Hardy Perennials 
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Digitalis lanata, taken in our nursery. 
talis furruginea I take to be a biennial, 
and though we get but one season’s 
bloom from it, it pays well for the 
trouble and expense. It is a very tall 
plant in its best location, and the 
racemes are often 2 feet long. Flowers 
rusty color: quite pretty. N., 15 cts. 
each; P., 20 cts. each. Seeds, 6 cts. 
per pkt. 
D. lanata. Woolly Foxglove, is another 
biennial, and to give the best effect 
should be massed. It grows 3 feet high, 
and its compound racemes of white and 
purplish flowers have at) orchidaceous 
appearance. Eastern Europe. Sum¬ 
mer. N., 15 cts. each, $1.35 per doz.; 
P., 18 cts. each, $1.60 per doz. Seeds, 
5 cts. per pkt. 
. purpurea, var. gloxinioides. Has a great 
variety of colors, but in growing them 
separately I have had much difficulty to 
keep the colors separate. Have, there¬ 
fore, thought best to offer only the 
mixed colors, and thus save the possible 
disappointment to my customers, which 
must occur when separate colors are 
sold. My strain is one of the very 
best. Good strong clumps of this 
charming flower. Blooms in June. This 
is one of our very finest hardy peren¬ 
nials. N., 15 cts each, $1.25 per doz. ; P.. 20 
cts. each, $1.55 per doz. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
D. Sibirica. Is perennial, and when once estab¬ 
lished, a permanent plant. The flowers are 
creamy white and quite attractive. Summer. 
N., 12 cts. each, $1.10 per doz.; P., 15 cts. each, 
$1.40 per doz. Seeds, 10 cts. per pkt. 
Dracocephalum grandiflorum. 
D0DECATHE0N ellipticum. A fine and attractive kind 
from Washington. N., 15 cts. each, $1.25 per 
doz.; P., 18 cts. each, $1.35 per doz. 
Dodecatheon Jeffreyi. A pretty species from Oregon : 
stands transplanting well, and in some ways is a 
better flower, though a little smaller than Meadia. 
N., 15 cts. each ; P., 18 cts. each. Seeds, 10 cts. 
per pkt. 
D. Meadia. American Cowslip, Shooting Star. 
Curious cyclamen-shaped rose or white flowers. 
Likes a rich, loamy soil, in thin shade or full 
sun. Last of May. N., 12 cts. each, $1.10 per 
doz., $6 per 100; P., 14 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
Seeds, 10 cts. per pkt. 
D. telrantrum. A species from the Pacific coast 
which likes a damper soil. N., 20 cts. each ; P., 
22 cts. each. 
D0R0NICUM Caucasicum. The finest of the Doroni- 
cums, with bright yellow flowers. N., 15c. each, 
$1.35 per doz.; P., 18c. each, $1.60 per doz. 
DRACOCEPHALUM. Dragon’s head. 
D. grandiflorum (1). Altaiense) - Siberian; 6 to 9 
inches high, bearing handsome spikes of dainty 
blue flowers about an inch long. N., 15 cts. each, 
$1.20 per doz.; P., 18 cts. each, $1.40 per doz. 
Seeds, 6 cts. per pkt. 
ECHINACEA purpurea. Purple Cone-flower. Is a 
striking and handsome hardy perennial, if left 
in its place at a proper distance in the back of 
the border; but at closer range it has a coarse 
appearance, which renders it of little value for 
cutting. It is certainly very striking, and a 
pretty plant in its place. 2 feet high. Flowers 
purple, 2 to 4 inches wide. Western states. 
Summer to autumn. N., 15 cts. each, $1.15 per 
doz.; 1\, 18 cts. each, $1.30 per doz. Seeds, 5 
cts. per pkt. 
N. 'preceding the prices indicates not prepaid; P . indicates 'prepaid. 
