21 FIVE HARDY LOBELIAS * 
The perennial Lobelias add color brilliance to the hardy 
border. Seed germinates easily, and the plants will sometimes 
even flower first year. While the Lobelias will do well in 
the open garden, they like ample moisture. ‘x’ culture. 
CARDINALIS—Red Birds. Five-foot spikes of most brilliant 
cardinal red. Shade tolerant, if not too dry. Pkt. 10c; % 
oz. 40c; 4% oz. 75c. DAVIDI—Central China. 50 inches. In 
color and height intermediate between Cardinalis and Siphi- 
litica. Rosy violet, large flowers. Pkt. 15c. SIPHILITICA— 
Blue Birds. 40 inches. Blossoms of royal indigo in dense, 
crowded spikes. Pkt. 10c; \% oz. 40c; 4% oz. 75c. SIPHI- 
LITICA ALBA—Saved from pure white form, but some 
seedlings are likely to be blue. Pkt. 15¢c. SPLENDENS— 
40 inches. Rich deep red. Slender and graceful. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 105A1—One pkt. each of the five for 55c. 
*“LOBELIA ANNUAL 
Everblooming annuals of easy handling, valued for beds, 
porch boxes, hanging baskets, edgings. 
*LOBELIA TENUIOR—ex(w)(8)15. Erect, massed with 
lovely blossoms of blue aquamarine. Pkt. 10c; 1/1g oz. 380c. 
*LOBELIA BLUE STONE—ex(w) (8)4. Clearest blue man- 
tles of large, unmarked flowers. Compact low mounds. 
Pkt. 15c; 1/1g oz. 35c. 
*LOBELIA SAPPHIRE — ex(w)(8). Exquisite sapphire 
flowers, each with white eye. Delightful trailer, suited to 
baskets, pots or window boxes. Pkt. 10c; 4/16 oz. 30c. 

Understanding comes in the garden. 

*LONAS INODORA—See Ageratum. 
*LOPEZIA CORONATA—cebk (2-4)30. A gay newer annual 
from down Mexico way. Flowers like little fluttering butter- 
flies, if butterflies there be of this encarmined rose-brilliance. 
All summer long the blossom-butterflies climb the ever- 
lengthening stems, until at last they reach October freezes. 
The flowers are carried in a placement that suggests open, 
but intricately jeweled coronets. Pkt. 15¢c; 1/32. oz. 25c. 
*“LUPINUS ANNUAL 
Sow Lupinus seed fairly early while soil is still cool. 
Lupinus can be a very showy annual. NANUS—10 inches. 
Blue, marked white, but varies. Extra good. Easy. Pkt. 
5ec; 4% oz. 20c. SUBCARNOSUS—Silky leaves, big blue blos- 
soms. Texas Bluebonnet. Pkt. 5¢ HARTWEGII MIXED— 
24 inches. Long, graceful spikes of showy flowers, rose, 
white and blue in blend. Pkt. 5¢; %4 oz. 20ec. TRUNCATUS 
—16 inches. Blood-red blossoms that age to purple. Plants 
like miniature trees. Pkt. 10c. PUSILLUS—9 inches. 
Pretty little dwarf with pale rose flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
OFFER 106A1—One pkt. each of the five for 30c. 
21 LUPINUS PERENNIAL 
Lupinus will give a splendid show in border or rock gar- 
den. It is suggested that seeds be sown where plants are to 
stand. “kt? culture. ARBOREUS—60 inches. Loose ra- 
cemes of fragrant yellow flowers. Needs some protection 
north. Pkt. 5¢ DIFFUSUS—16 inches. Brilliant blue flow- 
ers. Foliage silky, downy. A beauty. Pkt. 15e. LYALLI— 
6 inches. Loveliest of rock garden miniatures. Silvered 
foliage, dense little spikes of vivid blue flowers. Pkt. 25c. 
PERENNIS—20 inches. Loose spikes of showy rich blue, or 
rarely rose or white. Acid soils. Pkt. 15e. RIVULARIS— 
50 inches. Moisture-loving. Long spikes. Flowers usually 
lavender to red-violet, but sometimes pure pink. Pkt. 10c. 
ORNATUS—14 inches. Our favorite. Handsome silver-glint- 
ing foliage. Heavy spikes of blue and white flowers. Pkt. 
15e. WVILLOSUS—14 inches. Radiating prostrate branches 
that end in erect massive spikes of blossoms that range from 
lilac, through indigo, to rosy violet. Odd foliage, covered 
with long silky silver-shag. Called Lady-lupine. Pkt. 10c. 
OFFER 107A1—One pkt. each of above for 80c. 
21 LUPINUS PEERLESS PASTELS — ecbk(3)36. This 
blend contains the more delicate colorings; creamy pink, 
salmon, orange, chocolate, primrose, soft lavender and the 
like. Long spikes of large, stem-hiding blossoms. We be- 
lieve no other strain surpasses this in size, quality of spike, 
or color range. Pkt. 15¢; % oz. 40c. (Plants, each 30c.) 
21 LOTUS DOUBLE GOLDEN—Wide fine-foliage carpets, 
from which rise in June mahogany buds on four inch stems. 
Then come clusters of golden flowers like smaller, intensely 
doubled sweetpea blossoms. This is a non-seeding double- 
flowered form of Lotus corniculatus. Recommended for 
rock gardens, banks, terraces, covers, even as a turf, or 
grass-substitute. Hardy and long-lived. 
8 for 65c; 10 for $1.90. 
25 LOTUS MASCAENSIS—w. An unusual Canary Island 
Lotus that makes a splendid pot plant. Silvery foliage. 
Clusters of shining, rich yellow flowers, carried long and 
freely. 10 seeds for 20c; 50 seeds 75c. 
21 LUETKEA PECTINATA—rmstkt(2-3)7.. It makes moss- 
like foliage carpets, set with little Spirea-sprays of pale 
creamy yellow. A rare and pretty alpine. Pkt. 20c. 
31 LYCORIS SQUAMIGERA—Called Amaryllis Halli or 
Magic Lily. Illustrated page 6. Opalescent pink-blue trum- 
pet clusters in August. Fully winter-hardy. Bulbs only, 
September delivery, each 75c; 3 for $2.00. 
21 LYCHNIS FOR BRILLIANCE 
Here is bright, and easy, color that will glorify any mixed 
hardy border, or with L. alpina, the rock garden. They are | 
graceful in form, many of them attractive also in their 
Eoaee: Try them for sure and long garden pleasure. ‘‘x’” 
culture 
ALPINA—8 inches. Delight in the rock garden. 
Dense heavy little trusses of soft pink or pure white blos- — 
soms. Mixed. Pkt. 15ec. CARMANICA—80 inches. Showy 
deep rose. Pkt. 10c. CHALCEDONICA SALMONEA—30: 
inches. Clear salmon pink, light to dark. Pkt. 10e; 1 oz. 
20c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c.) CORONARIA CRIM- 
SON—25 inches. Agrostemma or Mullein Pink. Rich flow- 
ers, attractive silvery-downy foliage. Pkt. 5c; 4% oz. 20c; 
1 oz. 70c. (Plants, each 20c; 3 for 70c.) CORONARIA 
WHITE—Like last but flowers pure white, or white with 
rosy eye. Pkt. 5e. DIOICA—20 inches. 
rosy red. Bushy; free-blooming. ‘Two months of heavy 
flowering, starting in April, then two more months of scat- 
tered blossoming. Called Dawn Campion. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 
20e. FLOS-JOVIS—20 inches. Carmine blossoms, woolly 
stems. Pkt. 10c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c.) FORRESTI 
HYBRIDS—18 inches. Compact. Profuse flowerings, white, 
rose, or purple. Mixed. Pkt. 10c; 1/1g oz. 20c. PRESLI— 
25 inches. Great spectacular sheafs of bloom. Snowy 
white, or_rose with paler center. From high, cold Bolivian 
plains. Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 25c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 
70c.) PRESLI WHITE—Seeds saved from segregated plants 
with pure white flowers. Pkt. 15e. VISCARIA ATROPUR- 
PUREA—16 inches. Rich dark purple. Heavy spikes. Pkt. 
5e; Vie oz 25c. VISCARIA MAY ROSE—More open in 
habit than last. Flowers of bright pink. Pretty. Pkt. 10c. 
YUNNANENSE—20 inches. Most intense, far-showing ani- 
line pink. Pkt. 5e. SARTORI—16 inches. Sheafs of bril- 
liant, clear, clean magenta can be good. This is. Pkt. 10c. 
OFFER 108A1—One pkt. each of above for $1.00. 
21 LYCHNIS HARDY BLEND—The above, with others, in 
one showy mixture. Pkt. 10c; 1/i1g oz. 20c; % oz. 35c. 
21 LYCHNIS VISCARIA DOUBLE—18 inches. Exceedingly 
showy. Heavy spikes of rich bright rose. Cuts well. Quite 
unusual in effect. Plants only, each 30c. 

All colors are good, rightly used, but position them 
discreetly, each friendly to its neighbor, none where 
it offers battle to others. For seasoning use red. 
It’s the salt of the garden. Don’t be afraid of it, yet 
do not flaunt it about too greatly. 

21 LYSICHTUM CAMTSCHATCENSIS—may(1)16. Great 
hooded Calla-like blooms of rich creaminess in earliest 
spring. <A rarity for the bog garden. Pkt. 25c. 
21 LYSIMACHIA ATROPURPUREA — ebx(2)30. 
deep purple when young, becoming green. The leafy stems 
end in great lush club-spikes of rich golden yellow. Easy, 
showy. Pkt. 15c. 
21 LYSIMACHIA NUMMULARIA—Creeping Jenny. Pretty 
carpeting or ground cover plant. Bright yellow flowers. 
Plants only, 3 for 40c; 10 for $1.00; 25 for $2.25. 
21 LYTHRUM SALICARIA — ecmbx(3-4)60. The “Long 
Purples” of Shakespeare. 
ple all summer. Good. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30ce. 
MAGNOLIA—Offered in Treasure Chest. Ask for that. 
21 MAIANTHEMUM BIFOLIUM — erstaty(1)7. 
flower sprays, then translucent red berries. Shade carpeter 
or rock garden. Good foliage mats. Pkt. 10c; 1/1— oz. 20c. | 
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