Thk Klizabeth Kursbky Company. 



For 



COREOPSIS. 



HARDY PERENNIAL 

 CONVALLARIA. Uly of the Valley, 



Too weH-:k;nown to require descripiion nei-e. 

 any shady spot nothing is more satisfactory. 

 C. Majaiis — 6 in. Spikes of purest white flowers of a 

 charraina: fragrance. Small plants, 5 cts. each ; $4 

 per 100; Jmrge plants, 10 cts- each ; $8 per 100. 



COREOPSIS. Tick=Seed. 



All of easiest culture in 

 any common garden soil. 

 All quoted are commendable 

 for the flower border, and 

 several are quite indispen- 

 sable for cutting. 

 C. Delphinifolia— Clear yel- 

 low tlowers with dark cen- 

 ters. 20 cts. 

 !. Grandiflora — Large, deep- 

 yellow, cup-shaped flow- 

 ers, often three inches 

 across, and each on a Ions, 

 clean stem, especially fit- 

 ting it for catting pur- 

 poses. The plant forms a 

 broad bush, and is seldom 

 out of flower from early summer until hard frost. 

 25 cts. 



C. Lanceolata — Deep golden-yellow flowers on good 

 stems for catting. This is equally as indispensa 

 ble as the last, and being of a richer color and a 

 more continuous bloomer, can be used in connec- 

 tion with it to great advantage. 20 cts. 



C. Verticillata— Narrow foliage in dense whorls. Small 

 lemon-yellow flowers in constant succession 

 throughout the summer. 20 cts. 



DELPHINIUn. Lark=spur. 

 A most important class of free-flowering and orna- 

 mental-foliaged perennials of easy culture in ordin- 

 ary rich loam. The tall-growing sorts are admir- 

 able for the back portion of the border or for grouping 

 among shrabs, while the lower-growing soecies do 

 jftnely in all positions in the border. All a're of the 

 greatest value for cut-flower purposes. By prevent- 

 ing the fl owers from going to seed the plants will 

 bloom continually until hard frogt. Many rare 

 species can be furnished. Full lists sent upon appli- 

 cation. Choice varieties, 15 cts. to 20 cts. 



D. Bruonianum — Blue. Very fine. 

 D. Cardinale — Scarlet. 



D. Cashmerianum— Blue. 

 D. Emperor — White. 



DESnODIUn. Tick=Trefoil. 

 Shrubby plants, with neat, finely cut foliage, and a 

 pendulous habit of growth of the smaller branchlets, 

 and producing axillary, drooping spikes of showy 

 flowers along the length of the branches, and in such 

 profusion as to curve them to the ground. Very 

 valuable late bloomers, showy for the border or to 

 associate with shrubs. 



D. Penduliflorum— 4 ft , 9 10. Japan. Showy spikes 

 of bright-red flow >>rs. Verv efiective. 30 cts. 



DIANTHUS. Pink. 



One of the most important 

 classes of hardy plants; all of 

 easiest culture in ordinary 

 garden soil and giving unex- 

 celled flower results. For bed- 

 ding purposes, for edgings, for 

 ^ flowering in the rockery or 

 I border, these are all equally 

 well adapted. 



D. Abbottsford— Deep carmine, 

 marbled with white ; rich 

 clove fragrance. 10 cts. 

 D, Gertrude — B-osy carmine, 

 veined with silvery white. 

 10 cts. 



DIANTHUS. 



PLANTS— Continued. 



Dianthus, Her Majesty— A compact and healihy grower 

 with beautiful and distinct foliage. Flowers a lovely, 

 clear white in color, very double, and produced oa 

 long, stiff stems, exhaling an exquisite clove- 

 scented fragrance. 10 cts. 



D. Mary Gray— Reddish purple, narrow lacing of 



white. iO cts. 



D. Variabilis -VVhite, deep maroon center. 10 cts. 

 DIGITALIS. Fox=glove. 



Showy plants, thriving in common garden soil. 

 The lall-growing sorts are admirable plants for the 

 back of the flower border, while the dwarf species 

 should be brought to the front of the border or can 

 be used to advantage in the rockery. 

 D. Aurea — Spikes of bright yellow flowers. 25 cts. 

 D. Gloxinoides Alba— White flowers. 25 cts. 

 D. eioxinoides Rubra— Red flowers. 25 cts. 



DORONICUM PLANTAQINEUM EXCELSUn. 



A beautiful spring-flowering hardy perennial, 

 having large, handsome golden yellow flowers 4 

 inches in diameter, bloommg profusely in May and 

 continuing to flower at intervals during the whole 

 of the season. 20 cts. 



OR ACOCEPH ALUn. 

 D. Virginicum — Fine garden plant 2 feet high, with 



spikes of pale purple flowers. 15 cts. each, |l 



per doz, 



DROSERA. 



D. Filiformis — An odd plant, with thread-like glan- 

 dular leaves and pink flowers ; showy in masses. 

 15 cts. each, $1 per doz. 



D. Intermedia — Somewhat between the two species 

 in form of leaf; flowers white. 15 cts. each, $1 

 per doz. 



ECHINACEA— Cone=Flower. 



Showy border plants, thriving in ordinary soil, 

 preferably good sandy Joam. The flowers are 

 strikingly handsome and of long duration. 



E. Purpurea (Purple Cone-flower) — Furry lanceolate 

 foliage. Flowers deep purple, often four inches 

 across. Very effective. 20 cents. 



ELYnUS— Lyme Grass. 



A bold-growing, handsome-foliaged grass, well 

 adapted to border planting with other grasses, or 

 used within the edge of shrubs or as isolated lawn 

 specimens ; also thrives well at the edge of water. 

 E. Arenarius — This forms a densely branched, massive 

 plant, with pendulous, long, narrow, bright silvery- 

 green foliage, giving a most distinct effect. 25 cts. 



EPILOBIUM. 



E. Angustifolium— An exceedingly showy plant, 3 to 

 5 feet nigh, with large spikes of pink flowers in 

 J uly. 15 cts. each, $ 1.50 per doz. 



ERYNQIUM— Sea Holly. 

 Handsome spiny foliage, and immense candelabra- 

 shaped flower-stems with showy, globular, bracteated 

 flower-heads. The stems of the flowering branches 

 usually assume the same color as that of the flowers, 

 producing a particularly unique effect. All of easy 

 culture m ordinary garden soil. 



E. Amaethystinum — Large, deep, amethyst - blue 

 nowers, with long, showy bracts of the same color. 

 20 cts. 



EUPATORIUn. 

 E. Aromaticum -2 feet high, with pure white flowers. 

 Very similar to ageratum. 15 cts. each, $1.50 

 per doz. 



E. Ageratoides--Very similar to the last, but taller. 

 15 cfcs. each, $1.50 pei doz. 



P"''P"';eurn— 4 to 5 feet high, with large panicles 



n?'f? P'^''?^^ flowers. Very showy. 15 cts. 

 each, $1,50 per doz. 



