HARDY PERENNIALS. 
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DICTAMNUS albus (D. Fraxinella). Fraxi 
nella, Gas-plant. N., 20 cts. each. 
$1.50 per doz. ; P., 25 cts. each, $2 
per doz. 
D. —, var. ruber. It is a good-sized hardy 
perennial of much worth, from east¬ 
ern Europe. Its pale purple flowers 
are much better and more numerous 
after it has become well established. 
Too much should not be expected of 
this plaut the first year after setting. 
It is easy of culture, but a dry soil 
suits it best. Fine when well estab¬ 
lished. May and June. N. f 15 cts. 
each, $1.40 per doz.; P., 20 cts. each, 
$1.80 per doz. 
DIGITALIS. Foxglove. An interesting 
genus of plants, whose culture is so 
simple as to be within reach of all. 
D. ambigua ( D . grandiflora). Has yel¬ 
lowish flowers and is quite pretty. It 
is a perennial, hardy and of easy cul¬ 
ture. Middle of Juue. Seeds, 8 cts. 
per pkt. N., 15c. each, $1.25 per doz.; 
P., 18 cts. each, $1.50 per doz. 
D. ferruginea 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. N., 20 cts. each; 
P., 25 cts. each. 
D. lanata. Woolly Foxglove. Is 
another biennial, and to give the 
best effect should bo massed. It 
grows 3 feet high, and its compound 
racemes of white and purplish flow¬ 
ers have an orchidaceous appearance. 
Eastern Europe. Summer. Seeds, 
5 cts. per pkt. N., 15 cts. each, $1.35 
per doz.; P., 18c. each, $1.00 per doz. 
D. purpurea. N., 15c. each; P., 20c. each. 
D. —, var. gloxinioides. Has a great variety of 
col- L. 
had/ 
ate. 
ors, but in growing them separately I have h 
much difficulty to keep the colors scpara 
Have, therefore, thought best to offer only the 
mixed colors, and thus save the possible disap¬ 
pointment 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. Our en^ 
graving from a photograph shows the beauty of 
the long flower-spikes which a good plant carries 
thickly. This is one of our very finest hardy 
perennials. Seeds, Sets, per pkt. N., 15 cts. 
each, $1.25 per doz.; P., 20 cts. each, $1.55 per 
doz. 
D. 
S'birica. Is perennial, and when 
lished, a permanent plant. The 
creamy white and quite attractive, bummer. / 
N., 12 cts. each, $1.10 per doz.; P., 15 cts. each, 
$1.40 per doz. 
once estab- 
flowers are 
attractive. Summer. 
Digitalis purpurea, var. gloxinioides. 
D0DECATHE0N alpinum. A small species from Cali¬ 
fornia. The Dodecatheons like a rather cool, 
well-drained situation and rich loam. The 
leaves disappear after flowering and are not 
seen again until the next spring. N., 12 cts. 
each; P., 10 cts. each. 
D. ellipticum. A fine and attractive kind from 
Washington. N., 15 cts. each, $1.25 per doz.; 
P., 18 cts. each, $1.35 per doz. 
D. Hendcrsoni. A very small species from the 
northwest. N., 20 cts. each; P., 22 cts. each. 
D. Meadia. American Cowslip, Shooting Star. 
Curious cyclamen-shaped rose or white flowers. 
Likes a rich, loamy soil, in thin shade or full 
suti. Last of May. N., 12 cts. each, $1.10 per 
doz.; P., 14 cts. each, $1.25 per doz. 
D. tetrandrum. A species from the Pacific coast 
which likes a dumper soil. N., 20 cts. each; I\, 
22 cts. each. . 
jV. preceding the prices, indicates not prepaid ; P. indicates prepaid. 
