LAVANDULA .- Lavender 
Vera Per packet 25c 
This is the true Sweet Lavender; grows about 
ie inches high; ‘delightfully fragrant blue 
flowers. 
LIATRIS - Blazing Star 
Pycnostachya Per packet 30c 
Blooming in midsummer, and throws up long, 
narrow spikes of rich purple flowers, 4 feet 
high, which last a long time. 
September Glory Per packet 35c 
A giant 6-foot spike solidly covered with 
purple flowers from top to bottom. The flow- 
ers, unlike the common variety, come into 
bloom all at the same time, creating a mar- 
velous effect. Late flowering. 
White Spire Per packet 35c 
A magnificent pure white Gayfeather. Just 
as tall as the September Glory from which 
the variety is a sport. Superb for a bold 
effect in the garden as well as stunning 
flower for cutting. 
LILIUM - Lily 
Philippinense formosanum Per packet 35c 
Has large umbels of beautiful, long, trumpet- 
shaped, fragrant white blooms, shaded pink 
on the outside. Blooms in 6 to 8 months. 
3 feet. 
Regale (Regal Lily) Per packet 25c 
One of the most beautiful of all garden 
Lilies. The ivory-white flowers are shaded 
pink on the outside and have a yellow throat. 
Tenuifolium (Coral Lily) Per packet 35c 
Very easy to grow from seed, blooming the 
second year. Bears a profusion of medium- 
sized, dazzling coral-red flowers in May. 
LINUM .- Flax 
*Flavum Per packet 30c 
Fine variety with transparent, yellow blos- 
soms. 
*Narbonnense Per packet 35c 
Forms a spreading clump of attractive foli- 
age with azure-blue flowers with white eye. 
LOBELIA - Indian Paintbrush 
Cardinalis (Cardinal Flower) 
Per packet 25c 
Rich, fiery cardinal flowers, producing 4 to 
6 spikes, 24 to 30 inches long. 
Digitalis, Giant Shirley Hybrids 
(For plants, see page 36) 


LUPINUS - Hardy Lupine 
Polyphyllus Per packet 20c 
Clear blue spikes. 
Polyphyllus albus Per packet 20c 
A white variety of the preceding. 
Polyphyllus roseus Per packet 20c 
Flowers of beautifully shaded rose. 


ins R-H. S. Gold Medal, June, 
Russell Lupins 1937. The most sensa- 
tional introduction for many years. The 
finest strain of perennial Lupins in the 
world. Long, symmetrical, closely furnished 
spikes in an indescribably rich variety of 
brilliant colors—self and bicolors—red, or- 
anges, pure deep yellows, and many others 
new to Lupins. Average height 21 to 31, 
feet. The seed we are offering has been 
grown from plants raised from originator’s 
seed after first removing undesirable and 
unsatisfactory types unsuited for our cli- 
mate. It is now a beautiful mixture. Only 
fresh seed harvested in 1942 is offered. 
Per packet 30c 


LYCHNIS - Campion or Catchfly 
Chalcedonica Per packet 30c 
Heads of vivid scarlet flowers, blooming a 
long time. 3 feet; all summer. 
LYTHRUM - Purple Loosestrife 
Superbum, The Beacon Per packet 20c 
Very showy rosy purple spikes about 2 to 3 
feet high, produced in profusion all summer. 
MATRICARIA - Double Feverfew 
Silver Ball Per packet 20c 
A most useful border plant and valuable 
summer cut flower, with large, double, white 
flowers. 
MYOSOTIS - Forget-me-not 
*Palustris semperflorens Per packet 25c 
Large, rich blue flowers with yellow eye. 
OENOTHERA - Evening Primrose 
**Missouriensis Per packet 25c 
A low growing, profuse bloomer. The large 
golden, solitary flowers often are 4 inches 
across. 
Youngi Per packet 25c 
Shiny foliage, numerous bright lemon-yellow 
flowers on stems about 24 inches tall from 
June to August. 
PYRETHRUM .- Painted Daisy 
Finest Mixed English Varieties Packet 25c 
This mixture contains double- and _ single- 
flowering sorts in many shades of pink, rose, 
and white. 
Liatris Pycnostachya 
(For plants, see page 52) 


PAPAVER ORIENTALE 
Orientale (Oriental Poppy) Per packet 20c 
Blooms of brightest crimson-scarlet with 
large, purplish black blotches at base of the 
petals, creating a wonderful contrast when 
bloom is fully open. 
Orientale, Beauty of Livermore 
Per packet 25c 
The finest dark crimson with black blotch; 
fine flowers freely produced. 
Orientale, Mrs. Perry Per packet 25c 
Orange-apricot, and a very fine variety, the 
best of all the ‘Pink Poppies.” 
PAPAVER NUDICAULE - 
Iceland Poppy 
*Baker’s Sunbeam Mixture Per packet 25c 
Throughout the entire season, a profusion of 
slender, leafless stems, 1 foot high, each 
graced with charming cup-shaped, yellow, 
orange, white, or pink flowers. 
Schinzianum Per packet 35c 
Somewhat taller and with slightly larger 
flowers than the well-known Iceland Poppy. 
Very profuse in bloom all summer anu fall. 
Color of bloom delicate buff-orange. 
PLATYCODON - Chinese Bellflower 
Grandiflorum Per packet 20c 
Large, showy, deep blue flowers in 20-inch 
spikes are produced all summer. Splendid for 
the hardy border. 
Grandiflorum album Per packet 20c 
White-flowered form of the above. 
**Mariesi Per packet 25c 
Dwarf species, with large, deep violet-blue 
flowers on 12-inch stems in great profusion 
throughout the entire summer. 
*Mariesi album Per packet 25c 
White-flowered form of the above. 
POLYANTHUS - Bunch Primrose 
*Munstead Strain Mixed Per packet 50c 
In all shades of yellow, cream, dark orange, 
some pink, and dark rose. 
*Veris Hybrids Per packet 35c 
Various shades of violet, as well as a wide 
range of yellow, buff, orange, salmon, and 
rich reds. 
PRIMULA - Primrose 
*Auricula Alpina, Giant Hybrids 
Per packet 50c 
One of the treasures of the rock garden. The 
growth is very attractive, forming rosettes of 
thick leaves. The flower stalks rise to a 
height of 6 or 8 inches, bearing heads of 
fragrant bloom of various colors. 
Japonica Per packet 50c 
A lovely Primrose, producing long spikes of 
bloom from crimson to rose to almost white. 
The flowers are in whorls. A mass of these 
in the bog garden or near the pool or stream 
is a sight to be remembered. 
*Vulgaris Per packet 50c 
The true old English Primrose with pale yel- 
low flowers. 
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