SKEDSWOMAN AND FLORIST. 



DAHLIAS. 



Dahlias are grown easily from seed, flow- 

 ering 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 honse early in the Spring. When well 

 started transplant to other boxes or small 

 flower pots, and 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 win- 

 tered in a warm cellar. Plants raised from 

 seed will give a wide range of beautiful 

 colorings, and nearly all the plants will pro- 

 duce 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 collection of perfectly double 

 varieties, pkt 10 cts, 3 for 25 cts. 



SUPERB SINGLE DAHLIAS— These are 

 easily raised from seed; they begin to flow- 

 er in July, pkt 10 cts. 



DOUBLE DAISY— Daisies are easily raised 

 from Spring-sown seed, and come into flow- 

 er in a very short time. With protection 

 they will withstand the Winter. Fine dou- 

 ble mixed, pkt 5 cts. 



DAISY LONGFELLOW— Remarkable for 

 the unusual size and doubleness of its dark 

 rose flowers, pkt 10 cts. 



DAISY SNOWBALL— Large flowers, per- 

 fectly double, of purest white, pkt 10 cts. 



DIGITALIS (FOX-GLOVE) FINE MIXED— 

 Long racemes of beautifully spotted flow- 

 ers, pkt 3 cts. 



DATURA— (Angel's Trumpet), or Sweet 

 Nightingale. Very showy, large branching 

 plants, growing three to five feet high, bear- 

 ing immense trumpet shaped flowers six 



DIANTHUS. "DOUBLE 8HOWFLAKB. 



8HOW DAHLIA8 FROM SEED 



inches in length and very fragrant. They bloom free- 

 ly 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 varieties, pkt 5 cts. 



DATURA DOUBLE— Mixed colors, pkt 5c 



DATURA WRIGHTII— Single white flowers, pkt 5 cts. 



DIANTHUS CHINENSIS— (Double Chinese Pinks.) 

 Very double, large flowers; magnificent color, pkt 3c. 



DIANTHUS SNOWFLAKE— Pure white flowers, of 

 immense size; very double, fringed, pkt 3 cts. 



DIANTHUS CRIMSON BELLE-Very large, single 

 dark red flowers, pkt 3 cts. 



DIANTHUS DWARF FIREBALL— Brilliant blood-red 

 perfectly double, laciniated flowers, pkt 3 cts. 



DIANTHUS MOURNING CLOAK-Large. double flow- 

 ers; is a very dark mahogany, almost black; edged 

 with white, pkt 3 cts. 



DIANTHUS EASTER QUEEN-Magnificent single flow- 

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



DIANTHUS HEDDIWIGI— (Japan Pink.) Splendid dou- 

 ble flowers; grows 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 

 Feathered Pheasant's Eye link.) Large, single, fra- 

 grant flowers of beautiful colors and fringed, pkt 3c. 



DIANTHUS PLUMARIUS (HARDY PINKS) DOUBLE 

 MIXED— Double fringed flowers, fragrant, and of 

 white crimson or purple shades, spotted and varie- 

 gated, pkt 8 cts. 



NEW DOUBLE DAISY, Giant Flowered White— A dis- 

 tinct feature, large size of its beautiful flowers, which 

 have flat petals, of a very showy white color, perfectly 

 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. :0 

 cts.,3pkts. for 25 cts. 



