DRABA—erkt(1)6. Free-blooming rock garden plants of 
earliest spring. REPENS—Low green mats are hidden by 
slender-stemmed golden flowers. Pkt. 15¢ (3 for 40c). 
SPECIES MIXED—Varied pretty kinds in yellows and 
white. Pkt. 15c. 
DOUGLASIA—ryt(1)5. Tufted rock garden perennials, 
mounds of pretty little flowers in spring, in LAEVIGATA, 
red, in MONTANA, pink. Either, Pkt. 15c. 
DUCHESNEA INDICA —rgkt. Mat-carpeter with little 
yellow flowers and showy vermilion fruits. Pkt. 15c. 
DODECATHEON or SHOOTING STAR 
Blossoms are fragrant, with petals thrown straight back, 
as though by rush of air in their meteoric passage from 
some other world. OColorings vary from suffused whites, 
through pink and lilac, to velvet purple. Some carry gold 
bandings. “y’ culture. A blend. Jllustrated page 48. 
Me 
Pkt. 15¢c; 1/82 oz. 40ce. 
DODECATHEON SPECIES—Priced per pkt. Alpinum 20c; 
Hendersoni 15c; Meadia 15c, 1/32 oz. 40c; Meadia splen- 
didum 20c; Pauciflorum 15c. 
THE DRAGONHEADS (or Dracocephalums) 
Easy perennials of an inspiring beauty. ‘x’? culture. 
NUTANS—(1-2)10. Dense spikes of little flowers in in- 
tense blue, followed by long-decorative violet. bracts. Pkt. 
15¢ (8 for 40c)k RUPRECHTI—(2-4)15. Bushy, aromatic 
plants set all over with little spikes of fluffy blue, but 
sometimes in rose or white. Pkt. 10c; 7 oz. 35c. RUY- 
SCHANA—(3)18. Big and showy blue-violet flowers in 
fat cluster-spikes. Called Hardy Blue Snapdragon (though 
a labiate). A fine thing. Pkt. 15c; + oz. 30c. FRUTI- 
CULOSUM—(8)40. Showy long-bloomer with whorls of 
elongated flowers in rich blue-violet. Pkt. 15¢. OFFER 
122A53—One pkt. each of above for 50c. 
| Earth is life: a garden is happiness. | 
PERENNIALS in “D”—Not room for separate descriptions. 
Daucus muricata 15¢c; Dendromecon rigidum 25c; Desmo- 
diums canadense 10c, gangeticum 10c, Doronicum cauca- 
sicum 25c; Drabas aizoon 15c, aizoides 15c, altaica 15c, 
glacialis 15c, Kotschyi 15c, siliqua 15¢; Drosera rotundi- 
folia 20ec; Dryas Sundermanni 15c. 
ECHINOPS—ebx (3-4)70. The Globe Thistles. Highly dec- 
orative. EXALTATUS—Metallic blue. Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 
25c. NIVEUS—White. Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 25c. 
EDRAIANTHUS—erx(2)4. Wheelbell. Grassy tuffets carry 
radiating stems that end in crowded clusters of upfacing 
purple bells. TENUIFOLIUS—Most' wheel-like. Good. 
Pkt. 15c. KITAIBELI—Flowers bluest. Pkt. 20c. PU- 
MILIO—Lowest, most condensed. Pkt. 20c. 
ELSHOLTZIA FARQUHARI — eocbx(8-4)40. In autumn 
filled with long, fluffy bloom-spikes in attractive lilac-purple, 
carried in branching candelabra suggestion. Spicily are- 
matic. From North China. Pkt. 15c; 34 oz. 25c. 
ENGELMANNIA PINNATIFIDA—ebkt(2-3)36. A showy. 
golden daisy, hardy, long in bloom. Pkt. 15c. 
EPILOBIUM HECTORI—emtx(8)2. Minute charm, tiny 
overlapping leaves, little white starlet flowers. Pkt. I5e. 
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. 15¢c; 8 for 40e. 
ERIGERON 
A handsome and hardy daisy race, petals many, long, 
slender. ‘kt’ culture. Rock garden or front of border. 
CAUCASICUS—Profuse lavender radiations. A good one. 
Pkt. 15¢ (3 for 40c). MULTIRADIATUS—Large purple 
blossoms. Long-lived, dependable. Pkt. 15e (3 for 40c). 
FLAGELLARIS—Great, deep mats of tangled whip-like 
stems and narrow leafage. Myriads (that’s almost literal) 
of little white or lavender-flushed baby-daisies some six 
inches above. Splendid ground cover for full sun. Pkt. 
15e (8 for 40c). GRANDIFLORUS—Large flowers, varied 
blue to purple. Pkt. 15ec. SUBTRINERVIS—Corymbs of 
blossoms, white to rosy viclet. Pkt 15¢c. SPECIOSUS— 
Tallest, most robust. Showy violet blossoms. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 124A583—One pkt. each of above for 75c. ERIG- 
ERONS MIXED—Above, with others. Pkt. 15c. 
ERIOGONUM 
Alluring blossoms in cream, lemon or white, but with 
pink or apricot suffusions, are carried in shaggy clusters 
over ornamental foliage. 6 to 20 inches. rbkt(2-3) Jllus- 
trated page 34. Pkt. 15c (3 for 40c). 
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EPIMEDIUM NIVEUM—=8 inches. Intricately formed blos-- 
soms like tiny snowy orchids, but it’s delightful, too, when 
not in bloom. Just cut foliage sprays 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- 
sons; silvery foliage. Pkt. 15c; zy oz. 35c. 
ERYNGIUM LEAVENWORTHI—ecbkt (3-4) 48. The most 
decorative perennial of its season. Showy flower-heads of 
rich and glowing royal purple, subtended by jagged bracts 
of the same deep, glorious shade. Our fullest recommen- 
dation. Pkt. 15c; special larger pkg. 35c. 
EUPATORIUM—Sound perennials of value for cutting or 
naturalizing. “kt” culture. RUGOSUM — Pure _ white, 
fluffy. Pkt. 15e. COELESTINUM—Sky blue. Not easy. 
Pkt. 15c. MACULATUM WHITE—Pkt. 15c. PURPUR- 
EUM—Rose-magrenta 10c. PURPUREUM WHITE 15dc. 
VERBENIFOLIUM—10c. OFFER 126A53—One pkt. of 
each for 60c. 
PERENNIALS in “E” and “F’—Per pkt. Echium Broteri 
15¢e; Elsholtzia Stauntoni 15c; Epilobiums angustifolium. 
10ec, nummularifolium 15c; Eremostachys laciniata 15c; 
Ericas carnea 15c, cinerea 15c, vagans 15¢e; Erigerons 
aurantiaca 15c, Karvinskianus 15c, pulchellus 15c, macran- 
thus 15ce, species (Worth Expedition) 15c; Eriogonums 
compositum 15¢c; niveum 15c, ovalifolium 15c, Torreyanum 
15e, umbellatum 15c; Erodium absinthioides amanum 15c; 
Eustoma Russellianum (1941 crop only) 15¢; Eryngiums 
alpinum 10c, amethystinum 10c, coeruleum 10c, elegans 
25c, Heldreichi 10c, Oliverianum 10c; Erysimums asperrum 
10c, linifolium 15c, pulchellum 15c; Euphrasia Browni 15c; 
Evolvulus sericeus 15c; Exacum teres 15c; Festuca glauca 
10c; Fragaria vesca alba, ground-cover strawberry with 
edible white fruits, 15c; Frasera speciosa 15c. 
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 is 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. 
ERODIUM or HERONSBILL 
Both in foliage and flower they fit the rock garden, or 
Manescavi the border, and their bloom is near-continuous. 
“kt” culture. MACRADENUM—(8)8. Blossoms soft pink 
with beauty-patch of radiating velvety black. Fern foliage. 
6 seeds for 15e. MANESCAVI—(8)15. Showy blossoms of 
burning rose-purple, these for months. Foliage feathery, 
aromatic. Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 25e; + oz. 40c. PELAR- 
GONIFLORUM—(8)10. Big flowers of pale pink, rose- 
flushed. Delightful foliage. Needs winter mulching, North. 
iBse- alayey. ROMANUM—(2-4) 10. Flowers rose, foliage 
canescent, ferny. From ruined walls of the Colosseum. 
Pkt. 20ce. TRICHOMANIFOLIUM—(8)6. Flowers lilac, 
veined rose-violet. Foliage compact, finely cut. OFFER 
125A53—One pkt. each of the five for 70c. 
THE HARDY EUPHORBIAS 
Some mighty fine things here. “kt” culture. POLY- 
CHROMA—In spring they are 16-inch globes of golden 
floral leaves, then a brilliance of red seed-cansules- In 
fall the foliage becomes crimson. Pkt. 15e; 1/32 oz. 25c. 
NICAENSIS—Same bright effect as last, but later, always 
a step behind it. Pkt. 15¢; 1/32 oz. 25e. MYRSINITES 
—Fat spraying stems set with blue-green leaves. In spring 
they end in crowns of gold. Jllustrated page 52. Pkt. 
10c; 4% oz. 30e; % oz. 50c. SOONGARICA—50_ inches. 
Many leafy stems end in spring in bright yellow “clubs” 
of floral leaves. Pkt. 15¢. OFFE Paes 
each of the above for 50c. R 127A58 One pkt. 
GAILLARDIA HARDY 
Georgeous color for border or vase June to autumn 
“x” culture, _PORTOLA HYBRIDS—Flowers of great size ; 
coloring variable but gold-tipped metallic reds are most 
usual. Plants vigorously upright, with long cutting stems. 
Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 25e; % oz. 40c. BURGUNDY—Wine red 
to maroon, rarely yellow-tipped. Pkt. 15c: Be. 
SUNSET—Pure golden yellow. Pkt. lbes' a Hi 306. 
TANGERINE—Variations, orange to copper, Pkt. 15c; 
eee 25e. OFFER 128A53—One pkt. each of above for 
