LIATRIS - Blazing Star or Gayfeather 
Showy plants, native of North America. They have grassy, linear leaves 
produced in a thick, tufty mass, out of which arise the stems furnished 
with spikes of purple flowers. 
Culture. They will all thrive in ordinary garden soil, in sun or in shade, 
and are grown in groups of three or more. Plant 8 inches apart. Plant 
in autumn or early spring. May be grown by the waterside, and bees 
are very partial to the flowers. 
Pycnostachya Three $1.25, Doz. $4.00, 100 $20.00 
Nothing can be planted that will attract more attention on account of 
its unusual appearance; but it is beautiful as well as odd. It blooms in 
midsummer and throws up long, narrow spikes of rich purple flowers, 
four feet high, which last a long time. 
Scariosa, September Glory Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
A giant 6-foot spike solidly covered with purple flowers from top to 
bottom. The flowers, unlike the common variety, come into bloom all 
at the same time, creating a marvelous effect. A splendid improvement 
over the old variety. Late flowering, September. 
Scariosa, White Spire Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
A magnificent pure white Gayfeather. Just as tall as the September 
Glory from which this variety is a sport. Superb for a bold effect in the 
garden as well as stunning flower for cutting. 
LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY - Convallaria 
Lily-of-the-Valley for Garden Planting | 
Majalis Doz. $1.75, 100 $7.00 
Fortin variety. This popular and fragrant subject repays for being well 
treated. Grand for massing near shrubs or along shaded borders. 
Clumps Each 75c, Three $2.00, Doz. $6.00, 100 $45.00 \| 
Our clumps are grown from the finest type of imported Fortin stock 
and are far superior to the common native sort. 
LINARIA - Toad Flax I 
Most of them are more suitable for rockery than border culture. Yields | 
dainty,. snapdragon-like flowers. The one offered is a very attractive }) 
creeping, vinelike plant for the rock garden or in crevices in an old wall. | 
Culture. Ordinary soil and a sunny position. Best grown in a mass on the 
wall or a well-drained rock garden. Plant in autumn or early spring, 4 
inches apart. 
* Alpina Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 {| 
Brilliant orange and purple flowers like miniature Snapdragons, produced 
on trailing plants with neat greyish green foliage. Invaluable for the 
rock and Alpine garden. Blooms in summer and autumn. j 
LOBELIA - Indian Paintbrush | 
One of the showiest scarlet border plants we have. They are ideal plants 
for waterside, or for moist, partially shaded borders. | 







Culture. Lobelias require a moist and shady position to do well. If | 
grown in a border prepare the soil by digging in plenty of well-decayed 
Lythrum Superbum, The Beacon manure before planting. They are best grown in large colonies, and i 
should be planted 6 inches apart. Plant in spring or fall, protect lightly | 
in winter. They must have plenty of water in dry weather. | 

Cardinalis Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 || 
LITHOSPERMUM - Gromwell (Cardinal Flower.) Rich, fiery cardinal flowers, often producing 4 to 6 | 
Low growing hardy perennials, some shrub-like and evergreen, splendid spikes, 24 to 30 inches long. | 
for ue rock garden in sheltered location, especially suited for southern 
gardens. . 
LUPINUS - Lupine 
Culture. Any rich, well-drained garden soil, fairly free from lime in Stately, colorful and beautiful perennials. The pea-shaped flowers are 
sunny position in the rock garden or as an informal edging. Plant in closely spaced on three- to four-foot spikes. The effect made by these 
spring only, 10 to 12 inches apart. Clip or prune immediately after colorful spires places the Lupine in the front rank of hardy border plants. 
flowering. Fall transplanting at your risk. Culture. Growing Lupines well is not so much a problem of soil as it is 
es Bf Cups phgr IC ee ies Bain recur ample fetta full Sy 
s ") and do not like the hot drying winds of summer. They do equally we 
Prostratum, Heavenly Blue Each 75c, Three $2.00, Doz. $6.00 in heavy or light sandy soils. Water freely when oracne is an YThey 
aus hd tow rowing Sub Sree or woody, Peretmal should be in look best planted in bold groups. Plant in fall or early spring, ten inches 
very sheltered rock garden. urin uly an Lee ti hich f ; i i Fee 
it is planted will be transformed a the, most Suigeots noice: Bier caer Gpart-5 Wherlevet’ possible, de“ planting Gra starsat ae 
in the ockery. It is prostrate, giving much the same effect as a clump Polyphyllus, Blue Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
of Daphne. (Hardy Lupine.) Clear blue spikes, 3 to 4 feet high, during June. | 
Polyphyllus albus Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
A white variety of the above. 
; Polyphyllus roseus Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
Lithospermum Prostratum, Heavenly Blue Flowers of beautifully shaded rose. 








LUPINES IN MIXED COLORS 
Selected Russell Hybrids 
You will find in our reselected Russell Lupines, the same gorgeous 
colors, self blues, pink, reds, yellows, maroon, purples, etc. Bicolors such 
as violet and white, blue and yellow, red and bronze, red and white, 
purple and cream, blue and white, yellow and orange, pink and white, 
etc. The standards one color, the keel another. Individual flowers 
above average size, upright standards of some being an inch across. 
The flower spike resembles a closely set, well-rounded column of sweet 
peas. All flowers on spike open at one time from top to bottom. Spike 
ae 5 feet tall. The sensation of the English horticultural world in 
We offer fine two-year, field-grown plants that will give you a mass 
of blooms the same year they are planted. 
Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 

LYTHRUM - Purple Loosestrife 
Suitable showy plants for moist, shady borders and the waterside. There 
is only one really worth growing, and that is Superbum. The plants are 
of stotely growth, and bear their rosy or purplish flowers in tall leafy 
spikes. 
Culture. Grow in ordinary soil in moist, shady borders, or in groups by 
the waterside. Plant in autumn or early spring and divide and replant 
every third year, 
Superbum, The Beacon Three $1.45, Doz. $4.75, 100 $25.00 
Excellent for moist or wet locations in the border, An English introduc- 
tion of merit, produce 12 or more 3-foot upright’ spikes of clear rosy 
red which last a month or more, and are also good for cutting. 
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