white flowers and green stems; suited for the rock garden [nurs- 
ery]. 
D. suffruticosum sericeum. S. Eu. 
DRYAS, Rosaceae. Mountain-avens. Choice prostrate ever¬ 
greens with large white flowers. They are adapted for cultiva¬ 
tion in a gritty soil in the rock garden or moraine [5E]. 
D. octopetala. N. N. Amer., N. Eu., N. Asia (Ap.-Jn.). 
D. o. lanata. (Ap.-My.). 
D. Suendermannii ( D . octopetala x Drummondii). (Ap.-My.). 
ECHINOCEREUS, Cactaceae. A prostrate cactus with large 
scarlet flowers. Requires sharp drainage and full sun [5E]. 
E. triglochidiatus. Colo, and N. Mex. to Tex. 
ELAEAGNUS, Elaeagnaceae. Oleaster. Coarse shrubs or small 
trees of some decorative value because of their silvery or gray 
foliage. E. pungens, evergreen, requires winter protection [8E» 
6K, nursery]. 
E. angustifolia orientalis.* 
E. commutata. Silver-berry; E. Can. to Minn, and Utah. 
E. montana. Japan. 
E. multiflora crispa .f 
E. pungens. Japan. 
E. p. Simonii. 
E. umbellata parvifolia. China, Japan. 
ELLIOTTIA, Ericaceae. The specimens in the Garden were 
raised from seed, but are not yet fully tested in this region. This 
germination is the first instance on record of Elliottia having 
been propagated from seed successfully [nursery]. 
E. racemosa. S. C. and Ga. (Jy.). 
* E. angustifolia, the Russian Olive, is native in Europe and western Asia, 
t E. multiflora is native in China and Japan. 
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