DIONAEA or VENUS FLYTRAP 
An attractive, but oddly animal-like plant, is Dionaea 
muscipula. The leaves are carried in rosettes, the blade in 
two sections, connected only by the strong mid-rib. The 
terminal section is center-hinged and contractile, margined 
with bristles and studded with sensitive hairs and honey- 
secreting glands. When a fly, attracted by the sweet bait, 
alights on the leaf, the hairs act as triggers, and the leaf- 
halves quickly close over the insect, the edge bristles in¬ 
terlocking. 
The flowers are white, large and attractive; carried in 
terminal clusters. Dionaea is for the bog garden south, or 
for house culture north. Well suited to terrariums. Needs 
plenty of moisture, and soil should be mixture of sand, with 
peat or shredded moss. Will grow also in loose masses of 
live sphagnum moss. Given proper soil and wetness, seed 
germinates with fair readiness. Pkt. 25c; j'g oz. $1.00. 
72 DIOSPYROS KAKI—jy 40 ft. Japanese Persimmon. Bears 
delicious fruit. Seedlings will vary in hardiness. In the 
Orient, it ranges into climates comparable with that of 
Connecticut. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
21 DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA—jy 75 ft. American Per¬ 
simmon. Hardy well north. Quite ornamental. Bears 
fruits that are of excellent flavor when well ripened. Pkt. 
of % oz. 10c ; ^4 oz. 25c; 1 oz. 40c. 
52 DIPLACUS AURANTIACUS—kt(2)36. Lovely “Mimu- 
lus” flowers of buff-apricot. May be grown as pot plant. 
Pkt. 15c. 
25 DIPLARRHENA MORE A—mw(2)24. The pretty Tas¬ 
manian Iris. Flowers snowy, marked lilac. Pkt. 25c. 
11 DIPSACUS BLEND—ecbnx(2-3)50. Odd, but ornamental 
flowers that range from pure azure to a lilac that 
approaches rose. Later the dry seed heads are cut, to be 
used in unique and long-lasting winter decorative effects. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c. 
21 DISPORUM SMITHI—rmqsty(l)20. Fairy Bells. Pretty 
bells of delicate creaminess, pendant from graceful stem 
arches. Then shining golden berries. Pkt. 15c. 
DODECATHEON or SHOOTING STAR 
If, as the name implies, this flower was fashioned by the 
Twelve Gods of Greece, then their workmanship was of an 
exquisite perfection. One wonders, though, what Olympian 
escapade may have brought Grecian Gods to even short 
exile in our hemisphere, since Dodecatheons are altogether 
American. See illustration, page 46. 
21 DODECATHEON CUSICKI — crsty(l)12. Blossoms of 
rich velvety purple, with golden throat. Pkt. 20c. 
21 DODECATHEON HENDERSONI—crbnsty(1)12. A spec¬ 
tacular wine-purple Shooting Star, sweetly perfumed. A 
beauty. Pkt. 15c ; 1/32 oz. 40c. 
21 DODECATHEON MEADIA—crnsty(2)20. Eastern Shoot¬ 
ing Star or Wild Cyclamen. Rose colored, with yellow 
anthers. Fragrant. Strikingly beautiful. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, 
each 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00.) 
21 DODECATHEON MEADIA SPLENDIDUM — Here the 
blossoms are a gold-banded crimson. Pkt. 25c. 
OFFER 53A9—One pkt. each of above for 65c. 
OTHER DODECATHEONS—Alpinum 20c; Clevelandi 20c; 
Jeffreyi 25c; Stanfieldi 20c. 
21 DODECATHEON BLEND—Many good kinds. Pkt. 15c. 
26 DORYANTHES PALMERI—Spear Lily of Queensland. 
Spectacular scarlet flowers on 20-foot stems. Pkt. 25c. 
21 DOUGLASIA MONTANA—rstyt(2)7. Tufted rosettes, 
with blossoms of exquisite pink in loose clusters above. 
A very lovely Androsace-cousin that delights in a cool, 
well-drained, (but not dry) position in the rock garden, 
preferably where it is reached by a bit of shade during part 
of the day. Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 25c. 
♦DOWN1NGIA ELEGANS—erx(w) (2-4)6. Little half-foot 
foliage mounds that carry a long mantling of pretty blos¬ 
soms, white with stainings and veinings of blue, purple 
and yellow. Garden edgings, rockery or as a dainty little 
pot plant for the window. Pkt. 15c. 
21 DRABA BLEND—erkt(l). The Drabas seem built just 
to fit to, over, about and among rocks. They are mostly 
flowers of earliest spring, individually tiny, but massed 
upfacing on the slenderest of stems, to make cushions, 
or even carpets, of bloom. A rich yellow-gold is usual, 
but at times there will be lemon or white. Sometimes the 
plants are succulent “Sempervivum” rosettes, but again they 
may spread to simulate the packed leaf-turfs of a Moss 
Saxifrage. Pkt. 15c. 
21 DRACOCEPHALUM FRUTICULOSUM—ebx(8)40. Tall 
perennial of great and consistent showiness, in bloom from 
May to October. The flowers are of blue-violet, individually 
rather lai'ge, and carried in spaced semi-whorls. Strongest 
recommendation. Rare. Pkt. 25c. 
*DRACOCEPHALUM MOLDAVICA—enx(3)20. Many spikes 
of deep blue or pure white flowers. A bright, easy and sure 
annual, naturalizing readily. Mixed. Pkt. 5c ; % oz. 20c. 
21 DRACOCEPHALUM NUTANS—erx(l-2) 12. A pleasing, 
long-attractive alpine of easy handling. Little “snap¬ 
dragons” of intense blue, packed in dense upright spikes, 
many of them. After the flowers have fallen, the brown- 
purple bracts continue the decorative showing. Pkt. 15c. 
(Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c.) 
21 DRACOCEPHALUM RUYSCHIANA—erbx(2)24. Spikes 
of beautiful blue “snapdragons”. Siberia. Pkt. 15c. 
33 DRACUNCULUS CANARIENSIS—(w). Calla relative, 
with decorative digitate foliage. Dig tubers in autumn, and 
store. The attractively tinted flower spathe comes from 
the dry tuber in early spring. Pkt. 15c. 
76 DRIMYS LANCEOLATA—Ornamental small tree of Tas¬ 
manian river valleys. Pkt. 20c. 
21 DROSERA FILIFORMIS—rnmatkt(2) 12. Prettiest of 
the intei-esting and curious carnivorous Sun Dews. Uncurl¬ 
ing racemes of bright pink stars. Bog garden, window 
pot-plant, or terrarium. Winter hardy. Pkt. 15c. 
21 DRYAS OCTAPETALA—rgy(2)5. Mats of evergreen 
“oak” leaves, creamy flowers, silver-pink seed fluffs. Pkt. 20c. 
21 DUCHESNEA INDICA—*ergkt(8)6. A pretty, trailing, 
mat-forming perennial, with yellow “Potentilla” flowers, and 
ornamental fruits of impressive brilliance, as though starkly 
upright strawberries had been dipped in vermilion. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 30c. (Plants, each 15c; 3 for 40c; 10 for $1.10.) 
55 DURANTA PLUMIERI—w. Golden Dewdrop. Pkt. 15c. 
21 ECHINACEA PURPUREA HYBRID A—ecbdh(3-4)48. 
Rudbeckia. Long petals, soft rose to royal purple, reflex 
from chocolate cones. Thoroughly safe perennial of buxom 
attractiveness. Pkt. 10c ; % oz. 25c ; *4 oz. 40c. 
21 ECHINOPS EXALTATUS—ecbx(3)60. Flower-heads of 
metallic blue. Bold garden decorative effects. Winter 
bouquets. Also honey plant. Pkt. 5c; % oz. 20c. 
*ECHIUM BLUE BEDDER—erbk(2-4)12. Close, yet grace¬ 
ful crosier racemes of deep indigo flowers, giving solid 
color effects for months. Particularly good annual. Sure 
to attract attention. Pkt. 10c. 
52 EDGEWORTHIA PAPYRIFERA — omkt(l)50. Densely 
clustered fragrant flowers in earliest spring. China. Pkt. 15c. 
21 EDRIANTHUS DALMATICUS—erltdk(2)6. Grassy tufts 
from which radiate upcurved stems that end in crowded 
clusters of wide purple bells. Pkt. 15c. 
21 EDRIANTHUS TENUIFOLIUS—Like last, save leaves 
more slender, and blossoms of especial richness. Pkt. 25c. 
51 ELDERBERRY—Either Black-fruited or White-fruited at 
10c the pkt. 
51 ELAEAGNUS MULTIFLORA—qy 6 ft. Goumi Cherry. 
Handsome silvery shrub. Edible cherry-flavored translucent 
red fruits. Good. Pkt. 15c. 
21 ELSHOLTZIA FARQUHARI—*ecbx(5)36. Sweet Mint. 
Splendid late blooming border plants, each with a vast 
population of long and fluffy bloom-spikes in a most at¬ 
tractive shade of soft purple-lilac, carried candelabra fashion 
on many branching stems. Seems fully root-hardy north, 
and since it blooms on the new annual shoots, it may be 
treated just like Peony. An excellent cut flower. Sweetly 
aromatic foliage. Rather easy, and decidedly satisfactory. 
Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 35c.) 
*EMMENANTHE PENDULIFLORA—edkt(2)10. Whisper¬ 
ing Bells. Many little pendant bell-flowers of soft cream, 
that dry and rustle in the breeze. Pkt. 10c. 
51 ENKIANTHUS CAMPANULATUS—aty(2) 15 ft. Pretty 
bells of soft yellow, vividly crimson-veined. Autumn foliage 
of gorgeous crimson. Japan. Pkt. 15c. 
EP1GAEA—See Trailing Arbutus. 
21 EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM—bnstx(3)30. Flower* 
of bright rose purple. Called Fireweed, for it flourishes in 
burned over areas. Pkt. 10c. 
21 EPILOBIUM DODONAEI—rkt(3)18. Loose clouds of big 
pink blossoms, enriched by sepals of vandyke brown that 
peer betwixt the petals. Very good. Pkt. 15c. 
21 EPILOBIUM NUMMULARIFOLIUM—*erstx(2-3)2. Trail¬ 
ing carpets of minute, overlapping emerald leaves, bronze 
in sun, with daintiest snowy star-lets of blossoms just over, 
the stems airy-invisible. New Zealand. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, 
each 25c.) 
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