**EPI LOBIU M Obcordatum is one of the most beautiful 
plants of the Californian alpine regions. Imagine com¬ 
ing across a little pocket or crevice below a snowbank 
filled with a close mat of fine bluish foliage and fairly 
smothered with relatively large rose-colored flowers of 
real beauty. It is at its best simply exquisite. While 
alpine by nature, I have it here at “The Terraces” in 
gravelly moraine soil with ordinary watering, and flower¬ 
ing well. With a constant drip it promises to be almost 
as good as in its high home. 50 cts. each. 
*EPIMEDIUM. European cousin of our Vancouveria. Dwarf 
evergreen perennials with long petioled handsomely 
marked, glossy leaves which turn bronze in autumn. The 
dainty flowers are in loose panicles. Lovely in the rock 
garden or the edge of border. Cult: Grow in peat and 
loam in partial shade. PI., fall to spring. Prop., div. 
*Alpinum makes masses 12 inches high of beautiful heart- 
shaped leaves, mottled red and has soft creamy flowers. 
40 cts. each; 3 for $1. 
*Lilacinum has a compact clump 6 to 8 inches high and 
flowers of deep lilac. 40 cts. each; 3 for $1. 
*Rubrum. More compact than last with deep red flowers. 
Quite rare. 60 cts. each. 
*Sulphureum makes a bold clump 12 inches high with sulphur 
colored flowers. 40 cts. each; 3 for $1. 
EPIPACTES, Creek Orchid. See page 13. 
*ERIGERON mucronatus (Vittadenia mucronatus). This 
forms low dense masses a foot high and as broad, and 
during almost the entire season is covered with little 
daisy-like flowers of white tinted pink. Splendid for 
large pockets, and planted at top of a wall makes a 
beautiful drape. Plant in sun or light shade and any soil, 
either fall or spring. Not hardy in cold regions but 
may be kept over by cuttings taken into the house in fall. 
25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
*ERIOPHYLLUM lanatum. This most excellent Californian 
native plant is most useful both for its drouth resistant 
qualities and for its beauty. It is hardy throughout the 
United States. It has a low basal tuft of grayish foliage 
with many wiry stems a foot or two high which through 
a long season bear many golden yellow daisy-like flowers. 
They begin flow’ering when California dries up in May 
and continue through our long rainless summers. Cult: 
Sit., sun. Soil, any well drained. PL, fall to spring. 
Prop., seed. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
**ERODIUM Chamaedryoides. A wee plant forming feathery 
tufts less than an inch high and throughout summer, 
studded with flowers that are pretty white stars. Cult: 
Sun; deeply worked, light soil. PL, fall to spring. A gem 
on a sunny ledge. 40 cts. 
**ERODIU M Cheilanthifolium. Dense tufts of leaves, espec¬ 
ially velvety with thick gray down, the rosy flowers 
on 1 in. stems. Cult: As for last. Lovely alpine. 60 cts. 
each. 
*ERYSIMUM pulcheilum, Grecian Wallflower. This has a 
compact low mat of deep green and in early spring and 
for weeks is covered with dainty light yellow flowers. 
Cult: Sit., sun and stands drouth. Soil, any well drained. 
PL, fall to spring. Prop., seeds. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 
cts. Border or rock garden. 
'^ERYTHEAE diffusa. This lovely little plant, offered for 
the first time, is of the Gentian family. Its annual cousins, 
called “Conchalagua” in Southern California, are most 
admired for their pink daintiness. Our perennial is 3 to 
4 in. high and is covered for a long period with flowers 
of great beauty, pink tinted salmon. Light shade and it 
must have a loose loamy soil and never be dry. A gem. 
50 cts. each. 
*E R YTH RON I U MS. Can you imagine anything more en¬ 
chanting in your shaded rock garden than little pockets 
of Erythroniums as pictured in color on pages 8, 9. 
EUPATORIUM coelestinum. A very fine perennial Ageratum- 
like plant, making dense masses a foot high and pro¬ 
ducing lovely flossy flowers of lavender blue in autumn. 
Sit., sun or light shade. Soil, good loam. PL, fall to 
spring. Divide each spring. 25 cts. each; 3 for 60 cts. 
EUPATORIUM occidentale. A rare plant of the Sierra Ne¬ 
vada Mts., IS inches high with fleecy clouds of soft pink 
flowers in autumn. Sit., sun. Soil, a well drained loam. 
Pl., fall to spring. 30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
*EUPHORBIA myrsinites. Spurge. From a central crown a 
number of prostrate branches spread widely and in May 
are covered with crowded heads of yellow flowers. It 
thrives in a sunny situation and poor soil. Shear to half 
length after flowering. Stands much drouth. 30 cts. each; 
3 for 75 cts. 
^EVENING PRIMROSE. See Oenothera. 
*FELECIA petiolata rosea. Has many long trailing branches 
which will root where they touch soil, with a pleasing 
soft green foliage. The pink, daisy-like flowers are 
pretty and are borne all summer; perpetually in Cali¬ 
fornia. Will drape from a wall to six feet. Not hardy in 
the East but a single plant taken indoors will provide 
cuttings for the next season. A most useful and fine 
plant. Cult: Sun or shade. Soil, any. Will stand some 
drouth but best in moister rich soils. PL, fall to spring. 
Spring in colder regions. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts.; $2.00 
per doz. 
*FLAX. See Linum. 
*FRITILLARIAS are most effective in rock garden, see 
pages 9, 10. 
FUNKIA. See Hosta. 
GAILLARDIA “Portola.” The best of all Gaillardias with 
very large refined flowers of bright crimson, rimmed 
yellow. Sit., sun, likes heat. Soil, good loam. Will stand 
drouth. Pl., fall to spring. Prop., div. 25 cts. each; 3 for 
65 cts. 
GAS PLANT, is Dictamnus. 
Gaura Lindheimeri grows 2 to 4 ft. and branched like an open 
headed shrub with an endless succession of white flowers 
flushed pink. One of the most useful plants for hot and 
dry climate, yet good anywhere, and a very fine back¬ 
ground for plants such as Delphiniums and Phlox. Sit., 
sun. Soil, any, to rocky. PL, fall to spring. Prop., seeds. 
25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
*GENTIANA pterocalyx. This quite rare species does ad¬ 
mirably in a moderately moist, good loamy soil in a 
partially shaded situation; 8 in. high with leafy lax 
stems and lovely open blue flowers. 30 cts. each; 3 for 75 
cts. 
*GENTIANA sceptrum. A Western species with semi-open 
flowers on 18 inch erect stems. Easy in a peaty soil in 
half shade. 35 cts. each; 3 for 90 cts. 
GERBERA J amesonii Hybrids, Transvaal Daisy. With basal 
leaves, the flowers are borne singly on long slender stems 
and are splendid for border and cutting alike. One of 
the very best perennials for California, the South and 
Southwest. Tender in the East where they must be 
potted up and taken in indoors in fall, where they will 
flower for weeks. Cult: Sun. Soil, well drained, mellow 
loam. Pl., fall to spring. Beautiful pastel colors from 
white through buffs, yellow, pinks and reds in mixed 
only. Large plants 50 cts. each; 3 for $1.25. Good plants 
30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
Ginger Root. See Asarum. 
GLAUCIUM. See Horned Poppy, page 31. 
*GLOBULARIA cordifolia is a dwarf with basal tuft of 
glossy deep green leaves. The flowers are balls of 
steely deep blue fluff on 3 inch stems. Attractive in 
sunny rock garden in any good soil. 30 cts. each; 3 for 
75 cts. 
GUERNSEY LILY. See Nerine. 
GYPSOPHILA Bristol Fairy. By far the best Baby’s 
Breath. Bushes 2 to 3 ft. high and as much as 4 ft. across, 
freely branching, with multitudes of fully double white 
flowers. Cult: Sun, good loam. PL, fall to spring. Give 
room. Large plants 75 cts. each. Good plants 50 cts. 
each. 
*GYPSOPHILA repens rosea. One of the best flat growing 
trailing plants that I know of. The compact dense 
masses a foot or more across, have foliage that is pretty, 
even in midwinter and the pretty soft pink flow’ers 
fairly smother the plant in May and June with some 
flowers all summer. For rock walls, for drapes in the 
rock garden and for border edgings they are fine. Cult: 
Sun, stand drouth. Soil, any. PL, fall to spring. Prop., 
seed. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
The above prices are postpaid to your door. 
* Indicates plants well suited to rock gardens. 
** Indicates plants suited to the rock garden only. 
CALIFORNIA BULBS, ROCK PLANTS, UNUSUAL PERENNIALS 
Page 25 
