Colorado Springs, Colorado 
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IRIS. 
missouriensis, Wild Iris. Clear lavender-blue flowers, the character 
of Spanish Iris. Blooms earlier than intermediates. Enjoys moist 
meadows. 1 to 2 ft. 
missouriensis. Snowbird. Clean white flowers of good substance. 
Seed sometimes available. 
JAMESIA, Wax Flo.wer. 
americana. A philadelphus-like shrub. Wax-white flowers in clusters 
amidst soft green leaves. Clings well to gravel slopes. 3 to 5 ft. 
Young plants 75c each. 
KAliMIA, Laurel. 
polifolia nana (microphylla). A miniature alpine laurel. Clusters 
of delicious pink up-turned bells just above little shiny evergreen 
leaves. Insists upon moist acid soil. 3 inches. 
L.AVAUXIA flava. A flat-growing Oenothera with clear yellow flowers 
and the best behaved foliage of the family. Moist soil. 
EEPLDIUM, Peppergrass. Dry slopes, sun. 
alyssoides. Masses of small white Baby-Breath flowers. 1 ft. Annual, 
seed only. 
EESQUERELLA, Bladderpod. 
condensata. Rosettes of thickish gray leaves encircled by pale yellow 
flowers. 4 inches. Inflated papery pods of irridescent pink. 
Makes lovely silver saucers on gravel slopes. Subalpine. 
stenophylla. A coarser one. Flourishes on dry mesas; plants only. 
LEUCOCRINUM, Sand Lily. 
montanum. Fragrant porcelain white star flowers, stemless, guarded 
by glaucous lance-like leaves. Blooms early spring. Beautiful and 
distinctive; dry sandy soil, sun. 
LEWISIA, Bitterroot. Moist soil. 
pygmaea. A very tiny neat one. Coy pink flowers. Alpine. 
rediviva. Waxy geranium-pink blossoms among rosettes of succulent 
leaves which disappear after blooming season. 
LIATRIS, Blazing Star. 
punctata. Brilliant magenta spikes, linear leaves. In seed a feathery 
plume. Dry sandy soil. 1 ft. 
L.ILIUM philadelphicum. Wood Lily. Rich orange red, a slender woodsy 
delight. Plants only. 
LINARIA, Butter and Eggs. Sun. 
vulgaris. Like a miniature snapdragon; clear yellow (really not 
vulgar). Easily grown; makes a yellow mass of nice texture. 
LINNAEA, Twin Flower. Acid soil, shade. 
americana. A slender trailing evergreen. Clear pink little flowers 
in pairs; clean roundish leaves. Plants only. 
LINUM perenne, Blue Flax. Large flowered, 2 ft. 
LITHOSPERMUM, Puccoon. Dry sandy soil. 
angustifolium. Attractive little yellow polyantha flowers, thin hairy 
leaves. Blooms early. 8 to 12 inches. 
multiflorum. Flowers smaller, deeper yellow. Blooms a little later. 
ELOYDIA serotina, Alpine Lily. Relatively large creamy white flowers 
touched with pinky purple. Alpine. 2 to 6 inches. 
EONICERA involucrata, Twinberry. Native subalpine honeysuckle. 
Pairs of yellow flowers; large shiny black berries. Moist shade. 
3 to 4 ft. Young plants 75c each. 
Iris missouriensis makes lovely masses in the small garden. 
