JEFFERSONIA DIPHYLLA — rnsty(l)16. Twin Leaf. 
Big starry white blossoms. Handsome foliage. Pkt. ISc. 
LEPTODACTYLON CALIFORNICA—rdfx(2)25. A half¬ 
shrub, smothered with satiny blossoms of deep rose-pink, 
sweetly fragrant. Full sun and some winter protection. 
Pkt. 20:. 
LEPTOSPERMUM NICHOLLI—q 8 ft. New Zealand 
shrub with showy crimson flowers. Blooms freely in poor 
soil. Pkt. 15c. 
LESCHENAULTIA BILOBA—bfy(htw)24. Rare perennial 
from western Australia, with most handsome blue flowers. 
Pkt. 25c. 
LESPEDEZIA REPENS—erx(4)7. Pretty open trailer for 
rockery or bank. Purple blossoms. Resists drought. Give 
full sun. Pkt. 15c. 
LILIUM HUMBOLDTI MAGNIFICUM—cy(3)60. Splen¬ 
did showy Lily, with orange blossoms spotted with purple, 
each spot being distinctly ringed with crimson. Pkt. 25c. 
LILIUM HYBRIDIUM SULPHUR-GALE — cbh(2)50. 
Hybrids of Liliums regale and sulphureum. Many attrac¬ 
tive variations here, mostly with deeper tinting within and 
without than regale, and with longer and less flaring trum¬ 
pets. Pkt. 15c. 
MECONOPSIS HORRIDULA—rh(2)8. Big blue blos¬ 
soms sway in half-nodding form on 8-inch stems. Many 
petalled. Particularly recommended. Pkt. 20c. 
MIRABILIS CALIFORNICA—erx(2) 15. A hardy peren¬ 
nial Four o’Clock with flowers that vary from pale pink to 
glowing rose. Rare. Pkt. 20c. 
MOREA GUTTATUS—htw. An excellent hybrid African 
Iris, M. iridioides and M. bicolor the parents. Variable. 
Recommended for pot culture. Pkt. 20c. 
NOTHOFAGUS MENZIESI—jy 50 ft. Silver Beech. A 
handsome and rather hardy New Zealand tree. Pkt. 15c. 
NOTHOPANAX ARBOREUM—jy 15 ft. Splendid small 
tree from New Zealand. Ornamental. Pkt. 15c. 
OENOTHERA ACAULIS—erdh(2)8. Blossoms to four 
inches across with silken diaphanous petals, pure white at 
first, then pink tinged. From hills of Chile. Pkt. 20c. 
ONOPORDON ACANTHUM—eotbtx(3-4)72. Scottish or 
Silver Thistle. Boldly handsome plant, with much cut, 
down-silvered spiny foliage and big heads of purple flowers. 
Plant against dark shrubbery. Pkt. 15c. 
ONOPORDON SALTERI—eotbtndx(3)60. Biennial, but 
as handsome first season as the second. Cotton covered 
stems and strikingly spectacular gray-green “acanthus” 
foliage. Then next summer, showy blossoms of softest lilac- 
purple. Pkt. 10c. 
PAPAVER CAUCASICUM — eot(2-3)25. Flowers that 
deepen to brilliant scarlet from a yellow base. Showy. 
From the Caucasus. Pkt. 15c. 
PAPAVER SPICATUM—erbx(8)25. Very like Papaver 
Heldreichi, save in placement of flowers. Orange. Pkt. 15c. 
PENTSTEMON GRACILENTUS — rbh(2-3) 12. Loosely 
clustered flowers of richest violet. Rare. Pkt. 15c. 
PHACELIA BIPINNATIFIDA — enbh(2)24. Bold blue- 
violet for mass effects. It self-sows. Pkt. 10c. 
POPULUS MAXIMOWICZI — jh 100 ft. Giant Man¬ 
churian Poplar. Massive, handsome, hardy. Pkt. 15c. 
PRIMULA CHUNGENSIS — ry(2)20. Fragrant yellow 
flowers in clustered whorls and a terminal umbel. There is, 
sometimes, a touch of pink. Pkt. 20c. 
PSEUDOPANAX CRASSIFOLIUM—jfy 20 ft. Curious 
New Zealand tree with leaves like three-foot swords. 
Pkt. 15c. 
PSOROLEA ONOBRYCHIS—bh(2)40. Short spikes of 
attractive pea-like purple flowers. Pkt. 15c. 
ROSA POMIFERA—qy 6 ft. Handsome rose with showy 
pink flowers in June and July, followed by very large red 
fruits, most ornamental. In Germany, delicious preserves 
are said to be made from them. Pkt. 15c. 
SAPONARIA LUTEA—er(2-3)6. Low mounds of pale 
green, with little crowded clusters above, star-filled with 
softest yellow. Rare. Pkt. 25c. 
SCABIOSA SILENIFOLIA—rh(3)12. Little tufted ros¬ 
ettes, with inch-wide flowers of deepest violet above. Blooms 
more or less all summer, and often in fall as well. A real 
rock garden Scabiosa. Pkt. 15c. 
SCHIZOSTYLIS COCCINEA MRS. HEGARTY — ecbfk 
(htw) (6)30. Flowers of clear deep pink, carried in long 
spikes. Almost hardy, but safest as pot plant in north. A 
non-bulbous irid. Pkt. 25c. 
SIDALCEA NEOMEXICANA—erbx(3)36. Slender stems, 
set scatteringly with blossoms of daintiest satiny pink. A 
graceful plant. Pkt. 15c. 
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SILENE FRUTICULOSA—rh(2)10. Fairly large flowers, 
white or tinted, with cleft petals. Pkt. 10c. 
SILENE FRIVALDSKYANA—No data. Pkt. 10c. 
SILENE LEPTOCLADA—No data. Pkt. 10c. 
SILENE MONTANA—rh(2). Rare species of high moun¬ 
tain meadows. Petal four-cleft, varying from white, through 
blush and pink, to rose. Pretty. Pkt. 25c. 
SILENE VERECUNDA—No data. Pkt. 15c. 
SOLIDAGO CORYMBOSA —- rmh(4)12. Dwarf alpine 
Golden Rod. A pretty streamside species of high mountains. 
Bright yellow corymbs. Pkt. 20c. 
SPIRANTHES STRICTUM—rnmy(5)25. Lady Tresses. 
Pretty hardy Orchid. Spiral racemes of white flowers. See 
Orchid culture note, page 30. Pkt. 15c. 
*STRO PH O STYLES HELVEOLA — eogdk(3)8. Annual 
vine-like trailer for ground cover in dry sunny places. Good 
to drape a bank. Purple flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
TALINUM PATENS—ehtw. There are few more satis¬ 
factory pot plants than this. The foliage is thick, glossy 
and succulent; with many panicles of pretty carmine blos¬ 
soms above. It tends to be everblooming, and although a 
tender perennial, it can be handled as a garden annual if 
one wishes, for it blooms quickly from spring-sown seed. 
Pkt. 25c. 
VITEX NEGUNDO INCISA—qh 12 ft. Graceful shrub, 
with deeply cut leaves, and loose terminal spray-clusters of 
pretty lilac. Hardy in Massachusetts. Pkt. 10c. 
The Lexington Botanic Garden publishes a series of 
leaflets each year, giving interesting and informal 
reports on hundreds of species of annual and per¬ 
ennial plants that they have under test; the view¬ 
point being that of the horticulturist rather than the 
botanist. The information is always definite and 
specific, pithy and concise. I have found the leaf¬ 
lets helpful, and I recommend them to all who want 
to extend their knowledge of the materials of garden¬ 
ing. The leaflets are four-page folders, and each 
number takes up plants for some special purpose, 
or that fail into some given classification. Twelve 
of the leaflet folders are mailed each year, and the 
subscription price, payable in advance, is Two Dol¬ 
lars for the set. Send the order directly to Lexing¬ 
ton Botanic Garden, Inc., Stephen F. Hamblin, 
director, Lexington, Mass., not to me. 
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