HARDY PERESXIAL I'LAXTS. 



Diccntrn cxiiiiln. (Plumy BleecHny Heart). Leaves as ;;raccful as those of 

 a fern; flowers rose-color, in o'raceful racemes, appeariiiL;' all summer. For 

 beauty of foliage and its constant blooming- cjualitics, one of the clioiccst of 

 perennials. 



D. spectahilis. One of the best known perennials, with graceful, drooping 

 racemes of heart-shaped flowers, of rosy crimson and silvery white. 



Doronicum plantag'mcum excektim. A beautiful, spring flowering, hardy 

 perennial, having large golden yellow flowers, four inches in diameter. Needs 

 a rich moist soil. 



Echinacea angustifolia. Flowers rosy purple, in summer and fall; eighteen 

 to twenty-four inches high. 



Epimedium alpinum. Neat foliage and airy clusters of purplish and yellow 

 flowers of quaint shape. 



E. macrantlnmi. A very beautiful species from Japan; pure white flowers 

 in spring. The handsomest of the genus and one of the earliest sjiring 

 flowers. 



Erynghim alpinum. A very pretty plant, with blue flower heads in July 

 and August. Height two feet. 



E. yuccx folium. A distinct native species, with Yucca-like spiny foliage 

 and white flowers in summer; two feet. 



Erythronium americanum. (Dog's Tooth Violet). Flowers bright yellow; 

 nodding, spring, scape six to eight inches high; leaves pale green, mottled 

 purplish. 



Eupatorium agcratoidcs. A fine species, with corymbs of pure white 

 flowers in midsummer. Two to three feet. 



Eupliorhia corollata. (Flow- 

 ering Spurge). A tall branching- 

 plant, with pure white flowers or 

 properlv involucres. Fine for 

 cutting from July to October. 

 Two to three feet. 



Funkia ifuhconlata. (White 

 Plantain Lily). Large. Lily-like 

 flowers, pure white, in August. 



F. " Thos. Hogg." One of the 

 very best; foliage beautifully 

 banded; with pure white and 

 large purplish-lilac flowers in Sep- 

 tcn-iber. 



Gentiana Andrcwsii. (Closed 

 Gentian). Flowers of a fine blue, an inch long, appearing in late autumn. In 

 any good garden soil, especially sandy and moist, this attractive and native 

 species improves greatly under cultivation. 



