
- DRABA REPENS—erkt(1)6. 
ing stems above, all through early spring. 
~DRACOCEPHALUM RUPRECHTI—*erbx (2-4)15. 
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Pkt. 15¢;- 4/16 oz. 25ce. 
Low mats of soft green foli- 
age, vast numbers of little golden flowers on slender wav- 
PEE15¢ 3.3 
pkts. for 40c. (Plants, each 25c; 8 for 70c.) 
DRAGON-HEADS 
The Dracocephalums or Dragon-heads are plants of eas- 
iest culture, yet of an inspiring beauty. DRACOCE- 
PHALUM NUTANS—erx(1-2)12. Little intense blue ‘“‘snap- 
dragons” in dense spikes, followed by long-rich violet bracts. 
Pkt. 15¢e; 1/16 oz. 35c. Plants, each 25c; 8 for 70c.) 
Bushy 
aromatic plants filled with little spikes in blue, rose, white; 
blue dominant. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 35c. (Plants, each 25c; 
38 for 70c.) DRACOCEPHALUM RUYSCHIANA—erx (3)18. 
Big blue-violet flowers in fat cluster-spikes. Good foliage. 
Showy. Called Hardy Blue Snapdragon (though a Labiate). 
(Plants, each 25c; 8 for 70c.) 
OFFER 111A52—One pkt. of each for 35c. 
PERENNIALS IN “E”—Condensed listings, crowded out of 
separate descriptions. Priced per pkt. Echinacea angusti- 
folia 10c; Echinops exaltatus (metallic blue, winter bou- 
quets) 10c, 4% oz. 25c; Echinops niveus 10c; Edraianthus 
Kitaibeli 15c; Edraianthus pumilio 20c; Elsholtzia Staun- 
toni 10c, 1/16 oz. 20c; Epilobium angustifolium 10c, 3 for 
25c; Epilobium luteum 20c; Epilobium macropus 25c; 
Epilobium nummularifolium, (minute overlapping leaves, 
white starlet flowers) 15c, (plants, each 30c) ; Eremostachys 
laciniata (showy yellow-fiowered labiate) 15c; Erica carnea 
(pink Heather) 15c; Erica cinerea 15c; Erica mammosa 
(flame Heather) 15c; Eryngiums (at 10c the pkt.) alpinum, 
amethystinum, coeruleum, Heldreichi, Leavenworthi, Oliveri- 
anum; Erysimums (at 10c. the pkt.), asperum, aureum com- 
pactum, cheiranthiodes, linifolium (lavender-flowered), 
Perofskianum, pulchellum, Erysimums Mixed 10c, 1/16 oz. 
20c; Eupatorium maculatum album 15c; Eupatorium pur- 
pureum 10c; Eupatorium purpureum album 15c; Eupatorium 
rugosum (white, fine for cutting) 15c; Euphrasia collina 
(pretty, blue and yellow) 15c; Erigeron montanensis 15c; 
Eupatorium verbeniafolium 15c; Festuca glanca 10c. 
ECHINACEA PURPUREA—ecbx (3) 56. Rudbeckia. Long 
petals, rose to purple, reflex from chocolate cones. Attrac- 
tive. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 35c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c.) 
EDRAIANTHUS TENUIFOLIUS — erx(2)4. Dalmatian 
Wheel-bell. Low grassy tuffets from which radiate in even 
symmetry, many prostrate stems that rise in a graceful 
curve at the end to carry each a crowded cluster of wide 
up-facing purple bells. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
ERINUS ALPINA—‘*erpstx(2-3)5. Jewel-flower. Dense, low 
mound-tuffets, set with charming blossom-miniatures in 
melting violet-rose. Long in bloom. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. 
ELSHOLTZIA FARQUHARI 
Splendid late-blooming border plants with spicily aromatic 
foliage. In autumn they fill with long and fluffy one-sided 
bloom-spikes in a most attractive shade of lilac-purple, ecar- 
ried candelabra fashion on many branching stems. Quick 
from seed. An excellent cut flower. North China. Pkt. 
15c; % oz. 35c. (Plants, each 30c; 3 for 85c) 
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ERIGERON 
A hardy daisy-race. Mostly the petal rays are very many, 
very slender, very long. Suited to the rock garden. ‘“‘kt’’ 
eulture. AURANTIACUS—Semi-double; dazzling orange. 
Pkt. 15ec. CAUCASICUS—Radiations of lavender petalage. 
Good. Pkt. 15¢c. KARVINSKIANUS—Airy mat-former. 
Blush white. Pkt. 15c. MACRANTHUS—Large. Purple. 
Tall. Pkt. 15¢ MULTIRADIATUS—Long-rayed. Violet. 
Himalayas. Pkt. 15¢ PULCHELLUS—Pale lilac.  15c. 
OFFER 112A52—One pkt. each of the 6 for 75c. ERIGER- 
ONS MIXED—Above and others. Pkt. 15c. 
ERIGONUM 
Here beauty waits. Blossoms in alluring tones, cream, 
lemon or white, but tinted with apricot, or with a pink suf- 
fusion, these carried in shaggy umbel-clusters over orna- 
mental foliage. 6 to 20 inches. rbltyt(2-3). Illustrated 
page 26. Mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
ERIOGONUM SPECIES—At 15c the pkt. Compositum; 
Heracleoides; Niveum; Nudum; Ovalifolium; Torreyanum. 
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‘veined with rose. 
_feni, Soongarica, Edulis. 
EPIMEDIUM NIVEUM-—% inches. Intricately formed blos- 
soms like tiny snowy orchids, but it’s delightful, too, when 
not in bloom. Cut sprays of leaves and stems alone will 
make charming table decorations. Plants only, each 35c; 
3 for $1.00 
ERIOPHYLLUM CAESPITOSUM—erodkt(2-3)16. Sunshine 
Flower, and it is name well-earned. Inch-wide golden blos- 
soms; silvery foliage. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35c. 
ERODIUM 
ERODIUM ABSINTHIOIDES AMANUM—erkt(3) 12. 
age silvered, slashed; flowers white. Pkt. 15c. 
ERODIUM MACRADENUM—erkt(2-4)8. Blossoms soft pink, 
with beauty-patch~ of radiating velvet blackness. Fern- 
foliage. Pyrenees. Pkt., 7 seeds for 25c. 
ERODIUM MANESCAVI—*erbkt(8)16. Big, showy blos- 
soms of clear, burning rose-purple; foliage aromatic, feath- 
ery. Of Erodiums, the easiest, most robust, longest bloom- 
ing, starting in June, with flowers still at Thanksgiving 
Day. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35c. (Plants, each 30c; 3 for 85c.) 
ERODIUM PELARGONIFLORUM — erkt(2-4)10. Large 
flowers of palest pink suffusion, flushed rose. Delightful 
foliage effects. Needs protection, north. 7 seeds for 25c; 
25 for 75c. 
ERODIUM ROMANUM—erkt(2-4)10. Bright rose pink; 
canescent fern-foliage. From the Colosseum. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 114A52—One pkt. each of the 5 for 90c. 
ERODIUM CHAMAEDRYOIDES ROSEUM—Close little cush- 
ions of plants, set- from mid-spring to latest autumn with a 
continuous jeweling of upfacing pink flower-cups, these 
Plants only, each 30c; 3 for 85c. | 
Foli- 
BLUE MIST-FLOWER 
This airy daintiness is Eupatorium coelestinum, blue of 
the sky. Desirable for border, rock varden, wood-edge. 
Called Hardy Ageratum. Cuts well. Difficult germinator. 
Sow late autumn or earliest spring. Pkt. 15c.. (Plants, 
ready after May Ist, each 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00.) 
THE HARDY EUPHORBIAS 
Some mighty fine things here for rock garden or border, 
none better than EUPHORBIA POLYCHROMA (E. epithy- 
moides). In spring, great globes of golden floral leaves, then 
a brilliance of clustered red seed-capsules. And in the 
autumn the foliage crimsons richly. A three-season extro- 
vert, always in gorgeous display. 16 inches. Pkt. 15c, 12/22 
oz. 25c; 4/16 oz. 40c, (Plants, each 30c; 3 for 865c). 
EUPHORBIA NICAENSIS—Same bright effect as Poly- 
chroma, but later, carrying on just a step behind. Pkt. 
15c; 1/se oz. 25c. (Plants, each 30c.) EUPHORBIA COR- 
OLLATA—Airy panicles of little white flowers. Good. It 
cuts. Plants: only, each 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00. 
EUPHORBIA MYRSINITES—Fat semi-succulent spraying 
stems set with blue-green leaves, end in spring crowns of 
gold. Rock garden, beds, borders. Illustrated page 42. 
Pkt. 10c; \% oz. 80c; % oz. 50c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 
70c.) OTHER FINE EUPHORBIAS at 15c the pkt. Wul- 
OFFER 115A52—On pkt. each of 
the 6, Corollata excluded, for 70c. HARDY EUPHORBIA 
BLEND—Fine Mixture. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35c. 
BLUE FIELD LILY 
This glorious beauty is Eustoma Russellianum (Lisianthus). 
Big, wide bells of clearest blue, but purple deep within. 
Spectacular. Sow at first spring moment, or in late fall. 
Though not long-lived, it should flower first season, grown 
thriftily. Pkt. 15¢c; 1/32 oz. 25c. 
THE HARDY FERNS 
FERNS HARDY BLEND—Mixture of winter-hardy species 
for outdoor use. .They are not overly difficult. Simply dust 
the spores on fine friable soil in flats or pots, and press in. 
Cover with panes of glass until germination. “Seeds”’ 
(spores) of good ornamental species in blend. Pkt. 15c. 
FESTUCA GLAUCA—This the OLD ORCHARD variety. 
Dense tussock-mounds, even, formal, almost plush-like in 
the soft close leaf-packing. Six inches high and through. 
Foliage, whole plant, is steel-blue. Rock gardens or edg- 
ings. Plants only, each 20c; 3 for 50c; 10 for $1.50. 
