SEED CATALOGUE . 1938 
Flower Seeds 37 
LAVATERA 
Annual Mallow 
Beautiful annual, producing profusely the 
entire summer, large, cup-shaped flowers. 
Sow in the garden in May and thin out 1 foot 
apart. 2 feet. 
Trimestris rosea splendens. Brilliant rose- 
pink. Pkt. 10 cts.; J^oz. 25 cts. 
Trimestris alba splendens. White flowers 
with satiny finish. Pkt. 10 cts.; j^oz. 25c. 
LAVENDER 
(Lavandula vera) 
True Lavender. Popular sweet-scented 
hardy perennial; fine for mixed border. 
3 feet. Pkt. 10 cts.; J^oz. 35 cts. 
Munstead Strain. Dwarf, compact, early- 
flowering variety with deep lavender flow¬ 
ers. A good rock-plant. 1 foot. Pkt. 
15 cts.; large pkt. 40 cts. 
LANTANA 
One of the most desirable half-hardy peren¬ 
nial greenhouse or bedding plants, constantly 
in bloom. Verbena-like heads of Orange, 
White, Rose, and other colored flowers. 
2 feet. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10 cts.; large pkt. 25 cts. 
New Dwarf Bedding Hybrids. Excellent 
for bedding and pot-culture. Will bloom 
freely all summer, and can be transferred 
to the greenhouse for the winter. Pkt. 
15 cts.; large pkt. 40 cts. 
LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS 
Everlasting or Hardy Sweet Pea 
A hardy perennial climber, flowering the 
first year if seed is sown in the fall. Flowers 
resemble sweet peas. Is not fragrant, but is 
hardy and showy. 6 feet. 
White Pearl Red 
Pink Beauty Mixed 
Each, pkt. 10 cts.; large pkt. 25 cts. 
LEPTOSYNE 
Maritima. Large, golden yellow flowers on 
long stems, greatly resembling coreopsis, 
with very fine fern-like foliage. Good for 
cutting and forcing. 2 feet. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
large pkt. 25 cts. 
Stillmani. One of the quickest-growing an¬ 
nuals, blooming within five weeks from 
date of sowing, and the golden yellow flow¬ 
ers continue in perfection for a long time. 
Excellent for cutting. 18 inches. Pkt. 10 cts.; 
large pkt. 25 cts. 
Golden Rosette. New. A double form of 
Stillmani. The color is bright butter- 
yellow. Admirable as a cut-flower. Pkt. 
25 cts. 
LEWISIA 
Howelli. A creeping, hardy perennial, form¬ 
ing a wide rosette of narrow, crinkled 
foliage, not exceeding 3 inches in height, 
and throwing up stems about 6 inches long 
crowned with flowers of apricot streaked 
with rose. A rare and lovely plant which 
will be of admirable effect in rockeries. 
Pkt. 25 cts.; large pkt. 75 cts. 
Perennial Sweet Pea (Lathyrus) 
LEPTOSIPHON . Stardust 
Hybrids. Free-flowering hardy annuals, useful for edging and rock- 
work. Plants are thickly studded with charming bright flowers of 
various colors. Pkt. 10 cts.; J^oz. 25 cts. 
LILIUM 
Philippinense formosanum. A new, graceful, hardy Lily growing 
2 to 3 feet high, with large, trumpet-shaped, fragrant, white 
blooms, suffused on the exterior with reddish brown. Will bloom 
6 to 8 months after sowing. Pkt. 25 cts.; large pkt. 75 cts. 
LIATRIS • Blazing Star 
Pycnostachya. A hardy perennial that grows in long spikes, 4 to 
5 feet tall, densely covered with slender, grass-like leaves of a light 
green. The small flowers are rosy purple. A peculiar habit of the 
Liatris is that the succession of bloom is from the top downward 
rather than from the lowest blooms up to the highest, as in all other 
spike flowers. Pkt. 10 cts.; large pkt. 25 cts. 
LINARIA 
A desirable, hardy annual excellent for cutting. The loose, grace¬ 
ful sprays bear dainty flowers resembling a miniature antirrhinum. 
Can also be grown in the greenhouse for winter blooming. 
Maroccana, Diadem. Bright violet with pure white Pkt. Lge. pkt. 
eye. 10 inches.$0 15 
Maroccana, Ruby King. Ruby-crimson. 10 inches.. 10 
Maroccana, Fairy Bouquet. New. Compact habit 
with large flowers in many beautiful colors. 8 inches. 15 
Maroccana hybrida. Excelsior. A fine mixture of 
brilliant colors. 12 to 18 inches. 10 
Cymbalaria (Kenilworth Ivy). Beautiful trailing plants 
with violet flowers; useful for vases, baskets, etc. 10 
LINUM • Flax 
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Grandiflorum rubrum (Scarlet Flax). An elegant, 
free-flowering hardy annual, valuable for bedding; 
brilliant scarlet flowers. 1 foot. 
)^oz. 20 cts.; oz. 30 cts.. . 
Flavum. A splendid, hardy variety for the rock-garden. Golden yellow 
flowers from June to September. 1 foot. 
Flavum nanum compactum. New Dwarf Flax for rockery and bor¬ 
der. Glowing yellow. 6 inches. 
Perenne. A graceful, hardy perennial, producing bright blue flowers 
the entire summer. 1 feet. 
Perenne album. A fine white-flowered form of the above. 
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Linaria maroccana 
LYCHNIS 
Handsome hardy perennial plants of easy culture, for massing in beds and borders, 
blooming the first year if sown early. 
Alpina. Close tufts of olive-green foliage and clusters of rose-colored^ 
flowers. 4 inches. 
Arkwrighti. A cross between Chalcedonica and Haageana. In May it 
bears an abundance of large, brilliantly colored flowers varying from 
orange-scarlet to soft salmon-pink. 2 to 3 feet. 
Chalcedonica. Fine scarlet flowers. 2 feet. 
Chalcedonica, Salmon Queen. Very pretty salmon-pink. 
Haageana. Brilliant orange, scarlet, crimson, in mixture. 1 foot. . . . 
Viscaria splendens. Showy bright rosy red blooms on plants 1 foot 
high. Fine for rock-garden. 10 
See Flower Seed Novelties, pages 4 to 12 
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