COLORADO WILD FLOWERS. 
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As many as fifty buds and blossoms have been counted on a single clump at 
one time. Is easily grown, prefers a warm sunny spot, sandy soil; entirely 
hardy. 10 cents, 75 cents per dozen. 
LEPACHYS. 
L. PULCHERRIMA HYBRIDA. Cone Flower. 2 feet. A fine strain which pro¬ 
duces in the greatest profusion, large flowers with brown cone shaped centers 
and broad reflexed rays. The rays of some are yellow while others are orange, 
yellowish brown and maroon; many are beautifully striped. A perennial, but 
will bloom first season from seed, continuing to bloom from early summer till 
frost. Seed 15 cents. 
EIATRIS. 
L. PUNCTATA. Gay Feather. 1 foot. A choice dwarf, rather early species, 
with pink-purple heads which extend nearly the whole length of the stem. It 
is so easily grown and so useful on account of its small size that it should 
be used liberally. 10 cents, 75 cents per dozen. 
L. SCARIOSA (Colorado Variety) Blazing Star. 2 feet. Very early, heads 
very large and showy; one of the most beautiful sorts. 10 cents, $1.00 per 
dozen. 
LITHOSPERMUM. 
L. LONGIFLORUM. Puccoon. 1 foot. Stem erect, branched, foliage whitish, 
flowers long-tubular, the lobes lemon-yellow, fringed. Seed 10 cents. 
E. MULTIFLORUM. Panicled Puccoon. 1 1-2 feet. Produces large paniculate 
clusters of showy Phlox-like flowers, of a beautiful golden yellow, continuing 
for a long season. Old plants send up a great number of flowering stems, 
producing thousands of brilliant flowers in a season. A deep well drained soil 
with slight protection from the sun will suit them best. 15 cents, $1.00 per 
dozen; seed 10 cents. 
MALVASTRUM. 
M. COCCINEUM. Scarlet Mallow, (i inches. A neat little plant which will 
thrive even in poor, dry soil, but which does splendidly in cultivation, having 
handsomely lobed, hoary foliage, and racemes of bright scarlet flowers which 
are very showy and continue a long time. 10 cents, 75 cents per dozen. 
' MERTENSIA. 
M. LANCEOLATA. Lungwort. 1 foot. Blooms early, and a long time, flowers 
blue, very showy, bell-shaped. Dry or well drained soil. 25 cents, $2.00 per 
dozen. 
M. SIBERICA. 3 feet . This sort will revel in a moist shady spot, is a most 
luxuriant grower, foliage massive, smooth and glaucus, each stem terminat¬ 
ing in a loose panicle of nodding blue flowers; blooms nearly all summer and 
succeeds so well even with the most ordinary garden treatment that no one 
should be without it. Plants that will bloom first summer, 15 cents, $1.50 
per dozen; extra large clumps 35 cents, 3 for $1.00. 
OENOTHERA. 
OE. ALBICAULIS. Tall Evening Primrose. 3 feet. Flowers white, showy. 15 
cents, $1.00 per dozen; seed 10 cents. 
OE. BRACHYCARPA. Yellow E. Primrose. 6 inches. Flowers immense, 4 or 
