

__ LEPACHYS MAROON 
Silk-sheened columns of flower-heads, 
_ successively with tiny blossoms, and guarded 
at base by wide petal rays of richest maroon, 
_ gold-edged. Multitudes of flowers. 36 inches, 
- first, soon become sapphire, finally peacock blue. 
AND GOLD 
A decidedly attractive, and odd, plant. 
set 
“x” culture, botanically Lepachys Columni- 
fera pulcherrima. Jilustrated page 52. Pkt. 
15c; 1/16 oz. 30c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 
70c; 10 for $2.00.) 
LIATRIS or BLAZING STAR 
LIATRIS ELEGANS—ecrby(3)28. An infor- 
mally graceful, highly distinct, and delight- 
fully pretty species. Purest lavender. Many 
flower-filled stems, each individual floret 
large and starry, with long curved stamens. 
Pkt. 10c; %& oz. 25c; % oz. 40c. (Plants, 
each 25c; 3 for 70c.) 
LIATRIS SCARIOSA AVALON VARIETY 
— cby(4)50. Magnificent  late-flowering 
strain. Blazing feathered torches, color im- 
pact in sheer overwhelming brilliance. The 
great tassel-blossoms pulsate in violet flame. 
Plants in architectural step-back effect. 
Illustrated thts page. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c; 
Y% oz. 50c; 1 oz. $1.75. (Plants, each 20c; 3 for 55c; 10 
for $1.50.) ; 
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, it comes practically true from seed, and it 
cuts well. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. (Plants, each 25c; 
3 for 70c.) 
LIATRIS HYBRIDA GRAND DUBOIS—cby(3)72. Great 
pillars 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 the 
others. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 30c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c; 
10 for $2.00.) 
OTHER LIATRIS SPECIES—Priced per pkt. Ligulistylis 
(earliest) 20c; Graminifolia dubia 15¢ (plants ~20c each) ; 
Punctata 10c, % oz. 35c; Acedota 10c; Pyncnostachya alba 
15ce, 3 pkts. for 40c; Spicata 10c, % oz. 30c, %4 oz. 50c 
(plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c.) OFFER 124A52—One pkt. 
each of the 10 for $1.00. 
LIATRIS BLEND—Fine mixture; includes all above. Pkt. 
10c; % oz. 25c; % oz. 40c. 
The direction of living is forward. To hold savor, 
experience past can be repeated only in memory. 
THE PLEASANT LINARIAS—*ex. Exquisite blossoms like 
fairy snapdragons. ALPINA HYBRIDS—5 inches. Varied 
color-jewels, rich, glowing. Pkt. 20c. SUPINA-—-8 inches. 
Mostly chestnut, marked brown and violet. Pkt. 15c. 
PURPUREA—25 inches. Close-set branchings in royal 
purple. Pkt. 15e. VARIETY CANON WENT—Like last 
in purest pink. Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 40c. (Plants, each 35c.) 
MACEDONICA SPECIOSA—35 inches. Big “snapdragons,” 
(fairies adult), in cream to gold, orange-marked. Pkt. 10c. 
LINDELOFFIA SPECTABILIS 
A noble perennial from hills of Kashmir. Bud-set crosiers 
unroll to wide graceful sprays of blossoms that, rosy at 
: rbmkt (2) 
0. 
Pkt. 20c. (Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10.) 
LITHOSPERMUM 
Attractive rock garden border perennials of rather easy 
handling and long season of bloom. ‘kt’? culture. ANGUS- 
TIFOLIUM—Big orange blossoms, followed by little yel- 
low ones. Pkt. 15ec. PURPUREO-COERULEUM—Sapphire 
blue, stems tangled, arching. Pkt. 20c. CANESCENS— 
Brilliant orange blossoms for months. Showy. Plants only, 
each 30c; 3 for 85c. Roots naturally few and brittle. DIS- 
TICHUM—Ornamental seeds, showers of white pearls remain 
all winter. Pkt. 15c. GRAMINIFOLIUM—(Moltkia suf- 
fruticosa. Sprays of sky blue bugles. Pkt. lbc. 

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LOTUS DOUBLE GOLDEN — Wide fine- 
LIATRIS foliage carpets, from which rise in June 
SCARIOSA mahogany buds on four inch stems. Then 
come clusters of golden flowers like smaller, 
intensely doubled Sweet Pea blooms. Rock 
garden, terraces, ground cover or grass 
substitute. Plants only, each 25c; 3 for 
70c; 10 for $2.00. 
LINUM or FLAXFLOWER 
They persist long, yet bloom freely the 
first season. 
LINUM COLLINUM LOREYI—“*erx(8)10. 
Arching, graceful, half-decumbent plants 
that bear particularly large flowers. The 
blossoms are satiny, showing indigo stria- 
tions over a lilac ground, and they are car- 
ried in loose open sprays all summer long. 
Pkt. 15¢c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
LINUM FLAVUM—“erbx(8)16. Brilliantly 
showy. Loose wide clusters of upfacing 
glistening flowers in richest of golden yel- 
lows. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c. (Plants, each 
30c; 3 for 85c.) 
LINUM AUSTRIACUM—*ebx(2)20. Robust, 
arching plants, loaded with big flowers of 
Gentian blue. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. (Plants, 
each 25c.) 
LINUM MONOGYNUM—rbk (2-3)10. Noble white flowers all 
summer. A New Zealand rarity. Pkt. 20c. 
LINUM PERENNE BLUE—*ebx(2)25. Massed silken flow- 
ers in vivid blue. Hardy; easy. Pkt. 5c; %4 oz. 20c. 
(Plants, each 20c; 8 for 50c; 10 for $1.50.) 
OFFER 125A52—One pkt. each of the 5 for 55c. 
OTHER GOOD LINUMS—Priced per pkt. Capitatum 15c; 
Hologynum 25c; Lewisi 15c; Narbonnense 10c; Perenne 
White 10c; Salsoloides 30c. 
THE HARDY LOBELIAS 
Easy color brilliance here. Seed germinates quickly ; 
plants sometimes bloom first year. ‘x’ culture. CAR- 
DINALIS—Red Birds. Five-foot spikes of brilliant red. 
Pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 40c; %4 oz. 75c. SIPHILITICA—Blue Birds. 
40 inches. Blossoms of royal indigo in crowded spikes. 
Pkt. 10c; %& oz. 40c; %4 oz. 75c; SIPHILITICA ALBA— 
Saved from pure white forms, but may show some blue 
seedlings. Pkt. 20c. 
LYCHNIS FOR BRILLIANCE 
Here is bright and easy color that will glorify any mixed 
hardy border, or, with the lower sorts, the rock garden. 
“x” eulture. ALPINA—8 inches. Delight in the rock 
garden. Dense and heavy trusses of pure white or soft 
pink. Pkt. 15c; 1/64 oz. 35c. (Plants, each 30c.) CARMANICA 
—Showy rose, 10c. CHALCEDONICA—Red Maltese 
Cross. Pkt. 10c. CHALCEDONICA ALBA—White. Pkt. 
10c. CHALCEDONICA SALMONEA—Varied salmon pinks. 
Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 20c. (Plants, each 30c.) CORONARIA 
CRIMSON—Foliage silvery. Agrostemma, or Mullein Pink. 
Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 20c; 1 oz 170c. (Plants, each 2ic.) 
CORONARIA WHITE—White with rosy center. Pkt. 10c. 
DIOICA LIGHT—20 inches, free, good. White to pink. 
Pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 20c. DIOICA DARK-—Silvery rose to rosy 
red. Showy. Long in bloom. Dawn Campion. Pkt. 10c; 
1% oz 20c; % oz. 35c. FLOS-JOVIS—Flowers carmine. 
Foliage woolly. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
FORRESTI HYBRIDS—White, to rose and purple. Pkt. 
10e; 1/16 oz. 20ec. PRESLI MIXED—Sheafs of rose or 
white. Showy. Bolivia. Pkt. 15c; 1/s2 oz. 25c. (Plants, 
each 25c; 3 for 70c.) PRESLI PURE WHITE. Pkt. 15c. 
VISCARIA ATROPURPUREA—Deep purple. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 
oz. 25ec. VISCARIA MAY ROSE—Pink. ‘Pkt. 10c. VIS- 
CARIA WHITE—Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 25e. WALKERI—Foli- 
age silvery. Flowers brilliant carmine red. Showy. Pkt. 
10c; 1% oz. 25e; % oz. 40c. YUNNANENSE—Intense ani- 
line pink. Pkt. 10c. SARTORI—Brilliant magents. Pkt. 
10ec. OFFER 130A52—One pkt. each of the 19 for $2.85. 
LYCHNIS HARDY BLEND—tThe above, with others, in one 
showy mixture. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 20c; 1 oz. 35c. 
LYCHNIS VISCARIA DOUBLE—18 inches. 
showy. Heavy spikes of rich bright rose. 
unusual in effect. Plants only, each 30c. 
Exceedingly 
Cuts well. Quite 
