HOUSTONIA COERULEA — ernatx(1-3)6. Innocence or 
Bluet. Exquisite little blue stars, myriads of them on slen- 
der airy stems above close foliage. Delightful always, never 
more so than when it reflects April sky, spread in great 
azure drifts. J/lustrated page 60. Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 30c; 1/16 
oz. 50c; % oz. 85ce. 
HYPERICUM 
For long spreads of living gold, go to Hypericum. 
HYPERICUM OLYMPICUM—erx(3)12. Sprays of sparkling 
sun-gold, brilliant over wide, 
15c; 1/r8 oz. 40c. (Plants, each 30c; 3 for 85c.) 
HYPERICUM LANUGINOSUM — erstx(2-4)20. Delightful 
in flower and in frosted foliage effects. For’a full three 
months there are blossoms of pure butter-yellow, fluffily 
tasselled, carried in an enormous profusion. From the Syrian 
Musa Dagh. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c; %& oz. 55ce. 
HYPERICUM RUMELICUM—erbx (8-4) 18. Many 
branches. Soft yellow flowers in terminal cymes. 
Pkt. 15c; 1/s2 oz. 25c. (Plants, each 30c; 3 for 85c.) 
HYPERICUM POLYPHYLLUM — erltx(2-3)6. | Varnished 
mahogany buds that open to blossom-salvers of polished 
leafy 
Good. 
golden richness, tasselled always. Mat-imbrications of 
silver-verging leafage. Pkt. 15c; 4/16 oz. 40c. (Plants, 
each 30c.) 
OTHER FINE HYPERICUMS—FEvery one of these is good, 
Australe, pkt. 
every one in different effect from the rest. 
15c, 1/16 oz. 40c ; Coris, pkt. 20c; Densiflorum, 
pkt. 15¢c; Galioides, pkt. 15c; Kotschyanum 
15c; Maculatum, pkt. 10c, 1/16 oz. 25c; 
Mitchellianum, pkt. 15c; Patulum MHenryi 
15c; Patulum Forresti, pkt. 15c, 14/16 oz. 
40c; Prolificum 15¢c; Pulchrum 20c; Rep- 
tans 15¢c; Rhodopeum 15c; Scouleri 15c; 
Tomentosum 15c, (plants, each 30c, 3 for 
85c); Virginicum 15c; Gebleri 15c. 
OFFER 121A52—One pkt. each for $2.75. 
HYPERICUM PEERLESS BLEND—Splendid 
mixture. Includes all here. Pkt. 15¢c; 1/16 
oz. 80c; % oz. 55c; %4 oz. $1.00. 
PERENNIALS in “I”? and “J’?—Condensed 
listing. Priced per pkt. Iberis gibraltarica 
10c; Ibervillea Lindheimeri (hardy, yellow- 
flowered vine, bright red fruits) 15c; In- | 
carvillea Olgae (yard-height handsome pink 
flowers) 20c; Inulas grandiflora 15c; Japon- 
‘ica 15c; racemosa 15c, salicina (Golden .} 
Harvest-daisy, 20 inches, good), 15c, 1/16 oz. 
30c, (plants, each 25c, 3 for 70c) ; Ionactis 
linariifolius 15c; Isatis alpina 10c, praecox “} 
10c, tinctoria 10c, ™%4 oz. 25¢c; Isopyrum 
biternatum 15c; Jasione Jankae 15c; Jeffer- - 
sonia diphylla 10c; Jurineas alata 10c; mollis . 
15c, transylvanica 10c; Isatis glauca (42 © 
inches, “‘blue” foliage, yellow flowers)’ 10c, © 
YY, oz. 25c. 
IBERIS SEMPERVIRENS—erx(2)10. Snow- | - 
flakes, great snowflakes, loosely heaped, virgin-pure, that is 
the long spring effect of Iberis sempervirens; the sort of 
snowflake that settles to earth so softly, reluctantly, in a 
still twilight of early winter. Spring dusks, with Iberis 
banks to give back the dimming light, may yield us like 
peace and pleasure. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 25c. . (Plants, each 
30c; 3 for 85c.) 
INULA ENSIFOLIA—rk(8)8. Excellent habit, low and 
narrow. In bloom for months, large flowers of sunlight 
yellow, cushion-centered, but with long petal-rays. Pkt. 
15e. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.10.) 
INULA HELENIUM MAGNIFICENT—ebk (3) 75. Every 
flower on the branching, man-high plants is’ a long-rayed 
golden sun, blossoms up to four inches across,: little chestnut- 
toned disc-centers from which radiate the’ long, slender 
petals. Spectacular. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c. 
JASIONE PERENNIS—ercbx(2-3)15. An almost unbeliev- 
able profusion of rather large blossoms of fluffy sky blue, 
that seem to be Scabiosas, but each is really built of a 
multitude of tiny blue-bells, packed so closely as to give 
effect of flower-heads. A Companula-cousin. (Illustrated 
page 52. Pkt. 15c; 4/s2 oz. 80c. (Plants, each 30c.) 
PERENNIALS in “K” and ‘L”—Seeds in these condensed 
listings are just as fresh as the others, latest crop, the 
species and varieties just as worthy of your gardens as 
those we describe fully. Trouble is that catalog won’t 
stretch to let us tell you about all of them. Priced per 
pkt. Knautias ambigua 10c, lyrophylla 25c, macedonica 
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(rose-carmine) 15c; Kitaibelia vitifolia (84 inches, leafy 
pillars, white cup-flowers) 10c, %4 oz. 35c, (plants, each 35c) ; 
Kosteletzkya virginica (60 inches, purest pink, attractive): 
10c, 1/16 0z. 20c, (plants, each 25c) ; Koellia (Pycnanthemum) 
flexuosa 10c; Koellia virginica (silvery-roseate heads, nar- 
row canescent foliage) 10c, 1/16 oz. 385c; Koellia plants, 
either species, each 25c, 3 for 70c; Lallemantia canescens. 
10c; Lathyrus maritimus (sprays of purple flowers) 10c, 
¥% oz. 30c; Lathyrus splendens 15c; Lavendula pinnata 
(the Canary Island Lavender) 20c; Lavendula vera (true 
Lavender) 15c; Leontopodium alpinum (true Edelweiss) 
15c; Leonurus pseudamacrantha 10c, % oz. 20c; Lespedeza. 
Thunbergi 10c, 4% oz. 35¢c; Lesquerella alpina 15c; Limonium 
Gmelini 10c, % oz. 30c; Limonium dumosa 10c, % oz. 30c 
Linaria cymbalaria 10c; Linaria genistifolia 10c; Linaria. 
repens 15c;. Lindelofia sp. (brown-purple) 15c; Linnea 
borealis 20c; Lobelia splendens 15c; Lotus corniculatus 15c ; 
Lotus tenuis 20c; Lysichiton camtschatcensis 20c ; Lysimachia. 
Fortunei (white) 20c; Lysimachia Nummularia (yellow- 
flowered ground-cover) plants, 3 for 40c, 10 for $1.00, 25 
for $2.25; lLysimachia terrestris, (yellow dwarf), plants. 
only, 3 for 40c, 10 for $1.00; Lysimachia sp., plants only, 
each 25c; Lysimachia vulgaris (called Golden Phlox. Ex- 
ceedingly showy) 10c, 1/16 oz. 25¢e, (plants, each 25c, 3 for 
70c); Lythrum salicaria Mixed (showy, rose to purple 
spikes), pkt. 10c, % oz. 30c; Lagerstroemia indica (Crepe 
Myrtle) 15c, %& oz. 30c; Lespedezia repens (excellent purple- 
flowered trailer) 10c, 1% oz. 40c; Lavatera cachemiriana (48 
inches, three months of pure pink) 15c, 1/16 oz. 30c; Lavatera 
thuringacea (deeper pink, petals retuse) 15c; Lactuca tener- 
rima (10 inches, no prettier blue-flowered low perennial) 
15c, (plants, each 30c.) 
KNAUTIA DRYMEIA — *ebx(2-4)40. Big 
fluffy flowers in reminder of Scabiosa, but 
in color range beyond that of any hardy 
Scabiosa, lilac to violet. Bloom in con- 
stant succession for months, first year, sown 
early. Pkt. 15¢; 1/16 oz. 30c. 
LAWN CHAMOMILE — See Anthemis no- 
bilis, page 42, for story of, and prices on, 
this splendid grass substitute. 
LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS MIXED—eck (2-8) 
96. An excellent winter-hardy herbaceous 
vine, sometimes called Perennial Sweet Pea. 
Big clusters of showy flowers in purest 
white, and in many tints and shades, from 
pink to rosy red; sometimes parti-colored. 
Pkt..10c; % oz. 20c; 1 oz. 70c. 
LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS WHITE PEARL. 
Snowy white. Unexcelled for cutting. Pkt. 
10c; 4 oz. 30c. 
THE LEWISIAS 
They are, we think, 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. 
LEWISIA BRACHYCALYX—ry(1)4. Earli- 
Blossoms of daintiest lavender-tinged white 
est of Lewisias. 
Pkt. 20c. (Roots, fall 
hide the plants for many weeks. 
only, 20c; 8 for 50c; 10 for $1.50.) 
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. (Plants, 
each 40c; 3 for $1.10.) 
LEWISIA FINCHI—ry(2)8. 
to pink blossoms, each petal with rose stripe. 
bloom. A plant in full flower is a very lovely thing. 
20c; 4/16 oz. $1.00. (Plants, each 35c; 3 for $1.00.) 
LEWISIA HOWELLI—ry(2)8. Flowers that range from 
pure pink to exquisite apricot rose, above beautifully crisped 
rosettes. Pkt. 20c. 
LEWISIA REDIVIVA—ry(2)8. Great feathery flower-cups 
of delicate pearly pink. A very beautiful species, with per- 
haps the largest blossoms of all. Illustrated this page. Pkt. 
20c; 4/16 oz. 75e; % oz. $1.85. (Live, growing plants for 
delivery April-June, 3 for 50c; 7 for $1.00.) 
OTHER LEWISIAS—Priced per pkt. Bernardina 20c; 
Longifolia 20c; Mariana (gold-suffused rose, everblooming 
tendencies, name horticultural) 20c. 
OFFER 123A52—One pkt. each of above for $1.50. 
LEWISIA BLEND—The above, with others. Not difficult if 
given “y’’ culture. Pkt. 15c; 4/16 oz. 90c. 
Buds of bright orange open 
Long in 
Pkt. 
