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Lord Roberts. Growth dwarf. Flowers unusu¬ 
ally large, bright blue, with white center; borne 
in large panicles, which are produced in greatest 
profusion. Very fine. 
Lueur d’Opale. Free flowering. Trusses extra 
large. Flowers light lilac, fading to pearl-white 
with yellow eye. 
Mad. Delaux. Flowers light purple. Leaves 
overlaid with yellow. 
Prince Charmant. Flowers bluish mauve, in 
very large panicles. Growth compact. 
White Lady. Flowers creamy white. Growth 
compact. 
HEMEROCALLIS: Yellow Day Lily 
H. aurantiaca major. Improved form of the or¬ 
ange colored Day Lily. Flowers are a beautiful 
bright orange and fully five or six inches broad 
when open. Forms large clumps and is very gor¬ 
geous in bloom. 
HIBISCUS 
The two species below are of entirely different 
character and habit, but all have flowers formed 
after the fashion of Mallow or Hollyhock. 
H. manihot (Abelmoschus manihot). Herbaceous 
perennial, attaining six feet or more, with large, 
palmatelv lobed leaves. Flowers are extremely 
large, up to eight inches broad, bright yellow with 
a purple eye at base. 
H. rosa-sinensis. CHINESE HIBISCUS. Asia. 
In milder sections this is a true woody shrub, but 
as it is too tender to thrive outdoors here we in¬ 
clude it in this class. Doubtless there are favored 
locations in the Bay region where it can be grown 
in the open as it is in the South. Leaves are rich, 
glossy green. Flowers are borne freely even when 
very small, and if not cut back by frost they are 
practically continuous bloomers. We have dis¬ 
carded the typical form in favor of the two follow¬ 
ing improved varieties: 
Miniatus. Flowers large, semi-double, bright 
vermilion-scarlet. 
Peachblow. Strong grower. Flowers semi¬ 
double, beautiful soft pink. 
HIPPEASTRUM: Amaryllis 
H. vittatum lindeni. One of the several plants 
usually known as Amaryllis. Leaves appear with 
or after the flowers, which are funnel-shaped and 
sometimes red, but usually white, marked with 
feathered pink stripes. Blooms mainly in early 
spring. 
IRIS 
A well-known and very extensive genus, of 
which we propagate only one species. 
I. laevigata (I. kaempferi). JAPANESE IRIS. 
Has beautiful, very large, somewhat flattened flow¬ 
ers. Colors range through violet, blue and white 
in a great variety of shades. They require a moist 
location and plenty of water for best results. 
JACOBINIA 
J. magnifica carnea (Justicia carnea). Brazil. 
Half shrubby plant blooming when very young. 
• Flowers are flesh-pink, two or three inches long, 
slender, tubular, arched toward the top; borne in 
clusters, surrounding ends of branches. 
KNIPHOFIA (Tritoma): Red-hot Poker Plant 
Extremely showy plants. Leaves tufted, grass¬ 
like; two or three feet long. Flowers tubular, 
about an inch long, massed in tall spikes borne 
well above the foliage. 
K. aloides (K. uvaria). Africa. The most com¬ 
monly grown Poker Plant. Spikes of moderate 
length, upper flowers bright red, lower yellow. 
K. aloides pfitzeri. Grows tall and blooms all 
summer. Brighter colored than preceding. 
K. corallina. Very slender, both as to leaves and 
stalks. Spikes are of medium size, a beautiful coral 
red at top, shading to orange red below. Color 
particularly fine. Very free bloomer over long 
period. 
K. macowani. Vigorous grower with dark foliage, 
stout stalks and deeper colored flowers than the 
rest. 
LEONOTIS 
L. leonurus. LION’S TAIL. S. Africa. 6 ft. 
Medium-sized shrub of rather straggling growth. 
Flowers are ruddy orange, with a surface like 
plush, about two inches long; borne in whorls 
around branches during late summer and fall. 
LESPEDEZA: Bush Clover 
L. sieboldi (Desmodium penduliflorum) . Japan. 
Herbaceous perennial of strong growth. Shoots 
grow about six or seven feet tall, but are borne 
down by the weight of the rosy purple, pea-shaped 
flowers produced in very numerous, long, drooping 
racemes during late summer. 
LIPPIA 
L. repens. A substitute for lawn grass, but does 
not look like grass in the very least. Spreads rap¬ 
idly, roots at joints and soon forms a mat over the 
ground. Not injured, but rather benefited by being; 
trodden upon. Requires a minimum amount of 
water, far less than grass. Where it has a chance 
will bloom freely; flowers tiny, in small heads, lilac- 
colored. 
LOTUS 
A genus of plants with usually pea-shaped 
flowers. (For Egyptian Lotus, an entirely differ¬ 
ent thing, sec Nelumbo under Aquatics.) Both 
species described below are drooping plants with 
fine foliage, splendidly adapted for hanging bas¬ 
kets, window boxes, etc., where downward growth 
is wanted. 
Gcrbcra jamesoni Jiybrida 
Hybrid Transvaal Daisy 
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