2 DROSANTHEMUM SPECIOSUM—Showy Dew-flower. The 
flowers open lavender-rose, becoming red-orange. Full sun. 
Showy for pots or hanging baskets. Plants, each 60c. 
1 DROSERA FILIFORMIS—kt. Sundew. 9-inch plants set with 
sun-sparkling ‘“‘dew’’. Red-toned, thread-like leaves and rosy 
flowers. A hardy carnivorous plant. Needs moisture. Pkt. 25c. 
1 DRYAS OCTAPETALA—yt(2)5. Mats of evergreen ‘‘oak’’ 
leaves, set over with creamy flowers. Then come silvery pink 
seed-fluffs. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
1 DUCHESNEA INDICA—Low, hardy plants with “‘straw- 
berry” foliage, spreading by runners. Golden flowers followed 
by shining red fruits. Rock garden or carpeting. Pkt. 15c. 
2 DYCKIA BLEND—w. Desirable plants for pot culture, mak- 
ing dense rosettes of fat and highly glossy leaves, lightly spine- 
edged, the whole in particularly deep, rich green. One of the 
easier Bromeliads. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 60c. 
5 ECHINOCYSTIS LOBATA—x. Wild Cucumber Vine. Fast- 
est growing of annual vines, quickly covering fence or trellis. 
Sprays of little white flowers, followed by odd fruits. Pkt. 15c. 
2 THE SCARLET ORCHID 
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scarlet blossoms, lip touched with yellow, 
earried in high sprays. Illustrated opposite. 
Plants, each $1.35; 3 for $3.60. See also 
headings Bletilla, Cattleya, Phaius and 
Orchid. 
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 horti- 
culture. Botanically it is Cordyline. Pkt. 20c; 6 oz. 35c. 
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 85c. 
2 GLORY VINE 5 
Glory vine is another name for that airy beauty, ECCREMO- 
CARPUS SCABER. It carries sprays of pretty flowers, orange 
to scarlet. Garden-hardy to perhaps Washington, but it blooms 
so quickly from seed, that, although perennial, it may be 
grown as an annual trellis vine in colder areas. A charming 
pot or hanging basket plant. k(w)(3)70. 25c. 
2 ECHEVERIAS FOR THE WINDOW 
ECHEVERIA PULVINATA—Makes a rugged, picturesque 
window plant, the thick stems, twisted in effect of a timber- 
line tree, set with fat leaves as of silver-green velvet, becoming 
red-shaded. Searlet flowers. 9 inches. Plants, each 60c. 
E. ELEGANS—Ghost Flower. Fat, silvery rosettes. Dainty 
little flowers of apricot tone. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.50. 
E. MULTICAULIS—Red, branching stems end in thick rosettes 
of succulent, red-toned leaves. Red-orange flowers, yellow 
within. Plants, each 55c; 3 for $1.50. 
ECHEVERIA SEEDS—Ornamental Echeverias in mixture. 
Saved from a varied assortment. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. 
1 AIRY EPIMEDIUM 
The Epimediums are charming rock gar- 
den perennials for either shade or sun. So 4% 
graceful is the foliage that just cut sprays (WA, 
of it are decorative. NIVEUM—7 inches. ° 
Exquisite foliage, with intricate blossoms 
that are like little snowy orchids. Plants, 
each 85c; 3 for $2.25. ALPINUM RUBRUM 
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ay = 4 A beautiful true Orchid, Epidendrum 
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Se Obrienianum, that is as easy to grow in 
Ny bs. your window as any Geranium. Brilliant 
. ; 10 inches. Lovely 
foliage, set with rather starry flowers of dark red. Plants, 
each 75c; 3 for $2.00. PINNATUM ELEGANS—9 inches. 
Foliage in decorative, airy form, but here the pretty flowers 
set through and over it, are soft yellow. Plants, each 90c; 3 
for $2.40. MACRANTHUM VIOLACEUM-—9 inches. Slightly 
larger blossoms, soft lavender to near-violet. Plants, each 85c. 
OFFER 336AN—One plant each of the four for $3.00. 
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1 ECHINACEA—See RUDBECKIA, page 61. 
1 ECHINOPS—x(3)50. The handsome Globe Thistles, decora- 
tive in the border. Also sometimes dried for winter bouquets. 
EX ALTATUS—Particularly large flower heads in very good 
blue. Pkt. 20c. SPHAEROCEPHALUS—Medium size, pale 
blue flower-heads, but in vast numbers. Pkt. 15c; 146 oz. 30c. 
Plants, each 60c; 3 for $1.60. RITRO—Particularly good, be- 
cause of the deep blue of the big flower heads, an intense, 
rich coloring. Pkt. 20c; 146 oz. 35c. Plants, each 65c; 3 for 
$1.70; 10 for $4.80. 
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 hun- 
dreds 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 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; but they 
are long lived, once happily established. “‘yt’’ 
culture. Illustrated opposite. ELWESIANUS 
—6 ft. Softest pink. A splendid early. EL- 
WESIANUS ALBUS—6 feet. Snowy white. 
BUNGEL—5 ft. Spikes of gold-orange stars. 
ROBUSTUS—=8 ft. Hundreds of individually 
large rose-pink stars are packed in tall 
spires. HIMALAICUS—8 ft. Dense spikes 
of fragrant, snowy stars. SPECIAL HY- 
BRIDS—tThis, the Shelford group, is latest 
to bloom. Rich in delectable apricots, sal- 
mon tints, orange, coppery tones, with pure, 
or suffused whites. VAN TUBERGENII— 
A fine, tall yellow. OLGAE—7 ft. Handsome, fragrant, lilac- 
flushed flowers. UNIFORM PRICE—Packet of 10 seeds for 
25c; 3 pkts. for 70ce. 
EREMURUS PEERLESS BLEND—Several fine kinds in mix- 
ture. 20 seeds for 25c; 100 for 85c; 250 for $1.75 ; 500 for $3.25. 
None so poor that he may not be rich in the only wealth 
that grows sweeter and dearer as years pile higher, the 
safely memoried wealth of friendly place and person, of 
piquant experience, and a thousand savorable little ad- 
venturings. 
5 ECHIUMS ANNUAL MIXED—Showy, easy annuals, in 
bloom from spring to past mid-summer. Fantastic hills of 
blossoming, deep blue or sometimes white, carried in crosier 
sprays. 20 inches. Pkt. 15c; \% oz. 35c. 
2 ECHIUM WILDPRETTI_w. A striking plant. From downy 
leaves rise 20-inch stems that become branching, dense spikes 
of red flowers. Pot plant, except in South. Pkt. 25c. 
1 EDELWEISS—See Leontopodium, page 52. 
1 ELSHOLTZIA STAUNTONI—x(4)40. In September the 
candelabrum branches fill with fluffy, attractive purple bloom- 
spikes. Pleasingly aromatic. A showy plant that can also be 
grown as a shrub. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 65c; 3 for $1.70. 
4 ENKIANTHUS CAMPANULATUS—k. Attractive hardy 
shrub ; little, bell-shaped flowers of pale orange, with red vein- 
ings. Culture of Azalea. Pkt. 25c. 
1 EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM—x(3)50. Fire-weed. A 
ae perennial. Profuse flowers of bright rose-purple. Pkt. 
c. 
3 ERANTHIS HYEMALIS—kt(17). Pretty little bulb-flowers, 
in bloom at first hint of spring. Upfacing, golden. blossoms 
in green ruffs. Fully hardy. Pkt. 20c. 
2 ERANTHEMUM INDICUM—w. Beautiful pot plant, related 
to Crossandra. Dense clusters of curving white flowers with 
vivid purple veinings. Pkt. 25c. : 
1 ERINUS ALPINUS—x(2-3)5. Jewel-flower. Dense, mounded 
cushions of miniature bloom in glowing blue-violet. Long- 
bloomer for rock or wall garden. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. 
1 ERINUS ABBOTSFORD—Pretty flowers of carmine-flushed 
pink. Pkt. 25c. 
1 ERINUS DR. HANNELLE— Here the plants become cushions 
of rich, true crimson. Pkt. 25c. 
