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R. L. Gould & Co. Seedamen Since 1898 St. Paul, Minn. 
Heuchera (Alum Root, Coral Bells) 
Does well in any garden soil producing 
dainty sprays of rose carmine flowers 
on long stems. Plants grow 15 to 20 
inches. Pkt. 10c. 
Honesty (See Lunaria) 
Hypericum 
A fine shrub-like plant. The golden 
yellow flowers which are like immense 
single buttercups bloom all summer. 
2 to 3 feet. Pntnlmn Forrestri. Pkt. 
10c. 
Iberis (Hardy Candytuft) 
Very pretty, hardy perennials, for per¬ 
manent front rows or edgings. Fine 
for early decorations. Much used for 
rockeries and cemeteries. 
Semper virens. White flowers in spring. 
12 inches. Pkt. 10c. 
Gibraltica. Red and rosy-white. 1 to 2 
feet. Pkt. 10c. 
Kudzu Vine (Jack and the Bean Stalk) 
A remarkably hardy climber that will 
grow 8 to 10 feet the first year from 
seed. When established, it will grow 
40 to 60 feet a season. Tops from 
young vines may not live through the 
winter, here in the Northwest, but as 
roots get older, tops are more likely to 
survive. IJas Wistaria-like purple blos¬ 
soms in August. Puerarla, Thunbergi- 
ana. Pkt. 10c. 
Lathyrus (Hardy Sweet Pea) 
Showy, free flowering, hardy perennial 
climber, valuable for covering old 
stumps, fences, etc., continually in 
bloom. Good for cut flowers. They re¬ 
quire a rich deep soil. Grows 5 to 7 
feet tall. Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Lavendula Vera. (True Lavender) 
Delightfully fragrant flowers July and 
August. Used dry for their lasting 
perfume. Plants grow 12 to 18 inches 
high. Pkt. 10c. 
Lilium Regale (Regal Lily) 
One of the most beautiful of all known 
lilies. Flowers are delightfully per¬ 
fumed, of white, slightly suffused with 
pink. Blooms in July. Bulblets from 
spring planted seeds should be lifted 
and planted deeper in the fall. These 
bulblets will flower the following sum¬ 
mer. Height, about 3 feet. Pkt. 10c. 
Lilium Tenuifolium (Coral Lily) 
This is only 24 inches high and one 
of the earliest to bloom. Flowers are 
deep scarlet and have recurled petals 
of waxy texture. Pkt. 10c. 
Linum (Flax) 
A pretty plant for the border, with 
light graceful foliage, bearing delicate 
flowers through the entire summer. 
Flavum, (Golden Flax) yellow flowers, 
very showy rock plant, about 12 inches 
in height. Pkt. 15c. 
Perenne, dainty sky-blue flowers on 
graceful arching stems. Grows 30 inch¬ 
es high. Pkt. 10c. 
Lobelia 
Grow 2 to 4 feet in height, bearing long 
spikes of brilliant flowers from July to 
September. 
Cnrdinalis, (Cardinal Flower) flaming 
scarlet. Pkt. 15c. 
Lunaria (Honesty or Satin Flower) 
A curious biennial chiefly grown for its 
shiny silvery seed pods, which make 
a useful winter decoration, arranged 
with flowers in baskets and bouquets. 
Grow 18 to 24 inches high. Pkt. 10c. 
Lychnis (Rose Campion) 
Handsome hardy perennial with bril¬ 
liant colored flowers. Excellent for 
borders; blooms first year if sown 
early. Color: white, pink, to shades 
of rich scarlet. 
Arckwrightii, showy Large Flowered 
Hybrids, 18 inches. Pkt. 15c. 
Forrestii Hybrids, excellent for rock 
garden and border. 2 feet. Pkt. 15c. 
Visearia Splendens, (Catchfly) deep 
rose spikes. 1 foot high. Pkt. 10c. 
This will be 
found a great 
acquisition to 
any garden. 
It forms 
dense bushes 
three to four 
feet high, of 
elegant spikes 
c o m p 1 e tely 
clothed to the 
ground with 
snowy white 
and deep sea 
blue flowers, 
that are very 
fragrant. Lu¬ 
pines are one 
of the hardi¬ 
est perennial 
plants grown, 
and will 
thrive in the 
poorest soil. 
Mixed colors, 
pkt. 10c. 
Am L u p i n es 
are legumes 
seed should 
be inoculated 
with Nitragin. 
New garden 
size Nltragin 
now 10c. 
Balm) 
Hardy plants of free growth, about 2 
feet high with aromatic foliage, bril¬ 
liant scarlet flowers in July and Aug¬ 
ust. Didyma. Pkt. 15c. 
Myosotis (Forget-Me-Not) 
These dainty little flowers love cool 
moist soils, and bloom freely in spring 
and fall. They make beautiful close 
borders or edgings. They flower the 
first season from early spring-planted 
seed, or seed may be sown in late sum¬ 
mer or early fall. Grow 8 to 12 inches 
high. 
Alpestris. The Alpestris Myosotis while 
a perennial needs winter protection. Is 
mostly treated as an annual; bright 
blue. Plants 8 inches high. Pkt. 10c. 
Palustris. (Hardy Forget-me-not.) 
Dwarf blue plants that bloom from 
early spring until fall. Fine for rock 
gardens or edgings. 10 inches. Pkt. 10c. 
Nepeta 
An excellent perennial plant for the 
rock garden, or anywhere. Very com¬ 
pact, producing during July and Au¬ 
gust masses of beautiful lavender-blue 
flowers. Mussini. 1 ft. high. Pkt. 10c. 
Oenothera (Evening Primrose) 
Are elegant plants for growing in an 
exposed sunny position, either in the 
border or rockery. Grow 10 to 12 
inches high and bear from June until 
August, large flowers, often 5 inches 
in diameter. 
Missouriensis (macrocarpa). Yellow 
flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
Passiflora (Passion Flower) 
Highly interesting herbs and shrubs, 
mostly climbers that legend and super¬ 
stition have attached to these plants 
from the first. The flower was thought 
to represent the ten apostles present 
at the Crucifixion. A beautiful vine for 
the greenhouse or window. Plant in a 
sunny place outdoors in summer. Mix¬ 
ed. Pkt. 10c. 
Pentstemon (Bearded Tongue) 
The plants are pyramidal, 2 to 3 feet 
high, with erect branches thickly set 
with flowers 1% inches long, varying 
in all shades from rosy-white to purple 
with white or veined throats. Bloom 
the first season from spring-sown seed. 
Flower from July until frost. 
Sensation Improved. Colors vary from 
pink to scarlet and maroon, beautifully 
blotched and veined with other colors. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Lupine 
Lupine 
Monarda (Bee 
Physostegia 
These handsome plants flower from 
July until frost, growing 3 to 4 feet 
high and bear broad, dense spikes of 
delicate pink tubular flowers not un¬ 
like a giant Heather. One of the most 
beautiful of our mid-summer flowering 
perennials. Speciosa. Pkt. 10c. 
Phlox (Hardy Phlox) 
These beautiful hardy border plants 
are among the most effective subjects 
in the garden during late summer and 
early fall. Phlox require a soil that is 
deeply enriched and plenty of water 
during the blooming period. Divide 
plants every four years. We are offer¬ 
ing a most select strain of seed. 
Decussata. Seed slow and erratic in 
germinating and the seedlings may not 
appear for a year. Grow 2 to 3 feet 
high. Finest mixed, from newest varie¬ 
ties. Pkt. 10c. 
Physalis Franchetti (Chinese Lantern) 
The flower of this plant turns to a 
bright red giving it the appearance of 
a Chinese lantern. The stems should 
then be cut for drying, and unlike other 
Everlastings, should be hung up in an 
upright position to allow the lanterns 
to hang in their natural position. Grow 
15 to 24 inches high. Pkt. 10c. 
Platycodon (Jap. Bell-Flower) 
A member of the Campanula family, 
with handsome, branching spikes 1 to 
2 feet high. Platycodon is considered 
by many the best bell flower. They 
bear these large, showy deep-blue flow¬ 
ers continuously from July until frost. 
Plant grows 12 to 24 inches high. 
Grandiflorum. Tall deep blue, 18 to 24 
inches. Pkt. 10c. 
Mariesi, dark blue, dwarf, 12 to 15 
inches high. Pkt. 15c. 
Poppy, Iceland 
Similar to the annual Shirley Poppy 
but in addition to the white, red and 
pink shades of the latter, the Iceland 
Poppy is often a fine yellow or orange 
color. Plants grow 12 to 15 inches 
high. Will flower entire season if seed 
pods are kept picked. Pick when in 
bud for cut flowers. Bloom the first 
season from spring-planted seed. 
Yellow Won¬ 
der. One of 
the outstanding 
i n t r oductions 
of recent years, 
special mention 
in the 1937 All- 
America win¬ 
ners. The stems 
are unusually 
long and wiry, 
24 inches or 
longer, and 
flowers will 
keep as long 
as 10 dayswhen 
cut. Flowers 
are very large, 
bright butter¬ 
cup yellow. Pkt. 25c. 
The Empress. (New.) A remarkable 
new giant poppy, excellent for cutting. 
Color is a lovely shade of salmon rose 
and pink. Pkt. 15c. 
The Emperor. (New.) The very finest 
orange Iceland Poppy ever produced. 
The large flowers are a deep tangerine 
orange. Bloom first year if sown early. 
Pkt. 15c. 
Sunbeam Finest 3Iixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Double. Finest Mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
Sanford’s Giants, vigorous growers, 
long stems, beautiful colors. Pkt. 15c. 
Iceland Poppy 
Emperor 
Poppy, Oriental 
Cne of the most gorgeous of all peren¬ 
nials, producing in May and June its 
enormous blossoms, often 6 inches in 
diameter. The colors range from soft 
blush and rose to flaming scarlet and 
richest maroon. The plants are at their 
best when about 3 years old. Often one 
specimen will show 10 or 15 blooms. 
Height of plants, 18 to 30 inches. All 
colors mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Oriental Scarlet. Very striking and 
glorious color. Pkt. 10c. 
