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[General Collection of Hardy Plants—Continued.] 
Dianthus Deltoides. (Maiden Pink.) A pretty English pink, 
with white or bright pink spotted flowers, freely produced on stem 
six to twelve inches high. It will grow almost anywhere, and flow¬ 
ers several times during the summer. 25 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Dianthus Alba Fimbriata. Flowers pure white, double, and 
beautifully fringed ; valuable for cutting and very hardy. 25 cents 
each ; $2 per dozen. 
Dianthus Fimbriata Rosea. Similar to the above, but of a 
fine soft rose color; invaluable for cutting, as well as for border 
decoration. 25 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Dianthus Stephano. Pure white, centre light rose lake; a 
good large flower. 25 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Dicentra Canadensis. (Squirrel Corn.) Native, moist woods; 
a very pretty early spring-blooming plant; handsome fern-like foli¬ 
age ; requires shade. 15 cents each; $1.50 per dozen. 
Dicentra Cucularia. (Dutchman’s Breeches.) A pretty native 
white; plant, four to ten inches high; flowers greenish white, 
tinged with rose ; early spring ; likes moist, shady places. 20 cents 
each ; $2 per dozen. 
Dicentra Spectabilis. (Bleeding Heart.) A well-known and 
beautiful hardy perennial. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Dicentra Eximea. A charming spring-flowering plant, having 
delicate light green fern-like foliage and racemes of drooping red¬ 
dish flowers. One of the finest spring decorative plants, and in¬ 
valuable for cutting. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Digitalis Purpurea. (Foxgloves.) Tall, very showy peren¬ 
nials, in assorted colors. Of these splendid perennials we have a 
large collection of the best varieties. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen ; 
$10 per 100. 
Digitalis Grandiflora. A tall slender plant, bearing large bell¬ 
shaped yellow blossoms in long racemes; a very striking plant. 
2 5 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Digitalis Buxbaumii. (Yellow Foxglove.) 20 cents each ; 
$2 per dozen. 
Dictamus Fraxinella. A very showy border perennial, having 
fragrant foliage and spikes of curious red flowers; giving off 
during hot weather a fragrant volatile oil, which explodes when a 
match is applied to it. 50 cents each. 
Dictamus Fraxinella Alba. Similar to the above, but pure 
white. 50 cents each. 
Dracocephalum Ruyschiana. (Dragon’s Head.) A Japanese 
variety, quite distinct from any other of this family ; erect in habit, 
light green foliage, with whorls of light blue flowers, more than 
an inch in length. A really showy decorative plant. 20 cents 
each ; $2 per dozen. 
Doronicum Plantagineum Excelsum. A beautiful spring¬ 
flowering “Composite,” having large golden-yellow flowers four 
inches in diameter. It commences blooming in April and con¬ 
tinues in flower during the whole of the season. It is fond of 
plenty of moisture and prefers a stiff soil. It was awarded a first- 
class certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society June, 1887. 
30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. 
Dodecatheon Media. (The American Cowslip.) Slender 
stems, twelve inches in height, bearing umbels of twenty rosy- 
purple flowers on each. The petals rise vertically from the centre 
of the flower, in the way of the Cyclamen, giving it a peculiar and 
graceful appearance. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Edelweiss. (See Leontopodium Alpinum.) 
Eryngium Giganteum. (Ivory Thistle.) Forming a stately 
bush, three and one-half feet high, very rigid and symmetrical. 
The stems arc glistening white and the leaves and bracts all par¬ 
take more or less of the same color. 25 cents each. 
Eryngium Amethystinum. A noble and handsome plant 
sufficiently attractive for almost any situation in the flower border. 
It grows about three feet, with handsome laciniated foliage, and 
the heads of flowers are a lovely amethystine blue, the bracts as 
well as upper portions of the stems being the same color. 25 cents 
each; $2 per dozen. 
Eryngium Pandanafolium. Foliage Pandanus-like; very 
decorative. 25 cents each. 
Erythronium. (Dog’s Tooth Violet.) These bulbous plants 
are among the loveliest of our hardy garden flowers; height five 
to ten inches. 
Erythronium Americana. (Yellow Adder’s Tongue.) The 
leaves are pale green, mottled and dotted with purple and white; 
flowers one inch across; pale yellow, spotted near the base, and 
produced on slender stalks six to nine inches high 15 cents each ; 
$1.50 per dozen. 
Erigeron Auranticus. A 
new plant, one of the best of 
this genus and one of the finest 
of recent introduction. It forms 
a tuft of leaves somewhat in 
the way of Aster Alpinus, bear¬ 
ing bright orange flowers as 
large as a dollar. It flowers 
very freely, will thrive in almost 
any soil, and can be highly 
recommended. 25 cents each ; 
$2.50 per dozen. 
Erysymum Pulchellum. 
New dwarf species, close- 
tufted habit, yellow flowers. 
15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 
Erianthus Ravennae. Re¬ 
sembles the Pampas Grass, but 
is entirely hardy. Fine for EDELWEISS, 
tropical effects. 30 cents each. 
Euphorbia Corallata. A tall branching plant, with white 
flowers. Fine for cutting from July to October. 20 cents each; 
$2 per dozen. 
Eulalia Japonica Variegata. A perfectly hardy and remark¬ 
ably beautiful variegated grass, bearing lyre-shaped -lumes. Fine 
for tropical effects. 30 cents each ; $3 per dozen. 
Eulalia Japonica Zebrina. This is the finest of all the Eula¬ 
lias ; a very strong grower, with golden transverse stripes, each 
shoot terminating with a feathery plume in the fall, and can be 
used with good effect on the lawn, in the border or shrubbery. 
30 cents, 50 cents and 75 cents each. 
Ferula Communis. (Giant Fennel.) This plant has the ap¬ 
pearance of the larger filmy ferns, though it must be established 
for a year or two before reaching perfection ; exceedingly attract¬ 
ive during the early spring months, but when it has arrived at 
maturity is one of the grandest hardy foliage plants in cultivation. 
50 cents each. 
Fragaria Indica. (Indian Strawberry.) An interesting little 
trailing herb, bearing an abundance of deep red berries. Flower¬ 
ing late in summer. Valuable for rough rock work, or for car¬ 
peting the ground under shrubs. 15 cents each; $1.50 per 
dozen. 
Funkia Alba. (Small white Day Lily.) The Funkias are a 
remarkably beautiful class of plants, both for their foliage and 
flowers ; very effective if planted in groups. 30 cents each. 
Funkia Fortunei. (Day Lily.) A beautiful species, with rigid 
glaucous leaves and bright blue flowers. 40 cents each. 
Funkia Ovata. This is one of the finest-leaved Day Lilies; 
violet-blue flowers. 20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Funkia Subcordata. A very fine white-flowered variety of the 
Day Lily. 25 cents each ; $2.50 per dozen. 
Funkia Variegata. Variegated foliage, blue flowers. 20 cents 
each ; $2 per dozen. 
Funkia Sieboldii. Has the most effective foliage of the entire 
genus ; a strong grower, with light purple flowers. 35 cents each ; 
$3.50 per dozen. 
Galega Officinalis. (Goats’ Rue.) Graceful and hardy plants 
of the peaflower order; grows from three to five feet high, and 
bears abundantly in summer dense clusters of pea-shaped flowers 
of a pretty pink color. 15 cents each ; $1.50 per dozen. 
Galega Alba. Same as the above, but with white flowers. 
15 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Gynerium Argenteum. (Pampas Grass.) The finest of all or¬ 
namental grasses ; superb for the lawn as single specimens. Needs 
protection in this latitude. 25 cents and 50 cents each. 
Geum Coccineum. Fine scarlet flowers ; a good border plant. 
20 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 
Geum Coccineum Plenum. A grand variety of the old-fash- 
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