OF HARDY PERENNIALS, SHRURS AND VINES 
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*Lavandula— Sweet Lavender 
The Lavender is an ancient garden favorite because 
of its pleasant odor. They are pretty perennials with 
silvery-gray foliage and spikes of lavender or blue, 
sweet-smelling flowers. Requires slight winter protec¬ 
tion in New York State. Charming for the flower 
border. 
Vera. (True Sweet Lavender.) Aromatic silvery-gray 
foliage, delightfully fragrant lavender flowers. 
1 to 2 feet. 7-8. 
*Liatris —Blazing Star 
Kansas Gayfather 
Pycnostaehya. (Kansas Gayfeather.) Flower heads 
pale purple in dense cylindrical spike; one of the 
choicest and boldest species. 3 to 5 feet. 8-9. 
Seariosa. Flowers deep purple, in an elongated corymb; 
very ornamental. 2 feet. 9. 
Spicata. Densely crowded, rosy-purple flowers. 2 to 3 
feet. 9. 
LILIES 
Auratum. (Gold Banded Japan Lily.) Flowers ivory- 
white, with a distinct central band of bright yellow 
and numerous deep purple spots, the lower part 
hairy; a favorite in American gardens. 2 to 4 feet. 
6-8. 40c each; $4.00 per dozen. 
Candidum. (Madonna or Annunciation Lily.) Flowers 
pure pearl-white, fragrant, very rarely tinged with 
purple on the outside; one of the most ornamental 
species and an old favorite. 2 to 3 ft. 6. 40c each; 
$3.50 per dozen. 
Regale (Myriophyllum). This new variety from West¬ 
ern China is admittedly one of the most beautiful 
Garden Lilies yet introduced. It grows 3 to 5 feet 
high, and blooms out of doors in July. It is perfectly 
hardy, and flourishes under very varied conditions, 
the large trumpet-shaped, delicately scented flowers, 
which are produced freely, are ivory-white, shaded 
pink, tinged with canary yellow at the base of the 
petals. Strong flowering bulbs, 65c each; $6.50 
per dozen; $50.00 per 100. 
Speciosum album. A very desirable form with pure 
white flowers. 1 to 3 feet. 6-8. 40c each; $4.00 per 
dozen. 
—magnificum. Flowers heavily spotted with rosy- 
crimson. 1 to 3 feet. 6-8. 40c each; $4.00 per dozen. 
-—rubrum. Fine, extra strong growing sort, with dark 
pinkish red flowers. 6-8. Best for garden culture. 
40c each; $4.00 per dozen. 
Price, strong bulbs of above varieties, 40c each; 
$4.00 per dozen; $35.00 per 100. 
Superbum. (American Turk’s Cap Lily.) Flowers 
orange-red, thickly spotted; tall growing variety. 
4 to 6 feet. 7-8. 
Tigrinum. (Single Tiger Lily.) Flowers bright, deep 
orange-red, with numerous small, distinct, purplish- 
black spots, in many flowered racemes. Remarkably 
useful plant. 2 to 4 feet. 7-8. 
—fl. pi. (Double Tiger Lily.) Odd double variety 
with orange-red spotted flowers. 4 to 6 feet. 7-8. 
Linaria —Toad Flax 
Very pretty hardy evergreen creepers, well adapted 
for growing in pots or for covering walls and crevices. 
Latliyrus (See Page lb) 
Cvmbalaria. (Kenilworth Ivy; Mother of Thousands.) 
Masses of pale blue or lilac little flowers. 6 inches. 
5-10. 
Dalmatiea. (Toad Flax.) Fine herbaceous species. 
Long branching spikes of lemon-yellow flowers. 
Densely clothed with leaves. 2 to 3 feet. 4-5. 
*Linum —Flax 
Erect growing plants, with showy flowers which 
open in the sunshine. The continuity of bloom makes 
it a very desirable species. All are of easy culture in 
the full sun. 
Perenne. Flowers rather small, in great profusion, 
azure blue. 1 foot to 18 inches. 6-7. 
—album. White flowered form. l}i feet. 6-7. 
*Lobelia —Cardinal Flower 
Extremely interesting genus of plants on account of 
the beauty of the blossoms. Of fine, handsome aspect, 
making a most striking and gorgeous showing if 
planted in front of evergreens, or in the herbaceous 
border. 
Cardinalis. (Indian Pink; Cardinal Flower.) Flowers 
vivid crimson; one of the most showy of all native 
flowers; for the moist border. 2 to 4 feet. 7-10. 
Syphilitica hybrida. (Great Lobelia.) Flowers pale 
blue to purple in long leafy racemes. 2 to 3 feet. 
7-9. 
PRICE FOR STRONG PLANTS OF ALL VARIETIES NAMED ON THIS PAGE, except where otherwise 
noted, 20 cents each; $2.00 per dozen; $15.00 per 100. No less than three plants of one variety furnished at dozen 
rates, or twenty at hundred rates. 
