PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
Hardy Perennial Plants 43 
Mertensia Virginica. 
Nepeta Mussini 
Kansas Gayfeather. 
LUFINTJS 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, Rose or White. 
—Sweet Scented Hybrids. A delightful innovation. Mixed. 
All: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
LYCHNIS. Thrifty plants of moderate growth valued for the blazy 
effectiveness of their summer flowers. 
—chalcedonica (Maltese Cross). 2 y 2 feet. Heart-lobed 
brightest vermilion, arranged in large flat panicles. 
3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
IiIATRIS. Unique, showy, slender punctuation plants 
with erect flower stems foliaged like the Lilies, with 
purple flower spikes. 
—pycnostachya (Kansas Gayfeather). 4 to 5 feet. 
Feathery spikes of rosy purple, about 18 inches long. 
J uly-August. 
—Scariosa. 3 to 4 feet. Deepest purple in color, 
with long but interrupted racemes. August-Septem- 
ber. 
Both: 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
LILIES and LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY.— Page 57. 
LINUM perenne (Blue Flax). Very desirable within 
dwarf perennial beds, very much at home in rock¬ 
eries. 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 morning’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., $2.50. 
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stars 
Sweet-Scented Lupine. 
—Haageana. Extreme¬ 
ly brilliant and 
showy orange-scarlet, 
individual flowers 1% 
to 2 inches wide. 
1 foot. 3, 65c; doz., 
$2.25. 
—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, 75c; doz., $2.50. 
LYTHRUM roseum superbum (Loosestrife). 2 to 5 feet. Shrubby 
perennials at their best in cool and moist location. Bright rose- 
colored flowers in long terminal racemes from June intermittently 
to September. 3, 65c; doz., $2.25. 
MAZUS reptans<j>. A close matting ground cover and rock plant, 
with good small foliage; covered in early spring with short, claw¬ 
like racemes ; lilac-blue, the lower petals tipped white, yellow and 
purple. 3, 70c ; doz., $2.50. 
MERTENSIA Virginica (Blue Bells). 18 inches. Native of the 
woods and borderlands, when once established should not be dis¬ 
turbed. Pretty tubular flowers in drooping racemes during May and 
June, at first a warm blue gradually discoloring to pink. 3, 40c; 
doz., $1.50; 100, $10.00. 
MITCHELLA repens (Partridgeberry). Creeping evergreen 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, 40c; doz., $1.50 ; 
100 , $ 10 . 00 . 
MONARDA, Cambridge Scarlet. (“Bergamot”). A 2-ft. bushy 
coarse-leaved plant deliciously fragrant; covered with round, full 
heads of red flowers with a ragged petalage. Attracts humming 
birds and bees. 3, 65c; doz., $2.25. 
MYOSOTIS^ palustris. The true azure-blue “Forget-Me-Not”, 
blooming profusely during early summer. 3, 55c ; doz., $2.00. 
— alpestris stricta. “Pink Bouquet”. That’s what it is, in basket, 
bowl, rock cleft or garden bed. Dainty, shell-pink flowers. 3, 70c; 
doz., $2.50. , 
NEFETA<§> Mussini (Caucasian Catnip). 1 to 1% feet. Beautiful 
lavender flowers produced in masses. Can be trained and sheared 
as a dwarf edging. 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
OENOTHERA^ Youngi. Bright lemon-yellow, 1- to 2-inch flowers 
in numerous small clusters; plant stocky and upright, with shiny 
foliage, 18 inches. 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
FACHYSANDRA<$> 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 evergreen; thick, rubbery, lustrous. Set 4 
inches apart. 
Field Grown: by mail postpaid—3, 40c; doz., $1.50. 
By express (not prepaid)—100, $10.00; 1000, $95.00. 
214-incb Pots; by mail postpaid—3, 40c; doz., $1.50. 
By express (not prepaid)—100, $8.00; 1000, $70.00. 
