2 LINDENBERGIA GRANDIFLORA—w. Winter-blooming 
plant for pot culture, full of bright yellow blossoms (Mimulus 
becoming bell-like) for a full three months. Pkt. 25c. 
1 LITHOSPERMUM PURPUREO-COERULEUM—(2)10. 
Blossoms of sapphire blue on tangled, arching stems. One of 
the better rock garden perennials. 6 seeds 
for 25c: 
1 LITHOSPERMUM HEAVENLY BLUE— 
(2-3)6. Evergreen, rock garden perennial 
giving wide mounds of dark green foliage, 
set for months with exquisite blossoms of 
Gentian blue. Light shade preferred. Plants, 
each 75c. 
2 LEONOTIS LEONURUS—vw. The “‘Lion’s 
Tail’ of South Africa. Flowers of brilliant 
orange are carried about each of the many 
branching stems, through autumn and 
(under glass) well into winter. Illustrated 
opposite. Started early and transplanted, 
it will give spectacular garden effects. Also 
a showy large pot plant. Pkt. 25c. Plants, 
each 55c; 3 for $1.40. 
1 LIATRIS (Blazing Star) 
Unexcelled for cutting, or for summer garden, “‘kt’’ culture. 
ELEGANS—(3)28. Large and starry ‘‘blossoms’’, pure laven- 
der. The long, curved stamens give airy effect. Pkt. 20c; 46 
oz. 35ce. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.40. SPICATA—(3)50. Long, 
dense columns of fluffy purple. Exceedingly showy. Good for 
cutting, too. Wonderfully effective. Pkt. 15¢c; 4% oz. 40c; 4 
oz. (sen Plants, each) 50Cs530 tor $1.30)s) 10 for) $3.6b)s.25) to 
$8.00. SCARIOSA AVALON—(4)50. Blazing feather-torches 
in pulsating purple-violet. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. Plants, 
each 55c¢c; 8 for $1.40. SCARIOSA PURE WHITE—Many 
consider this the most beautiful Liatris. Blossoms of purest 
swansdown whiteness. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c. GRAMINIFOLIA 
—36 inches. Purple wands. Pkt. 20c. PYCNOSTACHYA 
PURPLE—60 inches. Packed pillars of feathery blossoming 
in richest purple. Pkt. 20c; 6 oz. 35c. Plants, each 50c; 
3 for $1.40. PYCNOSTACHYA ALBA—Pkt. 20c. Plants, 
each 55c. OFFER 753A—One pkt. each of the above for 
$1.25. OFFER 753BN—One plant each of the five so offered, 
for $2.20. LIATRIS BLEND—Seeds of the above, with, per- 
haps others. Pkt. 20c; 46 oz. 30c; ¥% oz. 50c. 
4 THE SHOWY HYBRID 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. kt. Pkt. 20¢c; 3: pkts. for 50c; 10 for $1.50. 
1 LIMONIUM (Statice) 
Called Sea-Lavender. Perennials that will add beauty. They 
cut. May be dried for winter bouquets—‘“kt”. LATIFOLIUM 
—(3)25. Wide, graceful sprays of little lavender flowers. Pkt. 
15¢; 6 oz. 25e. 1% oz. 40ce. MACROPHYLLUM VIOLACEUM 
—(4)36. Largest flowers and deepest coloring, a rich blue 
violet, but will need some winter protection in cold areas. 
Pkt. 25c. 
5 THE DAINTY LINARIAS 1 
Exquisite blossoms like fairy Snapdragons. All Linarias will 
bloom first year from seed. ALPINA HYBRIDS—6 inches. 
Rich purple, touched orange, but varying to cream, chestnut, 
roseash. Pkt. 20c. CYMBALARIA—4 inches. Kenilworth Ivy. 
Pretty creeper with lilac flowers, touched yellow. For pots or 
porch boxes. Pkt. 15¢. MAROCCANA EXCELSIOR—12 
inches. Spikes of little Snapdragons in white, crimson-and- 
gold, lavender, chamois, blue-violet, rose. Mixed. Pkt. 10¢c; 
Ve oz. 25c. CANON J. WENT—20 inches. Attractive peren- 
nial. Little pink blossoms fill high branchings. Pkt. 25ce. 
MACEDONICA SPECIOSA—30 inches. Rather large flowers 
of creamy yellow, marked golden orange. Hardy perennial. 
Pkt. 15¢; 3 pkts. for 40c. TRISTIS HYBRIDS—8 inches. 
Dainty everbloomers in buff, chestnut, gold, brown, purple 
and violet. Mixed. Pkt. 20c. RETICULATA CRIMSON AND 
GOLD—10 inches. Massed Snapdragons in crimson-and-gold 
effects. Pkt. 15¢c; 44 oz. 25e. TRIORNITHOPHORA—25 inches. 
Large blossoms like Jong-spurred Snapdragons, rise tier 
above tier. True purple with orange lip. Showy in the garden, 
in. bloom June into late November. Also everblooming pot 
plant. Pkt. 25c. OFFER 753C—One pkt. each above for $1.15. 
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5 LINUM ANNUAL —ex(2-3)18. Easy, quick, pretty, long in 
bloom. GRANDIFLORUM—Satiny blossoms of old rose. Pkt. 
10c; 4% oz. 25e. ANGUSTIFOLIUM—Flowers of silky blue in 
enormous numbers. Pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 20c. 
1 LINUM, BLUE and YELLOW 
Perennials of much showiness and great ease of handling. 
ALPINUM—(2)8. Desirable rock garden perennial, fine- 
leafed, with stems that radiate in half-decumbent carriage. 
Rather large flowers of soft china blue. Pkt. 20c. MONO- 
GYNUM—(2-3)15. Noble white flowers all summer. A New 
Zealand rarity. Slower in germinating than are other Lin- 
ums. Pkt. 25c. FLAVUM—(2-4)16. Loose clusters of showy, 
golden yellow flowers. In cold, exposed positions give winter 
protection of straw or leaves. A fine species. Pkt. 15¢; Y6 oz. 
25c; 1% oz. 40c; % oz. 75e. FLAVUM COMPACTUM—Like 
last, but dwarf and more compact, so better for edging or the 
smaller rock garden. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. NARBON- 
NENSE— (2-3)20. Handsome species with panicles of azure 
blue flowers, each with a white eye. Pkt. 20c. PERENNE 
BLUE—(2)25. Silky blue flowers in prodigal abundance. Fully 
hardy, long showy. Will give some bloom the year seed is 
sown. Pkt. 10c; 14% oz. 20c; 4 oz. 35¢e; 1 oz. $1.10. PERENNE 
WHITE—(2)25. Here the blossoms are mostly snowy white. 
Pkt. 15¢; ¥% oz. 30c; %4 oz. 50c. LEWISI—(2) 30. Great, grace- 
ful spreads of large flowers in vivid, shining blue. Showy. 
Pein ¥g oz. 40c. OFFER 753D—One pkt. each of above 
or $1.00. 
PLANTS FOR ROCKS 
Here is gay, long color for your rock garden. We will send 
one plant each of 20 different hardy perennials suitable for 
rock garden planting, our choice of kinds, names attached, 
for just $8.00 if ordered as OFFER 752CN. 
1 LILY TURF 
It is LIRIOPE SPICATA, IlIlus- 
trated opposite. Over fountains of 
leaves come spikes of little blue 
flowers, then berries of polished 
black that hold until April; decora- 
tive most of the year. 10 inches. 
Sun or light shade. Rock garden, 
edging, ground cover. Pkt. 15c; 
Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.35; 10 
for $3.75; 25 for $8.00; 100 for 
$30.00. 
3 LITTONIA MODESTA 
_Consider it a lower-growing cousin of Gloriosa, with bell- 
like blossoms of radiant golden orange. Sub-erect; not a 
climber. Fine for pot culture, or it will bloom freely and 
long in the garden, the tubers then being dug in autumn 
and given frost-proof winter storage. Culture “Aft dellan, PX 2 
Ye oz. 40c; % oz. T5e. 
3 MAGIC LILY OR LYCORIS 
As by magic, 
long stems that 
the altogether beautiful flowers appear on 
push through the bare ground many weeks 
after the foliage has ripened and gone. 
Long-lived, blooming year after year. 
Illustrated opposite. LYCORIS SQUAM- 
IGERA—Showy bulb-flower of fullest 
outdoor winter-hardiness at Philadel- 
phia. Clustered fragrant trumpets, in 
opaline tones, at first lilac-pink, be- 
coming blue-lavender. Each $1.00; 3 
for $2.90. LYCORIS SANGUINEA— 
Handsome, large, bright red flowers in 
August and September. Needs careful 
winter protection north of Washington, 
or is an attractive pot bulb. Each $1.00; 
3 for $2.90. LYCORIS AUREA—The 
Golden Amaryllis. Few more beautiful 
bulb-flowers than this, with its waxy 
golden blossoms in August. Same han- 
: dling as L. sanguinea. Each $1.00: 3 for 
$2.90; 10 for $8.90. LYCORIS RADIATA—Clusters of spar- 
kling red flowers, with crispy, recurved petals. Garden-hardy 
at Philadelphia. In colder areas, give winter protection. Also 
good in pots. Each, 40c; 3 for $1.10. LYCORIS RADIATA 
ALBA—Like last; with same needs and hardiness, but the 
lovely flowers are creamy amber to pure white. Each 70c; 3 
for $2.00. LYCORIS RADIATA CARNEA—Same ‘ treat- 
ment as the last two. Delightful blossoms of soft pink. Each 
$1.00. OFFER 753EN—One bulb each of the six for $4.75. 
