1 LATHYRUS LATIFOLIUS MIXED — eck(2-3)96. Big 
clusters of “Sweet Pea” flowers in white, and shades of pink 
and rose, to rosy red. It cuts. Winter-hardy vine for trellis, 
fence, bank cover. Pkt. 15c; 14 oz. 35¢; 1 oz. $1.25. 
1 LATHYRUS WHITE PEARL—Big, pure white clusters. 
Desirable for cutting. Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 25¢c; 14 oz. 45c. 
1 LAVATERA CACHEMIRIANA — ebx(3-4)50. A hardy, 
perennial Lavatera, with big blossoms of purest pink. 
“Pkt. 15c. Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.20. 
1 LAVANDULA VERA~—erbx(2-8)16. True Lavender, Com- 
pact plants with attractive gray, aromatic foliage. Very 
many spikes of pretty and fragrant lavendar flowers. De- 
sirable hardy perennial, rock garden, herb garden, edgings. 
Pkt. 20ce; Vg oz. 35c. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. Plants 
also ready of PINK-FLOWERED LAVENDER at each 55c; 
3 foe $1.50; and of WHITE-FLOWERED LAVENDER, at 
each 55c. 
4 LARIX LEPTOLEPIS—jk 80 ft. JAPANESE LARCH. A 
splendid tree, ornamental, easy to start, quick growing, long 
enduring. A deciduous conifer, in spring needles of soft new- 
green, then blue-green in summer, and in autumn becoming 
golden. Handsome lawn tree. Pkt. 20c; % oz. 50c. 
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; %& oz 25c. 
fa LANTANA PLANTS — Showy §sun- 
lovers that will give bright flowers 
both winter and summer. Illustrated 
opposite. RADIATION—Golden bronze 
to rich red-orange. Each 45c; 3 for 
$1.20. WHITE—Wide, white clusters. 
Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.20. LILAC 
PINK—Bright pink-lilac, usually with 
center of creamy yellow. Each 45c; 
3 for $1.20. GOLDEN KING—All 
showy golden yellow. Plants each 45c; 
3 for $1.20. MONTEVIDENSIS—A 
pr:tty lavendar. Plants of branching, 
graceful habit. Aromatic foliage. 
Plants, each 45c; 8 for $1.20. OFFER 
135AN—One plant each of the five 
for $1.95. 
3 
5 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. Fine 
cut flower. Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 40c; %4 oz. 5c. 
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. 35c; 4 oz. 60c. 
LARKSPUR NEW REGALE STRAIN—Notable for the long, 
thick, dense spikes of rather delphinium-like flowers. Base- 
branching. Splendid for cutting. Full Larkspur color range. 
Pkt. 20c; % oz. 50c; 4 oz. 90c. 
5 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 opposite, 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. 25c. Plants, each 50c. 
4 SHOWY FRENCH LILACS 
Great trusses of fragrant blossoms in white, pink, rose, 
blue, violet, purple, crimson, single to most intense double- 
ness. Lilacs (Syringas) are easy from seed sown outside in 
latest autumn or earliest spring often giving bloom by third 
year. Pkt. 15c; Weg oz. 25c; % oz. 40c; % oz. T5c. 



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1 TRUE EDELWEISS (Leontopodium alpinum) — rkt(2)6. 
Slender, downy foliage, Silvery white, star-shaped ‘‘flowers.” 
A good, and unusual, perennial for any sunny spot in the 
rock garden. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
1 LEPACHYS MAROON AND GOLD—*ebx(3)36. Exceed- 
ingly attractive but odd flowers, silk-sheened columns guarded 
by reflexed petal-rays of gold-edged maroon. Pkt. 20c. Plants, 
each 45c; 3 for $1.20. 
4 LESCHENAULTIA BILOBA—w. Dwarf Australian plant 
with heath-like leaves and handsome blue flowers. It has been 
called the most beautiful wild flower of Australia. For pot 
culture under glass or in Open in California. Pkt. 25c. 
3 LEUCOCORYNE IXIOIDES ODORATA—k(w)(7)18. The 
Chilean Glory of the Sun, a handsome winter-flowering bulb 
with large and starry soft blue blossoms. Richly fragrant. 
Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
4 LEUCADENDRON ARGENTEUM—-yw. Silver-tree. Highly 
decorative. Densely foliaged, each leaf a shimmer of silky 
silver. North, usually grown as a tub plant. 7 seeds. 25c. 
5 LINDHEIMERA TEXANA—ecx(8)24. Star-cup. An easy, 
ever-blooming annual flower, long-lasting when cut. The five 
wide golden petals are arranged to form both a star and a 
cup. Lindheimera should be better known. It has real garden 
merit. Illustrated page 5. Pkt. 15c. 
1 THE PRETTY LEWISIAS 3 
No more beautiful rock garden plants than the Lewisias 
when in full glory of exquisite bloom. The blossoms are 
like little feathery Water Lilies. 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. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.50. HOW- 
ELLI—(2)8. Here the fairly large blossoms 
vary from creamy blush, often with apricot 
suffusions, through pink, to rose. Evergreen 
foliage, crisped and undulate at the edges. 
Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 55c; 8 for $1.50. REDIVIVA—(2) 6. 
Blossoms are rather larger than those of the others here, 
feathery flower-cups of pearl pink, several open at once. 
Deciduous, the foliage disappearing after flowering, remain- 
ing dormant during the summer months, new growth, start- 
ing in autumn. Illustrated opposite. Pkt. 25c; 149 oz. 50c. 
Also available in roots, Anril-May delivery, at 3 for 50c; 7 
for $1.00. LEWISIA BLEND—Seeds of several species in 
mixture. Pkt. 25c. 
LEWISIA « 
AYMAN 

1 LIATRIS (Blazing Star) 
Unexcelled for cutting, or for summer garden decoration. 
“kt? culture. ELEGANS—(3)28. Large and starry ‘“‘blos- 
soms”’, pure lavender and often with white centers. The 
long, curved stamens give airy effect. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 35c. 
Plants, each 55c. SPICATA—(3)50. Long, dense columns of 
fluffy purple. Showy in garden or when cut. Pkt. 15¢c; %& oz. 
50c. Plants, each 45c; 8 for $1.30; 10 for $3.65. SCARIOSA 
AVALON—(4)50. Blazing feather-torches of great tassel- 
blossoms in pulsating purple-violet. Illustrated back cover. 
Pkt. 20es spits: tom b50c. Plants, each 45ci;n0. tor 91.20, 
SCARIOSA PURE WHITE—Perhaps most beautiful Liatris. 
Big, lace-edged blossoms of purest swansdown whiteness. Pkt. 
85e. PYCNOSTACHYA MIXED—60 inches. Packed pillars of 
plumose blossoming, mostly in rich purple, varied with a 
few whites. Showy. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. Plants, 
each 45c; 8 for $1.20; 10 for $3.65. PYCNOSTACHYA ALBA 
—Pure whites only. Snowy pillars of bloom. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 
for 50c. Plants each 45c. OFFER 137A—One pkt. each of 
above for 95c. LIATRIS BLEND—Above, with perhaps oth- 
ers. Pkt. 15¢; Ye oz. 30c; % oz. 50e. 
1 LILY TURF 
It is LIRIOPE SPICATA, win- 
ter-hardy Chinese perennial, illus- 
trated opposite. Over fountains 
of ribbony leaves come spikes of 
little blue flowers, then berries of 
polished black that hold until 
April; decorative most of the year. 
10 inches. Sun or light shade. 
Rock garden, edging, ground 
cover. It spreads slowly until a “ 
space is filled with springy leafi- 
ness. Pkt. 15c; 4% oz. 35c; %4 oz. 
60c; 1 oz. $2.00. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.05; 10 for $3.00; 
25 for $7.00; 100 for $26.007—-—\ 
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