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 §& to 7 
feet tall, Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 
Lavendula Vera (True Lavender) 
Delightfully fragrant flowers July and 
August. sed dry for their lasting 
perfume. Plants grow 12 to 18 inches 
high. Pkt. 10c, 
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. 

Perennials for Rock Gardens. 
Alyssum Saxatile.Gypsophila Re- 
pens. 
aS Helianthemum. 
riaria Heuchera. 
: Myosotis. 
Aubrietia Nepeta. 
Bellis or Daisy Ognothera. 
Campanula Poppy Nudicaule. 
Carpatica. Saponaria Ochy- 
Cerastium. moides. 
Geum. Violas. 
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 8 to 4 feet high, 
of elegant spikes completely clothed to 
the ground with white, rose and blue 
fragrant flowers from June to Septem- 
ber. Lupines are of the hardiest peren- 
nial plants grown, and will thrive in 
the poorest soil. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Lupines should be inoculated with Ni- 
tragin. New garden size, 10c. 
Russell Lupines. This strain of Lu- 
pines has enormous flower spikes 3 feet 
long, closely set with individual flow- 
ers. Extraordinary range of colors. 
Plants 3% to 4 feet high. Mixed colors. 
Pictaeiocs 
Lychnis 
Handsome hardy perennial with bril- 
liant colored flowers. Excellent for 
borders; blooms first year if sown 
early. 
Chalcedonica (Maltese Cross). Flowers 
fiery red in clusters, each blossom 
forming a Maltese cross. Blooms June 
to August. Plants 8 ft. high, Pkt. 10c. 

Monarda (Bee Balm) 
Hardy plants of free growth, about 2 
feet high with aromatic foliage, bril- 
liant searlet flowers in July and Au- 
gust. Seed a crop failure in 1945. 
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 Pek be sown in late sum- 
Spates early fall. Grow 8 to 12 inches 
gn. 
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. 
FEED WITH 
FOR MORE 
BEAUTIFUL 
FLOWERS 
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- 
crantha. Violet, 2 feet high. Pkt. 15c. 
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. 15c. 

Yellow 
Passiflorag (Passion Flower) 
Highly interesting herbs and shrubs, 
mostly climbers that legend and super- 
stition have attached to these plants 
from the first. The flowers are of un- 
usual structure, thought by early dis- 
covery to be emblematic of the cruci- 
fixion of Christ. A beautiful vine for 
the greenhouse or Window. Plant in a 
sunny place outdoors in summer. Mix- 
ed. Pkt. 16a, eal 
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 seed. 
Flower from July until frost. 
Sensation Improved. Colors vary from 
pink to scarlet and maroon, beautifully 
blotched and veined with other colors. 
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. Wirginieca. Pkt. 15c. 
Platycodon (Bell-Flower) 
A member of the Campanula family, 
with handsome, branching spikes 1 to 
2 feet high. Platycodon is considered 
by many the best 
bell flower. They 
bear these large, 
showy deep-blue 
flowers continu- 
ously from July 
until frost. 
Mariesi, dark blue. 
1 tees ete OC: 
PERENNIAL 
FLOWERING 
PLANTS 
During May 
and June we 
have a 
assort- 
will 
large 
ment of potted 
plants. / 
Platycodon 


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 8 feet 
high. Finest mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
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 fo. cut flowers. Bloom the first 
season from spring-planted seed. 
Gartford Giant 
A rt Shades. 
hss new 
strain with ex- 
ceptionally 
fine, large 
flowers, beau- 
tifully fluted 
and soft tex- 
tured, carried 
on extremely 
long heavy 
stems up to 30 
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length, comes 
in a range of 
pastel shades. 
= Baer a 
Poppy 
Gartford Giants 
Phkt- 10e; 
The Emperor. 
20 inches.’ The 
very finest or- 
ange Iceland 
Poppy ever 
produced. The 
large flowers 
are a deep tan- 
gerine orange. 
Blooms freely 
first year if 
sown early. 
Pkt. 10e. 
The Empress. 
20 inches. A 
remarkable 
giant poppy, 
excellent for Iceland Poppy 
cutting. Color Emperor 
is a lovely shade of salmon rose and 
pink. Pkt. 10c. 
Sanford’s Giants, vigorous growers, 
long stems, beautiful colors. Pkt. 10c. 
ee Monte, deep tangerine orange. Pkt. 
Cc. 

A magnificent 
addition to the 
flower 
Mixed 
garden. 
colors. 

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. 16c. 
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. 
Painted 
Pyrethrum( ee) 
Bears large daisy- 
like flowers rang- 
ing in color from 
white to deep red 
with bright yellow 
centers; fine for 
cutting. Blooms in 
early spring and 
| again in the fall. 
| Plants grow 20 to 
30 inches. 
Roseum. Single 
mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
Roseum. Single and 
double. Pkt. 15c. 
Roseum James Kel- 
way. Deep. scarlet. 
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