. Descriptive catalogue of trees, shrubs, vines and plants of the Shady Hill Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Cambridge Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. 56 HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. peaks of Otter, Virginia. The flowers (one to nine on a stem) are dark colored, of a deep reddish orange, uniformly dotted within with rather small purple spots. Blooms in June and July. One of the finest of all new plants. $ LINUM. Flax. Very ornamental free blooming plants with fine foliage. L. Flavum. An invaluable plant, forming neat bushes
. Descriptive catalogue of trees, shrubs, vines and plants of the Shady Hill Nurseries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Cambridge Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. 56 HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. peaks of Otter, Virginia. The flowers (one to nine on a stem) are dark colored, of a deep reddish orange, uniformly dotted within with rather small purple spots. Blooms in June and July. One of the finest of all new plants. $ LINUM. Flax. Very ornamental free blooming plants with fine foliage. L. Flavum. An invaluable plant, forming neat bushes I foot high, covered with numerous yellow flowers. 25 cts. L. Perenne. 18 inches. June to October. Handsome, light-blue flowers. 20 cts. each; $ per doz. L. Perenne var. album. Pure white flowers. 35 cts. LITHOSPERMUM. Cromwell. L. Prostratum. 4 inches. A dwarf evergreen shrub, scarcely exceeding 4 inches in height, with numerous blue flowers early in spring. 20 cts. LOBELIA. Cardinal Flower. L. Cardinalis. 3 feet. August and September. One of the finest scarlet hardy plants we have, and of easy cultivation, even in clay soils. Each, 20 cts.; 10, LOBELIA CARDINALIS. L. Cardinalis Hybrida. This is a cross produced here a few years ago, and the flowers are intensely dark-maroon shaded to cardinal. It is a gorgeous spike of blooms that this variety produces, and it makes a beautiful contrast to the common form of this showy native plant. We propagate this valuable new variety from cuttings, and so- preserve it true. In pots, strong. 50 cts. L. Syphilitica, zyi feet. September. Close spikes of showy, deep-blue flowers. 25 cts, LOTUS. Bird's Foot Trefoil. A low, close-growing plant with dark foliage. L. Corniculatus. 3 inches. All summer. Orange-yellow flowers clustered on stems 3 to 4. inches long. Very pretty. 25 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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