3^2 Edward Gillett, Southwicl^, Mass. — Hardy Perennials 
Lilium Canadense (Wild Meadow Lily). 'Grows 2 to 4 feet high, with one to many 
yellow or yellowish red flowers. Moist clay or sandy soil, well enriched, locts. 
each. §1.25 per doz., Sfi per 100. 
L., var. flavum. <§> Has yellow flowers. 20 cts. each, SI.50 per doz. 
L. candidum (Madonna Lily). # Large, pure white, fragrant flowers. This Lily should 
be planted in early autumn. 15 cts. each, SI.50 per doz. 
L. Chalcedonicum (Scarlet Martagon). ^ A tall Lily, with small, nodding, bright red 
flowers. A good garden sort and should be used more generally. 50 cts. each. 
L. elegans. Flowers red; three or four on top of stalk. 20 cts. each, SI.50 per doz. 
L. Henryi. # A new and rare Lily of sujjerior merit. It is of strong, vigorous growth, 
with flowers resembling Speciosum in shape, but the color is a deep orange-yellow, 
with green bands. 50 cts. 
L. Philadelphicum (Wild Grange-Red Lily). # 
One to 2 feet high, with one to two upright, 
open, bell-shai)ed flowers, reddish orange, 
spotted with purjde. Plant in a well-drained 
soil. Sun or shade. 15 cts. each, SI.25 per 
doz.; seeds. 5 cts. 
L. speciosum album. ^ A line Lily, 2 feet high, 
with white flowers. 25 cts. each, S2 per doz. 
(See cut on page 38.) 
L. speciosum rubrum. # Is similar to the above, 
but the flowers arc red. 25 cts. each. S2 per 
doz. (See cut on page 38.) 
L. superbum (The Superb 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 dee]). Large 
bulbs. 20 cts. each. SI.50 per doz. 
L. tenuifolium (Siberian Coral Lily). ^ Plants 12 to 
18 inches high; flowers rich scarlet. A beauty. 
20 cts. each, $1.50 ])er doz.; seeds, 10 cts. 
I-. tigrinum, var. splendens. ^ A large, vigorous 
form of the 'i'igcr Lily. 20 cts. each, $1.50 
per doz. (See cut on page 38.) 
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 
or brook in water 2 or 3 inches dee]). 10 cts. 
each. $1 ])er doz., $5 per 100; seeds. 5 cts. 
L. syphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia). ^ Similar in 
growth to the last, but the flowers are blue, 
streaked with white. Plant in a moist ])lace. 
Desirable for border of brook or lake. 10 cts. 
each, $1 per doz.; seeds, 5 cts. 
LUPINUS perennis (Wild Lupine). A native, 
growing in drv soils, with large spikes of blue 
I.inun. Austria.-um Krown at (iille.fs lowers in Spring. , 20 cts. each, SI.50 per 
(see paKc 31 ) doz.; seeds, 5 cts. 
L. polyphyllus(Grandiflorus). ^ A showy plant, often 3 feet high, with long racemes 
of large, purple, often pink or nearly white flowers. Plant in a sunny place. 20 
cts. each.; seeds, 5 cts. 
LYCHNIS. A class of hardy plants, welFdeserving a place in the garden. Not tall, but 
quite showy. 
L. alpina. Leaves clustered, forming little tufts; flower-stalks a foot high, bearing 
pretty pink flowers. Rocks or well-drained border. 10 cts. each, SI per doz.; 
seeds, 5 cts. 
L. alpina alba. A variety with white flowers. 10 cts. each. 
L. Chalcedonica. Flowers scarlet; plant in rich soil. June. Two feet. 20 cts. each, 
$1.50 ]icr doz.; seeds. 5 cts. 
See page one for explanation of signs before description of plants 
