14 CARL PURDY, UKIAH, MENDOCINO CO., CAL. 
DOG^S-TOOTH VIOLETS (Erythron.u.s, 
The charm of these most beautiful woodland plants is well pictured in the accompany- 
ing half-tones. If they had no other beauty than that of their richlv mollled leaves, they 
would be well worth a place in the shady corner. Their flowers are indeed very line, ami, in 
the Western species, often 3 inches across, with stems at the most 18 inches lii!,'h al'lhouuh 
oftener from 3 to 6 inches. The colors run in delicate tints of white, pink, ircam, bri^-ht 
yellow and even rose. If given a winter coveriuK of leaves, they are hardv in the coldest 
parts of the United States, and while they arc at their best in a loose, ^rilty soil rich in leaf- 
mold, they also thrive in the greatest variety of clays, f,'rils, and rockv soils In woodlands 
m shaded corners, or in the crevices of rockwork in shade, is the place to naturalize them' 
they should carpet the ground. Plant in early fall 2 inches deep and from 2 inches apart up 
Dog's-tooth Violets can be grown in pots or in the coldframe in the way recommended for 
Calochortus. E.IIartwcggii is the best for pots. All my varieties are described on the next 
page. 
"Our one great success was with Dog's-tooth Violets."— E. O. Orpet, New York, in 
Country Life in A merica. 
" E. grandiflonnn robuslum flowered beautif ull v wit h long slems. A'. Culifornica llowered 
finely," writes a Michigan customer who planted them in oi)en woods last wiuler. 
