North Abiiigton 
IRIS KAEMPFERI - Japanese Iris 
Extremely showy plants, bearing enormous, flat, salver-like flowers in many 
shades of white, lavender, purple, violet, blue, and beautifully veined types. 
Bloom about one month after the German Iris varieties, usually in mid-July. 
They like a moist spot and full sun, but do well in dry soil if plenty of 
water is supplied at blooming time. This is one of the finest groups of peren¬ 
nials; so different from other Iris that they seem to belong to a different family. 
Blue Bird. Intense blue throughout. 
Gold Bound. Large white flowers, yellow center; 6 petals. 40c each; $4.00 
per doz. 
Kagarabi. Lavender-blue. 
Mahogany. Dark red, shaded maroon; 6 petals; very distinct. 40c each; 
$4.00 per doz. 
Manadzuru. White veined with blue; 6 petals. 
Norma. Double; shining lavender-pink, tinged blue and gold at center. 
Large and fine. 40c each; $4.00 per doz. 
Otomenewood. Early and free bloomer; rich royal purple. 
Purple and Gold. Rich, violet-purple. Gold center; 6 petals. 
Reine des Bulgares. Single; the 3 large outer petals of soft lilac-blue 
finely veined with white; the lilac a little more pronounced in the small 
center petals, half yellow. 
Templeton. Red; 6 petals. 
Uchi-wa. Cerulean blue, yellow blotches surrounded with white halo radi¬ 
ating out into broad line; 6 petals; very long stems. 
Venus. Pure white. A strong grower and free bloomer. 
Wase-banri. Lavender. 
Mixed Colors. 20c each; $2.00 per doz. 
KNIPHOFIA - Torch Lily; Tritoma 
Kniphofia uvaria grandiflora. Daygloiv Torch Lily. 3 ft. August, Sep¬ 
tember. Large spikes of rich red flowers, changing to salmon, produced on 
plants with long strap-like leaves. 
K. uvaria grandiflora, Salmon. 3 ft. Large numbers of salmon spikes, 
making a colorful display in late summer. Fine for cutting. 
LAMIUM 
Lamium maculatum. Spotted Deadnettle. 8 in. May to September. Green 
foliage with white veins. Curiously hooded reddish purple flowers, not as 
showy as some but they persist so long and foliage is so good, that we 
recommend it. 
LATHYRUS - Pea 
Lathyrus latifolius. Perennial Pea. 4 ft. July to September. Clusters of 
large, bright rosy red flowers on long stems, produced in abundance. Can be 
used as a tall, bushy perennial, or makes an excellent vine for covering 
rocks, stumps, and walls. 
L. latifolius albus. White Perennial Pea. 4 ft. July to September. A white¬ 
flowering variety of the above, useful for the same purposes. 
L. latifolius, Pink Pearl. 4 ft. July to September. An improved variety 
with clusters of large pink flowers. 
LAVANDULA - Lavender 
*Lavandula officinalis (vera). True Lavender; English Lavender. 1 ft. 
July, August. This is the true Sweet Lavender. Delightfully fragrant blue 
flowers and gray foliage. 
*L. spica. Spike Lavender. 18 in. July, August. A little lighter in color 
than the preceding, with shorter, denser spikes of flowers and even stronger 
and more pervasive scent. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
LEONT OPODIUM 
*Leontopodium alpinum. Common Edelweiss. 6 in. June to August. 
A famous alpine plant for well-drained, stony soils. The tiny white flowers 
are surrounded by woolly, silvery gray foliage. 
LIATRIS - Gayfeather 
Liatris pycnostachya. Cat-Tail Gayfeather. (See page 61 for colored 
illustration.) 4 ft. August to October. A most striking and desirable 
plant, with great rocket-like spikes of pale purple flowers. Excellent for 
the border or among shrubbery. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
L. scariosa. 2% ft. June, July. An early flowering type with good, clear 
purple flowers. 
L. spicata. Spike Gayfeather. 3 ft. July to September. Slender spikes 
densely crowded with rosy purple flowers. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
LIMONIUM 
♦Limonium latifolium. Bigleaf Sea-Lavender. 2 ft. July, August. A most 
valuable plant either for the border or for the rockery. It bears tufts 
of leathery foliage and immense candelabra-like heads of minute, purplish 
blue flowers, the sprays often 1V& ft. high and 2 ft. across. If cut and dried, 
the flowers last in perfect condition for months. 
LINARIA 
♦Linaria cymbalaria. Kenilworth Ivy. June to October. A trailing plant or 
vine with ivy-like leaves and dainty little lavender flowers. A perfect plant 
for rock crevices, flagstones, or walls. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. 
LINUM - Flax 
♦Linum flavum. Golden Flax. 1 ft. June, July. A neat, bushy plant with 
numerous yellow flowers. 
*L. perenne. Perennial Flax. 18 in. May to August. A desirable bushy little 
plant with wiry stems and a multitude of large clear blue flowers. Good in 
the border with oriental poppies. 
*L. perenne album. White Perennial Flax. A white-flowered variety. 
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LILIUM - Lily 
The Lilies are a marvelously beautiful group of bulbous plants. They merit 
a great deal of attent.on in all perennial plantings. The white kinds are most 
highly decorative and look best in more or less formal surroundings, while 
the red and orange kinds are more adapted to the edges of shrubbery or to 
meadow planting. Most Lilies require a little shade about their roots, and 
for that reason are best planted among low shrubs or under thin trees. They 
like good, well-drained soil, but with no manure. 
Lilium auratum platyphyllum. Goldband Lily. 5 ft. July, August. 
Gigantic, pure white flowers with tiny crimson spots and a broad gold band 
through each petal. Especially effective scattered in evergreen beds or 
massed in generous clumps in the perennial border. Flowers are especially 
fragrant. 40c each; $4.00 per doz. 
L. candidum. Madonna Lily. 3 ft. June, July. The most popular and most 
beautiful of garden Lilies is the old-fashioned Madonna Lily. Our bulbs 
are the true Northern France type, very hardy and disease-resistant. They 
should be planted in quantities in all gardens, to flower with the blue Del¬ 
phiniums or to display their loveliness against a background of evergreens. 
The delicious fragrance of the snow-white flowers, arranged like a snowy 
pyramid about the tapering stem, is not equalled by any other Lily. 35c 
each; $3.50 per doz. 
L. elegans. 18 in. July. A dwarf sort, bearing clusters of erect flowers 
varying from orange to deep maroon. 
L. giganteuiru Giant Lily. 8 ft. July, August. The most majestic of Lilies 
bearing immense, long, white trumpet-shaped, fragrant flowers. Groups of 
this noble Lily in woodland or wild garden produce a grand effect. Plant 
very shallow and give an abundance of leaf mold. 
L. henryi. Henry Lily. 4 ft. July, August. A very tall, sturdy Lily bearing 
giant sprays of reflexed, bright apricot-orange flowers somewhat like the 
speciosums, each marked by a rich emerald-green crease at the base of each 
petal. Needs shade at the root and sun for the flowers. 40c each; $4.00 
per doz. 
L. regale. Regal Lily. (See illustration, page 61.) 3 ft. July. This variety 
has enormous white flowers, shaded pink or purple, with a canary-yellow 
center. Undoubtedly the easiest of the white Lilies to grow and will grow 
almost anywhere, so long as the flowers can reach the sunlight. 40c each; 
$4.00 per doz. 
L. speciosum album. White Speciosum Lily. 3 ft. August, September. 
Large, pure white, fragrant flowers with reflexed petals. 40c each; $4.00 
per doz. 
L. speciosum rubrum magnificum. Red Speciosum Lily. 3 ft. August, 
September. Large, fragrant reflexed flowers of light pink with a crimson 
stripe and many deep pink dots. Fine for planting among evergreens. 
35c each; $3.50 per doz. 
L. superbum. American Turkscap Lily. 3 ft. July. Flowers bright reddish 
orange, conspicuously spotted. Especially effective scattered in margin of 
evergreens. 
L. tenuifolium. Coral Lily. 18 in. July. Slender, narrow-leaved plants with 
drooping smallish flowers of coral and vermilion. Very pretty and showy. 
Lilium candidum — Madonna Lily 
Except Where Otherwise Noted, Perennials are 30c Each; $3.00 per Dozen 
