WAYSIDE GARDENS 
Digitalis, Giant Shirley Hybrids 
DODECATHEON - American Cowslip 
A very pretty, dwarf plant with oblong leaves, and nodding Cyclamen¬ 
like flowers borne in umbels. Charming for naturalizing in colonies in 
woodland gardens, in cool, moist, shady borders, or in the rock garden. 
Culture. They require a light, loamy soil containing leaf-mold and a 
little peat, a moist, cool, shady position, such as the margins of wood¬ 
land borders, or shady spot in the rock garden. Best grown in colonies. 
Plant in early spring or fall, 4 to 5 inches apart. 
*Meadia Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $ 18.00 
(Shooting Star). A pretty perennial, 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. 
DRABA - Whitlow Grass 
One of the important spring-flowering plants for the rockery. Very 
dwarf and compact with numerous small flowers in early 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. 
**Fladnizensis. Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $30.00 
(Androsacea). A very hardy species from the Arctic regions. Produces 
a profusion of yellow flowers from March to May. Fine for rock garden. 
DRACOCEPHALUM - Dragonhead 
Salvia-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 ordinary, good soil and 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 apart. 
*Ruyschianum japonicum 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 a blue Physostegia. 2 feet. July and August. Good 
for cutting. 
ECHINOPS - Globe ThisHe 
Handsome perennials with pinnate or spiny foliage, woolly beneath, and 
globular, thistle-like flowers. A well grown plant has a pleasing effect 
in the border. 
Culture. Ordinary soil in sun or light shade in border or wild garden. 
Plant in autumn or spring 10 to 12 inches apart. 
Bannaticus Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
One of the tallest globe thistles. Its fine steel blue heads reared 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 and August, which can be dried and 
remain attractive for a long time. 2 to 3 feet high. 
EDELWEISS (See Leontopodium). 
EDRAIANTHUS - Wahlenbergia 
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 drained soil, and may 
be grown as an edging or in masses on the margin of a sunny border, 
or rock garden. Plant in spring or early fall, 6 to 8 inches apart. 
*Dalmaticus 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 Arbutus 
A somewhat shrubby plant of creeping habit, capital for the shady 
rock garden or open woods. 
Culture. Requires a well drained, porous soil and 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 apart. Do not 
disturb when once planted. They are very difficult to establish in new 
locations. 
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 and 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. 
Chamaedryoides roseum Each $0.50, Doz. $5.00 
A tiny alpine which flowers throughout the season. Forms neat little 
tufts of pretty, glossy leaves covered with delicate pink veined flowers 
carried on 2 inch stems. It likes sun. 
ERIGERON - Fleabane 
A very effective genus of Michaelmas Daisy-like plants usually with 
pink and purple flowers; are indispensable for groups and flower bord¬ 
ers and are excellent for cutting. All are about 2 feet high except 
Alpinus. 
Culture. Ordinary, fairly moist soil and a sunny position will suit all. 
The dwarf kinds should be grown in the rock garden. Plant in autumn 
or early spring, 10 to 12 inches apart. 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. Plant bears an attrac¬ 
tive head of purplish flowers throughout the summer. 
Macranthus 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 tall 
plants for backgrounds. 
Speciosus Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Large, handsome blue flowers, violet tinted and yellow centers during 
June and July; fine for cutting. 
EPIMEDIUM - Barrenworf 
Dwarf perennials with handsomely marked and leathery leaves which 
assume a bronzy tint in autumn. Dainty little plants for colonizing on 
the margins of partially shaded borders and rock gardens. Foliage is 
classic in design and most useful for cutting. 
Culture. Grow in peat and loam in partial shade. Plant in colonies of 
three or more in fall or spring, 6 inches apart. Do not remove old leaves, 
as they help to protect the plants in winter. 
*Maeranthum Three $1.70, Doz. $5.00, 100 $40.00 
A dwarf-growing plant suitable for a shady position in the rock garden, 
edge of border or for mass planting under trees where grass will not 
grow. The leathery, bronzy green foliage and panicles of small, cream- 
white flowers in May make it one of the most attractive small plants 
in cultivation. 
ERINUS 
Small tufted hardy plants about three to four inches high, suitable for 
the rock wall 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 ordinary soil, when protected from ex¬ 
cessive moisture it is perfectly hardy. Plant in fall or early spring, 3 
inches apart. 
**Alpinus roseus Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Pretty rosettes of foliage and recemes of rosy purple flowers. A first rate 
rock plant and also invaluable for establishing on old walls or between 
steps. 4 inches. May and June. 
»»Alpinus albus Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
White form of the above. 
