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Allium Schoenoprasum, Chives, 6 inches. 
Tufts of onion-like foliage, and heads 
of attractive lilac flowers. Spreads 
rapidly unless the leaves are kept 
clipped off for soup and salad. 
$.20 each, $2.00 per dozen. 
Anthemis nobilis, Chamomile, Turfing 
Daisy, 6 in. 
Pleasantly scented, half prostrate 
plant, with finely dissected leaves, 
and flowers like small daisies. 
Thrives in dry places, and was 
anciently used instead of grass. 
Equally valued for medicine and cos¬ 
metic. 
$.20 each, $2.00 per dozen. 
Arisaema triphyllum - see main cata¬ 
logue. 
Artemisia Abrotanum, Southern Wood, 
3-5 feet. 
Grown mainly for its fine gray-green 
foliage with a pleasant scent; semi- 
shrubby. 
$.25 each, $2.50 per dozen. 
— Absinthium, Wormwood, 3 feet. 
This old-fashioned medicinal plant 
with its silky, gray leaves has a 
pungent, bitter odor. 
— Dracunculus, Tarragon, 2 feet. 
Narrow, bright green leaves on a 
twisted plant; fresh or dried the 
leaves are used for flavoring salads 
and vinegar. 
$.25 each, $2.50 per dozen. 
Balsamita vulgaris, Camphor Plant, 3 
ft. 
A stout plant with the agreeable 
scent of camphor; leaves large and 
whitish. 
$.25 each, $2.50 per dozen. 
Biynet, see Poterium. 
Centranthus, see main catalogue. 
Chrysanthemum vulgare, see Tanacetum. 
Cowslip, see Primula veris. 
Digitalis, see main catalogue. 
Herb of Grace, see Rue. 
Horehound, see Marrubium. 
Hyssopus officinalis, Hyssop, 18 inches. 
Slender sub-shrub with glossy foliage 
and attractive flowers, either pink 
or blue. 
$.25 each, $2.50 per dozen. 
Indigo, see Baptisia in main catalogue. 
Jack in the Pulpit, see Arisaema in 
main catalogue. 
Lavandula Spica, 2 feet. 
White leaves, larger and more crowd¬ 
ed at base; the flowering spike is 
shorter and more dense that L. vera. 
$.25 each, $2.50 per dozetto 
— Stoechas, 2-3 feet, 
A semi-hardy shrub with dark purple 
flowers; strong smelling. 
$.25 each, $2.50 per dozen. 
—. vera, Old English Lavender, 1-3 feet. 
Small gray, evergreen shrub with 
spikes of lavender flowers. Has the 
fresh scent associated with baths since 
early Roman times. 
$.25 each, $2.50 per dozen. 
-M unstead, 1 foot. 
An improved variety, dwarfer and 
more compact in habit. 
-nana compacta, 9 inches. 
A dwarf with larger, deeper colored 
flowers blooming three weeks earlier 
than the type. 
Lavender Cotton, see Santolina. 
Lemon Balm, see Melissa. 
Lemon Geranium, see Pelargonium cris- 
pum. 
Lemon Thyme, see Thymus citriodorus. 
Lemon Verbena, see Lippia. 
Levisticum officinale, Lovage, 3 feet. 
Shining coarse leaves and incon¬ 
spicuous flowers. Aromatic seeds 
used in confectionary. 
$.25 each; $2.50 per dozen. 
Lippia citriodora, Lemon trifolia, 2-3 
feet. 
Widely grown in old gardens for the 
lemon-like fragrance of the long 
shiny leaves. A tender shrub with 
graceful panicles of tiny white 
flowers; must be wintered inside. 
$.25 each, $2.50 per dozen; also 
larger sizes. 
Lobelia, see main catalogue. 
Lovage, see Levisticum. 
Marjoram, see Origanum. 
Marrubium vulgare, Horehound, 3 feet. 
Woolly plant with small white flowers 
in the axils of the leaves. Source of 
the old familiar cough drop. 
$.25 each; $2.50 per dozen. 
Melissa officinalis, Lemon Balm, 2 feet. 
Sweet herb, whose mounds of succul¬ 
ent foliage, rather resembling mint, 
have the pleasant scent of lemon. 
Used originally in seasoning and 
liquors. 
$.25 each; $2.50 per dozen. 
Mentha arvensis, Corn Mint, Japanese 
Mint, 2-3 feet. 
A rapid-spreading mint, the source 
of menthol. 
$.20 each; $2.00 per dozen. 
— Pulegium, Pennyroyal, 6 inches. 
A prostrate plant, with small round 
leaves emitting an agreeable minty 
odor; whorls of lilac flowers. 
$.25 each; $2.50 per dozen. 
— crispa, Roundleaved Mint, 2 feet. 
Very bright green, curly leaves, fresh 
and cheerful-looking; close whorls of 
lilac flowers. Valuable for sauce and 
jelly. 
$.25 each; $2.50 per dozen. 
