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quets. It prefers a dry sandy soil, and to be 
let alone. 
glaucus. Blue Lyme-Grass. Grey blue droop- 
ing leaves, a foot long, hang from sturdy 
stalks 5 feet high, topped with feathery 8-inch 
spikes of seed. 
EPILOBIUM. Fire-Weed. Willow-Herb. Any- 
one wishing to cover waste land should con- 
sider this plant, which gets one common name 
from its liking for burned over woodland. 
Dry poor soil, in full sun, suits it but it is a 
useful garden subject as well, flowering over 
a long period. 
angustifolium. May grow 8 feet high, but is 
usually about 4 feet. The slender leaves clasp 
the stem, and resemble Willow foliage. The 
purple flowers are in long terminal racemes, 
in June to August. 
EPIMEDIUM. Grown particularly for their 
foliage, these plants do have dainty flowers 
in varied colors. They are all from the north 
temperate zone, and quite hardy. A bit of 
shade is helpful, in fact it is for their use in 
shade that they are most favored. Any good 
soil will do, though too wet a place may re- 
sult in dwarfed growth. 
alpinum rubrum. About 1 foot high, the many 
dainty light green leaves, red margined. The 
flowers are red, and yellow. 35 cts. each. 
macranthum lilacinum. Not so tall, the leaves 
three parted, instead of two, as in the pre- 
ceding. More showy flowers, lilac and white. 
35 cts. each. 
ERIGERON. Fleabane. Plants from all the 
world. quite closely related to the Asters, and 
including several roadside weeds. We have 
neglected them, but in England they are 
popular, and as they like any average soil, 
and flower for a long period in summer, they 
should be more used in the border. 
Merstham Glory. A garden form, growing 30 
inches high, but rather sprawly, the flowers 
at the tips of the stems, in large heads. They 
are a delightful soft fluffy lavender, with a 
golden center and open over a long period. 
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ERIOPHYLLUM. Like the preceding, an Aster 
relative, with sprawly foliage, thriving in full 
sun, and on dry soil, and flowering over a 
long period, from June to August. They cut 
well, and fit the front of the border. 
caespitosum. — Oregon Sunshine. Bright single 
yellow daisies, on six inch stems, above the 
sprawly grey-green leaves. 
ERYNGIUM. Eryngo. Sea Holly. For sunny, 
light rich soil, these plants are delightful. 
The basal foliage is long and lush looking. 
The stems to several feet high are grey, 
shaded blue, in varying degree. The flower 
heads are surrounded by stiff collar like bracts, 
and both are well shaded blue. They may 
be cut, and they make good mid-border plants. 
planum, The Jewel. A selected form, stems very 
bright blue tinged. 50 cts. each. 
ERYTHRONIUM. ~ Adder’s-Tongue.  Trout- 
Lily. With few exceptions, all are natives of 
North America. They are bulbous plants of 
open woodland, useful in similar locations, for 
naturalizing, or for portions of the rockery. 
Since they die down soon after flowering, it is 
possible to plant them among other things, 
and enjoy blooms in early spring, and again 
later, in the same area. All are tiny bulbs, 
dormant in midsummer, when they are sent 
out. 
californicum. Mixed, yellow cream and white. 
10. for,65. cts. ;, 100. tor $5.00. 
revolutum. Mixed, rose, pink, white and 
lavender. 10 for $1.00; 100 for $9.00. 
EUPHORBIA. Spurge. This group includes 
the showy Poinsettia, and in the family are 
plants that produce rubber. The milky juice 
is characteristic, and in most the flowers are 
small, but are surrounded by bright colored 
bracts. The soil requirements of the hardy 
forms are not difficult, any warm sandy loam 
suits, and heavier soils if well drained. 
myrsinites. Fleshy stems, to a foot or more 
long, with blue green leaves and at the tip a 
yellow flower head, in midsummer. For the 
rockery. 
polychroma. More erect, with slender red 
stained stems, soon makes a large clump, a 
foot across. The yellow terminal bracts and 
flowers are very showy, in May, for the 
border, or rockery. 
FILIPENDULA. Meadowsweet. Dropwort. 
Mostly large herbs, growing very tall and 
with terminal panicles of white or colored 
flowers. Useful in the border, and one form 
in the rockery and not at all choosy as to 
soils. 
hexapetala. Tuberous roots, fernlike foliage 
in a tight rosette, and a stem to 3 feet, topped 
with a tight cluster of tiny white flowers. 
hexapetala flore pleno. The double flowered 
form has very attractive fluffy flower heads, 
and doesn’t grow much over a foot tall. 
ulmaria. Queen-of-the-Meadow. Formerly called 
Spirea ulmaria. Rather broad leaves, some- 
what divided, and stems to 6 feet high, topped 
with a large terminal panicle of white flowers. 
FRAGARIA. Strawberry. These do not need 
description. They are all plants of cool up- 
lands, thrive in almost any soil, and have a 
distinct place in the garden,—in more ways 
than is common! 
vesca alba. The Alpine Strawberry makes 
compact clumps, to 1 foot high, runners little 
or not at all. The flowers are hidden in the 
foliage, but the plant makes a good edging, 
with its clean foliage. The white fruits are 
produced almost all summer, and are de- 
liciously different when fully ripe. 
vesca, Baron Solemacher. This much improved 
form is derived from the preceding form, and 
has bright red, very large and delicious fruits, 
all summer. It too makes a fine edging or 
rockery plant. 
GAILLARDIA. Native Americans, the Gail- 
lardias grow best in light, open, well-drained 
soil, and full sunlight. They are fine for the 
border, or for massed bedding, for their showy 
flowers are produced from June to cold 
weather. 
aristata. Grows to 3 feet tall, with showy red 
and yellow daisies, often 3 inches across. 
All Perennial Plants 25 cts. each, $2 for 10, $18 per 100 unless otherwise noted, 
POSTPAID east of the Mississippi; add 5 PERCENT WEST. Five 
of one kind or variety exactly alike at 10 rate, 25 at 100 rate. 
