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Blazing Star 
LIATRIS or Gay Feather 
Recleaned, rubbed seed, free from fluff. 
Elegans. Graceful and distinct variety with 
large pure lavender florets. Incurved petals 
and long stamens impart a really elegant 
appearance. Blooms midsummer. Tr. pkt. 
35¢; 1% oz. $1.00; oz. $3.60. 
Punctata. An excellent dwarf garden plant 
with heavy spikes of bright rosy purple. 
Tr. pkt. 35c. 
Pycnostachya. Good grower with spikes reach- 
ing 5 to 6 ft. during July and August. Tr. 
pkt. 30c; 1% oz. 70c; oz. $2.40. 
Scariosa alba. Rare white variety; good per- 
centage (80% or better) true from seed. 
An excellent cut flower variety. Tr. pkt. 
35¢; Yq oz. $1.00; oz. $3.30. 
Scariosa, Late Type. Valuable late variety 
with rich purplish red spikes of fine size 
for cutting. Tr. pkt. 30¢; 14 oz. 80c; oz. 
$2.80. 
Spicata. Dwarfer variety, 114 to 2 ft., with 
bright purplish rose spikes. Tr. pkt. 30c; 
V4 oz. 60c; oz. $2.00. 
September Glory. Fine cut flower variety, 
blooming late August and September after 
other varieties have passed. Graceful tap- 
ering spikes of bright rosy purple. Tr. pkt. 
35¢; Yq oz. 90c; oz. $3.00. 
Mixed Varieties. Contains all kinds that we 
offer. Tr. pkt. 30c; 14 oz. 70c; oz. $2.40. 

LINUM - HARDY FLAX 
Showy flowers for border and rockery 
Flavum. Erect-growing with showy yellow flowers. 
1 ft. Tr. pkt. 25¢; YW oz. 55¢; oz. $2.00. 
Flavum nanum compactum. r Dwarf strain. 6 
Tr. pkt. 35c; Yg oz. $1.00. 
in. 
*Lewisii. Excellent plant growth with masses of blue 
flowers. 215 ft. Woz. 25¢; oz. 80c. 
Perenne. The common blue Flax. 21 ft. V4 oz. 
10c; oz. 30c. 
Perenne alba. 1/4 oz. 15c¢; oz. 45c. 

LOBELIA cardinalis. Cardinal Flower. Fine for moist, 
shady locations. Tall stems with cardinal-red flow- 
ers. 3 ft. Tr pkt. 25¢; 14 oz. 90c; oz. $3.00. 
Siphilitica. Spikes of blue flowers. 2 ft. Tr. pkt. 
25¢; V4 oz. 50c; oz. $1.60. 
LUNARIA biennis alba. Also called ‘St. Peter’s 
Penny” or ‘’Honesty.’’ The silvery white seed- 
panicles are in great demand for bouquets. Grown 
as a biennial. %4 oz. 20c; oz. 60c. 
LYCHNIS 
Alpina. r Neat rock-plant with reddish purple flow- 
ers. 6 in. tall. Tr. pkt. 35¢; Vg oz. 80c; 14 oz. 
$1.50. 
Arkwrighti Hybrids. Hybrid of Chalcedonica and 
Haageana. 2) ft. Vg oz. 25¢; 4 oz. 40c; o 
$1.40. 
Chalcedonica alba. 
Chal. Salmon Queen. 
$1.20. 
Chal. Scarlet. 3 ft. 1% oz. 20c; oz 60c. 
Chal. Mixed. 1% oz. 25c; oz. 75c. 
Haageana, Scarlet. Fine bedder, blooming the 
year from seed sown very early. 18 in. Tr. 
25¢; 4 oz. 60c; oz. $2.00. 
Viscaria splendens. German Catchfly. 
flowers on ice stems for cutting. 11/ ft. 
15¢; Yq oz. 30c; oz. $1.00. 
VAmOZe2 OC; AOL aD Ce 
Tr. pkt. 20c; 1%4 oz. 40c; oz. 
first 
pkt. 
Bright 
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rose 
pkt. 
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HARDY LILIES 
The seed may be sown almost any season. Use 
good porous soil containing plenty of sand. Some 
Lily seeds germinate quickly, others very slowly, and 
we so indicate in the descriptions. 
Amabile. Red with dark spots. 214 to 3 ft. 
Tr. pkt. 25c; 1% oz. 50c; oz. $1.80. 
Quick. 
Auratum. Golden banded. Slow. Tr. pkt. 25¢; 14 
oz. 40c; oz. $1.20. 
Auratum §platyphyllum. Larger than Auratum. 
White, spotted yellow. Slow. Tr. pkt. 25¢; 1% oz. 
50c; oz. $1.80. 
Drooping bells which vary from yel- 
dots. Very slow. Tr. 
Canadense. 
low to red with maroon 
pkt. 35c; 1% oz. 70c. 
Candidum Salonica. The only good white Candidum 
grown from seed. Quite slow. Tr. pkt. 50c. 
*Concolor. Vivid crimson; star-shaped. Quick. Tr. 
pkt. 25c; %4 oz. 45c¢; oz. $1.50. 
*Henryi. One of the best real hardy Lilies. Deep 
orange-yellow. Fairly quick. Tr. pkt. 25¢; 4 oz. 
60c; oz. $2.00. 
Longiflorum, White Queen. Excellent florists’ Lily. 
Snowy white, wide-expanded trumpets. Quick to 
bloom, cases reported flowering in less than 
pkt. 75c. 
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Philippinense formosanum 
A fine Lily for greenhouse or outdoor cul- 
tivation, often blooming within 9 to 10 
months from sowing. Seed germinates quick- 
ly. 
Reselected White. Reselected for purity of 
color. Late summer blooming outdoors. Tr. 
pkt. 25¢c; 1% oz. 45c; oz. $1.50. 
New Giant White. Extremely large; pure 
white. Tr. pkt. 35¢; 4 oz. 75c; oz. $2.50. 
Early Type. Much dwarfer and earlier strain, 
blooming midsummer outdoors. 1 to 114 
ft. Tr. pkt. 50c. 

Regal Lily. Most popular Hardy Lily. Our 
*Regale. 
seed is carefully gathered and should germinate 
close to 100 per cent. 1% oz. 15c¢; oz. 50c. 
Shelburne Hybrid. Beautiful; fragrant; white with 
lemon shading. Varies from seed. Quick. Tr. 
pkt. 40c; 14 oz. $1.20. 
*Sulphur-Gale Hybrids. Hybrids of Sulphureum and 
Regale Plants of great vigor carrying many large 
flowers glossy white, with suffusions of rose or 
lemon. As well or better adapted to our condi- 
tions than the Regale lily. Tr. pkt. 35c; 14 oz. 
70c; oz. $2.40. 
*Tenuifolium. Siberian Lily. . Bright scarlet spotted 
black. Quick. Y%4 oz. 20c; oz. 60c; 14 Ib. $1.60. 
Tenuifolium, Golden Gleam. A _ hybrid. Rich golden 
and buff. Quick. Tr. pkt. 35c. 
Venustum, Fujihirato. Orange spotted brown. 
refined Tiger Lily. Quick. Tr. pkt. 35c. 
Willmottiae. Vivid orange-red with recurved petals 
spotted brown. Quick. Tr. pkt. 40c. 
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LUPINES—See Page 28. 
LYTHRUM roseum superbum. Likes moist soil such 
as banks of streams and ponds. Spikes of rosy 
purple flowers. 4 to 5 ft. Tr. pkt. 20c; oz. 80c. 
MERTENSIA Virginica. Native Virginia Bluebells. 
Tr. pkt. 35c. 
