® LINARIA 
MAROCCANA 
(BABY SNAPS) 
Hardy annual, 12 to 18 inches. Early bloom- 
ing, colorful annuals in wide range of colors. 
Flowers on spikes and resemble miniature 
Snapdragons. Excellent for early bedding, 
rock gardens and cutting. 
Excelsior Hybrids Mixed 
12 to 15 inches. Wide range of both sharp 
and pastel colors. 
LINUM 
(SCARLET FLAX) 
Grandiflorum Rubrum 
Hardy annual. 18 inches. Showy red flow- 
ers above attractive, dark green, lance- 
olate foliage. Desirable for beds and 
borders. 
LOBELIA COMPACTA 
Crystal Palace 
Hardy annual, 4 to 6 inches. Very dwarf, 
compact, erect plants with reddish 
green leaves and showy sapphire blue 
flowers. Excellent for edging, rock 
gardens. 
LUPINS 
Leguminous plants with colorful pea-shaped 
flowers and attractive palmate foliage. 
Avoid acid soils and unnecessary moving. 
Annual Mixed 
2 feet. (Hartwegi type)—spikes of pea 
shaped, blue, pink, yellow and white 
flowers borne above handsome foliage. 
Useful in beds or for cutting. 
Perennial (Lupinus Polyphyilus) 
Russell’s Hybrids Mixed—3 feet, attrac- 
tive digitate foliage; stately compact 
spikes of showy pea shaped flowers in 
beautiful range of colors. Excellent for 
beds, borders and cutting. 
LYCHNIS 
CHALCEDONICA 
(MALTESE CROSS) 
Hardy perennial. 3 feet. Brilliant clusters 
of fiery scarlet, cross-shaped flowers. Suit- 
able for borders and bouquets. 
MARIGOLD 
(TAGETES) 
Hardy annuals. Widely adapted, easily 
grown, tolerant to heat, drouth, and poor 
soil. Useful for cut flowers, bedding and 
borders. Dwarf French types best in North- 
ern short season areas or for edging. Afri- 
can types later blooming, larger flowered, 
adapted to background use. Both types de- 
sirable for bouquets. 
African Tall Double Types (T. Erecta) 
Tall plants, large blooms, later flowering. 
Excellent for cutting, tall beds and 
borders. 
Chrysanthemum Flowered Hybrids—3 to 
4 feet. Large Chrysanthemum type 
flowers in orange, yellow and primrose, 
with long, quilled, incurved petals. 
Crown of Gold—(Collarette)—20 to 24 
inches. Odorless foliage, early bloom- 
ing. Orange flowers with short center 
petals and quilled, curved outer petals. 
Goldsmith (Mission Giant Type)—2 to 3 
feet. Chrysanthemum flowered type. 
Flowers globular, golden orange, with 
incurved petals. Early blooming. 
Guinea Gold (Carnation Flowered type) 
—2 to 2% feet. Golden-orange flowers 
with loose heads and broad flat petals. 
Odorless Double Mixed—2 to 2% feet. 
Blend of several odorless types with 
various shades of yellow and orange. 
Sunset Giants Mixed (Gigantea Type)— 
3 to 4 feet. Tall, vigorous plants. 
Enormous dahlia-like blooms in shades 
of orange and yellow. Largest flowered 
of Marigolds. 
Yellow Supreme — (Carnation Flowered 
Types)—2"% feet. Large, creamy yellow 
flowers with broad, flat, loose petals. 
Mixed—(Fistulosa types)—2'% to 3 feet. 
Large, doubled flowers in shades of 
orangeeand yellow. A good blend of the 
large flowered types for cutting and 
medium tall borders. 
Marigold—Sunset Giants 
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