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Edward Gdlett, Southwick, Mass. -Hardy Perennials 
ERYTHRONIUM Americanum(Dog’s-tooth Violot).>: 
This plant is often called Adder’s Tongue. It grows 
about 10 inches high, bearing in early spring bright 
yellow, lily-like flowers about an inch broad. Plant 
6 inches below the surface. A beautiful plant. 10 
cts. each, SI per doz. 
E. grandiflorum. From the western coast. Flowers 
yellow. 15cts.cach, S1.25 perdoz. 
E. albidum (White Dog’s-tooth Violet). *. Flowers 
bluisii white. (See illustration.) 15 cts. each, Si.25 
f)er doz. 
EQUISITUM hyemale (vSeouring Rush). % Two feet 
high, stems round-grooved, abounding in silex; 
used for scouring; a good i)lant for moist l)anks, 
sun or shade. 15 cts. 
EUPATORIUM ageratoides (White Snakeroot). <§> Two 
to 3 feet high, with a profusion of small, white 
flowers, in heads in late summer. Very desirable 
for cutting. lOc. each, SI per doz.; seeds, 5 cts. 
E. perfoliatum (Thoroughwort). ® Two to 3 feet; 
opposite leaves and fiat heads of white flowers; 
moist ])laces. 15 cts. each, SI.25 per doz. 
E. purpureum (Trumpet Weed; Joe Pye Weed). ® 
I'our to 10 feet high, with smooth, purple stalks; 
leaves in whorls; large, showy, purple heads of 
flowers, borne on tO]). Found in wet meadows 
and along streams. 25 cts. 
Erythronium albidum 
Digitalis gloxinioides 
(.see page 24) 
EUPHORBIA corollata (Flowering Spurge). 
39 A hardy, branching ]')crennial, 1 to 
2 feet high, with pure white, petal¬ 
like bracts around the true flower. 
Fine for cutting. 15 cts. each, SI.25 
per doz. 
FUNKIA aurea variegata(V'ariegated“leaved 
Day Lily). ^ The leaves of this vari¬ 
ety are beautifully variegated with 
white. Very hardy. Clumps, 25 cts. 
F. subcordata grandiflora (White Day Lily). 
A hardy perennial, with large, plant¬ 
ain-like leaves and ])ure white flowers 
in autumn; well suited for the border 
or beds. 25 cts. each. 
F. Thomas Hogg. # Foliage banded with 
clear white. A very choice variety, 
with large, purplish lilac flowers. 25 
cts. each. 
GALAX aphylla. m A pretty little ever¬ 
green, with shining red or green leaves. 
F''rom mountains of Xorth Carolina. 
Stalks a foot high, bearing many 
small, white flowers. Clum])s. 25 cts. 
each, S2 per doz. 
See page one for explanation of signs before description of plants 
