1 ISATIS GLAUCA—ebx (2-3) 40. Woad. Blue-glaucous foli- 
age, wide flower-canopies above, myriad little blossoms in 
bright yellow. Then come decorative seeds. This .is.a plant 
that should be more widely known, and grown. Pkt. 15c; 
oz 40c. 
4 IXIA BLEND—eck(w) (1)20. Pretty blossoms of pink, 
rose, crimson, lilac, orange or cream. Usually handled as a 
winter pot bulb, but by mulching heavily with straw or 
leaves, may often be wintered outside. Pkt. 15c; 146 oz. 35c. 
3 IXIOLIRION MONTANUM—eryt (1-2) 16. Lily of the Altai. 
A winter-hardy cousin of Amaryllis with clusters of star- 
spread blossom trumpets in amethystine blue. Particularly 
good. Illustrated page 2. Pkt. 20c. 
1 JASIONE PERENNIS—ercbx(2-4)14. A 
Campanula relative with rather large “‘blos- 
soms” in Scabiosa reminder, but each is 
really a tightly packed, upfacing cluster of 
tiny skyblue bells. The flowers appear over 
a long season. Try it with the lemon yellow 
Dianthus Knappi for effective contrast. Pkt. 
20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. Plants, each 45c; 3 for 
$1.25. 
TRUE JASMINE—Tender shrubs and vines 
for pot culture North, or the open in the 
South. JASMINUM BEESIANUM—w. Not 
a vine. Good conservatory plant with ex- 
ceedingly fragrant pink to rose flowers. Pkt. -25c. JAS- 
MINUM HUMILE—w. Clusters of fragrant yellow blossoms. 
Erect to vine-like. Foliage evergreen. Pkt. 25c. JASMINUM 
TORTUOSUM—Low vine with white, perfumed flowers. 
Pkt. 25c. 
1 KITAIBELIA VITIFOLIA — ebx(3)72. Tall leafy pillars 
with big white flowers. Pkt. 15¢; 46 oz. 25c. 
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2 KLEINIA—Ornamental foliage plants for pot culture. 
MANDRALISCAE—Silvery blue are the long, fat pencils of 
leaves. A really good foliage plant of distinctive appearance. 
Plants, each 45c. ARTICULATA—Candle Plant. The stems 
are like short pieces of a pale green candle, set end to end. 
Polished green leaves and little white tassel-flowers set with 
golden anthers. Plants, each 40c. 


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2 SHOWY LANTANA 
Fine window pot plants for near-continuous blossoming, 
used, too, in window box or for summer outdoor bedding. 
Varied tones of yellow, orange and near-scarlet, with rose 
pink and lilac. ew(8)16. LANTANA MIXED DWARF 
HYBRIDS, seed, pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 25c. 
LANTANA PLANTS—Showy sun- 
lovers that will give bright flowers 
both winter and summer when 
grown as window pot plants. Valued 
also for porch box or in the sum- 
mer garden. Illustrated opposite. 
RADIATION — Golden bronze _ to 
richest red-orange. Plants, each 40c; 
8 for $1.10. WHITE—Wide, white 
clusters. Plants, each 40c; 3 for 
$1.10. LILAC PINK—Clusters of 
bright pink-lilac, usually with cen- 
ter florets creamy yellow. Plants, 
each 40c; 3 for $1.10. GOLDEN 
KING—AII brightest golden yellow. 
Showy. Plants, each 40c; 3 for 
$1.10. OFFER 122AN8—One plant 
each of the four for $1.45. 
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1 KNAUTIA DRYMEIA—*ebx(8)40. Big ‘“Scabiosa’’ blos- 
soms in mauve-pink to lavender and near-violet, with some- 
times a white. Flowers first year. Full hardiness. Everbloom- 
ing. Pkt. 15c; 46 oz. 25c. 
2 KOHLERIA—w. A genus of beautiful Gesneriads, for pot 
culture North. SPICATA—Tubular flowers of bright, true 
red. Foliage of plush-like pubescence. Rather like a larger, 
more spectacular, Achimenes. Pkt. 40c. STRIGOSA—Spikes 
of spectrum red flowers that resemble those of Penstemon 
Murrayanus. Exceedingly showy. Downy foliage. Pkt. 40c. 
2 LAMPRANTHUS EMARGINATUS—Pretty half-trailer for 
hanging basket, porch box or pot culture. Thick, triangular 
leaves of soft cool green. Rather showy flowers of brilliant 
rose. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. 



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4 LACHENALIA—w. This likeable 
winter-flowering bulb for pot culture 
is fairly easy from seed; easy, too, to 
bring to bloom in window or green- 
house. The flowers, usually narrow, 
pendulous bells, are carried in loose 
spikes. Bright. colorings along with 
pastel tones, primrose to orange, pink 
to crimson, with cream, opaline blue, 
and approaches to violet. Illustrated 
opposite. Fine mixture. Pkt. 15c¢; Ye 
oz. 25c. 
4 LAPEYROUSIA JACQUINI—*k(w) 
(1)8. Pretty, purple-flowered South 
African for pot culture. Pkt. 20c. 
1 LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS MIXED— : 
eck (2-3)96. Big clusters of “Sweet Pea’’ flowers in pure 
white, and shades of pink and rose, to rosy red. It cuts. Fully 
winter-hardy vine for trellis, fence, bank cover. Pkt. 15c; 
4 oz. 85c; 1 oz. $1.25. 
1 LATHYRUS WHITE PEARL—Big, pure white clusters. 
Desirable for cutting. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25e; 4 oz. 45c. 
1 LAVATERA CACHEMIRIANA—ebx(3-4)50. A hardy, 
perennial Lavatera, with big blossoms of purest pink. 
Pkt. 15c. 
* LAVATERA TRIMESTRIS SPLENDENS—ex(3)30. Like- 
able and easy long-blooming annuals. LOV ELINESS—Bow]l- 
shaped flowers of carmine-toned pink. Pkt. 10c. ALBA—Big 
blossoms of snowiest white. Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 30ce. 
1 LAVANDULA VERA—erbx (2-3)16. True Lavender. Com- 
pact plants with attractive gray, aromatic foliage. Very 
many spikes of pretty and fragrant lavender flowers. De- 
sirable hardy perennial, rock garden, herb garden, edgings. 
Pkt. 15c; 146 oz. 25c. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
* LARKSPUR GIANT IMPERIAL 
The Imperial Strain of this beautiful and desirable annual 
flower gives upright stems to 40 inches, spikes tightly packed 
with big double flowers in clear azure, coral, rich indigo, 
carmine, soft lavender, snowy white, glowing salmon. Splen- 
did for ‘eutting. Mixed. Pkt. 15c; Moz. 25e; 4% oz. 40c. 
LARKSPUR EARLY GIANT HYACINTH—It blooms con- 
siderably earlier than the Imperial strain, and there are no 
branches, just one great, tapering,- Hyacinth-like spike of 
solid bloom, each individual flower fully double. Full color 
range. 40 inches. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c. 
1 THE DELIGHTFUL LEWISIAS 3 
No more beautiful rock garden plants than the Lewisias 
when in full glory of their exquisite bloom. The blossoms are 
like little feathery Water Lilies; the foliage usually crisp, 
crinkly, undulate. Of full winter hardiness. ‘‘kt’’. culture. 
FINCHI—(2)8. Buds of bright orange open to large pink 
blossoms with rose stripes, petals with faint hint of orange 
toward the edges. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. Plants, each 50c; 
3 for $1.40. HOWELLI—(2)8. Here the fairly large blos- - 
soms vary from creamy blush, often with apricot suffusions, 
through pink to rose. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. REDIVIVA 
—(2)6. Blossoms are a bit larger than those of the others 
here listed, great feathery flower-cups of pearl pink. Many 
open at once. Illustrated back cover. Deciduous. Pkt. 20ce; 
lo oz. 40c. Plants, April-June delivery, 3 for 50c; 7 for 
$1.00. Note that Rediviva loses its foliage and goes dormant 
during the summer, new leaves appearing in early autumn. 
Don’t think your plants are dead if this happens. Also it is 
natural for Rediviva roots to be rather flabby when you 
receive them. OFFER 123A8—One pkt. each of the three 
for 50c. LEWISIA BLEND—The above, with perhaps others, 
in mixture. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c; 10 pkts. for $1.50. 
* LION'S TAIL 2 
It is LEONOTIS LEONURUS, and folk- 
name for it in its South African home- 
land is The Lion’s Tail. In the North 
Leonotis may be grown as.an annual by 
starting early under glass, giving many 
weeks of flaming color through the autumn 
season. The flowers are carried whorl above 
whorl about each of the many stems in 
manner shown by Illustration epposite, and 
there could scarcely be a more vivid red- 
toned orange. A long-lasting cut flower 
and bushy house plant, or it will give 
spectacular effects in the garden. cbk(w) 
(5-7)50. Pkt. 20c; 8 pkts. for 50c. Plants, 
each 45c; 3 for $1.25. 




