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LINARIA 
Exquisite blossoms: like fairy Snapdragons. 
*LINARIA BROUSSONNETI—erx(8)10. For a continuous 
wealth of blossoming, May until into November, Linaria 
Broussonneti is valued. Fine wide fur-thickets of foliage 
in brightest lettuce green: The flowers are racemes of 
little golden snapdragons, each with orange lip, and 
often with maroon dotting. Sometimes the blossoms are 
white or cream: Pkt. 15c; 1/s2.0z. 30c. 
*LINARIA EFAUCICOLA — erx(8)7. An exquisite thing. 
Mat-thickets of fine dark blue-glaucous foliage, set all season 
with flowers of sparkling amethystine purple. Pkt. 20c. 
*LINARIA MAROCCANA SPLENDID MIXED—erx (2-3) 12. 
Graceful spikes of dainty little Snapdragons in white, crim- 
son-and-gold, lavender, chamois, blue-violet and rose. Pkt. 
10e; %4 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. Illstrated page 44. Name is horticultural. Pkt. 10c; 
ay, 16 OZ. 35c. 
21 LINARIA PURPUREA CANON WENT. — *ecbx(8)25. 
Many slender stems each lined with multitudes of jewel- 
Sa cite at in purest pink. A delight. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, 
each 30c. 
- *LINARIA TRIORNITHOPHORA—ecbx(8)30.. Three Birds. 
Big blossoms, long-spurred Snapdragons in rich pure purple 
with contrasting orange lip. The flowers are carried in 
whorls, tier above tier, usually in sets. of three, three slender 
- swaying birds aperching. Best treated as an annual in the 
north, coming into quick bloom from spring-sown seeds. It 
blossoms. continually for months; as this is’ written, on No- 
vember 25th, it is still in full flower at Old Orchard. With 
care, and protection of straw or litter, the plants. will 
usually carry over winter. It comes from hills of Portugal. 
_ You will like it. Pkt. 15c. 
-*LINARIA TRISTIS HYBRIDA — erx(8)8. Gray-frosted 
-foliage. Pretty blossoms in rare color variations; white, 
cream, old gold, orange, smoky rose, chestnut, mahogany or 
-silvered violet. Always there is a deeper blotch of ochre, 
crimson or purple. Best treated as an easy annual, though 
perennial with care. From the Canary Islands. Pkt. 15c. 
‘ 22 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 102A1—One pkt. each of above for $1.00. 
LINARIA SPECIES—At 15c the pkt. Alpina, Alpina Hy- 
brids, Anticaria, Amethystina; Cymbalaria, Genistifolia, 
Gharbensis, Macedonica, Purpurea Violet Form, Repens, 
Reticulata, Striata, Triphylla, Tristis. 
LIMONIUM—See Statice. 
*LINANTHUS DWARF MIXED—erx(8)7. Jewel Flower. 
Multitudes of sparkling starlets, clear -pink with yellow 
throat, rose, white, lilac, lemon or gold. Emerald, Heath- 
like foliage mounds bespangled with beauty. Delightful 
for edgings, or the rock garden. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
*LINDHEIMERA TEXANA—ex(8)20. From June until No- 
vember there is a constant pleasant display of deeply golden 
star-cups. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
21 LINDELOFFIA SPECTABILIS 
A noble perennial from hills of Kashmir. Bud-set crosiers 
unroll to wide close-set sprays of blossoms that, rosy at 
first, soon become sapphire, finally peacock blue. rbmkt(2) 20. 
Pkt. 20c. (Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10.) 
LINUM. or FLAXFLOWER 
They. persist long, yet bloom freely the first season. 
21 LINUM COLLINUM LOREYI — *erx(8)10. Arching, 
graceful, half-decumbent plants that bear particularly large 
flowers. The blossoms are satiny, showing indigo striations 
over a lilac ground, and they are carried in loose open 
sprays all summer long. Pkt. 15c. 
21 LINUM FLAVUM — ‘*erbx(8)16. Brilliantly showy: 
Loose. wide clusters of upfacing glistening flowers in richest 
of scene yellows. Pkt. 15c; '/ig oz. 80c. (Plants, each 30c; 
38 for 85c.) 
21 LINUM LEWISI—*ebx(2)30. An exceedingly robust 
species, great arching sprays of big flowers in shining, 
striate blue. Pkt. 15c. 
21) LINUM PERENNE BLUE—*ebx(2)25. Massed silken 
flowers in vivid blue. Hardy; easy. Pkt. 5¢; %4 oz. 20c. 
(Plants, each 20c; 3 for 50c; 10 for $1.50.) 
21 LINUM PERENNE WHITE—Like last, but flowers are 
Pe ee or sometimes white with blue thread-striations. 
2 Cy 
OFFER 103A1—One pkt. each of above for 50c. 
21 OTHER HARDY LINUMS—Austriacum 10c; Alpinum 
lic; Hologynum 15c; Altaicum 15¢; Monogynum 25c; Nar- 
bonense 15c; Hirsutum 35c. 
*ANNUAL LINUMS—Three of them. GRANDIFLORUM 
ROSEUM, long in bloom, satiny old rose, pkt. 5c; RIGIDUM, 
small but many-flowered species, bright yellow, pkt. 10c; 
CORYMBOSUM, bright blue, blooms long; pkt. 5c 
21 LITHOSPERMUM 
The Lithospermums are attractive rock garden or hardy 
border perennials, mostly of long blooming season. Rather 
easy culture, ‘kt’, usually blooming first season if sown 
early. PURPUREO-COERULEUM—Mats of arching stems, 
set with sapphire-blue flowers. 6 seeds for 20e. ANGUSTI- 
FOLIUM—Two kinds of blossoms: always, big orange ones in 
spring, little sulphur ones: in summer. 10 inches. Pkt. 15c. 
DISTICHUM—Grown for the profuse ornamental seeds. 
Showers of white pearls that remain all’ winter. 25 inches. 
Pkt. 15c. GRAMINIFOLIUM — (Moltkia suffruticosa). 
Flowers like sprays of sky blue bugles. 9 inches. A lovely 
thing. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 104A1—One pkt. each of the four for 55c. 
21 LITHOSPERMUM CANESCENS—Silky; silvery foliage, 
great sheafs of bright orange blossoms for months. Showy. 
Plants only, each 30c; 3 for 85c. Please note that the plants 
will have little top, and the roots will be like two or three 
pieces of brittle twig. That’s their nature; we can’t change 
it. Just plant them with care, have patience and faith, 
and the plants will’ themselves reward you in due course. 

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21 LIRIOPE SPICATA—ergkt(2-5)10. Lily Turf. Attrac- 
tive fountains of narrow, arching, ribbon-leaves. The flowers 
are spikes of pretty blue stars. Then come berries, pale 
pearls at first, becoming violet, then a polished black, and 
so remaining over winter. In decorative effect winter or 
summer. Recommended for terraces, walk-corners, beneath 
trees, or for urn plantings. Clumps spread by short stolons, 
until a space is filled with a deep-springy leafiness that may 
serve in place of turf. Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 30c; 1 oz. $1.00. 
(Plants, each 25c; 3 for 65c; 10 for $1.90.) Formerly known 
as Liriope graminifolia. Illustrated page 28. 
35 LITTONIA MODESTA KEITI—w70. Much like Glori- 
osa, save that the flowers are big orange bells. See Gloriosa 
for culture. 7 seeds for 25e. 
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