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F. H. Horsford, Charlotte, Vermont. 
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DIGITAL/IS ferrnginea 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 locations, and the racemes 
are often 2 feet long. Flowers rusty color, quite pretty. 10 cts. 
each. e. 
D. Janata (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 an 
orchidaceous appearance. Eastern Europe. 15 cts. each, $1.25 
per doz. e. Seeds. 6 cts. per pkt. 
D. Sibirica. Is perennial, and when once established is a per¬ 
manent plant. The flowers are creamy white and quite attrac¬ 
tive. 15 cts. each, §1.25 per doz. e. Seeds, 5 cts. per pkt. 
D. grandi flora. Has yellowish flowers and is quite pretty. It 
is a perennial, hardy, and of easy culture. 15 cts. each. e. 
Seeds, 6 cts. per pkt. 
DJFlA.COCEPHA.IiUM Altaiense. Siberian ; 6 to 9 inches high, 
bearing blue flowers about an inch long. 25 cts. each. e. 
D. Ftuyschianum. Purplish flowers an inch long; plants 2 
feet high; Europe. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. e. Seeds, 5 cts. 
per pkt. 
D. nigricans. 15 cts. each. e. 
ECHLNOPS (exaltatus) commutatus. One of the Globe 
Thistles, which attains a height of 5 to 7 feet. More interesting 
for its stately bearing than the beauty of its flowers. Flowers 
nearly white. Austria. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. e. 
Digitalis gloxinccflora.(, See page 9.) _ T , , , , , . . 
E. rtitro. Is a much more showy plant, but not so high. The 
blue, globe-shaped flowers are fine. It is not so liable to spread from seed with me as the first, which 
should not be allowed to scatter its seed, to keep it in bounds. 15 cts. each, §1.50 per doz. d. 
Seeds, 5 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. 15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. d. Seeds, 
8 cts. per pkt. 
EPIIVIEDIUM (Barrenwort). Are well-suited 
to rockwork in full sun, and should be 
treated to a compost of fresh loam and peat. 
E. violaceum. Is, perhaps, one of the best, 
and has a more robust habit than some. 
Flowers pale violet. Fine clumps 
of division. 15 cts. each, $1.25 per 
E. jM iiHMohiamim rubriim. From Japan- 
Bears Its flowers in close, short racemes. 
15 cts. each, c, 
K. Nevlum. Has white, or nearly white 
flowers ; very desirable. 25 cts. each. e. 
E. Hulplmroum. Has sulphur-tinted flow¬ 
ers, and seems with me, as hardy as either. 
15 cts. each, 2 for 25 cts. <r. 
BKHMURUS robiiHtiiH. When well-estab 
lished iti congenial soil, is a most stately and 
beautiful plant. In this climate I have always 
given it protection from frost. It should 
attain a height of 8 or 9 feet when of mature 
age, and its long raceme of peach-colored 
flowers is as fine ns one could wish. It 
needs a soil that is moist but well-drained, 
composed of part sand or a good loam. 
$1.80 each. 
Etythronium. (See opposite page). 
