42 Hardy Perennial Plants 
The STORRS & HARRISON CO. 
LUPINTJS polyphyllus (Lupine). Conspicuous, lovely, pea-shaped 
flowers, on spikes a foot long, on 3-ft. stems, the foliage below 
also attractive in many-leaved whorls. Although the plant is hardy, 
it must be guarded carefully against drying out. In separate 
colors— Blue, Bose or White. 
—Sweet Scented Hybrids. A delightful innovation. Mixed. 
All: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
LYCHNIS. Thrifty plants of moderate growth valued for the blazy 
effectiveness of their summer flowers. 
—chalcedonica (Maltese Cross). 2)4 feet. Heart-lobed stars of 
brightest vermilion, anranged in large flat panicles. 
3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
—viscaria fl. pi. (Lamp Flower). A bushy plant 2 to 2)4 feet high. 
Almost evergreen foliage; in June and July fairly ablaze with 
close spikes of crimson double flowers. 3, 70c; doz., $2.60. 
LYTHRUM roseum superbum (Loosestrife). Shrubby peren¬ 
nials growing 2 to 5 feet under varied cultivation, at their best in 
cool and moist location. Bright rose-colored flowers in long termi¬ 
nal racemes from June intermittently to September. 
3, 65c; doz., $2.25. 
MAZUS reptans<)>. A close matting ground cover and rock plant, 
with good small foliage; covered in early spring with short, claw¬ 
like racemes ; liiac-blue, the lower petals tipped white, yellow and 
purple. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
MERTENSIA virgdnica (Blue Bells). 18 inches. Native 
of the woods and borderlands, when once established 
should not be disturbed. Pretty tubular flowers in droop¬ 
ing racemes during May and June, at first a warm blue 
gradually discoloring to- pink. 3, 40c ; doz., $1.50. 
MITCHELLA repens (Partridgeberry). Creeping ever¬ 
green plants useful as matting and under trees, or in 
shaded rockery. The small white flowers are pretty, but its 
scarlet fruits nestling among the shiny evergreen leaves 
are a winter delight. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
MONARBA, Cambridge Scarlet. A 2-ft. 
bushy coarse-leaved plant, covered with 
round, full heads of red flowers with a 
ragged petalage. Known as “Bergamot,” 
“Oswego Tea,” “Mint,” etc., on account of 
the delicious fragrance of the leaves when 
crushed. Attracts humming birds and bees. 
3, 65c; doz., $2.25. 
MYOSOTTS<*> palustris. The true “Forget- 
Me-Not,” appealing in its modest, azure 
beauty and cherished for its sentiment. 
Bushes up to 18 inches, blooms profusely 
during early summer. 3, 55c ; doz., $2.00. 
Hardy Myrtle.<§> See 
Vinca Minor, page 47. 
NEFETA<®> Mussini 
(Caucasian Catnip). 1 to 
1)4 feet. Beautiful laven¬ 
der flowers produced in 
masses. Can be trained 
and sheared as a dwarf 
Liatris (“Gay Feather”) edging. 3, 55c; doz., 
$ 2 . 00 . 
IBERIS<$> (Hardy Candytuft). Dwarf hardy bordering plants 
with handsome dark evergreen foliage, when in bloom a cover¬ 
ing sheet of substantial flowers. 
— gdbraltarica. 12 inches. Delicate lilac flowers of rather large 
size. May and June. 
—sempervirens. 10 inches. Pure white flowers, fragrant, in 
early spring ; the plant compactly spreading. 
Both: 3, 55c; doz. $2.00. 
INULA<$> Boyleana. 2 feet. Unbranched stems, with numerous 
ovate leaves. Flowers large, daisy-like, petals separated; 
orange-yellow, with conspicuous black buds. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
LAVANDULA vera (Sweet Lavender). 18 inches. July and 
August. Sweetly fragrant spikes of little blue flowers. 
3, 65c; doz., $2.25. 
LIATRIS. Unique, showy, slender punctuation plants with erect 
flower stems foliaged like the Lilies, with purple flower spikes. 
—pycnostachya (Kansas Gay Feather). 4 to 5 feet. Feathery 
spikes of rosy purple, about 18 inches long. July-August. 
—scariosa. 3 to 4 feet. Deepest purple in color, with long but 
interrupted racemes. August-September. 
Both: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
BELIES and LELY-OP-THE- VALLEY. See page 57. 
LINUM perenne (Blue Flax). Very desirable within dwarf per¬ 
ennial beds, very much at home in rockeries. The plant bushes 
up evenly about 24 to 30 inches with feathery, glaucous foliage; 
the surface spangled with perfectly round, flat, solitary, azure- 
blue flowers from May to August. A fresh crop with each morn¬ 
ing’s dew. 3, 55c ; doz., $2.00. 
LOBELIA cardinalis (Cardinal Flower). Intense cardinal-red 
flowers arranged in stocky spikes 15 to 18 inches long, keep 
the plant aflame throughout August and September. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.00. 
Sweet Scented Lupine. 
OENOTHERA<$> missouriensis (Ozark Sundrops). 
Solitary, single, golden flowers 5 inches across, buds 
copper-red all summer ; the plant itself prostrate, with 
ascending branches. 3, 70c ; doz., $2.50. 
FACHYSANDRA<«> terminalis. One of the best ground 
covering plants, particularly valuable in shade, averaging 
6 to 8 inches in height and branching freely into a dense 
mat. Its shapely indented foliage is practically ever¬ 
green ; thick, rubbery, lustrous. Set 4 inches apart. 
3-inch pots —By mail, postpaid: 3, 40c; doz., $1.50. By 
express: 100. $8.00; 1000, $70.00. 
