4 THE PERSIMMONS—Desirable trees with edible fruits. 
“vt” culture. DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA—American Persim- 
mon. Hardy in Massachusetts. Golden to red fruits; rich. and 
sweet in the better forms. 44 oz. 20c; 1 oz. 60c. DIOSPYROS 
KAKI—The Japan Persimmon. The fruits look like orange 
tomatoes. Flavor and consistency that of a sweet custard. 
Hardy into southern New Jersey. 14 oz. 20c; 1 oz. 60c. 
DIPSACUS FULLONUM—ecbnx(2-3)60. Big blue flowerheads 
on long stems, quite effective in the mixed hardy border. Later 
the dried seed heads are cut for decorative use in winter bou- 
quets. May be used in natural state, or dyed, sprayed, silvered, 
etc. Biennial of easy culture. Pkt. 15c; ¢@ oz. 25c. 
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. 
5 LIVINGSTONE DAISY—k(8)8. Dorotheanthus bellidiformis. 
Pretty little succulent Annual for full sun, with fluffy blos- 
soms in pink, rose, red or white. Pkt. 15c. 
1 DRACOCEPHALUM RUYSCHIANA — erbx(3)16. Called 
“Hardy Blue Snapdragon’’ though belonging to a different 
family from the true Snapdragon. Big and showy blue-violet 
flowers in fat cluster-spikes. A beauty. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 
50c. Plants, each 65c. 
5 ECCREMOCARPUS SCABER — ek(w)(8)70. Glory-vine. 
Airy foliage and sprays of oddly lobed flowers in orange scarlet. 
Charming pot or hanging basket plant, or it may be grown 
outside on a low trellis. Pkt. 20c. 
1 DODECATHEON or SHOOTING STAR 
Fragrant blossoms in something of Cyclamen form, the 
petals thrown straight back as though by thrust of air in swift 
meteoric passage. A truly delightful spring 
flower for rock garden or for many another 
use. Illustrated opposite. Colorings range from 
suffused whites through pink and lilac, to 
purple. 2kt. Pkt. 25¢ 
DODECATHEON MEADIA — Fragrant, cluse 
tered flowers, pale pink to suffused rose. Pkt. 
25c. Plants, each 45c. 
1 DICTAMNUS 
Old garden favorites of many folk-names, 
Dittany they are called, or Fraxinella, or Burn- 
ing Bush, or Gasplant, but to botanists they 
are Dictamnus. They cut well, and few perennials have longer 
life, the plants becoming stronger and better each year. 
36 inches. The showy, lemon-scented flowers yield in warm 
dusks an ignitible, flashing gas. “‘kt’’ culture. ROSE FORM— 
Racemes of large flowers in rich rose, veined red. Pkt. 15c; 
Vg oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. Plants, each 65c; 3 for $1.75. WHITE 
FORM—We do not know of a better white-flowered perennial. 
Pkt. 20c; 4g oz. 35ce. Plants, each 70c; 3 for $1.75. 
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3 DIERAMA or WAND-BELL 
A pretty, graceful, and very “different” perennial of full 
hardiness at Philadelphia. Will need some protection in colder 
areas. From clumps of Gladiolus-like leaves rise slender, wil- 
lowy stems to 4 or 5 feet. Pretty bells of 
blush, pink, rose or amaranth sway pendant 
in one-sided sprays. Illustrated page 34. 
Blooms late summer. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 
55¢c; 3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.00. 
2 THE SCARLET ORCHID 
A beautiful true Orchid, Epidendrum 
Obrienianum, that is as easy to grow in 
your window as any Geranium. Brilliant 
searlet blossoms, lip touched with yellow, 
‘| earried in high sprays. Illustrated opposite. 
'/] Plants, each $1.10; 3 for $3.00. See also 
L} headings Calanthe, Bletilla and Orchid. 
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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 60c; 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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2 ECHEVERIA PULVINATA—It makes an interesting win- 
dow plant, rugged and picturesque in older specimens. Plants 
grow to about 8 inches, with thick, twisty stems, often 
branched, set with big, fat leaves in effect of silver-green 
velvet, but red-shaded toward the tip. Scarlet flowers. Each 
50c; 8 for $1.40. 
2 ECHEVERIA ELEGANS—Called Ghost Flower, from the 
eery look of it at dusk. Big, fat rosettes of silvery white. 
Dainty little flowers of apricot tone. Each 45c; 3 for $1.20. 
1 ECHINOPS — ebx(3)70. The decorative Globe Thistles. 
EXALTATUS—Big heads of metallic blue. Boldly handsome. 
Pkt. 15¢e. NIVEUS (Sphaerocephalus)—Soft silvery blue. 
Acanthus-like foliage. Pkt. 15c; 146 oz. 25c. RITRO—Here the 
flowers are a rich, intense blue, a coloring you will like and 
remember. Pkt. 20c; 1% oz. 40c. Plants, each 55c. 
2 DECORATIVE DRACAENA 
2 DRACAENA AUSTRALIS—w. Excellent pot plant, or for 
accents in lawn vases, porch boxes, etc. Long leaves, sometimes 
parti-colored. Dracaena indivisa of horticulture is this, but 
botanically it is Cordyline. Pkt. 15c; 46 oz. 25c. 
2 DRACAENA GODSEFFIANA — Desirable pot plant with 
firm, oblong leaves of true emerald green, contrastingly 
splashed and dotted with pure white. Not the least of its 
merits is its ability to thrive in a north or east window where 
there is little sun. Of graceful form. Plants, each 75c. 
2 DRACAENA FRAGRANS—Fine foliage pot plant, the wide, 
gracefully curved green leaves variously banded or striped 
with white or yellow. 3 seeds for 25c; 8 for 60c. 
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 will be opening the rich 
gold of its pyramid spires and the lower 
buds of the Shelford Hybrids will show va- 
ried 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; but they are long lived, once happily 
fe established. “‘yt’’ culture. Illustrated oppo- 
site. KLWESIANUS—6 ft. Softest pink. A 
splendid early. ELWESIANUS ALBUS—6 
B feet. Snowy white. BUNGEI—5 ft. Spikes of 
.s Lg gold-orange stars. ROBUSTUS—8 ft. Hun- 
: ‘44 dreds of individually large rose-pink stars 
Ah are packed in tall spires. HIMALAICUS— 
8 ft. Dense spikes of fragrant, snowy stars. 
SPECIAL HYBRIDS—tThis, the Shelford group, is latest to 
bloom. Rich in delectable apricots, salmon tints, orange, cop- 
pery tones, with pure or suffused whites. OLGAE—7 ft. Hand- 
some, fragrant, lilac-flushed flowers. TUBERGENI—Fine, 
early-blooming, pale yellow. UNIFORM PRICE—Pkt. of 15 
seeds for 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c; 10 pkts. for $2.00 (one variety, 
or assorted to your choice). 
EREMURUS PEERLESS BLEND—Several fine kinds in mix- 
ture. 20 seeds for 25c; 100 for 85c; 250 for $1.75 ; 500 for $3.25. 
EREMURUS ROOTS of several kinds will be offered in our 
September Bulb List, for Autumn delivery only. 
2 TENDER ERICA or CAPE HEATH 
Handsome plants with delightful, variably colored flowers. 
Try them for ‘‘pot plants of distinction.”” Not hardy; should 
be grown only under glass north. Soil should contain sand 
and peat. Culture ‘‘w’’. Seeds of several species in mixture. 
Pkt. 25¢; 
1 ERICA—See page 6 for the Hardy Heaths. 
5 ECHIUM PLANTAGINEUM MIXED 
This showy, easy, long-blooming annual thrives particularly 
in dry, sunny positions. It grows to perhaps two feet, the 
graceful, undulating, hill-like plants filled with blossoms in 
multitudes of odd crosier sprays. The flowers may be either 
of purest white, or deep blue, the latter rosy on opening. Won- 
derful for mass effects. Mixed. ‘‘k’’ culture. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 
35c; 4 oz. 60c. 
