. Catalogue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, and vines, hardy flowers and large and small fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 104 Catalogue of Reading Nursery, Mass. —J. W. Manning, Proprietor. E. purpurea (intermedia). [Purple Cone-flower.] -4 ft., 7-8. Amer. Furry lanceolate foliage. Flowers deep purple, often four inches across. Very effective. 25 cents. ECHINOPS - Globe-Thistle. (Compositce.) Towering perennials, with handsome, broad, often deeply cut
. Catalogue of hardy ornamental trees, shrubs, and vines, hardy flowers and large and small fruits. Nurseries (Horticulture) Massachusetts Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 104 Catalogue of Reading Nursery, Mass. —J. W. Manning, Proprietor. E. purpurea (intermedia). [Purple Cone-flower.] -4 ft., 7-8. Amer. Furry lanceolate foliage. Flowers deep purple, often four inches across. Very effective. 25 cents. ECHINOPS - Globe-Thistle. (Compositce.) Towering perennials, with handsome, broad, often deeply cut foliage and showy globular heads of flowers. Used at the rear of the flower border or for grouping with other handsome-foliaged plants for sub-tropical effect. Easily grown in any deep soil. E. exaltatus. 7 ft., Austria. Handsome thistle-like foliage and heads of white flowers. 35 cents. E. Ruthenicus (Ritro). 3 ft., "-!>. Russia. Handsome foliage, deep-green- above, silvery beneath. Flowers bright metallic-blue in globular heads. 25 cents. E. sphserocephalus. 5 ft., 8-9. Austria. Light-green foliage and light-blue flowers. 25 ELYMUS — Lyme-Grass. (Graminea.) A bold-growing, handsome-foliaged grass, well adapted to border planting with other grasses, or used within the edge of shrubs or as isolated lawn specimens; also thrives well at the edge of water. E. arenarius (histrix, glaucus). 3 ft. Eng. This forms a densely branched massive plant, with pendulous, long, narrow, bright silvery-green foliage, giving a most distinct effect. 25 cents. EPIGEA — Trailing Arbutus. [Ericacem.) Handsome, trailing, evergreen shrubs, which will thrive in shaded situations in soil well enriched with peat or leaf mould. Excellent for shady positions in the rockery. E. repens. [May-Flower.] 6 in., 4-5. Amer. Clear pink, white throated, exceedingly fra- grant flowers. Too well known to require extended description. Plants established in pots. 50 cents. EPILOBIUM — Great Wi
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