Kudzu Vine (Jack and the Bean Stalk) 
A hardy climber that will grow 10 feet 
the first year from seed, the next year 
60 feet a season. Tops from young 
vines may not live through the winter 
here in the Northwest, but as roots get 
older, tops are more likely to survive. 
Has Wistaria-like purple blossoms in 
August. Pueraria, Thunbergiana. No 
seed—crop failure in 1942. 
Lathyrus (Hardy Sweet Pea) 
Showy, free flowering, hardy perennial 
climber, valuable for covering old 
stumps, fences, etc. continually in 
bloom. Good for cut flowers. They re- 
quire a rich deep soil. Grows 5 to 7 
feet tall. Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Lavendula Vera (True Lavender) 
Delightfully fragrant flowers July and 
August. Used dry for their lasting 
perfume. Plants grow 12 to 18 inches 
high. Pkt. 15c. 
Lilium Regale (Regal Lily) 
One of the most beautiful of all known 
lilies. Flowers are delightfully per- 
fumed, of white, slightly suffused with 
pink. Blooms in July. Bulblets from 
spring planted seeds should be lifted 
and planted deeper in the fall. These 
bulblets will flower the following sum- 
mer. Height, about 3 feet. Pkt. 10c. 
Lilium Tenuifolium (Coral Lily) 
This is only 24 inches high and one of 
the earliest to bloom. Flowers are deep 
scarlet and have recurled petals of 
waxy texture. Pkt. 10c. 
Linum (Flax) 
A pretty plant for the border, with 
light graceful foliage, bearing delicate 
flowers through the entire summer. 
Perenne, dainty sky-blue flowers on 
graceful arching stems. Grows 30 inch- 
es high. Pkt. 10c. 
Lobelia 
Grow 2 to 4 feet in height, bearing 
long spikes of brilliant flowers from 
July to September. 
Cardinalis, (Cardinal Flower) 
flaming 
scarlet. Pkt. 15c. 
Lunaria (Honesty or Satin Flower) 
A curious biennial chiefly grown for its 
shiny silvery seed pods, which make 
a useful winter decoration, arranged 
with flowers in baskets and bouquets. 
Grow 18 to 24 inches high. Pkt. 10c. 
Lupine 
Forms dense 
bushes 3 to 4 
feet high, of ele- 
gant spikes com- 
pletely clothed 
to the ground 
with white, rose 
and blue frag- 
rant flowers 
from June_ to 
September, Lup- 
ines are of the 
hardiest peren- 
nial plants 
grown, and will 
thrive in the 
poorest _. soil. 
Mixed colors. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Lupines should 
be inoculated 
with Nitragin. 
New garden size, 
10c. 
Russell Lupines. 
This strain of 
Lupines_ has 
enormous flower 
spikes 3 feet 
long, closely set 
with individual 
flowers. Extra- 
ordinary range : 
of colors. Plants 3% to 4 feet high. 
Russell re-selected seed in grower’s 
original packets with complete cul- 
tural directions. Pkt. 25 seeds, 30c. 
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Russell Lupines. 
Lychnis 
Handsome hardy perennial with bril- 
liant colored flowers. Excellent for 
borders; blooms first year if sown 
early. 
Chaleedonica (Maltese Cross). Flowers 
fiery red in clusters, each blossom 
forming a Maltese cross. Blooms June 
tol ‘August, Plants)3 ft. brehy (Pktt \L0e: 
Monarda (Bee Balm) 
Hardy plants of free growth, about 2 
feet high with aromatic foliage, bril- 
liant scarlet flowers in July and Au- 
gust. Didyma. Pkt. 15c. 
Myosotis (Forget-Me-Not) 
These dainty little flowers love cool 
moist soils, and bloom freely in spring 
and fall. They make beautiful close 
borders or edgings. They flower the 
first season from early spring-planted 
seed, or seed may be sown in late sum- 
mer or early fall. Grow 8 to 12 inches 
high. 
Alpestris. The Alpestris Myosotis while 
a perennial needs winter protection. 
Is mostly treated as an annual; bright 
blue. Plants 8 inches high. Pkt. 10c. 
Palustris, (Hardy Forget-me-not.) 
Dwarf blue plants that bloom from 
early spring until fall. Fine for rock 
gardens or edgings. 10 inches. Pkt. 15c. 

Nepeta 
An excellent perennial plant for the 
rock garden, or anywhere. Very com- 
pact, producing during July and Au- 
gust masses of beautiful flowers. Ma- 
erantha. Violet, 2 feet high. Pkt. 10c. 
Oenothera (Evening Primrose) 
Are elegant plants for growing in an 
exposed sunny position, either in the 
border or rockery. Grow 10 to 12 
inches high and bear from June until 
August, large flowers, often 5 inches 
in diameter. 
Missouriensis (macrocarpa), 
flowers. Pkt. 10c. 
Yellow 
Passiflora (Passion Flower) 
Highly interesting herbs and shrubs, 
mostly climbers that legend and super- 
stition have attached to these plants 
from the first. The flower was thought 
to represent the ten apostles present 
at the Crucifixion. A beautiful vine for 
the greenhouse or window. Plant in a 
sunny place outdoors in summer. Mix- 
ed. Pkt. 10c. 
Pentstemon (Bearded Tongue) 
The plants are pyramidal, 2 to 3 feet 
high, with erect branches thickly set 
with flowers 1% inches long, varying 
in all shades from rosy-white to purple 
with white or veined throats. Bloom 
the first season from spring-sown séed. 
Flower from July until frost. 
Sensation Improved. Colors vary from 
pink to scarlet and maroon, beautifully 
Cl and veined with other colors. 
Pkt. 10c, 
Phlox (Hardy Phlox) 
These beautiful hardy border plants 
are among the most effective subjects 
in the garden during late summer and 
early fall. Phlox require a soil that is 
deeply enriched and plenty of water 
during the blooming period. Divide 
plants every four years. We are offer- 
ing a most select strain of seed. 
Decussata. Seed slow and erratic in 
germinating and the seedlings may not 
appear for a year. Grow 2 to 3 feet 
high. Finest mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Physalis Franchetti (Chinese Lantern) 
The flower of this plant turns to a 
bright red giving it the appearance of 
a Chinese lantern. The stems should 
then be cut for drying, and unlike other 
Everlastings, should be hung up in an 
upright position to allow the lanterns 
to hang in their natural position. Grow 
15 to 24 inches high. Pkt. 10c. 
Physostegia 
These handsome plants flower from 
July until frost, growing 3 to 4 feet 
high and bear broad, dense spikes of 
delicate pink tubular flowers not un- 
like a giant Heather. One of the most 
beautiful of our mid-summer flowering 
perennials. Virginica. Pkt. 10c. 
(Bell-Flower) 
Platycodon 
A member of the 
Campanula family, 
with handsome, 
branching spikes 
1 to 2 feet high. 
Platycodon is con- 
sidered by many 
the best bell flow- 
er. They bear 
these large, showy 
deep-blue flowers 
continuously from 
July until frost. 
Plant grows 12 to 
24 inches high. 
Grandiflorum. Tall 
deep blue, 18 to 24 
inches. Pkt. 10c. 

Platycodon 
Poppy, Iceland 
Similar to the annual Shirley Poppy 
but in addition to the white, red and 
pink shades of the latter, the Iceland 
Poppy is often a fine yellow or orange 
color. Plants grow 12 to 15 inches 
high. Will flower entire season if seed 
pods are kept picked. Pick when in 
bud for cut flowers. Bloom the first 
season from spring-planted seed. 
Gartford Giant Art Shades. (New.) 
This new strain with exceptionally 
fine, large flowers, beautifully fluted 
and soft textured, carried on extreme- 
ly long, heavy stems up to 30 inches 
in length, comes in a range of pastel 
shades. A magnificent addition to the 
flower garden. Mixed colors. Pkt. 15c. 
Yellow Won- 
der. One of 
the outstand- 
ing introduc- 
tions of recent 
years, special] 
mention in the 
1937 All-Amer- 
ica winners 
The stems are 
unusually long 
and wiry, 24 
inches or long- 
er, and flowers 
will Keep as 
long as 10 days 
when cut. 
are 

Flowers Iceland Poppy 
very large, Emperor 
bright butter- 
cup yellow. Pkt. 10c. 
The Emperor. 20 inches. The very finest 
orange Iceland Poppy ever produced. 
The large flowers are a deep tangerine 
orange. Blooms freely first year if 
sown early. Pkt. 10e. 
The Empress. 20 inches. A remarkable 
giant poppy, excellent for cutting. 
Color is a lovely shade of salmon rose 
and pink. Pkt. 10c. 
Sunbeam Finest Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Sanford’s Giants, vigorous growers, 
long stems, beautiful colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Poppy, Oriental 
One of the most gorgeous of all peren- 
nials, producing in May and June its 
enormous blossoms, often 6 inches in 
diameter. The colors range from soft 
blush and rose to flaming scarlet and 
richest maroon. The plants are at their 
best when about 3 years old. Often one 
specimen will show 10 or 15 blooms. 
Height of plants, 18 to 30 inches. All 
colors mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
Oriental Scarlet. Very striking and 
glorious color. Pkt. 10c. 
Salmon Shades. New shades of salmon 
and salmon-pink tints are offered now 
in this popular perennial. Pkt. 15c. 
