

Euphorbia Corollata 
ERIGERON - Fleabane 
A very effective genus of Michaelmas Daisy-like plants usually with 
pink and purple flowers; are indispensable for groups and flower borders 
and are excellent for cutting. All are about 2 feet high except Alpinus. 
Culture. Ordinary, fairly moist soil and a sunny position will suit all. 
The dwarf kinds should be grown in the rock garden. Plant in autumn 
or early spring, 10 to 12 inches apart. Lift, divide and replant every 
third year. 
Macranthus Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
A fine hardy perennial with violet flowers, effective in mass plantings 
with Hardy Asters, Bocconia, or other tall plants for backgrounds. 
Speciosus Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Large, handsome blue flowers, violet tinted and yellow centers during 
June and July; fine for cutting. 
ERODIUM - Heron’s Bill 
This genus belongs to the Geraniums and flowers throughout the summer. 
The blooms are quaint and very attractive. 
Culture. They require a sandy !oam and well drained position. Plant in 
spring only. 
Chamaedryoides roseum Three $1.50, Doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
A tiny alpine which flowers throughout the season. Forms neat little 
tufts of pretty, glossy leaves covered with delicate pink veined flowers 
carried on 2 inch stems. It likes sun. 
ERYNGIUM - Sea-Holly 
Handsome, hardy perennials with rigid, spiny leaves, and thistle-like 
flowers surrounded by spiny bracts. They are decidedly attractive plants 
for sunny borders. The flower heads, with their metallic blue or silvery 
bracts and stems, are beautiful subjects for cutting for indoor decoration. 
Culture. They will thrive in ordinary, well-drained soil and a sunny 
border. May be grown singly or in groups. Plant in autumn or early 
spring, 10 to 12 inches apart. Particularly well adapted for sandy soils. 
Amethystinum Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
(Syn. Oliverianum.) The true blue Thistle, with amethyst stems and 
bracts. 2 feet high. At its best in July and August. Beautiful for cutting. 
Planum Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Branching heads of steel-blue flowers; stems and bracts of a glistening 
metallic sheen; about 30 inches high. At its best in July and August. 
Funkia Subcordata Grandiflora 

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Edraianthus Dalmaticus (See page 
EUPATORIUM - Hemp Agrimony; Hardy Ageratum 
Hardy perennials of somewhat robust habit, and suitable for large, 
mixed borders or the wild garden. Flowers produced in terminal corymbs. 
Culture. Ordinary soil and a half-shady position, Plant in autumn or 
spring, 12 to 15 inches apart. 
Ageratoides Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
(Thoroughwort.) A useful border plant of strong, free growth, 3 to 3% 
feet high, with minute white flowers in dense heads; splendid for cutting 
in August and September. 
Coelestinum Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
A pretty, hardy plant, with light purple-blue flowers similar to the 
Ageratum; in flower from August until frost. 12 to 14 inches. Good cut 
flower lasting a week or more in water and of easy. culture. Lovely in 
fall garden with yellow Chrysanthemums. 
EUPHORBIA - Spurge, Milkwort 
Hardy perennials with handsome foliage. The flowers are yellow or 
white surrounded by involucres or bracts, which impart a quaint ap- 
pearance to the flower heads. In some cases the flowers are incon- 
spicuous, the real attraction being the colored bracts and foliage. Corol- 
lata is especially suited for cutting. 
Culture. Euphorbias succeed best in poor soils and sunny position in 
the rock gardens or raised borders. Under such conditions they will 
flower more freely than ina rich soil. Plant in autumn or spring, 8 to 
10 inches apart. 
Corollata Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
(Flowering Spurge.) Showy and useful plant growing about 24 inches 
high, and bearing from June till August umbels of pure white flowers 
much like the Baby’s Breath, and excellent for cutting. 
*Myrsinites Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
A prostrate plant with beautiful bluish foliage. The yellow flowers in 
early spring do not matter. It is the foliage which makes this plant so 
valuable. 
*Polychroma Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
(Epithymoides.) A beautiful formal plant growing one foot high, form- 
ing a hemispherical clump covered with yellow flowers in May and June. 
Excellent border or rock plant. 
FEVERFEW (See Matricaria). 
FOXGLOVE (See Digitalis). 
FUCHSIA (See page 178) 
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