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F, H, HORSFORD, CHARLOTTE, VERMONT. 
IRIS Germanica and I. Ksempferi. Fine strong plants of these two favorite sorts. Si per dozen. c 
I. prismatica. Flowers bright lilac-blue ; plant i to 2 feet 
high. 20 cts. each. c. 
\. verna. A pretty little crested species, with yellow flow¬ 
ers; from North Carolina. 10 cts. each, $1 per dozen, d. 
I. Sibirica (Siberian Iris). Flowers 2 or 3 in cluster, bright 
lilac-blue. Needs full sunlight, with rich, damp soil. 
15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. c. 
I. versicolor. 10 to 20 inches high, with handsome blue 
and white flov/ers. Does well in ordinary soil or in the 
bog-garden. Fine for planting out on margins of ponds 
or brooks. 12 cts. each, 80 cts. per dozen, or lower rates 
per 100. c. 
I.cristata. A charming blue-flowered species, not only 
on account of its flowers, but its dark, fresh green foliage 
is very fine. It is a free-grower, forming dense beds of 
dark green foliage ; very fine for the rockery. Its only 
fault is that it sometimes spreads beyond the limits assigned 
to it; yet, it is not a troublesome plant to manage. 
20 cts. each, 2 for 30 cts. cl. 
I. Bohemica. 15 cts. each. c. 
I. Fischeri. 15 cts. each. c. 
I. Missouriensis. Lilac-purple, 15 cts. c. 
I. tuberosa. 12 cts. each, 2 for 20 cts. a. IRIS 
I. Virginica. 15 cts. each. c. 
I. Susiana. 25 cts. each. a. I. bracteata. 25 cts. each. c. 
JASIONE perennis. About a foot high. Leaves rather hairy; stem erect, simple; flowers blue, 
dispersed in large sub-globed heads. A fine perennial. 12 cts. each, Si per dozen, d. 
KRIGIA (Cynthia) Virginica. 10 inches high; 
flowers yellow. 15 cts. each. c. 
LEPACHYS pinnata. A pretty native. One 
of the Composite family; often 4 feet high; 
branching. The heads are single, on the 
ends of the branches. Flower-heads are 3 
inches or more wide, and the half-drooping 
habit gives distinction to the plant. 20c. e. 
LEWISIA rediviva. This curious and hardy 
herbaceous perennial is well suited for 
rock-work in sun, in crevices where the 
roots can get moisture, without stagnancy. 
Blooms only in the sun. Flowers usually 
pink, nearly white center ; roots said to be 
edible. A dry, gravelly, sunny situation 
suits it. 12 cts. each, $1 per dozen, b. 
LI ATRIS (Blazing Star, or Button Snake-Root). 
A class of plants belonging to the natural 
order of Compositae, with purple or white 
flower-heads. They make pretty border 
plants, thriving in any ordinary garden soil. 
•L. cylindracea. Flower-heads purple, 
large. 15 cts. each. d. 
*L. pycnostachya (Kansas Gay Feather). 
Flowers pale purple, in dense cylindrical 
spikes. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. d. 
L. scariosa. Flower-heads purple, nearly 
2 inches wide ; plant 2 feet high. 15c. ea. 
2 for 25 cts. d. 
X L. splcata. Flower-heads purple, sessile, 
in spikes 6 to 15 incheslong; plant 1 to 2 ft. 
high. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. d. 
