3£arJy ^Herbaceous ^Perennials - Continued 
15 cents each, except as noted. 
* Lilium 
(Hardy Garden Lilies) 
(See special page 31). 
Lily-of-the-Valley 
(See Convallaria, page 20). 
::: Linum - Flax 
Perenne. Very attractive, both in foliage 
and bloom. Flowers beautiful pale blue 
on slender, graceful stems. Good in 
either border or rockery. 1 Yi ft. May 
to August. 
Lobelia 
(Indian Paintbrush) 
Cardinalis (Cardinal Flower). Flowers in' 
tense scarlet, opening from below, up' 
ward along the tall spike, thus bearing 
flowers for several weeks. 3 ft. July and 
August. 
Syphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia). Similar 
in growth to Cardinalis, but the flowers 
are blue, streaked with white. Plant in 
a moist place. Desirable for border of 
brook or lake. 
Lupinus - Lupine 
Polyphyllus. Very showy and beautiful 
with spikes of pea'shaped flowers in var' 
ious colors. Do well in shade. Blue, 
Rose, White, and Mixed. 2 l /i to 3^2 
ft. July and August. 
Lychnis 
Chalcedonica (Maltese Cross). Heartdobed 
stars of brightest vermilion, arranged in 
large clusters. Good border plant. 2 ft. 
June and July. 
*Viscaria flore pleno (Lamp Flower). A 
bushy plant with almost evergreen foli' 
age. Close spikes of double crimson flow' 
ers. Fine for cutting. June and July. 
25c each. 
V. splendens. A splendid variety of tufted 
habit with bright rose'pink flowers. A 
fine perennial adapted to the rock garden 
or border. 12 to 18 inches. June'July. 
Lychnis Viscaria Splendens 
Monarda or Bergamot 
(Oswego Tea; Bee Balm) 
Didyma, Cambridge Scarlet. Bushy coarse' 
leaved plant, covered with round full 
heads of red flowers with a ragged pet' 
alage. Foliage has a delicious fragrance. 
2 ft. July and August. 
Myosotis 
(Forget-me-not) 
Palustris semperflorens. Large, rich blue 
flowers with yellow eye; bloom profusely 
during the early summer. Good for bor' 
der or rock garden and margins of bor' 
ders and ponds. 1 to 2 ft. 
Nepeta 
(Ground Ivy; Catmint) 
*Mussini. A useful and pretty rock plant 
of dwarf, compact, quick'Spreading habit, 
its beautiful lavender flowers produced in 
masses during June and again in Septem' 
ber. I'lVi ft. 
Monarda Didyma 
Oenothera 
(Evening Primrose) 
The Evening Primroses are elegant sub' 
jects for growing in a sunny position either 
in a border or in the rockery. They bloom 
profusely during the greater part of the 
summer and always attract by the showy 
appearance of their large fragile blooms. 
*Fraseri. Excellent for sunny position in 
the border or rockery. Flowers large, 
pale yellow. 1 ft. June to October. 
Missouriensis. A splendid hardy perennial 
for growing in an exposed sunny position 
either in the border or the rockery. Large 
yellow flowers, frequently 5 inches in 
diameter, produced freely from June until 
August. 12 inches. 
Youngi. Bright yellow; 18 inches. 
Nepeta Mussini 
Lythrum 
(Purple Loosestrife) 
Roseurn superbum. Shrubby perennials 
growing 2 to 5 feet. Best in cool and 
moist location though quite successful in 
the average border and among shrubs. 
Bright rose'colored flowers borne freely 
in long terminal racemes from June in' 
termittently to September. 
Lysimachia 
(Loosestrife) 
Clethroides. Long, recurved spikes of pure 
white flowers from July to September. 
A desirable variety. 2 ft. 
Nummularia (Creeping Jenny or Money' 
wort). Valuable for planting under trees 
or shrubs where grass will not grow, also 
in wet places in shade or sun. 
Lythrum Roseum 
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