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HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 
LAVATERA Olbia. Tree Mallow. A novelty of 
very recent introduction, whicli is assured of 
great popularity when better known. It forms 
a many-stemmed symmetrical bush 4 to 6 feet 
high. The upper two feet of each stem are 
clothed with rosy pink mallow-shaped flowers, 
3 inches in diameter. June to Sept. Si each. 
LAVANDULA vera. Sweet Lavender. An old-fash¬ 
ioned garden plant, with fragrant flowers and 
foliage. 1 >2 ft. July, Aug. 
LEONTOPODIUM alpinum. Edelweiss. A well- 
known Alpine to which a considerable amount 
of sentiment is attached. It has pretty white 
leaves and very small yellow flowers surrounded 
by star-like heads of leaves clothed with a dense 
white woolly substance. It is of easy culture; 
will succeed in any well-drained spot in the rock- 
garden or border. 25 cts. each, S2.50 per doz. 
LIATRIS. Blazing Star, or Gay Feather. Handsome 
border plants with erect flowering stems, 
pycnostachya. Rosy purple flowers. 4 to 5 ft. 
July, Aug. 
scariosa. Deep purple. 3 to 4 ft. Aug., Sept. 
LILIUM. Lily. 
auratum. Gold-banded Lily. Large, handsome 
delicate ivory-white flowers, thickly studded 
with chocolate - crimson spots and striped 
through the center a golden yellow. 3 to 4 ft 
July, Aug. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
canadense. A combination of red, orange, and 
yellow. 3 to 4 ft. July. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. 
candidum. Madonna Lily. Flowers pure white 
and very fragrant. 
longiflorum. Pure white flowers, fine for cutting, 
myriophyllum. A recent introduction from China; 
one of the finest hardy Lilies. Flowers immense' 
white, suffused pink and bronze, fragrant, 
speciosum album. Large white flowers of great 
substance, with agreenish band runningthrough 
the center of each petal. Aug., Sept. 20 cts. 
each, $2 per doz. 
speciosum rubrum, or roseum. White, heavily 
spotted rich, rosy crimson. 3 ft. Aug., Sept, 
tigrinum. Tiger Lily. Brilliant orange-colored 
flowers, spotted black. 3 to 4 ft. July, Aug. 
tigrinum fl.-pl. Double form of the preceding. 
LINUM. Flax. Graceful free- 
flowering plants with a 
long period of flowering, 
flavum. Bright yellow flow¬ 
ers. 1 ft. June, July, 
perenne. Blue flowers. 1 f/Z 
ft. May to Sept, 
perenne album. White. \}4 
ft. May to Sept. 
LITHOSPERMUM prostra¬ 
tum. Gromwell. A spread¬ 
ing little evergreen, hav¬ 
ing flowers of bright blue 
with faint reddish violet 
stripes in the greatest 
profusion. 1 ft. April to 
Sept. 35 cts. each, $3.50 
per doz. 
LOBELIA cardinalis. Cardinal 
Flower. Vivid scarlet flow¬ 
ers borne on long erect 
spikes. Does best in a 
moist situation. 3 to 4 ft. 
July to Aug. 
syphilitica. Blue flowers. 2 
ft. June, July. 
LUPINUS polyphyllus. Lu¬ 
pine. Tall flower-spikes 
crowded with deep blue, 
pea-shaped blossoms. 3 
to 5 ft. June, July. 20 cts. 
each, $2 per doz. 
polyphyllus albus. A white 
variety of the above. 20 
cts. each, $2 per doz. 
polyphyllus roseus. Very 
fine pink. 25 cts. each, 
$2.50 per doz. 
LYCHNIS alpina. Forms 
dense cushions of rich 
green leaves and is 
studded during April and 
May with compact heads 
The finest white Peony, Festiva Maxima (see page 70) of pink (lowers. 6 in. 
All Herbaceous Perennials, unless otherwise noted, IS cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
