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Giese’s Bulb and Flower Garden 
LAVENDULA (Sweet Lavender) 
Spicata —Lavender. 15 inches. Very fragrant, use in shopping bags. 
Plants, each 25c. 
LINARIA 
(R) Cymbalarih —A dainty creeper with lilac flowers. 3 inches, 
Plants, each 15c. 
LINUM (Perennial Blue Flax) 
(R) Alpinum —Blue. Plants, each 10c. 
LUPIN (Perennial) 
Most beautiful hardy border plants producing tufts of soft green 
foliage, from which arise in continuous succession the stately spikes of 
bloom. 
Lupinus —Effective plants, producing large spikes of flowers. 
Alba —White. 
Roseus —A combination of light and dark pink. 
Rosen —Fine pure light rose pink. 
Moerheimii —Pink and white. 
Ply PolyphyIIus —Light blue. 
Polyphyllus (Old-fashioned Garden Lupin) —Blue. 3 feet. Stately 
spikes of blue, flowers all summer. Plants, each 20c. 
LYCHNIS CHALCEDONICA (Jerusalem Cross) 
Heads of brilliant orange-scarlet on stems 2 to 3 feet high. Will 
thrive in any kind of soil. Plants, each 25c. 
Roseum —Fine rose pink. 
Album —Pure white. 
(R) Flow Cuculi (Ragged Robin) —The red flowers are in loose pan¬ 
iculate cluster. Resembles a geranium. 12 inches. June-Aug. Plants, 
each 25c. 
Viscaria Splendens —A tuft of thick, grassy leaves and heads of 
flowers in red, bright pink and light pink on stems 12 to 15 inches. Very 
showy, and good for cutting. Plants, each 25c. 
MY0S0TIS (Forget-Me-Nots) 
(R) Alpestris (Indigo Blue) —Intense rich dark blue with long 
stems. 4 to 8 inches high. Plants, each 10c. 
Palustris Samperflorens —A bright blue creeping Forget-Me-Not. 
10 inches. Plants, each 10c. 
PAPAVER (Orientalis Poppy) 
Among hardy perennials no class is of more importance. Succeed 
in any soil and position, and if not let go to seed, flowering through a 
long season. 
Rubera —Brick red. Plants, each 10c. 
Rosea —Pale rose pink. Plants, each 25c. 
Rosen —Shell pink. Plants, each 20c. 
Nudicale (Iceland Poppy) —15 inches. Elegant free flowering plants 
bearing flow'ers in abundance all summer. 
Nudicale —Yellow, orange, pink. Any color. 
Plants, each 15c. 
PANSIES 
Swiss Giant Strain—Mixed. All colors. Plants, 6 for 25c. 
PENTSTEMON (Beard Tongue) 
This native plant furnishes the finest material for rock gardens as 
well as border plants. The evergreen shrubbery foliage makes them the 
choicest rock plants in form and color. 
(R) Alpinus (Dwarf) —Low creeping plant of purple reddish flowers. 
Evergreen. Plants, each (rare) 35c. 
(R) Cardwelli —Evergreen. Bright purple. If cut will bloom several 
times in season. 10 inches. Plants, each 20c. 
(R) Diffusus —Toothed leaves and showy heads of purple or blue 
flowers in June. 14 inches. Plants, each 20c. 
(R) Glaber —Blue. Green foliage. Dense spikes of sky-blue flowers 
tinted pink. 10 inches. Evergreen. Plants, each 30c. 
Giant Flowering Hybrida Rubina —Bright red. Great bloomer nearly 
all summer of giant flowers but often dies the second year. Blooms to 
death. Very fine. Small plants that will bloom, each 20c. 
Rosiea —Fine pink. Otherwise same as above one. 
(R) Laverii —A bushy plant. 12 inches, with lavender blue and 
white base flowers. Plants, each 25c. 
(R) Menziessi —Evergreen. Dwarf, woody plant. Spikes of large 
blue or purple bells. A choice rock plant. 6 inches. Plants, each 30c. 
(R) Rupicola —Dwarf mats of blue green leaves and bright purplish 
red flowers. A rare and fine plant. 6 inches. Plants, each 40c. 
