May when a mound of purple to violet, little 
“Clover” blossoms with white-tipped wings. 
Small plants move readily enough into half 
limestone chips, half clay loam. 30c; doz. $3.00. 
Lathyrus incanus (ornatus) Sand Pea. Con¬ 
spicuous and beautiful Pea blossoms, clusters 
of two to seven, rose in the banner, pale pink 
to white in the wings. May. Foliage glaucous, 
4 to 10”. Colony plant preferring much sand. 
25c; doz. $2.00. 
L. ornatus (stipulaceus) Like incanus but 
glabrous, and the banner has a possible tinge 
more of red and less of lavender. 30c; doz. $2.50. 
Lesquerella spatulata Bladder-pod. A crucifer, 
dainty and festive in brightest yellow, May, 
July. Height 4 to 5”, spread to 10. Gray green 
winter rosettes. 20c; 3, 50c. 
Leucocrinum montanum. The Sand Lily has 
no bulb but a sprangle of fleshy roots, and 
does famously in fine gravel with little soil, 
base of pip 2” deep. In April and May comes 
a succession of stemless little Lilies of waxy 
white with stamens of gold, in a tuft of grassy 
leaves. 25c; doz. $2.00; 100. $12.50. 
Liatris ligulistylis Blazing Star. Has the larg¬ 
est heads of any Liatris, an inch wide, and 
relatively few, a lovely clear purple. July, Au¬ 
gust. 18” or less in the wild. 40c; 3, $1.00. 
L. punctata Dwarf Liatris. Fluffy spikes of 
fine transparent purple. August. Dark green, 
lance-linear basal leaves. 30c; 3, 75c. 
Litho'phragma parviflora Woodland Star, 
Fringe-cup. Slashed stars of purest white, at 
the tips of racemes that start at 4” and end 
at 12, May, June. A few little Saxifrage leaves 
at the base. Dormant soon after flowering. 
Rich soil, sun or shade. 3, 35c; doz. $1.25. 
Lithospermum linearifolium Puccoon. Glow¬ 
ing soft yellow, ruffled trumpets, one-half inch 
wide, May. Always a welcome show. 6 to 12”. 
30c; 3, 75c. 
Malvastrum (Sphaeralcea) coccineum Flame 
Mallow. Short spires of one-inch Mallow blos¬ 
soms of flame-scarlet, above unique deeply cut 
grayish leaves, June and later. 4 to 10”. Lean 
gravel-filled soil. 25c; 3, 65c. 
Meriolix, see Oenothera. 
Mertensia lanceolata A Bluebell that grows 
but 10” high, beginning flowering in April and 
ending in late June; always abundantly. 
Foliage glaucous. Illustrated on cover. 35c; 
3, 85c. 
M. linearis New. Similar to lanceolata but 
with dark leaves and glossy dark blue corolla 
throats. Both are non-spreading and become 
dormant in mid-summer. 50c; 3, $1.35. 
Nothocalais (“Agoseris”) cuspidata A rich 
textured golden flower of April and May, 
rayed to the center, two inches wide. A few 
deep channeled, white-margined leaves at the 
ground. 2 to 6”. Dormant in summer. 40c; 
3 , $ 1 . 00 . 
