2 DYCKIA BLEND—w. Desirable plants for pot culture, 
making dense rosettes of fat and highly glossy leaves, lightly 
spine-edged, the whole in a particularly deep, rich green. We 
like them very much. Eventually comes a high inflorescence, 
sulphur yellow to orange red. Bromeliads. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 
for 50c. (Plants, each 40c.) 
1 EBRACTEOLA MONTIS-MOLTKEI—w. Clumped rosettes 
of succulent, triangular, blue-green leaves are set with flow- 
ers of rich rose-violet. Distinctive small house plant. Pkt. 25c. 
5 ECCREMOCARPUS SCABER—ek(w) (8)70. Glory-vine. Airy 
foliage and sprays of lobed flowers in orange scarlet. Charming 
pot or hanging basket plant, or may be grown outside on low 
trellis. Chile. Pkt. 15c. 
1 ECHINACEA PURPUREA—ecdbx(3)45. Showy flowers 
with reflexing rose-purple petals from high cone centers. 
Long-lived border perennials of great hardiness. Synonym 
Rudbeckia purpurea. Pkt. 15c; 14% oz. 30c. Plants, variety 
THE KING, considered an improvement in blossom size, form 
and coloring, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
* ECHINOCYSTIS LOBATA—ex. Mock-cucumber vine. Easy, 
rapid-growing annual vine. Panicles of little lacy, white 
flowers, followed by curious fruits. Pkt. 10c. 
1 ECHINOPS—ebx(3)70. The decorative Globe Thistles. 
EXALTATUS—Big heads of metallic blue. Boldly handsome. 
Pkt. 15¢c; 8 pkts. for 40c. NIVEUS (Sphaerocephalus)—Many 
heads of near white to soft silvery blue. Acanthus-like foliage. 
Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 25c. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. 
* ECHIUM NEW HYBRIDS—erdk(8)20. Tones of intense 
blue, but rose-colored when the buds first open. Others will 
be pure white, all in graceful, crosier-sprays. IJllustrated 
page 3. Pkt. 15c. 
* ECHIUM WHITE HILLS—Variety of last with enamel- 
white flowers that build up into undulate snowy hills. These 
two Echiums are easy garden annuals. Pkt. 15c. 
ECHIUM SIMPLEX—Spectacular biennial from the Canaries, 
with dense, cylindrical, unbranched spikes of blue flowers to 
10 ft. South, or start very early under glass if grown North. 
Pkt. 20ce. 
2 THE EASY ECHEVERIAS 
Four attractive and desirable pot plants with curling 
racemes of pretty flowers above rosettes of thick and crispy, 
succulent foliage. GLAUCA—tThe rosettes are blue-glaucous 
with darker suffusion. Dainty flowers of soft pink with 
creamy yellow tips are carried in crosier sprays. Plants, 
each 35c. DERENBERGI—Dense silvery rosettes, but with 
the succulent, pointed leaves margined red. Quite showy 
orange flowers. Plants, each 35c. MULTICAULIS—A dis- 
tinctively different Echeveria, with many thick red stems, each 
topped with a thick, rose-toned rosette. Flowers red-orange, 
but soft yellow within. Plants, each 85c. ELEGANS—Called 
Ghost-flower, from the eery look of it at dusk. Rosettes silvery 
white. Charming little flowers of apricot tone. Plants, each 35c. 
OFFER 76A386—One plant each of the four for $1.25. 
ECHEVERIA SEEDS—We offer seeds of ornamental Eche- 
verias in mixture, saved from a good and varied assortment. 
Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
Each spring we live again. 
1 EDRAIANTHUS—erx(2)4. Wheel-bell. 
tuffet-hubs radiate stems that end in clusters of upfacing 
purple bells. TENUIFOLIUS—Showy in rock garden. Most 
wheel-like. Pkt. 20c. PUMILIO—A rare rock garden gem. 
Low, condensed. Pkt. 25c. 
1 ELSHOLTZIA FARQUHARI — eocbx(4)40. In September 
’ the candelabrum branches fill with fluffy, attractive purple 
bloom-spikes. Aromatic. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35ce. 
1 EPIMEDIUM—Charming and dainty rock garden plants 
for shade or sun. So delightfully graceful is the foliage 
that just cut sprays of it are decorative. NIVEUM—7 inches. 
Exquisite foliage, with intricately made blossoms that are 
like tiny, snowy Orchids. Plants, each 50c. MACRANTHUM 
ROSEUM—29 inches. Pretty little flowers, soft pink to rose. 
Attractive, airy foliage. Plants, each 60c. PINNATUM 
ELEGANS—9 inches. Foliage in the same ornamental] and 
open form as that of the other Epimediums, here is set with 
flowers of soft yellow. Plants, each 50c. OFFER 78A56—One 
plant each of the three for $1.50. 
3 ERANTHIS HIEMALIS — ryt(1)4. 
earliest spring come green-ruffed yellow flowers. 
bulb. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c. 
Winter Aconite. In 
A hardy 
From = grass-like 
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ERICA—See Treasure Chest for several of the lovely South 
African Heathers. : 
1 ERINUS ALPINUS—‘erpstx(2-3)5. Jewel-flower. Charm- 
ing blossom miniatures of violet, or sometimes of soft rose, 
are set densely over low mound tuffets. Long in bloom. 
Full sun. Pkt. 15c. 
1 ERIOGONUM COMPOSITUM—rbkt(2-3)16. Discover the 
Eriogonums and you will open to your garden a new world 
of blossom pleasure. In this species the foliage is white- 
tomentose, and the altogether likeable cream to yellow flowers 
in dense, high umbels. Jllustrated page 9. Pkt. 20c. 
1 ERIOGONUM UMBELLATUM—Very like last, but a bit 
lower, and with flowers of deeper yellow. Pkt. 20c. 
1 ERYSIMUM LINIFOLIUM—erx(2)12. Spanish Wall-flower. 
Much-branched low plants are filled with dainty mauve to 
lavender blossoms. Pkt. 15c. 
3 ERYTHRONIUM MIXED-—stry(1). Trout Lily or Dog- 
tooth Violet. Recurved flowers in cream, lemon, gold lavender, 
purple, rosy pink. 5-10 inches. Illustrated page 32. Charm- 
ing little Lily-blossoms for a shaded corner where they will 
give you spring pleasure for long years to come. Separate 
species in Treasure Chest. Fine blend, pkt. 20c; 1/16 oz. 30c; 
Y% oz. 50 
: 2 THE SCARLET ORCHID 
Here is a beautiful true Orchid, Epiden- 
drum O’Brienianum, that handles well as 
a pot plant under window conditions. 
Brilliant scarlet blossoms in big spray- 
clusters, lips touched with orange yellow. 
Illustrated opposite. Pinch plants back 
occasionally to keep them bushy. Per pkt. 
85c. Can also supply plants, good single- 
stem, that should bloom within a few months, 
at each $1.00; 3 for $2.75. 
1 EREMURUS or 
FOXTAIL LILY 3 
By mid-June the magnificent spike of 
Eremurus robustus that has so strikingly 
accented the border, is losing its hundreds of airy, pink 
star-blossoms, but the nearby Eremurus Bungei, from hills 
of north Persia, will be opening the rich gold of its pyramid 
spires and the lower buds of the Shelford Hybrids will show 
varied lovely tones of apricot, salmon and coppery orange. 
Eremurus is of full winter hardiness here, and there is 
little difficulty to the growing of it, providing seed is sown 
so that it has long exposure to cold. The roots go fully 
dormant in summer. Seedlings take at least three years to 
reach flowering size; may take longer, but they are long 
lived, once happily established. ‘‘yt” culture. Jllustrated 
page 16. BUNGEI—Spikes of gold-orange stars. ROBUSTUS 
—8 ft. Hundreds of individually large rose-pink stars are 
packed in tall spires. HIMALAICUS—8 feet. Dense spikes 
of fragrant, snowy stars. SPECIAL HYBRIDS—5 ft. This 
group is latest to bloom. Rich in delectable apricots, salmon 
tints, orange, coppery tones, with pure or suffused white. 
UNIFORM PRICE any of above, pkt. of 20 seeds for 20c; 
100 seeds for 65c; 250 for $1.45; 500 for $2.75. OFFER 
79A56—One pkt. each of the four for 70c. 
EREMURUS PEERLESS BLEND—Above, with others, 25 
seeds for 20c; 100 for 60c; 250 for $1.35; 1000 for $4.70. 
1 ERIGERON 
Attractive race of low hardy daisies for rock garden or 
varied casual colonies elsewhere. The blossoms have many 
long, narrow petals, mostly in lavender, blue or violet, but 
there are rosy lilacs, pink suffusions and whites. All these 
are sure to be in our blend, and we have promise, too, of E. 
aurantiacus, the delightful golden orange, to add further 
variety. Blossoms rise on slender stems from foliage tuffets 
or mats. “kt”? culture. Fine mixed. Pkt. 20c; 8 for 50c. 
(Aurantiacus, Glaucus. Flagellaris, Multiradiatus and Kar- 
vinskianus are available at each 20c the pkt.). 
1 ERODIUM 
Delightful long-bloomers for rock garden or border. 
MACRADENUM—rkt(8)7. Soft pink blossoms with radiat- 
ing lines of velvety black. Fern foliage. 5 seeds for 15c. 
MANESCAVII—erbkt(8)15. Far-seen blossoms of flaming 
rose-purple for month after month. Feathery, aromatic 
foliage. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. 
CHAMAEDRYOIDES ROSEUM—In full sun it blooms con- 
tinuously. Foliage cushions are jeweled with rose-veined 
pink flowers. A Corsican species, and will need some winter 
protection in cold areas. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.50. 
