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ECHINOPS (Globe Tbistle). 



Ritro. Handsome thistle-like foliage, wilh globular metallic-blue 



flowers during July and August ; fine for cutting ; 4 ft. 

 Sphaerocephalus. Similar to the above, but with pale blue flowers. 

 20 cts. each ; |2.00 per doz. 

 EPII.OI5IUM (Willow Herb). 

 Angustifolium album. A strong grower, especially adapted for low, 

 wet ground, bearing numerous white flowers throughout the summer; 

 4 to 5 ft. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



EPIMEDIUM (Barren-wort). 



Dwarf-growing plants, wilh leathery foliage and panicles of lovely 

 flowers ; the foliage of all the varieties offered below assumes the most 

 beautiful tints of color in autumn. 



Muschianura. Creamy white. 



Alpinum. Creamy yellow. 

 Lilacea. Beautiful lilac. 

 Macranthum, Large white 

 25 cts 



Niveum. Pure white 

 Sulphureum. Light yellow. 

 ■ .25. 



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DoRONituiM Caucasicum (offered on page 164) 



EUPATORIUM. 



Ageratoides {Thofough- JVo7-f). A 



useful border plant, of strong, free 



growth, 3 to 4 feet high, producing 



minute white flowers in dense terminal 



heads August and .September. 

 Coelestinum. A pretty, hardy plant, 



with light blue flowers similar to the 



Ageratum ; begins to flower in August 



and continues until frost; 18 to 21 



inches. 

 SerotJnum. A useful plant to place m 



the re.rr of the border, growing from 4 



to 5 feet high, bearing large heads nl 



creamy white flowers, Sept. and Oct. 

 1.') cts. each; 551.50 doz. 



EUPHORBIA (iviiikwoit, 



Corollata {Flowering Spurge^. A must 

 showy and useful native plant, growing 

 about 18 inches high and bearing from 

 June till Aug. broad umbels of ]iuu 

 white, flowers, with a small green eye ; 

 desirable for cutting. (See cut.) 

 10 cts. each; |1.00 per doz. 



ERINUS. LKV^,.„.M AML.,n^„nMM. 



Alpinus. A very dwarf Alpine plant, forming a beautiful tuft of foliage close 

 to the ground, andproducing numerous bright rosy-purple flowers in May oi 

 June ; an excellent subject for the rockery. 



— Carmineus. Carmine flowers. | — Albus. Pure white flowers. 



25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 



CHOICE HARUY FERNS. 



eacti ; $2.50 per doz. Set of six sorts, 

 ERIGEROIS (Flea Bane,. 



Glabellus. Large purplish violet flowers; July to Sept.; 15 inches. ■" 

 (jiaucus. Glaucous foliage and large purple flowers in June; 1 foot. 

 Hybridus roseus. Rosy pink flowers during July ; \\ ft. 

 Macrantha. Deep lilac ; August and Septemljer ; 15 inches. 

 15 cts. each; $1.50 per doz. Set of 4 sorts, 50 cts. 



ERYNGIUM (Sea Holly). 



Handsome ornamental plants, growing from 2 lo 8 feet high. Effective 

 in flower and shrubbery borders, woodlands, wild gardens, etc.; the 

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

 cut for v.ises or to dry for winter bouquets. (See cut.) 

 Araethystinum, The finely cut spiny foliage and the beautiful thistle- 

 glistening amethystine-blue; a most ornamental 

 * plant. 25 cts. each. 



iViaritimum. An interesting variety, with 

 deeply cut pale blue foliage and flowers. 35 

 cts. each. 

 Planum. Medium-sized light steel-blue flowers. 



15 cts. each. 

 Yuccsefolium. Yucca-like foliage and heads 

 of greenish-white flowers; 8 ft. 25 cts. each. 



ERODIIIM (H€ 



Bill). 



Manescavi. A pretty trailer, bearing from June 

 lo Sept. attractive umbels of purplish-red 

 flowers; fine for the rockery. 25. cts. each. 



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'^ Varieties T^egiiirin^ shade. 

 *Adiantum Pedatum (Maiden-Hair\ 

 *Aspidium Acrosticboides( Wood Fern). 



* " Marjjinale. 



* " Goldiauuui {Shie'.d Fern). 



* " Noveboracen.se. 

 fAsplenium Filix-foeniina (Lady Fern). 



* " Thelypteris. 



t " Tricbomanes (Spleenwort). 



t " Kbeneuin (Ehony Fern). 



*Botrycbiinn Virsrinianum {Moomuort). 

 tCystopteris Bulbifera (Bladder Fern). 

 fDicksonia Piinctilobula (Gossamer 



F.-rn) 

 tNepbrodium Filix-mas (Male Fern). 



^Varieties succeeding in open border 



lOnoflea Sensibilis (Sensitive Fern) 

 t " Struthiopteris (Oji^r/c/; /v'jk). 



tOsnmnda Gracilis (Flowering Fern). 

 t " C\?iytoni?t,n-A(Floive ling Fern) 



t " Cinnainomea (Cinnamon 



hern). 

 *Pliegoptpris liryopteris (Beech Fern). 

 t " Hexagonopterum (jS^ftA /-i'^K). 



tScoIopendi-ium Ofiicinarum (Hart's- 



tongue). 

 *Woodsia Obtiisa. 

 *Woodwardia Angustifolia (Chain 



Fern). 

 t " Virginica. 



Price: Any of the above Ferns, 15c. each ; $1.50 per doz.; Set of 24 sorts, $3.00. 



Euphorbia CnnoLLA. 



We want good Photographs of Flowers, Plants, Vegetables, etc., and offer $200.00 cash in prizes for the same ; see announcement, page 4. 



