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AMATEUR cultivator's GUIDE 



DIDISCUS CiERULEA. 



r>rOISCU!S. Nat. Ord., U7nbemfera. 



494 Didiscus Csrulea. Blue ; a distinct and elegant plant ; from Australia. Half-hardy 



annual, i foot ^.lo 



DIAJVTHXJS. Nat. Ord., Caryophyllacea-. 



A magnificent genus, which embraces some of the must popular flowers in cultivation. 

 The Carnation, Picotee, Pink, and Sweet William, all "household words," belong to this 

 genus. The Chinese varieties may be considered the most beautiful and effective of our 

 hardy annuals ; the double and single varieties, with their rich and varied colors, in beds or 

 masses, are remarkably attractive ; while the recently introduced species, Dianthus Hedde- 

 wigii and Dianthus Laciniatus, with their large and rich-colored flowers, three to four 

 inches in diameter, close, compact habit, and profusion of bloom, are unsurpassed for 

 effectiveness in beds and mixed borders. 



495 Dianthus Caryophyllus. (See Carnation Pink) 05 



496 Barbatus. (See Sweet William) 05 



497 Atrorubens. Dark-red; handsome; hardy biennial ; flowers first year from seed. 



I foot 10 



498 — Chinensis (Indian Pink). Mixed biennials of great beauty ; blooms the first year 



from seed ; perfectly hardy, and flowers strong the second year. The colors are 

 exceedingly rich ; crimson and darker shades of that color, approaching to black, 

 are often combined in the same flower, with edgings of white, pink, and other 

 colors ; about one foot high, and of the easiest culture 05 



499 Fine Double, Mixed. Same as above ; selected from finest double flowers .10 



500 Alba. Double-white; very fine 10 



501 Marginata. White and rose-striped 10 



502 Albus Pictus. White-marbled, with rose ; beautifully fiinged. Hardy 



annual 10 



503 Heddewig's. A most beautiful new variety. The whole plant is scarcely 



one foot high, and very bushy ; whilst always thirty or forty flowers are at once 

 in blossom. The flowers are very large, fi-om two to three inches in diameter, of 

 a most beautiful shape, and of a variety and brilliancy of jolors quite unsurpassed 

 in pinks, from white mottled with rose, and purplish-red with dark centre, to vel- 

 vety carmine-crimson, dark blood-red, and mottled ani ihaded with maroon and 

 velvety-black. Hardy annual .... 10 



504 Heddewig's, New Double. A new variety 01 this splendid new Pink, 



having beautifiil double flowers, instead of the single. Hardy annual . . .25 



