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(N.) LUPINUS perennis (Wild Lupine). A native, growing in dry soils, with large 
spikes of blue flowers in spring. 1.5 cts. each, SI.50 per doz. 
LYCHNIS. A class of hardy plants, well deserving a place in the garden. Not tall, but 
quite showy. 
Lychnis Chalcedonica. <§> Flowers 
scarlet; plant in rich soil. June. Two 
feet. 15 cts. each, SI .50 per doz. 
L. Flos-cuculi (Cuckoo-flower). # 
A slender perennial, 1 to 2 feet high, 
with rather small red or pink double 
flowers in clusters; a good bloomer, 
mostly through the season. 15 cts. 
each, SI.50 per doz., $7.50 per 100. 
L. viscaria splendens (Ragged Ro¬ 
bin). <§> A low-growing, pink-flowered 
plant, quite desirable for edgings. 15 
cts. each, SI.50 per doz., $7.50 per 100. 
LYSIMACHIA nummularia (Creep¬ 
ing Charlie). Creeping leafy herb, with 
large yellow flowers; quite hardy and 
desirable for covering shady banks and 
used for rustic vases and baskets. 10 
cts. each, $1.00 per doz., S5.00 per 100. 
LYTHRUM roseum superbum. 
*> <§> Rose-purple flowers; grows along 
margins of streams. Quite showy. 15 
cts. each, SI.50 per doz., $7.50 per 100. 
MALVA Moschata (Musk Mallow). 
<§> A charming plant, with many large, 
rose-colored flowers borne on a spread¬ 
ing bush, 2 feet high; quite hardy and 
easily grown in a sunny place. 15 cts. each, SI.50 per doz. 
(N.) MERTENSIA Virginica (Virginia Cowslip). @ This plant grows from 1 to 2 feet 
high, bearing a panicle of beautiful purple or sometimes white flowers in early spring; plant 
in a moist, shady place. 15 cts. each, SI.50 per doz., $7.50 per 100. 
MENTHA piperita (Peppermint). ♦> <§> An aromatic plant found in moist places and 
springy banks; it is grown in considerable quantity for the oil, which is sold in the mar¬ 
ket as “ Peppermint. ” Grows in any moist garden soil. 10 cts. each, SI .00 per doz., $6.00 
per 100. 
M. Requieni. A dainty little trailer with small fragrant leaves, forms a dense 
green carpet in moist soils. Not quite hardy here but seeds freely and propagates itself. 
20 cts each, S2.00 per doz. 
M. viridis (Spearmint). <§> A native of Europe. This is often met with in old gar¬ 
dens and can be grown in almost any soil. 10 cts. each, SI.00 per doz., S6.00 per 100. 
(N.) MIMULUS ringens (Monkey-flower). *> About a foot high; grows in wet places 
and bears violet-purple flowers. 15 cts. each, SI.50 per doz. 
Mitchella repens forms a beautiful low evergreen ground cover. 
Lilium Philadelphieum (see page 30) 
