34 Edward (HUett, Southwick, Mass.—Hardy Perennials 
Liatris pycnostachya (see page 32) 
244 L. viscaria splendens (Ragged Robin). # A 
desirable for edgings. 20 cts. each, $1.50 
245 LYSIMACHIA nummularia (Creeping 
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., $5.00 per 100. 
24G LYTHRUM roseum superbum. % # Rose- 
purple flowers; grows along margins of 
streams. Quite showy. 20 cts. each, $1.50 
per doz., $6.00 per 100. 
247 MALVA Moschata (Musk Mallow). ^ A 
charming plant, with many large, rose-col¬ 
ored flowers borne on a spreading bush, 2 
feet high; quite hardy and easily grown in a 
sunny place. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.; 
seeds. 5 cts. 
24S M. Moschata alba. # With white flowers. 
20 cts. 
249 MERTENSIA Virginica (Virginia Cowslip), 
a 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. 20 cts. each, 
$1.50 per doz. 
237 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 deep. 15 cts. each, $1.25 
per doz., $7.00 per 100; seeds, 5 cts. 
238 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. 
15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz.; seeds, 
5 cts. 
239 LUPINUS perennis (Wild Lupine). 
A native, growing in dry soils, with 
large spikes of blue flowers in spring. 
20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.; seeds, 
5 cts. 
240 LYCHNIS. A class of hardy plants, 
well deserving a place in the garden. 
Not tall, but quite showy. 
241 L. alpina. Leaves clustered, forming 
little tufts; flower-stalks a foot high, 
bearing pretty pink flowers. Rocks 
or well-drained border. 10 cts. each, 
$1.00 per doz.; seeds, 5 cts. 
242 L. Chalcedonica. ^ Flowers scarlet; 
plant in rich soil. June. Two feet. 
20 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.; seeds, 
5 cts. 
243 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. 20 cts. 
each. 
low-growing, pink-flowered plant, quite 
per doz. 
Lilium speciosum rubrum (See page 33) 
See page one for explanation of signs before description of plants. 
