11 
HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
GERMAN IRIS ■ Fleur-de-Lis 
These popular flowers like well-drained soil 
and plenty of sunlight. Massed on the edge of 
the border or near the brinks of ponds or 
streams, the effect is remarkably fine. I offer 
them in five separate shades selected from the 
better named varieties. 
Light Blue and Lavender Bronze Shades 
Deep Blue and Violet Yellow Shades 
White and Light Shades 
65 cts. for 3; $2.50 per doz.; $15 per 100 
JAPANESE IRIS 
I. Kaempferi 
The varieties of this handsome species 
enjoy almost unlimited quantities of fertilizer 
and will develop sturdy growth and amazing 
blooms if they are given plenty of water. They 
are at their best in July. 
Betty F. Holmes. (New.) A giant double 
variety of pure white with a lemon blotch. 
The finest double white Japanese. 
Fanny Hamlet Childs. Double; violet- 
purple, mottled and splashed with white. 
Fascination. Double; light blue, with faint 
white veins and pink tinge. 
Lilia Cox. Double; light blue, with white 
veins radiating from a yellow center. 
Marjorie Parry. Double; delicate light 
mauve, tufted center. An extra-fine variety. 
Repsime. Double; blue, veined white. 
Rose H. Scheepers. Double; mauve-gray, 
overlaid with blue. 
Schenley. Double; rose-red, center overlaid 
with blue. 
Shadow. Reddish purple, velvety sheen; 
three petals. 
Violet Giant. An enormous semi-double 
flower of rose-violet. Th s is the largest 
Japanese Iris we have ever seen. 
All Japanese Irises, 60 cts. each; $6 per doz. 
One of each of above 10, $5 
Japanese Iris (Iris Kaempferi) 
LARKSPUR • Delphinium 
D. Belladonna. The most continuous-bloom¬ 
ing and most useful Delphinium for cutting. 
The clear turquoise-blue of its flowers is not 
equaled for delicacy and beauty by any 
other flower. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
D. Bellamosum. A dark blue form of the 
popular Belladonna. 35 cts. each; $3.50 
per doz. 
D. chinense. Stunning border plant with 
spikes of vivid blue flowers of almost daz¬ 
zling brilliance. Good for cutting. 35 cts. 
each; $3.50 per doz. 
See also pages 3 and 4 
LAVANDULA 
L. vera. This, the true Sweet Lavender, 
grows about 1 % feet high and has delight¬ 
fully fragrant blue flowers in July and 
August. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
LIATRIS 
L. scariosa. Blazing Star. Brilliant purple 
flowers in long showy spikes in September, 
much later than the others. A very impos¬ 
ing plant. 4 to 5 feet. 30 cts. each; 90 cts. 
for 3; $3 per doz. 
L. scariosa alba. A dainty, feathery, pure 
white form of the above. 50 cts. each; $5 
per doz. 
L. pycnostachya. Kansas Gayfeather. Tall, 
rocket-like plants, bearing club-like spikes 
of intense lavender-purple flowers which 
begin to bloom at the top of the stem and 
proceed downward. 30 cts. each; $3 per doz. 
LILIUM 
L. candidum. Madonna or Annunciation 
Lily. This is the old-fashioned garden Lily, 
and one of the most beautiful. Ready in 
July and August. Fine companion to my 
hybrid delphiniums. 50 cts. each; $5 per 
doz.; $40 per 100. 
LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY 
Convallaria majalis 
This popular and fragrant ground-cover 
plant repays good treatment. Grand for 
massing near shrubs or along shaded bor¬ 
ders. Strong field-clumps, 35 cts. each; 
$3.50 per doz. 
LINUM PERENNE 
A gray-leaved, smooth-stemmed plant, 
2 to 3 feet high, covered in early summer 
with brilliant blue flowers which are open 
only in sunlight. If cut back will bloom 
again abundantly in autumn. 30 cts. each; 
$3 per doz. 
LUPINUS 
L., New Polyphyllus Hybrids, Mixed. 
Lupine. Both in the garden and as a cut- 
flower, the Lupine has always been a 
favorite. English plant hybridists, always 
busy with new things, have recently intro¬ 
duced a magnificent strain of new colors 
which includes many shades and delicate 
tints heretofore unknown in Lupines, 
including bronze, yellow, orange, pink, 
dark brown, and lavender. 35 cts. each; 
$3.50 per doz. 
Russell Lupins 
The Sensation of 1938 
Developed by an English gardener who 
has devoted the closing years of his life to 
them. Large solid spikes made up of white, 
lemon, yellow, pink, apricot, red, blue, purple, 
and maroon, with gorgeous bicolors. 3-in. 
pots, $2.25 for 3; $7.50 per doz.; $60 per 100. 
LYCHNIS Viscaria splendens 
Mat-like perennial which throws up 
woody blooming stalks in midsummer, 
crowned with heads of vivid magenta-pink 
flowers. A very striking and showy garden 
subject. 35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 
MYOSOTIS • Forget-me-not 
M. alpestris, Royal Blue. The dainty For¬ 
get-me-not loves a cool, moist soil, and, like 
the pansy, blooms most freely in spring. 
Royal Blue is a rich deep blue of remarkable 
free-flowering habit. 6 to 12 inches. May. 
25 cts. each; 65 cts. for 3; $2.50 per doz. 
NEPETA 
N. nervosa. An improved Nepeta. Trailing, 
aromatic plant with heads of clear light blue 
flowers. 30 cts. each; $3 per doz. 
N. Mussini. A trailing, aromatic plant with 
velvety, gray-green foliage and lavender- 
blue flowers. 30 cts. each; $3 per doz. 
PANSY • Heartsease 
My strain of Pansies is well known, for I 
have taken no end of pains to develop it by 
careful “roguing” each year. Visitors at my 
trial-grounds proclaim it the best they have 
seen. 6 inches. Specify color desired. 
All Pansies, $1 per doz.; $8 per 100 
WILLIAM C. DUCKHAM CO. ♦ MADISON, NEW JERSEY 
