


CROWN IMPERIALS. 
(Fritiliaria Imperialis.) 
Very showy and stately early spring-blooming plants. The flowers are 
bell-shaped, and are borne in a whorl at the top of the plant, which 
grows from 3 to 4 feet high, The Crown Imperial will grow well in any 
good garden soil, and if it can be said to have preferences, it is for a deep 
loam. At the time of planting the soil should be deeply trenched and 
well manured. They should be planted 2 or 3 in a clump, 6 inches deep, 
and then left alone for years. When established they flower abundantly, 
end the stems; should not be cut off, but allowed to decay naturally. A 
slight covering during the winter is beneficial, (See cut. ) 
Crown Upon Crown. Bright red. 25-cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Yellow. Canary-yellow. 25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. 
Superfine Mixed. Including red, yellow and shades of orange. 15 
cts. each; $1.25 per doz.; $7.50 per 100. 
DIELYTRA, or DICENTRA. 
(Ready in November.) 
Spectabilis (Bleeding Heart, Seal Flower, or Lyre Flower). An 
old-fashioned favorite, equally well adapted for forcing as for planting 
in the open border; its long racemes of graceful heart-shaped pink 
flowers are always attractive. 
15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
ERANTHIS HYEMALIS. 
(Winter Aconite.) 

The Winter Aconite is a pretty yellow flower, valuable for its early 
blooming and contrast- 
ing well with the Snow- 
drops, which are the 
only flowers to keep it 
company at the early 
season in which it 
blooms. 20 cts. per 
doz.; $1.00 per 100; 
$8.00 per 1000. Crown ImPERIALS. 


Erythronium. 
(Dog’s Tooth Violet.) 
Beautiful hardy plants, 
especially suited to moist, 
shady situations ; the leaves 
are handsomely variegated, 
flower stems about a foot 
high, bearing lily-like blos- 
soms of different colors ; 
does well in pots; mixed 
3 = varieties. 20 cts. per doz.; 
Erantuis Hyema is. $1.25 per 100. 
EREMURUS. 
Robustus. A noble and rare bulbous plant from Turkestan and one of the 
choicest subjects for the permanent hardy border. They thrive best in a well- 

drained, sheltered, sunny position, and prefer a deep, sandy loam, to which 
has been added a liberal quantity of well-rotted cow manure. A covering of 
4 or 5 inches of leaves or litter will be beneficial and save the young shoots, 
which start early, and are liable to be damaged by late frosts. It produces im- 
mense flower stems, 6 to 10 feet high, bearing a dense raceme of flesh-pink 
flowers, each nearly 2 inches across. (See cut.) Extra strong-flowering 
roots (ready in October), $1.00 each; $9.00 per doz. 
Himalaicus. Another noble variety from the temperate Himalayan mount- 
ains, 4 to 8 feet high. Raceme nearly 2 feet long, of lovely pure white 
flowers as large as a fifty-cent piece. This is perhaps the hardiest and easiest 
grown of this magnificent genus. Strong-flowering roots (ready in October), 
Eremurus Rosustus. $1.00 each; $9.00 per doz. 


We call special attention to the May-flowering Tulips offered on pages 10 and 11. 
