'Edlvard Gillett , SouthIvick, Tlassachusetts 
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HARDY PERENNIALS 
with 
with 
one to 
purple. 
Lilium superbum 
Lilium Philadelphicum (Wild Orange-Red Lily). One to 2 feet high, 
two upright open bell-shaped flowers, reddish orange spotted 
Plant in a well- 
drained soil. Sun 
or shade. 15 cts. w** 
each, $1 per doz. 
L. superbum (The Su¬ 
perb Orange Lily). 
A very fine native 
Lily, from 4 to 8 
feet high, with 
flowers from five 
to fifty on a stalk. 
It is a great feeder 
and requires lots 
of fine manure in 
a soil 2 to 4 feet 
deep. Large 
bulbs, 20c. each, 
$1.50 per doz. 
L. tenuifolium (Si¬ 
berian Coral Lily). 
Plant 12 to 18 
inches high; flow¬ 
ers rich scarlet. 
A beauty. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
L. tigrinum, var. splendens. A large, vigorous form of the Tiger Lily. 15 cts. each, 
$1.25 per doz. 
LOBELIA cardinalis (Cardinal Flower). One of the showiest of our wild flowers, 
2 to 4 feet high, with large deep red blossoms along the upper part of the stalk ; 
will thrive in any garden soil or along the border of a Lily pond, in water 2 or 3 
inches deep. 10 cts. each, $1 per doz., $5 per 100. 
L. syphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia). Similar in growth to the last, but the flowers 
are blue, streaked with white. Plant in a moist place. Desirable for border of 
brook or lake. 10 cts. each, $1 
per doz. 
LYCHNIS. A class of hardy plants 
well deserving a place in the 
garden. Not tall, but quite showy. 
L. Chalcedonica. Flowers scarlet; 
plant in rich soil. June. 2 feet. 
15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
L Haageana. Plant 8 to 12 inches 
high, with large scarlet flowers. 
Rich border. 15 cts. 
L. viscaria splendens (Ragged Robin), 
A low-growing pink-flowered 
plant, quite desirable for edgings. 
15 cts. each, #1.25 per doz. 
LYTHRUM roseum superbum. Rose- 
purple flowers ; grows along mar¬ 
gins of streams. 15 cts. each, 
J1.50 per doz., #6 per 100. 
MALVA moschata (Musk Mallow). It 
grows about 2 feet high and has 
an abundance of rather large and 
showy white or rose-colored 
blossoms in terminal clusters. 15c. 
Lobelia cardinalis 
