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EPIMEDIUM (Barren-wort, Bishop's Hat) ' 



Dwarf-growing plants, 8 to 10 inches high, with leathery foliage and 

 panicles of interesting flowers; the foliage of all the varieties offered below 

 assumes the most beautiful tints of color in autumn. 



Musschianum Rubrum. Rosy red. I Sulphureum. Sulphur yellow. 

 Niveum. Dwarf, early, pure white. | Violacea. Ricli violet. 



30 cts. each; $2.50 per doz. ; $18.00 per 100. Set of 4 sorts, $1.00. 



ERYNCilUM CSea Holly) 

 Handsome ornamental plants, growing from 2 to 3 feet high. The 

 flower heads, which are produced from July to September, are useful to 

 cut for vases or to dry for winter bouquets. 



Amethystinum. The finely-cut, spiny foliage and the beautiful thistle- 

 like heads are of glistening amethystine blue. 

 Planum. Steel-blue. 



35 cts. each; $3.50 per doz. 



EtlPATORlUM 



Ageratoldes {Thorough ■teort). A useful border plant of stroog, free 



growth, 3 to 3) feet high, with minute white flowers in dense heads; 



splendid for cutting; August and September. 



Ccelestinum. A pretty hardy plant, with light blue flowers similar to 



the Ageratumj in flower from August until frost. 18 to 24 inches. 



25 cts. each; $2-50 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 



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EUPATORIUM AGERATOIDES AND CcEt.ESTINUM 



BIEI.YTRA, OR DICENTRA 



Spectabilis {Bleediiig Heart, or Seal Flower). 

 An old-fashioned favorite; its long racemes of 

 graceful heart-shaped pink flowers are ajways at- 

 tractive; it is used largely for forcing, and is per- 

 fectly at home in'any part of the hardy border, 

 and especially valuable for planting in tlie shade. 

 Strong clumps, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 



Formosa (Plumy Bleeding Heart). A dwarfer- 

 growing species, with finely-cut ornamental foliage, 

 growing about 15 inches high and producing its 

 showy pink flowers from April till August. 30 cts. 

 each; $2. 50 per doz. 



Euphorbia Coroi.i.ata 



EUPHORBIA 



C o r o 1 1 a t a ( Flowering 

 Spurge ). A most showy 

 and useful native plant, 

 growing about 18 inches 

 high and bearing from June 

 to August umbels of pure 

 white flowers, with a small 

 green eye, 



Cypai'issias. Forms neat 

 clumps with Cypress-like 

 foliage, showy trusses of 

 blight yellow flower-like 

 l)racts,in May, 



25 cts. each; $2.50 per doz.; Si 

 $18.00 per 100. '- 



Feverfew 



(Matricaria) 



Little Gem. A most use- 

 ful Ijorder plant and valu- 

 able summer cut flower, 

 with large double white 

 flowers; June until Octo- 

 ber; 18 to 24 inches high. 

 25 cts. each; $2.50 per 

 doz.; $16.00 per 100. 



DIGIT AI.IS (Foxglove) 



The Foxgloves, old-fashioned, dignified and stately, are wholesome company in 

 any garden. The strong flower stalks— frequently 4 to 6 feet high — rising from rich 

 and luxuriant masses of leaves, always give an appearance of strength to the hardy 

 border, and during their period of flowering dominate the whole garden. 

 Qloxinisflora ( Gloxinia-flopered). A beautiful strain of finely-spotted varieties. 



We offer them in White, Purplei Bose or Mixed. 

 Lanata. A distinct species, producing dense spikes, 2 to 3 feet high, of odd-look- 

 ,- ing flowers, the corolla being gray, the lip creamy- white. 



25 cts. each; $2. 50 .per doz. ; $15.00 per 100. 



DOROISICUM (Leopard's Bane) 



Excelsum. Large orange-yellow flowers and one of the most eff'ective very early 

 sprmg flowering perennials. There are many who have only seen this as a single 

 plant, here or there in a hardy border, and have no idea of the effect it has when 

 planted in a mass. It is also a splendid flower for cutting, as it carries well and 

 stands a long time in water, opening out morning after morning. They succeed 

 everywhere. 50 cts. each; $5. 00 per doz. 



ECHINOFS (Globe Thistle) 



Sphasrocephalus. An interesting thistle-like plant with large globular heads of 

 bluish-white attractive flowers. 3 f^et, 30 cts, each; $2.50 per doz. 



Feverfew 



