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WAYSIDE GARDEISIS 
ECHINOPS - Globe ThisHe 
Hondsome perennials with pinnate or. spiny foliage, woolly bcneoth, ond 
globular, thistle-Jike flowers. A well grpwn,plant has a pleasing effect 
in the border. 
Culture. Ordinary soil m sun Or light shade in border or wild garden 
Plant in autumn or spring 10. to 12 inches apart, 
Bonnaticus Three $1.00, .Dpz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
One of the tallest globe thistles. Its. fine steel blue heads feared 5 
feet high are always very effective in the hardy border. 
Ritro Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Interesting and showy thistle-like plants with globular heads of deep 
metallic blue flowers during July ond August, which con be dried and 
remain attractive for a long time. 2 to 3 feet high. 
EDELWEISS (See Leontopodium). 
EDRAIANTHUS - Wohlenbergia 
Plants allied to the Campanula, and belonging to the same order. They 
are mostly suitable for rockery culture. 
Culture. They will succeed in good, ordinary, well droined soil, and moy 
be grown os an edging or in masses on the margin of a sunny border, 
or rock garden. Plant in spring or eOrly fall, 6 to 8 inches apart. 
’’^Dalmoticus Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Low border or rock plant about 3 to 4 inches high, producing blue 
flowers not unlike the Platycodon; this plant is very rare. 
EPIGAEA - Trailing Arbufus 
A somewhat shrubby plant of creeping habit, capital for the shady 
rock garden or open woods. 
Culture. Requires a well drained, porous soil ond a shady but not too 
dry position. Shade the evergreen foliage slightly during the winter to 
prevent burning. Plant in fall or spring, 8 to 10 inches aport. Do not 
disturb when once planted. They ore very difficult to establish in n6w 
locotions. 
Repens Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
(Mayflower). Likes acid soil, therefore plant in some place where lime 
will not hurt it. Very difficult to transplant. Sent only at your risk. 
ERODIUM - Heron's Bill 
This genus belongs to the Geraniums ond flowers throughout the sum¬ 
mer. The blooms are quaint and very attractive. 
Culture. They require a sandy loam and well drained position. Plant in 
spring only. 
Chomoedryoides roseum Each $0.50, Doz. $5.00 
A tiny alpine which flowers throughout the season. Forms neat little 
tufts of pretty, glossy leoves covered with delicate pink veined flowers 
Carried on 2 inch stems. It likes sun. 
Digitalis, Giant Shirley Hybrids 
ERIGERON - Fleabone 
1>ODECATHEON - American Cowslip 
A very pretty, dwarf plant with oblong leaves, and nodding Cyclamen¬ 
like flowers borne in umbels. Charming for naturalizing in colonies in 
woodlond gardens, in cool, moist, shady borders, or in the rock garden. 
Culture. They require a light, loamy soil containing leaf-mold ond a 
little peat, a moist, cool, shady position, such as the margins of wood¬ 
lond borders, or shady spot in the rock garden. Best grown in colonies. 
Plant in early spring or fall, 4 to 5 inches opart. 
'■'Meadia Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $18.00 
(Shooting Star). A pretty perenniol, with rose colored or sometimes 
white flowers in May or June, on 8- to 10-inch stems. This is sometimes 
called "American Cyclamen," It thrives in rich, moist woods, in the 
open border or rock garden. 
A very effective genus of Michaelmos Doisy-like plants usually with 
pink and purple flowers; ore indispensable for groups ond flower bord¬ 
ers ond are excellent for cutting. All are obout 2 feet high except 
Alpinus. 
Culture. Ordinary, foirly moist soil and a sunny position will suit oil. 
The dwarf kinds should be grown in the rock garden. Plant in autumn 
or early spring, 10 to 12 inches opart. Lift, divide and replant every 
third year. 
«Alpinus Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
A dwarf species suitable only for rock gardens. Plont beors on attrac¬ 
tive head of purplish flowers throughout the summer. • 
Mocronthus ■ Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
A fine hardy perennial with violet flowers, effectively used in mass 
plantings in borders together with Hardy Asters, Bocconia or other toll 
plants for backgrounds. 
Speciosus Three $1.00, Dor. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Large, handsome blue flowers, violet tinted and yellow centers during 
June and July; fine for cutting. 
DRABA - Whitlow Grass 
One of the important spring-floweting plants for the rockery. Very 
dwarf and compact with numerous small flowers in eorly spring. 
Culture. A sandy, rocky, open soil and a sunny, well-drained position 
suits them best. Do not cover plants during winter with any material 
that might rot the evergreen foliage. 
’•"'Flodnixensis, Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
(Androsaceo). A very hardy species from the Arctic regions. Produces 
a profusion of yellow flowers from March to May. Fine for rock garden, 
EPIMEDIUM - Barrenwort 
Dworf perennials with handsomely morked ond leathery leaves which 
ossume a bronzy tint in autumn. Dainty little plonts for colonizing on 
the margins of partially shaded borders and rock gardens. Folioge is 
classic in design and most useful for cutting. 
Culture. Grow in peat and loam in partial shade. Plont in colonies of 
three or more in fall or spring, 6 inches opart. Do not remove old leaves, 
os they help to protect the plants in winter. 
^Mocranthum Three $1.70, Doz. $5.00, 100 $40.00 
A dwarf-growing plant suitoble for a shady position in the rock garden, 
edge of border or for moss planting under trees where grass will not 
grow. The leathery, bronzy green foliage and panicles of small, cream- 
white flowers in Moy make it one of the most attractive small plants 
in cultivation. 
DRACOCEPHALUM - Dragonhead 
Solvia-like perennials. They have palmate leaves, and bear their flow¬ 
ers in whorls on terminal spikes. Interesting plants for the border or 
rock garden. 
Culture. Grow in ordinory, good soil arid in a cool, partially shaded po¬ 
sition. Best grown in masses of three or more. Plant in fall or early 
spring, 6 to 8 inches aport. 
'•Ruyschionum joponicum Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Flowers blue; central lobe of corolla with a blue border and white 
spots, might be called o blue Physostegio, 2 feet. July and August. Good 
for cutting. 
ERINUS 
Small tufted hordy plonts about three to four inches high, suitable for 
the rock well or on steep sides of the rock garden in crevices where it 
will freely produce its rosy purple or white flowers. 
Culture. Requires well drained ordinory soil, when protected from ex¬ 
cessive moisture it is perfectly hordy. Plant in fall or early spring, 3 
inches apart. 
’^’'''Alpinus roseus Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Pretty rosettes of foliage ond racemes of rosy purple flowers. A first 
rate rock plant and also invaluoble for establishing on old walls or be¬ 
tween steps. 4 inches. May and June. 
’^‘^Atpinus olbus Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25 00 
White form of the obove. 
