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Delpliinium Prof. Goodell. Dark blue, purple center ; three feet. July. 

 T>, pyramidalis. Blue ; four to five feet. June. 



D. Vicomte de Pulligny. Flowers double, rich blue with purple center, 



striped white ; distinct and fine. 50 cents. 



D. Wheelerii. Light blue, buff center ; five feet ; beautiful. July. 



DIANTHUS. Pink. 



D. caryophyllus. In variety. The well known lovely border carnation. 

 D. White-Fringed. A fine variety. May and June. 



DICENTKA, or DIELYTKA. Bleeding-Heart. 



D. eximea. Kose color ; foliage fern-like ; flowers all summer ; valuable, * 

 Twelve inches. 



D. spectabilis. A handsome, most curiously formed, rosy crimson flower^ 

 with white and blue tinged protruding stamen ; one of the finest border plants ; is 

 quite hardy ] well adapted for blooming in the winter ; one to two feet. May and 

 June. 



DICTAMNUS, or FRAXINELLA. 



A choice perennial, forming: a bush about two feet high, and bearing spikes of curious red 

 and white flowers, which are fragrant. 



D. alba. White ; twelve to eighteen inches. June. 30 cents. 

 D. rubra. Red; twelve to eighteen inches. June. 



DOROXICUM. Leopard's Bane. 



D. Caucasicum. A fine perennial, about one foot high; [flowers yellow, 

 solitary, in spring. 



ECHINACEA. Hedgeliog Cone-Flower. 



E. intermedia. Very pretty pink flowers; a showy plant; three to four 

 feet. August. 



EliYMUS. liyme-Grass. 



E. arenarius. A long, narrow, gray-colored grass ; quite ornamental ; 

 eighteen inches. 



EPIMEDIUM. Barren- wort. 

 E. pinDatuni elegans. A fine species, with bright yellow flowers. 50 cents. 



ERIANTHUS. 



E. Ravennse. Resembles the Pampas Grass, but blooms more abundantly. 

 Attains a height of from nine to twelve feet. Being perfectly hardy, is a valuable 

 grass for the decoration of lawns. 30 cents. 



ERIGERON. Fleabane. 



E. macrantha. A pretty species, two feet high ; flowers large, rosy purple ; 

 valuable. July. 



