SEEDSWOMAN AND FLORIST 



DAHLIAS. 



Dahlias are grown easily from seed, flowenmr 

 freely the first season. Sow the seed thinly in 

 drills one-half inch deep in the hot-bed or in 

 shallow boxes of rich soil in the house early in 

 the Spring-. When well started transplant to 

 the open ground when the trees are out in full 

 leaf, setting the plants two feet or more apart 

 each way. Furnish each plant with a stout 

 stake, and trim off the side shoots so as to 

 throw all the strength into the central stem to 

 promote early flowering. In the fall the tops 

 may be cut off, the bulbs dug and wintered in a 

 warm cellar. Plants raised from seed will give 

 a wide range of beautiful colorings, and nearly 

 all the plants will produce fine double flowers. 

 Many gardeners admire the single flowers, even 

 more than the double ones. 



Extra Choice, Large Flowering Double 



—This splendid strain is saved from a large col- 

 lection of perfectly double varieties, pkt 10 

 cts, three for 25 cts. 



Superb Single Dahlias— These are easily 

 raised from seed; they begin to flower in July. 

 pkt 5 cts. 



Double Daisy — Daisies are easily raised 

 from Spring-sown seed, and come into flower in 

 a very short time. With protection they will 

 withstand the Winter. Fine double mixed. 

 pkt 5 cts. 



Daisy Longfellow— Remarkable for the un- 

 usual size and doubleness of its dark rose flow- 

 ers, pkt 10 cts. 



Daisy Snowball— Large flowers, perfectly 

 double, of purest white, pkt 10 cts. 



Digitalis (Fox-Glove) Finest Mixed — 

 Long racemes of beautifully spotted flowers. 

 pkt 3 cts. 



Datura— (Angel's Trumpet, or Sweet Night- 

 ingale.) Very showy, large branching plants, 

 growing three to five feet high.bearing immense 

 trumpet shaped flowers six inches in length and 



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SHOW DAHLIAS FKOM SEED 



very fragrant. They bloom freely from seed sown in the 

 open ground the first season, but the roots can be taken up 

 and kept over Winter the same as Dahlias. Mixed varie- 

 ties, pkt 5 cts. 



Datura Double — Mixed colors, pkt. 5 cts. 



Datura Wrightii-Single white flowers, pkt 5 cts. 



Dianthus Chinensis — (Double Chinese Pinks.) Very 

 double, large flowers; magnificent color, pkt 3 cts. 



Dianthus Snowflake— Pure white flowers, of immense 

 size; very double, fringed, pkt 3 cts. 



Dianthus Crimson Bell— Very large, single dark red 

 flowers, pkt 3 cts. 



Dianthus Dwarf Fireball — Brilliant blood-red, per 

 fectly double, laciniated flowers, pkt 3 cts. 



Dianthus Mourning Cloak— Large, double flowers; 

 is a very dark mahogany, almost black; edged with white. 

 pkt 3 cts. 



Dianthus Eastern Queen-Magnificent single flowers; 

 2 to 3 inches across; striped and stained, pkt 3 cts. 



Dianthus Heddiwigi — (Japan Pink.) Splendid dou- 

 ble flowers; fine in beds or borders, pkt 3 cts. 



Dianthus Laciniatus— Large, single, fringed flowers; 

 mixed, pkt 3 cts. 



Dianthus Laciniatus, fl. pi.— Large, perfectly double 

 and fringed flowers; finest mixed, pkt 5 cts. 



Dianthus Plumarius, Single Mixed— (Hardy Feath- 

 ered Pheasant's Eye Pink.) Large, single, fragrant flow- 

 ers of beautiful colors and fringed, pkt 3 cts. 



Dianthus Plumarius (Hardy Pinks) Double Mixed 

 — Double fringed flowers, fragrant, and of white, crimson 

 or purple shades, spotted and variegated, pkt 8 cts. 



New Double Daisy, Giant Flowered White — A 

 distinct feature is the large size of its beautiful flowers, 

 which have flat petals of a very showy white color, per- 

 fectly double. They are produced in great abundance 

 above the foliage, which is much larger than in the older 

 varieties. A valuable plant for Spring- decoration, grown 

 either in the open ground or in pots, pkt 10 cents, or 

 three pkts for 25 cents. 



