LOBELIA ABERDARICA—ebmtfx(3)120. A giant per¬ 
ennial Lobelia from high up on the Mountains of the 
Moon, back of Kenya. Huge spikes of blue flowers. Pkt. 20c. 
LOBELIA CARDINALIS—ecbnatsth(4)70. Red Birds. Tall 
spikes, loaded with serried blossom rows of most brilliant 
cardinal red. Pkt. 10c; ^ oz. 40c; % oz. 75c. 
LOBELIA SIPHILITICA —ebnatmx(3-4)40. Blue Birds. 
Flowers of royal indigo, packed closely in full-bracted 
spikes. The Great Blue Lobelia is a fully hardy perennial 
that will enhance any border. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 40c; % oz. 
75c. # 
LO PH 10 LA AUREA—nmaty(2-3)18. The whole plant is 
covered with a lambsdown wooliness, from which peep 
flowers like little golden stars. Both rare, and distinctive. 
Naught else like it. For bog garden or pool border, being 
hardy. Try it in terrarium, too. Pkt. 20c. # 
LOTUS CORNICULATUS—erx(8)5. Spreading, densely 
foliaged trailer for rock gardens, carpeting, or as grass 
substitute. Little clustered pea-flowers of glossy yellow. 
Bright and pretty. Pkt. 10c ; % oz. 25c. 
LUDWIGIA ALTERNIFOLIA—emnh(3)50. Little flowers 
of pale velvety yellow an branching plants. For damp soil 
naturalizings. Pkt. 5c; % oz. 20c. 
LUPINUS ANNUAL 
Sow Lupinus seed fairly early, while soil is still cool. 
The Lupines do not, in general, like hot-dry places. 
♦LUPINUS DENSIFLORUS—eok(2)16. Dense spikes of 
pretty bloom, rich ivory or violet. Pkt. 15c. 
•LUPINUS LUDOVICIONIS—eok(3)18. Fuzzy, silvery 
foliage: big purple blossoms. Pkt. 10c. 
♦LUPINUS LYALLI—rx(3)3. Loveliest of miniatures. 
Silver foliage; brilliant blue blossoms. Pkt. 25c. 
♦LUPINUS NANUS—eorbnk(3)10. Blossoms usually blue, 
but sometimes lavender or rosy-red ; always with white 
marking. Pkt. 5c; % oz. 20c, # 
♦LUPINUS SUBCARNOSUS — eok(3)12. Silky leaved 
and spreading. Big blue blossoms. Pkt. 5c. 
♦LUPINUS SUCCULENTUS—eobk(2)20. Attractive sp^ 
cies, the flowers carried in loose spikes. White to blue- 
violet, with yellow centers. Pkt. 15c. 
♦LUPINUS TRUNCATUS—eok(2)18. Plants like little 
trees, filled with blood-red blossoms that fade to purple. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz, 25c. 
OFFER 104A8—One pkt. each of above for 70c. 
LUPINUS PERENNIAL 
It is suggested that seeds of hardy Lupines be sown 
directly where plants are to remain, since they are a bit 
difficult to transplant. 
LUPINUS ARBOREUS—qdfx(4)100. Blue-green foliage; 
showy bright yellow blossoms. Will grow in dry sandy 
soils. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
LUPINUS CHAMISSONIS — ebdx(2)20. Beach Lupine. 
Spikes of fragrant and showy blue flowers above silvery 
foliage. Pkt. 10c. 
LUPINUS DIFFUSUS—emdath(l)16. Racemes of bril¬ 
liantly showy blue flowers in spring. The whole plant is 
mantled in a silky shagginess of silver down. A beauty 
of the sand hills. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 35c. 
LUPINUS ORNATUS—bh(2)20. This rare, but handsome. 
Lupine, with its great spikes of pure blue, grows high in 
the Sierra Nevada. Pkt. 20c. 
LUPINUS PEERLESS PASTELS — ecbx(3)36. This blend 
of L. polyphyllus selections and hydrids contains the more 
delicate colorings; creamy pink, salmon, orange, chocolate, 
primrose, soft lavender and the like. We believe that no 
other strain surpasses this in size, quality of spike or color 
range. Pkt. 20c; % oz. 50c. # 
LUPINUS PERENNIS—erbnatstx(2)20. Loose spikes of 
richest blue; rarely white or rose. Most showy. Tolerates 
acid and sandy soils, drought and light shade. Hates lime. 
Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c. # 
LUPINUS RIVULARIS—bmf(3)60. Long, dense flower- 
spikes, deepening from pale pink at the tips, to rose-purple 
at base. Striking. Pkt. 20c. 
LUPINUS VILLOSUS—ernbdath(l-2)18. Radiating branches 
tenninate in sturdy bloom-clusters. Gay lilac blossoms, but 
with rosy red spot on standard. Whole plant is fur-shaggy. 
Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 20c. 
OFFER 105A8—One pkt. each of above for $1.10. 
LUPINUS HARDY SPECIES MIXED—The seven above. 
Peerless Pastels excluded, in blend, Pkt. 15c. 
LYCHNIS 
Mostly perennials with bright and showy bloom; always 
quick and easy from seed. 
LYCHNIS ALPINA-—erh(l-2)12. Flowers of a weird chalk- 
pink, but not unattractive. Pkt. 20c. # 
LYCHNIS ALPINA ALBA—erh(l-2)12. Snowy floiwera 
close-clustered above gray foliage tuffets. From arctic 
plains. Pkt. 25c. # 
LYCHNIS CHALCEDONICA SALMONEA—erx(2-4)25. Clus¬ 
tered blossoms in varied soft salmons, with overtones of 
pink. Pkt. 15c. # 
LYCHNIS DIOICA—*ebnx(3-4)35. Rather attractive flowers, 
pink or white, in long profusion. Pkt. 10c. # 
LYCHNIS LAGASCAE—rx(2-3)12. Carmine blossom stars 
all summer, over blue-silvered foliage. Cliffs of Spain. Pkt. 
25c. 
LYCHNIS LAPPONICA—erx(l)6. The demure Lapland 
Lychnis; shades of pink and rose. Earliest. Pkt. 20c, # 
LYCHNIS PRESLI—erbx(2)20. Many stems, bouquets of 
bloom in purest white, or rose with paler center. From 
high Bolivia. A gorgeous beauty in full show of bloom. 
Fullest recommendations. Pkt. 15c. # 
LYCHNIS SARTORI-ecrbx(2)16. If you run with the 
crowd, and condemn magenta as poisonous, likely you will 
miss this. Nevertheless a flower of pure clear magenta can 
be, and here is, a very lovely thing. Pkt. 15c. # 
OFFER 106A8—One pkt. each of above for $1.25. 
WHERE DO OLD SEEDS GO? See Salmagundi, page 
62, for the answer. It may interest you,—in more 
ways than one. 
LYCORIS SQUAMIGERA—uy(5)28. Magic Lily or Am¬ 
aryllis Halli. Hardy bulb. Bears clustered trumpet flowers, 
without foliage in August. Opal tintings, blue to pink. 
Bud stalks shoot up from bare ground. We depend upon 
seeds collected in Orient. Only about one year out of 
three do the plants set seed. Seeds offered subject to 
arrival. Pkt, 20c; % oz. 60c. 
LYSICHTUM CAMTSCHATCENSE—may (1)16. Great hooded 
Calla-like blooms of rich creaminess. Blooms in earliest 
spring. For the bog garden. Rare. Pkt. 25c. 
LYTHRUM SALICARIA — ecnmbh(3-4)60. The “Long 
Purples” of Shakespeare, Showy bloom spikes all summer. 
Very good. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c. # 
MACHAERANTHERA—See Tahoka Daisy, Page 2. 
MACLURA POMIFERA—qjk. Osage Orange. Usually 
grown as a strong spiny hedge, but untrimmed specimens 
will reach sixty feet. Big showy fruits like rough-skinned 
oranges. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 50c; % lb. $1.25. 
♦MADIA ELEGANS—eok(3)30. Big single flowers with 
three-lobbed petals, creamy yellow, but rich brown at base. 
Give some shade. Blossoms close in sun. Pkt. 15c. # 
♦MADIA SP. Seven-foot pillars of undulate downy foliage, 
ending in a panicle of honey-colored daisies. Pkt. 15c. # 
MAGNOLIA 
Noble trees with spectacular blossoms like gigantic Tulips. 
Mostly hardy to central New York. Slow germinating. 
MAGNOLIA CAMPBELLI—jy 156 ft. Great blossom-bowls 
of richest pink, nine inches across. Not safe above Phila¬ 
delphia, Deciduous. Pkt. 15c. 
MAGNOLIA GLAUCA—^jmy 50 ft. Sweet Bay. Creamy 
flowers of large size, sweetly perfumed. A very good, 
and particularly hardy, species. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. # 
MAGNOLIA SO ULAN GE AN A—jy 20 ft. Showy, and rather 
hardy, hybrid, with flowers that vary from white, through 
rosy pink, to crimson-purple. Pkt. 25c. 
MAGNOLIA BLEND—A mixture of the above, and ve^ 
many other excellent Magnolia species. Anywhere from six 
to ten kinds here. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c; 1 oz. $1.00. 
MAHONIA AQUIFOLIUM—eqstk(l)50. Handsome clusters 
of yellow blossoms in earliest spring; then great bunches of 
purple, grape-like berries, from which a deliciousi jelly may 
be made. Evergreen leaves, very like Holly. Pkt. 10c; % 
oz. 35c. 
MAHONIA NERVOSA—eqstk(l)24. A fine dwarf Oregon 
Grape, as showy as the above, and fruit used in same way. 
Ornamental and useful. Pkt. 10c. 
MAHONIA REPENS—eqstk(l-2)10. Very like M. aqui- 
folium, but dwarf, and tends to ramble a bit, creeper fash¬ 
ion. Winter-proof. Handsome rock garden shrub. Foliage 
green in summer, bronze-maroon in winter. Pkt. 15c. 
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