiflora {Passion Flower) 
Highly Interesting herbs and shrubs, 
mostly climbers that legend and super¬ 
stition have attached to these plants 
from the first. The flower was thought 
to represent the ten apostles present 
at the Crucifixion. A beautiful vine for 
the greenhouse or window. Plant in a 
sunny place outdoors in summer. Mix¬ 
ed. Pkt. 10c. 
Pentstemon {Bearded Tongue) 
Attractive plants, much used in the 
hardy border. The bushes are pyram¬ 
idal, 2 to 3 feet high, with erect 
branches thickly set with flowers 1% 
inches long, varying in all shades from 
rosy-white to purple with white or 
veined throats. Pentstemon bloom the 
first season from spring-sown seed. 
Flowering season is from July until 
frost. 
Sensation, Improved. Colors vary from 
pink to scariet and maroon, beautifully 
blotched and veined with other colors. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Phlox {Hardy Phlox) 
These beautiful hardy border plants 
are among the most effective subjects 
in the garden during late summer and 
early fall. Phlox require a soil that is 
deeply enriched and plenty of water 
during the blooming period. Divide 
plants every four years. We are offer¬ 
ing a most select strain of seed. 
Decussata. Mixed varieties. Seed slow 
and erratic in germinating and the 
seedlings may not appear for a year. 
Grow 2 to 3 feet high. Pkt. 10c. 
Physails Franchetti 
{Chinese Lantern Plant) 
The flower of this plant is not notice¬ 
able to any extent, but the fruit or seed 
pod which resembles a husk tomato, 
but is larger, will grow to about the 
size of an egg. These at first are green, 
but as they mature, turn to a bright 
red giving ft the appearance of a 
Chinese lantern. The stems should 
then be cut, and unlike other Ever¬ 
lastings, should be hung up in an up¬ 
right position to allow the lanterns to 
hang in their natural position. Grow 
15 to 24 inches high. Pkt. 10c. 
Physostegia 
These handsome plants flower from 
July until frost, growing 3 to 4 feet 
high and bear broad, dense spikes of 
delicate pink tubular flowers not un¬ 
like a giant Heather. One of the most 
beautiful of our mid-summer flowering 
perennials. Speciosa. Pkt, 10c. 
Platycodon {Jap. Bell-Flower) 
A member of the Campanula family, 
with handsome, branching spikes 1 to 
2 feet high. Platycodon is considered 
by many the best bell flower. They 
bear these large, showy deep-blue flow¬ 
ers continuously from July until frost. 
Plant grows 18 to 24 Inches high. 
Grandlfloram. Tall deep blue. 18 to 24 
inches. Pkt. lOc. 
Poppy, Oriental 
One of the most gorgeous of all peren¬ 
nials, producing in June and July its 
enormous blossoms, often 6 Inches in 
diameter. The colors range from soft 
blu.sh and rose to flaming scarlet and 
richest maroon. The flower stems are 
long and heavy, bending gracefully 
under the weight of the blossoms. The 
culture is simple if the directions at 
the top of first perennial page are fol¬ 
lowed. The plants are at their best 
when about 8 years old. Often one 
specimen will show 10 or 15 blooms. 
Height of plants, 18 to 30 inches. All 
colors mixed. Pkt. lOc. 
Oriental Scarlet, very striking and 
glorious color. Pkt. 10c. 
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Oriental Poppies 
Poppy, Iceland 
Similar to the annual Shirley Poppy 
but in addition to the white, red and 
pink shades of the latter, the Iceland 
Poppy is often a fine yellow or orange 
color. Plants grow 12 to 15 inches 
high. Will flower entire season if seed 
pods are kept picked. Pick when in 
bud for cut flowers. Bloom the first 
season from spring planted seed. 
Sunbeam Mixture.Pkt. 10c 
Pyrethrum Hybridum (Painted Daisy) 
Pyrethrum Hybridum 
{Painted Daisy) 
Bears large daisy-like flowers ranging 
in color from white to deep red with 
bright yellow centers; fine for cutting. 
Blooms in early spring and again in 
the fall. Plants grow 20 to 30 inches 
high. 
Roseiim. Single Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Roseum. Single and Double Mixed. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Saponaria {Bouncing Bet) 
A very showy, trailing, hardy perennial 
rock plant about 9 inches high, pro¬ 
ducing during the summer masses of 
small, bright rose flowers. Ocymolde*. 
Pkt. 10c. 
