
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. 15c. 
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.. 15c. 
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 
Grows 2 to 4 feet in height, bearing 
long spikes of brilliant flowers from 
July to September. 
Cardinalis, (Cardinal Flower) flaming 
-Searlet. Pkt. 15c. 
Lunaria (Honesty or Satin Flower) 
A curious biennial chiefly grown forits 
shiny silvery seed pods, which make 
a useful winter decoration, arranged 
with flowers in baskets and bouquets. 
Grow 18 to 24 inches high. Pkt. 15c. 
Lupine 
Forms dense bushes 3 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- 
ee Increases bloom. Garden size, 
Russell Lupines. This strain of Lu- 
pines has enormous flower spikes 3 feet 
long, closely set with individual flow- 
ers. Extraordinary range of colors. 
Bet ee EE to 4 feet high. Mixed colors. 
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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 3 ft. high. 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. 15c. 
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- 
crantha. Violet, 2 feet high. Pkt. 25c. 
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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). Yellow 
flowers. Pkt. 15c. 
Passiflora (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. 15c. 
Pentstemon (Bearded Tongue) 
The plants are pyramidal, 2 to 38 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. 
Picts OCs 
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. 15c. 
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. 15c. 
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. Virginiea. Pkt. 25c. 
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 ft. Pkt..16e: 
PERENNIAL 
FLOWERING 
PLANTS 
During May 
and June we 
will have a 
large assort- 
ment of potted 
plants. 
Platycodon 
Poppy, Iceland 
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. 
Exceptionally 
tured, 
on extremely 
long heavy 
stems up to 30 
fensievhve s* in 
length, comes 
in a range of 
AE pastel shades. 
AB etait Mixed colors. 
Gartford Giants Pkt. 15c. 
The Emperor. 
20 inches. The 
Vaerk Vo Tain eyset 
orange Iceland 
Poppy ever 
produced. The 
large flowers 
are a deep tan- 
gerine orange. 
Pkt el bcs 
Yellow Emper- 
or. Canary yel- 
low. Pkt 15e: 
The Empress. 
20 inches. 
remarkable 
giant poppy, 
excellent for 
cutting. Color 

Iceland Poppy 
Emperor 
is a lovely shade of salmon rose and 
pink. Pkt. 15c. 
Sanford’s Giants, vigorous growers, 
long stems, beautiful colors. Pkt. 1l5c. 
El Monte, deep orange. Pkt. 15c. 
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. Often one plant will 
show 10 or 15 blooms. Height, 18 to 30 
in. All colors mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
Oriental Senrlet. Very striking and 
glorious color. Pkt. 15c. 
Salmon Shades. New shades of salmon 
and salmon-pink tints are offered now 
in this popular perennial. Pkt. 15c. 
Pyrethrum (Painted Daisy) 
Bears large daisy-g : 
like flowers rang-§ 
ing in color from! 
white to deep red&@ 
with bright yellow} 
centers; fine for 
cutting. Blooms ing 
early spring and g@ 
again in the fall.§ 
Plants grow 20 tog 
30 inches. 
Roseum. Single 
mixed. Pkt. 15c. A 
Roseum. Single ands& 
double. Pkt. 15c. §& 
Roseum James Kel- & 
way. Deep scarlet.” 
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ce 
Pyrethrum 
Rudbeckia 
(Cone Flower) 
Toh A+ siadesea a 
hardy, free 
flowering and 
easily grown 
perennial. The 
dais y-like 
flowers are 
fine for cut- 
ting, blooming 
from July un- 
til October. 
Purpurea, rosy 
purple, 4 feet. 
Pkt. 15c. 
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