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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS’ GENERAL CATALOGUE FOR 1894. 
LAPAGERI A. 
Per Pkt. 
Lapageria Rosea. One of the most beautiful green¬ 
house and conservatory climbers yet known, 
with numerous brilliant carmine-colored bell¬ 
shaped flowers.50 
LATHYRUS. 
(EVERLASTING PEA.) 
Very ornamental, free flowering, hardy perennial 
climbers; useful for covering trellises, old stumps, 
fences or walls; growing in any soil. 
Lathyrus Latifolius. Crimson, 5 ft. 5 
-Albus. White, 5 ft.10 
- Mixed. Crimson and white. 5 
LAYIA. 
Layia Elegans. A native of California, forming 
tufts 1 foot high. The flowers are golden yellow, 
bordered white, with orange center, and meas¬ 
ure nearly 2 inches in diameter. Annual.10 
- Glandulosa. Pure white, fine.25 
LOBELIA. 
A most elegant and useful genus of dwarf plants of 
easy culture, well adapted for bedding, edging, pots 
or rockeries. The newer varieties of L. Speciosa 
make most showy and valuable bedding plants. The 
varieties of L. Gracilis are the best adapted for rock- 
work, pots or suspended baskets to droop over. L. 
Cardinalis and I,. Queen Victoria are two splendid 
perennial varieties, with rich scarlet flowers and dark 
foliage. The seed of Lobelia being very small, cover 
very slightly when sown. Sow in hot-bed, prick out, 
and gradually harden off. 
Lobelia Littoralis. Charming variety, forming long- 
trailing branches, 1 to 2 feet long, pure white 
flowers . .20 
- Speciosa. Deep blue, fine for bedding, 1.1 ft.10 
-Crystal Palace Compacta. Intense blue, i ft... 10 
-Queen of Whites. Pure white, £ ft.10 
- Prima Donna. New, a very good red-flowered 
variety, quite distinct .10 
-Paxtoniana. Pure white, with sky-blue belt, 
very beautiful and fine for bedding, + ft .10 
- Gracilis. Pale blue, spreading habit, very 
effective in pots, ft.10 
-Cardinalis. Hardy, long spikes, bright scarlet 
flowers, 2 ft.10 
- —- Queen Victoria. Very dark leaves and beau¬ 
tiful flowers of brilliant scarlet; quite constant, 
splendid.25 
LIBONIA. 
Per Pkt. 
Libonia Floribunda. Small shrubby plants from 
Brazil, with tubular yellow, tipped scarlet 
flowers of drooping habit, and very abundant; 
very ornamental for the sitting-room or green¬ 
house; flowering from November till spring.... 25 
LIN ARIA. 
Linaria Cymbalaria. (Kenilworth Ivy.) A pretty 
drooping plant, with small lilac flowers; fine 
for the house, or for baskets and vases.10 
LINUM. 
Pretty annuals of graceful habit. L. Grandiflorum is 
one of the handsomest annuals ever introduced, 
equally recommended for its brilliant color and long 
duration in bloom. L. Flavum is a fine gold-colored 
variety, which may also be grown in pots. 
Linum Grandiflorum. Scarlet, 1 ft. 5 
- Flavum. Yellow. 10 
LISIANTHUS. 
A magnificent greenhouse plant, with large handsome 
Tulip-shaped flowers of a fine rich purple with a very 
deep eye in the center. The flower continues perfect 
for two or three weeks. By forcing it early in the 
spring and planting out in the open border, it will 
probably be found to flower as freely as Phlox Drum- 
mondii. 
Lisianthus Russellianus. Rich deep purple.50 
LOPHOSPERMUM. 
Exceedingly ornamental climbing plants, with large 
and handsome flowers; very effective for conservatory 
or garden decoration. Half-hardy annual. 
Lophospermum Coccineum. Scarlet. 10 
- Scandens. Rosy purple.10 
LOVE-IN-A-MIST. (See Nigella.) 
LUPINUS. 
Showy, free flowering plants, with long spikes of flowers, 
rich and varied in color. Hardy annuals. 
Lupinus. Mixed annual varieties. 5 
LYCHNIS. 
Handsome and highly ornamental plants, of easy cul¬ 
ture; strikingly effective in mixed flower and shrub¬ 
bery borders. Hardy perennials. 
Lychnis Chalcedonica. Large heads of brilliant scar¬ 
let, fine for distant effect, 2 ft. 5 
- Alba. Pure white, very ornamental, 2 ft. . . 5 
■—— Finest mixed varieties. . 5 
MALOPE. 
Handsome free-blooming hardy annuals, with large 
showy flowers. The white variety is very fine. 
Malope Grandiflora. Crimson, 2 ft. 5 
-Alba. White, 2 ft. 5 
MANDEVILLA. 
This fine climber is remarkable for its deliciously sweet 
and very beautiful snow-white flowers. It also 
blooms most abundantly; but if raised from seeds, 
like all seedling shrubs, its first stage of growth is 
more productive of foliage than blossoms. In order 
to grow the plant to perfection it should be placed 
out in the border of the conservatory. 
Mandevilla Suaveolens. White greenhouse climber. .25 
