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2274 
Lunaria 
Perennial 
Annua 
(Biennis) 
( Honesty or 
St. Peter’s 
Penny). 
Flowers pur¬ 
ple, followed 
by silvery 
seed pods, 
prized for 
winter deco¬ 
ration. An¬ 
nual but 
readily self- 
sows. Pkt., 10 
cts.; % oz., 25 
cts. 
2370 Linuiu. 'Blue Flax (Perenne). Hardy perennial. 
18 inches. Blooms May through August. Bushy 
plants with feathery foliage; covered with many dainty 
light blue flowers, veined darker and light-centered. 
The individual blossoms are short-lived but new ones 
appear in rapid profusion. Very fine for dwarf per- 
ennial beds and rockeries. Pkt... 10 cts.; Yi 07.., 35 cts. 
2269 Lophospermum Scandens 
Climbing Foxglove. Half hardy annual 
climber. 10 ft. A handsome vine with large 
pink Foxglove-like blossoms. Very decorati-se. 
Pkt.. 15 cts, 
Lobelia—Annual 
2363 I.uvatera (Annual). Choice pink and -white 
shades mixed. The Lavateras or Annual Mallows are 
showy and effective plants covered during the entire 
summer with bloom. For large borders and cutting 
they are very desirable. Color, pink and white. Pkt., 
5 cts.; % oz., 25 cts.; Yz oz., 40 cts. 
The compact class form bushy plants fairly sheeted with 
bloom throughout the season. Highly desirable for edg¬ 
ings, ribbon bedding and garden decoration as well as for 
pot culture. 
2367 Crystal Palace Compacta. Rich deep blue; dark 
foliage; the finest dark blue for bedding; 4 inches. Pkt., 
10 cts.; Ys oz., 50 cts. 
2268 Choicest Mixed Varieties, All Colors. 6 
to 13 inches. Plants of somewhat more trail¬ 
ing habit, with flowers in shades of blue, red, 
pink, and white, some with white eye. Foliage 
light or dark green. Especially desirable for 
rock gardens and hanging baskets. Pkt., 10 
cts.; Yt oz., 35 cts. 
Larkspur Annual 
Perfectly hardy, they flower 
quickly from seed sown early 
in the open, and if the faded 
blossoms are kept cut will 
give a long season of bloom. 
The new pinks are especially 
fine and with the dark blue 
varieties furnish a vivid 
color contrast. 
2259 Fa France. The flow¬ 
ers are a pleasing salmon- 
pink, very large and double, 
well-placed on long stems. 
Pkt., 15 cts.; Yi oz., 35 cts. 
2260 Shumway’s Supreme 
Mixture of Annual Lark¬ 
spurs. A charming mixture 
containing all the bright and 
delicate shades, makes won¬ 
derful cut flower material 
and should be planted gen¬ 
erously. Pkt., 10 cts.; 
oz., 25 cts. 
Lilium (Lily) 
H Perennial 
Lilies are easily grown 
from seed and very inter¬ 
esting in all stages of 
growth. If sown early in 
the house the L. Philip- 
pinese blooms the first 
year. The others usually 
the second year. 
2265 Philippinese For- 
mosanum. 2 ft. It bears 
on slender leafy stem one 
long white, trumpet shaped 
flower slightly marked ex¬ 
ternally reddish brown with 
reflexing petals. Blooms 
from seed the first year if 
sown early. Pkt.., 35 cts. 
2263 Regale. 3 % ft. The 
flowers are white, slightly 
suffused with pink, with a 
beautiful shade of canary- 
yellow at the center, and 
extending part way up the 
trumpet. It is delightfully 
perfumed, reminding one of 
the jasmine. Blooms out- 
_ _ of-doors early in July, and 
seedling bulbs will flower 
2264 the second year. Pkt., 12c. 
2264 Lilium Tenuifolium (Coral Lily of Siberia). It is 
a gem, perfectly hardy. One of the earliest to flower. 24 in. 
high with the flowers up and down on the stem. Blooms 
are deep scarlet and have recurled petals of waxy texture. 
Pkt., 15 cts. 
Marigold (Tagetes) 
Annual 
In late summer, when many bedding' plants are past their 
prime, Marigolds afford a wealth of color that is simply 
invaluable. The African varieties produce large self-col¬ 
ored blossoms on tall plants; the French are smaller, but 
the colors and markings are very interesting, some of the 
varieties being elegantly striped and spotted. The Single 
French and the Dwarf Single French Marigolds hold the 
chief place in the class. 
22S0 African Tall Double Superior Mixed. 
2281 African Tall Double Orange Ball. 
2282 African Tall Double Lennon Ball. 
2283 African Tall Double Eldorado. Large imbricated flow¬ 
ers in yellow shades. 
22S4 French Dwarf Double Superior Mixed. 
2285 French Dwarf Double Golden Yellow. 
228G French Dwarf Double Lemon Ball. 
2287 French Dwarf Double Gold Striped. 
2288 Single-Dwarf Legion of Honor. Rich golden yellow 
marked with velvety brown. 
2289 Shumway’s International Dazzling Mixture 
of all Varieties. This will furnish a color combina¬ 
tion unsurpassed. 
All the Above Marigolds. Pkt., 8 cts.; */4 oz., 25 
cts.; y% oz., 40 cts.; oz., 60 cts. 
Mimosa Sensitive Plant Annual 
2290 Pudica (Sensitive Plant). 1 ft. Curious and inter¬ 
esting 1 , pinkish white flowers; the leaves close and droop 
- 1 ' - ’ ’ Pkt,. 10 cts. 
2290 Marigold New Double Guinea Gold 
This is a very distinct type of Marigold, of graceful 
pyramidal habit, growing 2 to 2 Vz feet high and producing 
30 to 40 flowers 2 to 2 y 2 inches across, of a brilliant 
shade of orange flushed with gold. Unlike the ordinary 1 
African Marigold, this new type produces no single flowers, 
but practically 100% semi-double. The characteristic Man¬ 
gold odor, too. is much less pungent than m other sorts. 
In order to obtain the best results, we recommend early 
sowing. An outstanding novelty. Pkt., 15 cts.; y& oz., 
45 cts.; % oz., 75 cts. 
when touched or shaken. 
2279 Malope (Mallow- 
2257 Liatris 
Blazing Star or Gay 
Feather. This is a rather 
■odd perennial growing in long 
spikes 4 to 5 feet tall and 
densely covered with grass¬ 
like leaves of light green. 
The flowers which grow 
around the stalk are light 
lavender blooming from the 
top of the stalk downward 
rather than from the bottom 
upward. Pkt., 12 cts. 
Wort) Rosy Pink Annual 
Showy plants for large m i x e d 
flower and shrubbery borders. The 
flowers are large and handsome. Pkt., 
10 cts.; V* oz., 40 cts. 
ulture Lovely lit- 
tie plants 
with light 
green foliage 
mwm and attrac- 
tive tubular 
y|jg||SK flowers. 
Many bril- 
liant colors, 
many of the 
flowers being 
Excellent pot plant. 
2292 
Monarda (Bergamot or 
Bee Balm) 
Brilliant Scarlet Perennial 
Fine for naturalizing in woods and 
shrubbery; bearing large whorls of 
flowers surrounded by colored bracts, 
and fragrant foliage: good for bees. 
Sandy loam and sunny position. Fine 
for masses. Pkt;, 15 cts. 
spotted with a contrasting color. 
Pkt., 10 cts. 
Morning Glories 
2293 Shumway’s Imperial Giant 
Flowered Japanese Mixed 
(Annual Climber). This vastly improved 
strain of mammoth-flowered Morning Glories 
is most justly celebrated the world over for 
the wondrous beauty of both flowers and 
foliage. Magnificent in size of bloom—4 to 
6 inches across. The great variety of neb 
and delicate colors, tints and markings is 
wonderful and almost incredible. My mixture 
of seed of these magnificent Giant-Flowered 
Japanese Morning Glories is superb, see cut. 
Pkt., 8 cts.; oz., 18 cts. 
2294 Brazilian or Setosa 
Beautiful large pink. A great climber, 
making a growth of 30 to 50 feet. Grape-like 
leaves a foot wide. The rose-colored flowers 
measure 2 to 3 inches across and show a 
five-pointed star of satiny pink. Pkt., 8 cts.; 
% oz.. 20 cts.; oz., 35 cts. 
2295 Early Flowering Heavenly 
2298 Mimulus Moschatus 
(Musk Plant) House 
Culture 
This variety received the name 
Musk Plant because the leaves have 
a scent not unlike musk. The flow¬ 
ers are borne very freely and they are 
of a bright yellow color. Excellent 
for growing in shaded places. Pkt., 
10 Cts. —- h 
Lupins 
A beautiful border plant. 
2272 Lupinus, New Hart- 
wegii Giant Finest Mixed 
(Annual). Latest improved 
strain producing giant spikes 
of gorgeous blooms in choic¬ 
est colors. Pkt., 25 cts. 
2273 Lupinus, Polyphyllus, 
Shumway’s Special ^fixture 
(Perennial). This comprises 
the choicest colors of all ihj 
leading 1 varieties. Pkt., 19 
cts.; y± oz., 25 cts. 
ing glories. Flowers measure d % to 4 
inches across, deep blue with white throat. 
They blossom profusely and for a long sea¬ 
son, opening in the morning and facing the 
sun. While many have easy success sowing 
seed in the open ground, others prefer to 
sow two seeds in a 2-inch pot indoors in 
April and transplant to the open after the 
weather has settled in May, in gravelly sandy 
soil, with southern exposure, ikt., 10 cts.; 
14 oz., 50 cts. 
lowered Japanese 
2293 Sluimw-iy 
Mo; 
Mixed Colors 
