SEVENTEEN EASIER LILIES 
Here are the quicker and easier kinds, recommended for 
the beginner, but worthy of anyone. All the Lilies in this 
group may be handled readily enough if directions are fol¬ 
lowed, but please note that some of them naturally germi¬ 
nate more quickly than do others, “kt” culture. 
OFFER 96A40—Seven standards, easy and good. One pkt. 
each of Concolor, Formosanum Rose, Henryi, Regale, 
Maximowiczi, Tenuifolium and Wilmottiae for 65c. 
OFFER 97A40—One pkt. each of Amabile, Callosum, Cer- 
nuum, Davidi, Crow Hybrids, Davuricum, Formosanum 
Price’s Variety, Maxwill, Sulphur-gale, and Longiflorum 
Takesima for $1.25. 
easy lily blend—A mixture of seeds of the kinds that 
germinate quickest, and grow easiest. Includes the seven¬ 
teen above, and others. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 40c; % oz. 75c'; 
1 oz. $2.75; % lb. $10.00. 
LILY OF THE VALLEY—See Convallaria majalis. 
LIMONIUM—See Statice. 
21 LIATRIS 
For brilliant flaming violets, Liatris ex¬ 
cels, but the color i-ange extends to pure 
white, lilac-lavender and true purple. Lia¬ 
tris is of ironclad hardiness, will thrive in 
poor soil, and makes a fine cut flower. 
21 LIATRIS ELEGANS—ecrby(3)28. An 
informally graceful, highly distinet, and 
delightfully pretty species. The many stems 
are filled with clusters of relatively large 
and starry florets with long recurved sta¬ 
mens. Purest lavender. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 
25c; % oz. 40c. (Plants, each 20c; 3 for 
50c; 10 for $1.50.) 
21 LIATRIS HYBRIDA GRAND DUBOIS— 
cby(3)72. Great torches of bloom, long 
spikes packed tightly with a solid fluffiness 
of flower, to often six feet of height. Blue- 
purple to ruddy violet. Magnificently showy. 
Quite unlike any other. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 
30c; % oz. 50c. 
21 LIATRIS LIGULISTYLIS—rdy(2)20. By 
far the earliest flowering species. Big, 
handsome, well-separated tassel-flowers of 
rich purple, many of them. Good. Pkt. 15c. 
21 LIATRIS PYNCNOSTACHIA MAG- 
NIFICA—cby(5)60. Latest flowering. Flow¬ 
ers in spire formation, large amethystine 
tassels with white centers. Pkt. 15c. 
21 LIATRIS SCARIOSA—ecby(4)50. Spec¬ 
tacular. Immense, well separated tassel flowers of most 
vivid pulsating violet. Big, branching, architecturally formed 
plants. Illustrated above. Perhaps best commercial. Pkt. 
10c; ^ oz. 40c; 1 oz. $1.40. 
21 LIATRIS SCARIOSA WHITE—cby(4)60. Loose, multi- 
flowered branching spikes, overflowing with great lace- 
fringed blossoms of swansdown whiteness. Towers of 
bloom. It’s a beauty, and it comes practically true from 
seed; in all our seedling beds of it at Old Orchard this 
year, there were only three purple-flowered plants. A 
ticularly satisfactory summer perennial. It cuts well. Pkt. 
15c; % oz. 50c; % oz. 90c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c; 
10 for $2.00.) 
21 LIATRIS SPICATA—cby(3)50*. Exceedingly dense spikes 
of rich violet bloom, flowers in this improved strain, 
packed to build solid pillars of color. Pkt. 10c; /g oz. 
25c; oz. 40c. 
OFFER 94A40—One pkt. each of above for 85c. 
21 LIATRIS BLEND—All the above, with several other 
good ones, all in splendid blend. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c; 
V 4 oz. 40c. 
LINARIA 
Exquisite blossoms in greatest profusion, like fairy Snap¬ 
dragons. Airy and graceful. Of easiest culture, 
the enduring perennial kinds usually beginning their 
blossoming the season of sowing. 
21 LINARIA ALPINA HYBRIDA—*erx(2-3) 8. Old gold, 
orange, smoky rose and purple violet in varied exciting 
combinations. Blue-silvered foliage. Pkt. 20c. 
♦LINARIA BROUSSONNETI—erx(8)10. For a continuous 
wealth of blossoming. May until into Novernber, Linaria 
Broussonneti is valued. Fine wide fur-thickets of foliag 
in brightest lettuce green. The flowers are racemes o 
little golden snapdragons, each with orange lip, ana 
often with maroon dotting. Sometimes the blossoms are 
white or cream. Pkt. 10c. 
21 LINARIA CYMBALARIA —*erx(w)(8)4. Kenilworth 
Ivy. Jewel-like lavender flowers set on mat-foil of ex¬ 
quisitely formed foliage. Pot plant, or hardy in rock gar¬ 
den. Shade tolerant, where not too dry. Pkt. 10c. (Plants, 
each 25c.) 
♦LINARIA MAROCCANA MIXED—erx (2-3) 12. There will 
be white, pink, lavender, chamois, rose, with gold and 
crimson. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c. 
♦LINARIA PANCICI—*ecbx(2-3). Oddly formed blossoms 
of golden yellow with bright orange lip, are carried in pro¬ 
fusion over a long season. Blue-gray foliage. Grows to 18 
inches the first year, blossoming as quickly as any annual; 
but it is safely perennial, and second season will reach 3 
feet. Illustrated, page 44, Name is horticultural. Pkt. 10c. 
21 LINARIA PURPUREA MIXED — •ecbx(8)36. Many 
slender stems, each lined with a multitude of jewel-like 
blossoms of, perhaps most often, a deep rich purple, un¬ 
marked. There will be also a considerable proportion of 
forms in which the flower is white, vividly violet-striped, 
and some with blossoms of pure and lovely soft pink. A 
sound perennial. Pkt. 15c. 
21 LINARIA PURPUREA CANON WENT 
—*ecrx(8)25. Airy blossoms of exquisite 
pink. Pkt. 20c. 
♦LINARIA RETICULATA CRIMSON AND 
GOLD—erx(3-4)10. Bushy plants, loaded 
with crimson and gold dragon-flowers. 
Brilliant in effect, and in bloom for a long 
season. Pkt. 10c. 
•LINARIA TRIORNITHOPHORA—ecbx(8) 
25. Three Birds, Big blossoms, slender 
long-spurred snapdragons, carried tier 
above tier, supposedly ailways in whorls of 
three, though that is not by any means a 
constant count. Rich pure purple, with 
contrasting orange lip. Occasionally _ it 
varies to pleasing pink. A species of high¬ 
est excellence is this beauty of Portugal. 
Though we have marked it as annual, it is 
quite usual for the plants to live over and 
bloom for several successive years. Pkt. 
15c. 
♦LINARIA TRISTIS HYBRIDA—erx (8) 8. 
Gray-frosted foliage, with larger flowers 
than in other dwarf Linarias. Tremendous¬ 
ly variable; white, cream, yellow, chestnuL 
to crimson mahogany, or sometimes silvered 
violet. Always there is a deeper blotch 
of ochre brown, crimson or purple. It is 
quick and easy, perhaps best treated as 
an annual, though perennial with care. 
Canary Islands. Pkt. 16c. 
21 LINARIA VENTRICOSA—ecrbkt (3-5) 40. A very dif¬ 
ferent, and most attractive, perennial from the high Atlas 
of Morocco. The flowers are carried in close slender spikes 
The ground color is a buff-canary, closely pin-striped with 
bright orange red. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 98A40—One pkt. of above for $1.25. 
LINARIA SPECIES — Amethystina 15c; Anticaria 15c; 
Canadensis 5c; Faucicola 20c; Genistaefolia 15c; Gharbensis 
15c; Macedonica Hybrids 15c; Repens 16c; Striata 16c; 
Triphylla 15c. 
21 LINDELOFFIA —See page 3. 
♦LINDHEIMERA TEXANA—ex(8)20. A virtuous constancy 
of blooming, be the weather what it may, is perhaps the 
most endearing characteristic of this very easy annual. 
Though not one of the greatly showy plants, there is al¬ 
ways a pleasant display of deeply golden star-cups on the 
open, branching plants. Quick to flower. Pkt. 10c. 
21 LINNEA BOREALIS—rosay(1)9. Delightful ruby bells, 
cherry perfumed. Semi-trailer of mossy woods. Pkt. 20c. 
21 LIRIOPE SPICATA—ergkt(2-5) 10. Lily Turf. Attrac¬ 
tive fountains of narrow, arching, ribbon-leaves. Ihe 
flowers are spikes of pretty blue stars. Then ^ome berries, 
pale pearls at first, becoming violet, then a pomhed black, 
and so remaining over winter. In decorative effect winter 
or summer. Recommended for terraces, walk-corners, b^ 
neath trees, or for urn plantings. Clumps spread by short 
stolons, until a space is filled with a deep-springy leafi¬ 
ness that may serve in place of turf. Pkt. lOc; A oz. 
30c; 1 oz. $1.00. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 65c: 10 for 
$1.90.) Formerly known as Liriope graminifolia. lUustraiea, 
page 12. 
35 LITTONIA MODESTA KEITI—w70. Much like Glori- 
osa, save that the flowers are big orange bells. bee 
Gloriosa for culture. 7 seeds for 25c. 
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