PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
Hardy Perennial Plants 45 
Maltese Cross 
LATEYRUS Latifolius (Hardy Peren¬ 
nial Pea). A rampant climbing, cling¬ 
ing perennial, with numerous dense clus¬ 
ters of scentless pea flowers. Pink or 
White. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
LAVANDULA Vera (Sweet Lavender). 
18 .inches. July and August. Sweetly frag¬ 
rant spikes of little blue flowers. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
—Munstead Strain. 1 foot. May-June. 
Clear lavender. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
LXATRXS. Unique, showy, punctuation 
plants with slender erect flower stems 
foliaged like the lilies, and purple flowers 
in dense spikes of various lengths. 
—Pycnostachya (Blazing Star). 4 to 5 
feet. Feathery spikes of rosy purple, 
about 18 inches long. July-August, 
—Spicata. 2 to 3 feet. Shorter, stockier 
stems, spikes 12 to 15 inches, blue-purple ; 
best adapted to regular bedding. July to 
September. 
—Scariosa. 3 to 4 feet. Deepest purple 
in color, with long but interrupted ra¬ 
cemes. Best for late cut flowers. August- 
September. 
All: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
Liatris Scariosa 
LILY - OP - THE - VALLEY 
and LILIES. See page 56 
and page 58. 
LINUM Perenne (Blue Flax). 
The plant bushes up evenly 
about 24 to 30 inches with 
feathery, glaucous foliage; the 
surface spangled with round, 
flat, solitary, azure-blue flow¬ 
ers from May to August. A 
fresh crop with each morning’s 
dew. 
3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
LOBELIA Cardinalis (Cardi¬ 
nal Flower). Intense cardinal- 
red flowers, arranged in stocky 
spikes 15 to 18 inches long, 
keep the plant aflame through¬ 
out August and September. 
—Syphilitica. Early ; dull blue. 
3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
LYCHNIS. Blazy summer flow¬ 
ers. 
—Chalcedonica (Maltese 
Cross). 30 inches. Heart- 
lobed stars of bright vermilion, 
in flat panicles. 
3, 55c ; doz., $2.00. 
— -Haageana. 1 ft. Brilliant orange-scarlet, 
individual flowers 1*4 to 2 inches wide. 
3, 70 l c; doz., $2.50. 
— VIscaria II, pi. 2 to 2*4 It. Evergreen 
foliage; in June and July ablaze with close 
spikes of crimson double flowers. 3, 85c; 
doz., $3.00. 
MATRICARIA (Feverfew). Old garden 
favorites with deep-cut, pungent leaves and 
all-summer cut bloom. 
—Exirnia fl. pi. 2 feet. Clustered globes of 
pure white. 
—Golden Ball. 10 inches. A dwarf form for 
edging; chrome-yellow. 
Both: 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
MAZUS Reptans<$> A close-matting ground 
cover and rock plant; covered in early spring 
with short racemes of lilac-blue, the lower 
petals tipped white, yellow and purple. 
3, 70c ; doz., $2.50. 
MERTENSIA Virginica (Bluebells). 18 
inches. Pretty tubular flowers .in drooping 
racemes during May and June, at first a 
warm blue gradually discoloring to pink. 
3, 55c; doz., $2.00; 100, $12.00. 
MITCHELL A Repens (Partridgeberry). 
Creeping evergreen plants useful as matting 
and under trees. The small white flowers 
are pretty, but its scarlet fruits nestling 
among the shiny evergreen leaves are a win¬ 
ter delight. 3, 85c; doz., $3.00; 100, $18.00. 
Sweet-Scented Lupine 
MONARDA, Cambridge Scarlet. (“Ber¬ 
gamot”). A 2-ft. bushy coarse-leaved 
plant, deliciously fragrant; covered with 
round, full heads of red flowers with a 
ragged petalage. Attracts humming birds 
and bees. 3, 70c; doz., $2.50. 
MYOSQTIS<»; Palustris. The true azure- 
blue “Forget-Me-Not,” blooming profusely 
during early summer. 3, 70c ; doz., $2.50. 
NEFETA<§> Mussini (Caucasian Catnip). 
1 to 1% feet. Beautiful lavender flowers 
produced in masses. Can be trained and 
sheared as a dwarf edging. 3, 55c ; doz., 
$ 2 . 00 ; 100 , $ 12 . 00 . 
—Cataria. 20 inches. The true sweet- 
scented catnip. Plant some for your 
“kitty.” 3, 55c; doz., $2.00. 
OENOTHERA^ Missouriensis (Ozark 
Sundrops). Solitary, single, golden flow¬ 
ers 5 inches across, buds copper-red; all 
summer; the plant itself prostrate, with 
ascending branches. 3, 70c ; doz., $2.50. 
—Youngi (Evening Primrose). Bright 
lemon-yellow, 1- and 2-inch flowers in 
numerous small clusters; plant stocky 
and upright, with shiny foliage, 18 inches. 
3, 55c ; doz., $2.00. 
Ozark Sundrops 
Mertensia Virginica 
Forget-Me-Not 
LUPINUS Polyphyllus (Lupine). Conspicuous, lovely, pea¬ 
shaped flowers, on spikes a foot long. In separate colors— 
Blue, Rose or White. 
—Sweet-scented Hybrids. A delightful innovation. Mixed. 
All: 3, 85c; doz., $3.00. 
Nepeta Mussin 
