33 LAPEIROUSIA or ANOMATHECA 
Easy, free-flowering bulbs, often blooming first year from 
seed. Hardy with protection at Philadelphia, or may be 
stored in sand over winter. Also the Lapeirousias all make 
excellent bulbs for window pot growing, being near to 
ever-blooming. Colorings range from red blotched whites, 
through rose, heliotrope and purple to carmine. Blossoms 
are carried in 12-inch sprays, “k” or “w” culture. Fine 
mixture, includes at least 7 kinds. Pkt. 15c. 
LAPEIROI'SIA SPECIES—Pkt. each 20c. Aculeata, An- 
ceps, Corymbosa, Cruenta, Divaricata, Fissifolia, Jacquini. 
LARKSPUR GIANT IMPERIAL 
A most beautiful and desirable annual flower. The Im¬ 
perial Strain grows upright, like a perennial Delphinium, 
stems 3 to 4 feet. Spikes packed closely with big double 
flowers. The secret of success with Larkspur is to sow 
early right where the plants are to stand. 
*LARKSPUR BLUEBELL—Clear azure. Pkt. 10c. 
♦LARKSPUR BLUE SPIRE—Rich dark blue. Pkt. 10c. 
♦LARKSPUR CARMINE KING—Rich carmine rose. Pkt. 
10 c. 
♦LARKSPUR DAINTINESS—Soft lavender. Pkt. 10c. 
♦LARKSPUR LOS ANGELES—Lucent salmon rose, Pkt. 
10 c. 
♦LARKSPUR WHITE KING—Extra large pure white. Pkt. 
10 . 
OFFER 92A40—One pkt. each of above for 60c. 
♦LARKSPUR IMPERIAL GIANT MIXED—The above, with 
many others in the same group. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c; 
% oz. 60c. 
Most of us know far better than we do. 
25 LANTANA DWARF HYBRIDS—ew(8)20. 
Clustered flowers in Verbena form, opening 
yellow or pink apricot, then suffusing with 
an orange that sometimes deepens to scar¬ 
let. Everblooming. Used for summer bed¬ 
ding, established plants withstanding 
drought and sun, or grown as a pot plant 
the year around. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c, 
81 LARIX LEPTOLEPIS — kt. Japanese 
Larch. Makes a handsome, rugged, quick 
tree, long-lived. A delicious conifer. Nee¬ 
dles delicious soft salad-green in spring, 
blue-green sheen in summer, golden in 
autumn, leafless in winter. Pkt. 10c. 
61 LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS MIXED— 
ek(2-3)96. An excellent winter-hardy her¬ 
baceous vine, sometimes called Perennial 
Sweet Pea. Clusters of showy flowers in 
white, and in many tones and shades, from 
pink to rosy red; sometimes variegated, 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c; 1 oz. 75c. 
21 LATHYRUS TUBEROSUS—ergk(2-3)10. 
Spreading mats of emerald, pinnate foliage. 
Dwarfed clusters of rich rose blossoms. 
Pkt. 15c. 
21 LAVATERA CACHEMIRIANA—ebx(3)48. 
A perennial for the mixed border, fully 
winter-hardy at Philadelphia. Three months 
of bloom, two-inch flowers of purest pink. 
From Kashmir, banks of the Shalamar. 
Pkt. 15c. 
22 LAVENDULA VERA—ork(3)18. True Lavender. Sweetly 
aromatic. Rather pretty, Pkt. 10c. 
21 LAWN CHAMOMILE 
Older England knew its many virtues as a lawn-maker, 
and in Elizabethian times lawns were as likely to be of 
Chamomile as of grass. The foliage is finely cut, and 
the green of it is rich and bright, a particularly attrac¬ 
tive shade. It makes a lawn that is dense and velvety, 
springy to the tread, yielding at each step a pleasant fra¬ 
grance. Chamomile lawns are highly resistant to drought, 
fresh and green during the hottest, dryest of weather. 
Chamomile may be moved, as grass, but set the mower a bit 
higher. In wilder parts of the grounds, if one does not mind 
greater depth to it, nor the pretty little white daisies that 
will show for awhile, mowing may be forgotten. Rooted 
divisions transplanted 18 inches apart each way, will quickly 
spread to a good lawn. That means about 100 divisions to 
160 square feet of lawn. This is Anthemis nobilis. Plants, 
rooted divisions, 20 for $1.00, 100 for $4.00, 250 for $9.00. 
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51 LEIOPHYLLUM BUXIFOLIUM — rastkt(2)12. Myrtle 
Box. Evergreen shrublet, in appearance of dwarf Box. 
Mantles of starry flowers, white with shadings of pink. 
Pkt. 15c. 
♦LEPTOSIPHON—See Linanthus (synonym). 
♦LEPTOSYNE STILLMANI—ebx(3)20. Flowers in manner 
of a dwarf golden Cosmos. Quick, good. Pkt. 10c. 
21 LEPACHYS MAROON AND GOLD—*ecbx (2-3)36. An 
extraordinary plant, decidedly attractive, and interesting 
also because of its diversion from commonly accepted lines 
of form and coloring. The flowerheads are silky columns, 
set successively with tiny blossoms, and guarded at the 
base by wide petal-rays of richest maroon, gold-edged. The 
blossoms are multitude, carried on long slender stems. It 
blooms freely the season of sowing, yet it is also an endur¬ 
ing and fully hardy perennial. Lepachys columnifera 
pulcherrima. Pkt. 15c; A oz. 25c. (Plants, each 30c.) 
Illustrated, page 12. 
55 LEPTOSPERMUM SCOPARIUM NICHOLLSI—w. Ten¬ 
der New Zealand shrub, handled as pot or tub plant under 
glass. Purple-tinged foliage. Brilliant carmine flowers 
Pkt. 15c. 
21 LESPEDEZA THUNBERGI—bkt (4-5) 100. North, a 
hardy arching perennial of distinction, with highly attrac¬ 
tive flowers of ruddy violet all autumn. Pkt. 10c. 
24 LEUCADENDRON ARGENTEUM—w. Silver-tree. Usu¬ 
ally as tub plant north, placing outside in summer. Highly 
decorative. Densely foliaged, each leaf a shimmering of 
silky silver. Large seeds, 7 for 20c. 
35 LEUCOCORYNE IXIODES ODORATA — eock(w) (7)18. 
Glory of the Sun. Rare Chilean bulb for the winter win¬ 
dow. Very large and starry soft blue flowers, intensely 
fragrant. Seedlings grow rapidly. Recent experiments 
seem to indicate that Leucocoryne may be handled also 
for summer garden blooming, storing dormant bulbs over 
winter. Pkt. 20c; special large pkg. 60c. 
22 LEUCOPOGON FRASERI—rakt(2) 10. A 
Heath-like New Zealander with pretty 
white flowers, then edible orange berries. 
Foliage ruddy pink in winter. Pkt. 15c. 
41 THE LEWISIAS 
They are, perhaps, the most beautiful of 
all hardy rock garden plants when in full 
glory of their exquisite bloom. The leaves 
are succulent, crisp, crinkly, undulate; the 
blossoms like little feathery Water Lilies. 
Fully winter-hardy. Illustrated, page 59. 
21 LEWISIA BRACHYCALYX — ry(p4. 
Earliest of Lewisias. Blossoms of daintiest 
lavender-tinged white hide the plants for 
many weeks. Pkt. 20c. 
21 LEWISIA COLUMBIANA — ry(2-3)10. 
Smaller blossoms than the others, but vastly 
more of them. Airy sprays of rosy pink for 
months. A splendid kind. Pkt. 25c. 
21 LEWISIA FINCHI—ry(2)12. Buds of 
bright orange open to pink blossoms, each 
petal with rose stripe. Long in bloom. A 
plant in full flower is a very lovely thing. 
Pkt. 20c; ^ oz. $1.00. 
21 LEWISIA HOWELLI—ry(2)10. Large 
flowers that range from pure pink to ex¬ 
quisite apricot rose, above beautifully crisped 
rosettes. Pkt. 20c ; 1*5 oz. $1.00. 
21 LEWISIA MARIANA—ry (2) 9. Blos¬ 
soms of luminous moonlight enchantment, a melting golden 
rose. The most nearly everblooming of all the Lewisias 
we grow at Old Orchard. Name is horticultural, rather 
than botanical. Pkt. 20c. 
21 LEWISIA REDIVIVA—ry(2)8. Great feathery flower- 
cups of delicate pearly pink. A very beautifiil species, 
with perhaps the largest blossoms of all. Illustrated this 
page. Pkt. 20c; ^ oz. 75c; % oz. $1.35. (Live, growing 
plants for delivery April-June, 2 for 25c; 10 for $1.00. 
Also available in fall, dormant roots then, at price to be 
quoted in our next Fall Bulb Catalog.) 
21 LEWISIA TWEEDYI—ry(2)9. Great blossoms in “tea- 
rose” tones of melting apricot, cream and satiny pink. 
Splendid species, but an exceedingly shy-seeder, 4 seeds for 
25c. 
OFFER 93A40—One pkt. each of above for $1.25. 
21 LEWISIA BLEND—The above, except Tweedyi, with 
others. Not hard from seed if given “y” culture. See 
first page. Sowing in late autumn or in winter, in open 
ground beds or frames, is strongly advised with all Lewisias. 
Pkt. 16c; fg oz. 90c. 
