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Dianthus Heddewigii nobilis. Single Japan Pink. 

 The colors of this variety are in very rich shades 

 from white to dark red, the petals are twisted 

 and undulated. They give a brilliant show for a 

 long season from early spring to autumn and are 

 excellent for cut-flowers. 



D. barbatus. Sweet William. The Sweet Williams 

 give as brilliant a mass of color as any plant in 

 their season. We grow them in large quantities 

 and offer them at low rates so they can be used 

 to give a brilliant show in new gardens. We offer 

 them in separate pure shades of the deepest 

 crimson, and in pure white, for mass planting, as 

 well as in varying shades from white through pink 

 to deep, dark red. They grow about 15 inches 

 high with long stems for cutting and bloom in a 

 solid mass in June with scattering blossoms 

 throughout the summer. 

 Pure White. Specially selected stock for mass 



planting. 

 Rich Deep Crimson. A bed of this color makes 



a most gorgeous display during the blooming 



period. 



DICENTRA spectabilis. Bleeding Heart. The 

 Bleeding Heart had as prominent a place in our 

 grandmother's garden as the Peony and the Rose. 

 The graceful, arching stems push up rapidly and 

 bloom while early spring garden work is in prog- 

 ress. The plant dies down in June and the space 

 can be occupied with annuals like Verbena, or 

 carpeted with Moss Pink. The flowers are the 

 delight of children for making bunny rabbits, 

 slippers, and other playthings. 



D. eximia. This is a comparatively new plant 

 that we recommend highly. The foliage is 



Foxglove planted in a vista looking into dark woods. 

 There are many similar places on Long Island where it can 

 be most appropriately used. It grows wild in such places in 

 England and can be readily naturalized here. 



Sweet IVilliafn bordering grass path. It blooms for a long 

 period and should be used in new and bare places 



Dicentra eximia, continued 



as useful all summer as Maidenhair Fern for 

 making up bouquets. The clusters of pink flowers 

 are so abundant in May as to make a solid mass 

 of color for a large group or border, and they 

 continue throughout the summer. It is a dainty 

 plant for the wild garden or the Rhododendron 

 bed, yet it will thrive in the open. 



DICTAMNUS fraxinella. Gas Plant. This sturdy 

 plant has a spike of white or pink flowers in June 

 and July. It gives off a pungent, fragrant, vola- 

 tile oil which will burn. 



DIGITALIS purpurea. Foxglove. The dignified 

 and stately Foxgloves are indispensable in a 

 flower-garden and are equally so in a shrubbery 

 border and for house decorations, especially the 

 pure white, which we grow in quantity. In June 

 the tall flower-spikes appear and they will con- 

 tinue later if the seed-stalks are cut down. The 

 color ranges from white to rose and purple and 

 the height varies from 2 to 5 feet. The stems are 

 strong and require no stakes to hold them up. 



D., Pure White. Selected varieties from our stock 

 which make a beautiful display. 



DORONICUM platagineum excelsum. While 

 yellow daisies may be a drug on the market in 

 August, this one is welcome in April. It shoots up 

 rapidly and bears a graceful lemon-yellow flower 

 about 3 inches in diameter, with long, taper- 

 pointed petals. It is not weedy in its habits. 



EUPATORITJM coelestinum. Hardy Ageratum. 

 This is an even sheet of light blue in August and 

 September, and is useful as a border or in wild 

 gardening. 



FUNKIA. Day Lily. Plantain Lily. The Day Lily 

 family are all plants of neat habit, making a 

 symmetrical crown of foliage that is so uniform 

 in shape as to be useful for formal gardening. 

 The plant keeps so accurately its own position 

 that it may be used as a border for the taller 

 shrubs and flowers, and the variegated variety is 

 occasionally used for that purpose. 



