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GENERAL CATALOGUE 
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COREOPSIS. Tickseed 
Showy and valuable free flowering perennials, continuing in bloom the entire summer. 
C. auriculata. A showy perennial; flowers solitary, on long stalks; yellow; 2 to 3 feet. June. 2c. 
C. grandiflora. Large yellow flowers on long stems; fine for cutting; early summer until frost; 
= Glee Baie 
C. lanceolata. Large golden yellow fiowers;- profuse bloomer; keeps in flower throughout the sum- 
mer; one of the best hardy plants; 1 to 3 feet; very handsome. June. 25c. 
C. senifolia. Yellow flowers in August. 6 feet. 25c. 
C. verticillata. Flowers yellow; 2 feet. June to September. 25c. 
A DACTYLIS. Cocksfoot 
D. glomerata variegata. A striped-leaved grass. 25c. 
DAPHNE 
D. Cneorum. GartanpFtiower. A pretty dwarf, evergreen shrub, bearing a profusion of rosy lilac 
flowers in May; fine for rockwork. 50c. 
DELPHINIUM. Larkspur 
A remarkably showy class of tall growing plants, producing magnificent spikes of blue flowers in summer. We know 
of no plants which will afford greater satisfaction than these. 25c. 
DIANTHUS. Pink 
D. barbatus. Sweer Wi11am. Among the most esteemed and valuable of hardy plants, producing 
flowers of a great variety of colors. Mixed colors. 25c. 
Dx. ee...,,, DICENTRA, or DIELYTRA. Bleeding-Heart 
D. eximia. Rose color; foliage fern-like; flowers all summer; valuable; 12 inches. 25c. 
D. formosa. Bright red flowers in May. 6 inches. 25c. 
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; 1 to 2 feet. May. 25c. 
DICTAMNUS, FRAXINELLA, or GAS PLANT 
_  <Achoice perennial, forming a bush about 2 feet high, and bearing spikes of curious red and white flowers, which are 
fragrant. One of the best hardy plants. 
D. alba. White; 12to 18 inches. June. 50c. 
D. rubra. Red; 12to 18 inches. June. 50c. 
DIGITALIS. Fox Glove | 
Ornamental plants, bearing spikes of long tubular flowers. Very popular and much employed in gardens. 
D. purpurea. Flowers purple, varying to white, in long terminal spikes; 2 to 3 feet. June to 
August. / 25c. 
DORONICUM. Leopard’s Bane 
Beautiful showy early yellow flowering perennials. Indispensable in any collection. 
D. caucasicum. A fine perennial, about eighteen inches high; flowers yellow, 112 inches across; soli- 
tary, in early spring. 2éc. 
D. Clusii. Similar in habit to the preceding, with larger flowers and later; 2 feet. May. 25c. 
D.splantagineum. Yellow flowers, usually solitary. Spring. 25c. 
var. excelsum. Yellow flowers, larger than the type; 2 feet. Aprilto June. 25c. 
ECHINACEA. Hedgehog Cone-Flower 
E. intermedia. Very pretty pink flowers; a showy plant; 3 to 4 feet. August. 25c. 
ECHINOPS. Globe Thistle 
Handsome broad foliage and showy globular heads of blue flowers. 
E. humilis. 3 to 4 feet. September. 25c. 
ELYMUS. Lyme-Grass 
» E. arenarius. A long, narrow, gray-colored grass; quite ornamental; 18 inches. 25c. 
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L-ef 7 ’  ERIANTHUS. Ravenna Grass 
E. Ravennz. 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. 25c. 
