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DRABA, Rock Cress. 
densifolia. Small yellow flower heads over dense hairy rosettes; 
alpine. 4 inches. 
DROSACE carinata (Androsace chamaejasme). White forget-me-not 
flowers on short erect stems clasped by rosulate clusters of little 
bright green leaves. An alpine gem for the rock garden, easily 
grown. 
DRYAS, Mountain Avens. 
octopetala. Dwarf, spreading alpine shrub, 3 inches. Dense shining 
foliage, large white flowers. Fluffy silver seed heads. 
DRYMOCALLIS, Leafy Cinquefoil. 
fissa. Yellow, geum-like. 8 to 10 inches. 
EPILOBIUM. see Chamaenerion. 
ERIGERON, Daisy. 
compositus. Clear lavender, dwarf daisy. Fern-like foliage. 4 inches. 
A really good rock plant. 
coulteri. Large white flowers, basal foliage. Seed sometimes available. 
18 inches. 
flagellaris. A slender semi-prostrate one. Pink to white. Apt to 
monopolize territory. 3 inches. 
macranthus, Aspen Daisy. Clear lavender blue in clusters; a splendid 
garden daisy. Blooms in June and all summer if kept cut. 
18 inches. 
uniflorus. Pink to lavender; useful in the rock garden. 0 inches. 
ERIOGONUM, Buckwheat. 
subalpinum. Creamy-yellow to pink. Flat heads on 10-inch stems 
rising from low mats of leathery foliage. Makes a bright lasting 
mass of color. 
umbellatum. Like above, but yellower and more floriferous. 
ERITRICHIUM, Alpine Forget-me-not. 
argenteum. A miniature E. nanum. Farrer is right—“Irresistible 
wads of silver, hidden by a mass of little rounded faces of a 
pure clear celestial blue.” Difficult to tame. Plants $1.00 each. 
Seed 50c per pkt. 
ERYSIMUM, Wallflower. 
asperum. Yellow to orange. Slender, iy 2 ft. Seed only. 
nivale. Lemon yellow well-formed heads of fragrant flowers; found 
in alpine regions. 6 inches. Seed only. 
ERYTHRONIUM, Snow Lily. 
parviflorum. Little lilies of soft clear yellow that bloom as the 
snow melts. 
EUROTIA lanata. White Sage. Attractive silver gray foliage; flowers 
inconspicuous. 
FERNS. 
Asplenium filix femina, Lady Fern. Quick grower, 2 ft. 
Botryehium limaria, Grape Fern. Tiny, fleshy, less than an inch 
high; scarce. 
Dryopteris filixmas (Aspidium spinulosum), Male Fern. Large fronds, 
vigorous. 
Filix fragilis, Brittle Fern. A dainty little one, G to S inches. 
Nothalena fendleri. Cloak Fern. Triangular leaved, suggesting a 
diminutive wiry maidenhair. Reverse of leaves covered with a 
cloak of whitish powder. 
Phegopteris clryopteris, Oak Fern or Beech Fern. Delicate little 
triangular fronds, 5 to 10 inches; moist shade. 
Pteridium aquilimim (Pteris aquilinum), Bracken, Eagle Fern. Large 
triangular fronds with several triangular divisions. 2 to 4 ft. 
Scarce in Colorado. 
Woodsia seopuiina. Small, tufted. Found in exposed dry rock clefts. 
