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5 DIASCIA BARBERAE — erk(3-4)15. Exquisitely formed 
blossoms of clear salmon pink with golden markings, are long 
earried on slender-stemmed, airily graceful plants. Garden 
annual, or a good pot plant. Pkt. 20c. 
5 DIDISCUS COERULEUS—ex(3)18. Blue Lace-flower. Big, 
lace-like dome-clusters of little blue flowers. It cuts. Pkt. 10c; 
1g oz. 35c. 
2 DIDYMOCARPUS MIXED—w. Rare Malayan Gesneriads 
for pot culture. Attractive flowers in the lilac. blue and violet 
range. Give African Violet treatment. Pkt. 75c. 
DIPSACUS FULLONUM—ecbnx(2-3)60. Big, decorative, blue 
flowerheads. The dried seed heads are effective in winter 
bouquets. Biennial. Pkt. 15c. 
3 DIPIDAX TRIQUETRA—w(2)10. Charming Cape bulb with 
wide flowers of pink-flushed white. Pot plant. Pkt. 20c. 
1 DOUGLASIA MONTANA—ryt(1)5. Tufted rock garden 
perennial. Mounds of daintiest pink in spring. Pkt. 20c. 
1 DRABA REPENS—(Sibirica)—erkt(1)5. In early spring the 
low, green mats are set over with a rippling canopy of little 
golden flowers. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
1 DRABA MOLLISSIMA—rk. A pretty, downy-leafed species 
from the Caucasus with hosts of little golden flowers. A 
delight in the rock garden. Pkt. 25c. 
2 DRACAENA AUSTRALIS—w. Excellent pot plant, or for 
accents in lawn vases, porch boxes, ete. Long leaves, some- 
times parti-colored. Dracaena indivisa of horticulture is this, 
but botanically it is Cordyline. Pkt. 15c; 4g oz. 25c. 
2 DRACAENA DRACO—w. Dragon Tree. Long, crowded, 
sword-shaped leaves. In juvenile stage makes an effective 
decorative plant for the conservatory. 8 seeds, 25c. 
2 DRACAENA GODSEFFIANA—Decorative pot plant of 
high merit and easy handling. Firm, oblong leaves of a true 
emerald green are contrastingly splashed and dotted with 
white. From the Congo. Plants, each 75c. 
1 DUCHESNEA INDICA—Low, hardv plants with ‘“‘straw- 
berry” foliage, spreading by runners. Golden flowers followed 
by shining red fruits carried above the leaves. Rock garden 
or carpeting. Sometimes used in hanging baskets. Pkt. l5e. 
3 DIERAMA or WAND-BELL 1 
Pretty bells of blush, pink, rose, red or amaranth, sway 
pendant from the 4-foot willowy stems all through late sum- 
mer. Though a South African Irid, Dierama seems to be 
theroughly winter-hardy in the garden at Philadelphia. In 
colder areas, protection of leaves or litter would be advisable. 
Offered in mixture. Pkt. 20c; 6 oz. 40c. Plants, each 50c. 
1 SHOWY LEOPARDBANE 
It is DORONICUM EXCELSUM, Great Leopardbane, a 
spring-flowering perennial of much beauty. Big, showy blos- 
soms to 4-inch diameters, on long stems, in shining golden 
orange. Desirable for border decoration and for cutting. 50 
inches. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.50; 10 for $4.50. 
DORONICUM CAUCASICUM—25 inches. Particularly free- 
blooming species with showy, rich yellow flowers. Pkt. 25c. 



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5 LIVINGSTONE DAISY —k(3)8. Dorotheanthus bellidi- 
formis. Pretty little succulent Annual for full sun, with fluffy 
blossoms in pink, rose, red or white. Pkt. 15c. 
1 DRACOCEPHALUM NUTANS —erx(1-2)9. Dense blue 
spikes are followed by a long-decorative showing of rosy 
violet bracts. Rock garden perennial. Pkt. 20c. 
1 DRACOCEPHALUM RUYSCHIANA — erbx(8)18. Called 
“Hardy Blue Snapdragon”, though belonging to a different 
plant family from the true Snapdragon. Big and showy blue- 
violet flowers in fat cluster-spikes. A beauty when in bloom. 
Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. Plants, each 50c. 
2 DROSANTHEMUM SPECIOSUM — Showy Dew-flower. 
Great quantities of flowers that open lavender-rose, soon 
becoming brilliant red-orange. Attractive, succulent foliage. 
Showy plant for pot, box, or hanging basket in full sun. Good, 
too, for summer bedding in hot, dry positions. Plants, each 
50c; 3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.00. 
2 DYCKIA BLEND—w. Desirable plants for pot culture, 
making dense rosettes of fat and highly glossy leaves, lightly 
spine-edged, the whole in particularly deep, rich green. One 
of the easier and better Bromeliads. Pkt. 20c; 4g oz. 65c. 
Plants, each 45c; 8 for $1.25. 
5 ECCREMOCARPUS SCABER — *ek(w)(8)70. Glory-vine. 
Airy foliage and sprays of oddly lobed flowers in orange 
searlet. Charming pot or hanging basket plant, or it may be 
grown outside on a low trellis. Pkt. 20c. 
3 ERYTHONIUM MIXED —stryt(1). Trout 
Lily, or Dogtooth Violet. Recurved flowers in 
cream, lemon, gold, lavender, rose, purple. 
Charming little spring-bloomers for a shady 
corner. Pkt. 15¢c; Weg oz. 30c. Illustrated 
opposite. 
1 ECHINACEA PURPUREA — ecdbx(3)45. 
Showy flowers with reflexing rose-purple petals 
from high cone centers. Long-lived border per- 
ennials of great hardiness. Synonym Rudbeckia 
purpurea. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 380c; % oz. 45c. 
Plants, variety THE KING, an improvement in 
size, and blossom coloring over the type, each 
60c; 8 for $1.65. 
1 ECHINOPS — ebx(3)70. The decorative Globe’ Thistles. 
EXALTATUS—Big heads of metallic blue. Boldly handsome. 
Pkt. 15e. NIVEUS (Sphaerocephalus) — Soft silvery blue. 
Acanthus-like foliage. Pkt. 15¢; Ye oz. 25c. Plants, each 40c. 
RITRO—Here the flowers are of the most intense, deep blue, 
a rich coloring that you will like and remember. Pkt. 20c; 
Y% oz. 40c; % oz. 75e. Plants, each 45c. 
5 THE ECHIUMS—Showy, easy Annuals, in bloom from late 
spring until past mid-summer. Fantastic hills of bloom, blos- 
soms in multitudes of odd crosier-sprays. 20 inches. Varieties 
of Echium plantagineum. “k’” culture. BLUE BEDDER— 
Tones of intense blue. Illustrated page 5. Pkt. 15¢e; 1% oz» 30c: 
¥Y% oz. 50ec. WHITE HILLS—Here enamel white flowers build 
up into undulate snowy hills. The Echiums are of particular 
effectiveness when used for color massing. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 
30c; \% oz. 50c. 
2 ECHIUM WILDPRETI—w. North, best grown as a large 
pot plant. Narrow, downy leaves from which rises a 20 inch 
stem, topped with a big, spike-like cluster of pale red flowers 
and floral leaves. Unusual, and striking. Pkt. 25c. 
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2 VARYING ECHEVERIAS 
Six attractive pot plants with curling racemes of pretty 
flowers above rosettes of thick and crispy, succulent foliage. 
GLAUCA—Large, flattened rosettes of blue-glaucous, succu- 
lent leaves, often with narrow edge of purple toward the 
leaf tip. Little flowers, pink without, yellow within. Each 40c. 
DERENBERGI—Dense, silvery rosettes, each leaf red-tipped. 
Pretty orange pink flowers. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. 
WEINGARTI—Here the rosettes are dense, compact, built of 
thick, succulent leaves in the darkest and richest of shining 
emerald greens. Plants, each 40c. MULTICAULIS—Distinc- 
tive species with thick, red, branching stems, each branch 
topped by a fat, rose-toned rosette. Flowers red-orange, but 
soft yellow within. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. ELEGANS — 
Called Ghost Flower from the eery look of it at dusk. Rosettes 
of silvery white. Dainty little flowers of apricot tone. Plants. 
each 40c; 3 for $1.10. PULVINATA—As different as it well 
could be. The thick, fat leaves are covered with down in effect 
of silver-green velvet, but red-shaded toward the leaf tip. 
Searlet flowers. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. OFFER 91A— 
One plant each of above for $2.15. 
ECHEVERIA SEEDS — Seeds of ornamental Echeverias in 
mixture, saved from varied assortment. Pkt. 20c. 
