EPIPACTES, Creek Orchid. See page 12. 
♦ERIGERON mucronatus (Vittadenia mucronatus). This 
forms low dense masses a foot high and as broad, and 
during almost the entire season is covered with little 
daisy-like flowers of white tinted pink. Splendid for 
large pockets, and planted at top of a wall makes a 
beautiful drape. Plant in sun or light shade and any soil, 
either fall or spring. Not hardy in cold regions but 
may be kept over by cuttings taken into the house in fall. 
25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
ERIGERONS of this lovely group are somewhat like 
Michaelmas Daisies with plants about 2 ft. high, and the 
disk-like flowers are produced in profusion through a 
long period in summer. Fine cut. Sit., sun to light shade; 
soil, best a good loam and fairly moist. The finest are; 
The Quakeress. Lovely discs of soft lavender pink. 25 cts. 
each; 3 for 65 cts. 
Speciosus Idaho Variety. Far superior to the usual type with 
very large discs of pure lilac mauve. 25 cts. each; 3 for 
65 cts. 
ERIOPH YLLU M lanatum. See Eriophyllum Oregon Sun¬ 
shine, page 26. 
♦♦ERODIUM Chamaedryoides. A wee plant forming feathery 
tufts less than an inch high and throughout summer, 
studded with flowers that are pretty white stars. Cult: 
Sun; deeply worked, light soil. PL. fall to spring. A gem 
on a sunny ledge. 40 cts. 
♦♦ERODIUM Cheilanthifolium. Dense tufts of leaves, espec¬ 
ially velvety with thick gray down, the rosy flowers 
on 1 in. stems. Cult: As for last. Lovely alpine. 60 cts. 
each. 
♦ERYTHRONIUMS. Can you imagine anything more en¬ 
chanting in your shaded rock garden than little pockets 
of Erythroniums as pictured in color, front cover. 
EU PATORIU M coelestinum. A very fine perennial Ageratum- 
like plant, making dense masses a foot high and pro¬ 
ducing lovely flossy flowers of lavender blue in autumn. 
Sit., sun or light shade. Soil, good loam. PL, fall to 
spring. Divide each spring. 25 cts. each; 3 for 60 cts. 
EUPATORIUM occidentale. A rare plant of the Sierra Ne¬ 
vada Mts., 18 inches high with fleecy clouds of soft pink 
flowers in autumn. Sit., sun. Soil, a well drained loam. 
Pl., fall to spring. 30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
♦EVENING PRIMROSE. See Oenothera. 
♦FELEC1A petiolata rosea. Has many long trailing branches 
which will root where they touch soil, with a pleasing 
soft green foliage. The pink, daisy-like flowers are 
pretty and are borne all summer; perpetually in Cali¬ 
fornia. Will drape from a wall to six feet. Not hardy in 
the East but a single plant taken indoors will provide 
cuttings for the next season. A most useful and fine 
plant. Cult: Sun or shade. Soil, any. Will stand some 
drouth but best in moister rich soils. PL, fall to spring. 
Spring in colder regions. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts.; $2.00 
per doz. 
♦FLAX. See Linum. 
FERNS, Hardy Native. See page 12. 
♦FRITILLARI AS are most effective in rock garden, see 
page 9. 
FUNKIA. See Hosta. 
GAS PLANT, is Dictamnus. 
Gaura Lindheimeri grows 2 to 4 ft. and branched like an open 
headed shrub with an endless succession of white flowers 
flushed pink. One of the most useful plants for hot and 
dry climate, yet good anywhere, and a very fine back¬ 
ground for plants such as Delphiniums and Phlox. Sit., 
sun. Soil, any, to rocky. Pl., fall to spring. Prop., seeds. 
25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
♦GENTIANA pterocalyx. This quite rare species does ad¬ 
mirably in a moderately moist, good loamy soil in a 
partially shaded situation; 8 in. high with leafy lax 
stems and lovely open blue flowers. 50 cts. each; 3 for 
$1.25. 
GERBERA Jamesonii Hybrids, Transvaal Daisy. With basal 
leaves, the flowers are borne singly on long slender stems 
and are splendid for border and cutting alike. One of 
the very best perennials for California, the South and 
Southwest. Tender in the East where they must be 
potted up and taken in indoors in fall, where they will 
flower for weeks. Cult: Sun. Soil, well drained, mellow 
loam. PL, fall to spring. Beautiful pastel colors from 
white through buffs, yellow, pinks and reds in mixed 
only. Large plants 50 cts. each; 3 for $1.25. Good plants 
30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
Gerberas 
Ginger Root. See Asarum. 
GLAUCIUM. See Horned Poppy, page 26. 
♦GLOBULARIA cordifolia is a dwarf with basal tuft of 
glossy deep green leaves. The flowers are balls of 
steely deep blue fluff on 3 inch stems. Attractive in 
sunny rock garden in any good soil. 30 cts. each; 3 for 
75 cts. 
GUERNSEY LILY. See Nerine. 
GYPSOPHILA Bristol Fairy. By far the best Baby’s 
Breath. Bushes 2 to 3 ft. high and as much as 4 ft. across, 
freely branching, with multitudes of fully double white 
flowers. Cult: Sun, good loam. PL, fall to spring. Give 
room. Large plants 75 cts. each. Good plants 50 cts. 
each. 
GYPSOPHILA Oldhamii. This delightful new variety grows 
to 40 in., somewhat like paniculata but the flowers are 
deep rosy-pink. Exceptionally fine. Sown early indoors 
flower first year from seed. Plants, 35 cts. each; 3 for 
90 cts.; $2.50 per doz. Seeds, 25 cts. per pkt. 
♦GYPSOPHILA repens rosea. One of the best flat growing 
trailing plants that I know of. The compact dense 
masses a foot or more across, have foliage that is pretty, 
even in midwinter and the pretty soft pink flowers 
fairly smother the plant in May and June with some 
flowers all summer. For rock walls, for drapes in the 
rock garden and for border edgings they are fine. Cult: 
Sun, stand drouth. Soil, any. Pl„ fall to spring. Prop., 
seed. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. Seeds, pkt. 25 cts. 
*H ELI ANTH EM U M, Sun Rose. Low spreading evergreen 
plants which from May to July are almost hidden with 
the lovely flowers, like little single roses. Sturdy, long 
lived, and easily grown, no rock plant gives more joy 
for little trouble, and they are excellent as front line 
plants in the border and for covering banks, or as short 
drapes over rocks. If soil is deep and rich they may 
grow to five feet across, but may be pruned to keep them 
within bounds at any size from a foot up. Cult: Sit., 
sun. Soil, any well drained. When established will thrive 
even in narrow crevices and will withstand heat and 
drouth wonderfully. Pl., fall to spring. In the East, protect 
with straw in winter. After the main flowering, prune 
half back. The varieties and selected colors are: 
♦Apricot. Very fine, large flowers. 35 cts, each; 3 for 90 cts. 
♦“Ball of Gold.” Rare, new double yellow. 40 cts. each; 3 
for $1. 
♦Boule de Feu. Double red. 30 cts. each; 3 for 75 cts. 
“Dazzler.” Vivid blood red. 35 cts. each; 3 for 90 cts. 
Flame, Bright-Yellow, Pink. 25 cts. each; 3 for 65 cts. 
♦Collection five varieties, my selection for $1.10. 
Seeds. Saved from finest colors and named varieties. 
Mixed, pkt. 25 cts. 
The above prices are postpaid to your door. 
* Indicates plants well suited to rock gardens. 
** Indicates plants suited to the rock garden only. 
RED DELPHINIUMS? Yes, we offer two fine varieties. 
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