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wanna. DIANTHUS OR PINKS. 
The family of ‘‘ Pinks" is unrivaled for brilliancy and rich variety of color; 
the plants are bushy, of symmetrical form—blooming so profusely as to almost 
uninterruptedly cover the plants until late in autumn, rendering them one of the 
most beautiful and satisfactory of all annuals for summer flower gardens. 
Height, about 1 foot. 
Chinensis fl. pl., Mixed Colors. Double China or Indian Pink. 1foot. Per 
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Heddewigii fl. pl., Mixed Colors. Double Japan Pink, large flowers. Per 
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Double Diadem, Mixed Colors. (Diadematus fl. pl.) Splendid large double 
flowers of many colors, each hieroglyphically edged and marbled in the most 
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Double Snowflake Pure white; large double fringed flowers of perfect form..10 
Fireball. Densely double flowers of large size and of marvelously rich and 
brilliantivelvety red ers ic.. eset ee ree een RT ER CRT ence ect ee ana 10 
White Frill, or Mourning Cloak. Double flowers of large size, of rich and 
unique colors; rich purple, maroon, almost velvet black, and sharply edged 
with clear white, making a strikingly beautiful contraSt..............:cceceeseeeeeeeeeee 5 
Double Striped and Fringed, Mixed Colors. These are particularly grand. 
The immense flowers are very double, deeply fringed at the edges and of many 
exquisite colors, all of which are charmingly striped with some other color...10 
“Crown of Perfection.’’ The flowers are immense, averaging 6 inches in 
circumference, are densely double, and are produced in perfect succession dur- 
ing the whole summer and autumn in such numbers as fairly to crowd each 
Other forroom. There is a wonderful diversity of colors, 
from purest satiny white to red shades, deep’ and 
intensely brilliant; soft pinks and flesh tints, and 
a large proportion of flowers hieroglyphically 
marked with various hues, the delicate 
tints and deep tones mingling in ex- 
\V7 : . i . quisite contrast; mixed colors. (See 
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Way ~S “Midnight.’’ Beautiful and very 
eZ distinct. The whole plart, stems, 
branches and flower buds are 
black and leaves dark green. 
The flowers are very double 
and wonderfully rich in 
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Flowers very large, 2 inches and over 
across, and freely produced and of the 
richest colorsand flnely fringed. (See cut.) 
Heddewigii, Mixed Colors. Single 
Japan Pinks. A magnificent strain of 
Pinks, the flowers averaging 2 to 3 
inches across, broad and round, and 
of many exquisite colors; blotched, 
splashed, spotted in indescribable con- 
fusion. Per oz., 60c...... eee Pkt. 5 
“Salmon Queen.’’ The flowers are 
large, well formed and nicely fringed, 
and ofa very distinct brilliant salmon 
color, changing into a rosy salmon...10 
Little Gem, or the Bride. Itformsa 
plant only 6 inches high, which is almost 
smothered with charming flowers. Color, 
an exquisite combination of wine red, suf- 
fused and veined with a rosy carmine and 
broadly margined with white. (See cut.).10 
Snowflake. Pure snow-white flowers of large 
size, exquisitely fringed............ cc.ccccesceeeecsoeeeD 
Eastern Queen. Immense single flowers, beau- 
tifully fringed, marbled and suffused with car- 
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ImperiaUs rubro- 
striata fl. pl. A 
very beautiful va- 
riety ; large double 
flowers of rich 
blood-red ground 
color, irregularly 
striped and splash- 
ed with white and 
pink—differing 
from other striped 
varieties, the 
ground colors of 
which are white..10 
Souv. de la Mal- 
maison. A beauti- 
ful, large, double-flow- 
ering annual ‘‘ Garden 
Pink,’ rosy apricot 
blended with white..10c. 
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Collection of Six distinct 
double annual Dianthus, 
25¢c.; 12 varieties, 40c. 
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Crimson Belle. Magnificent large single fringed 
flowers of lustrous velvety crimson..............0:-6 oA C00 5 
Fringed Rybrids. A new cast of colors, shades vary- 
ing from blush-white to deep rose, tinged with salmon, 
and ornamented with a garnet zone around the eye....... 10 
‘Glare of the Garden.”’ Grand, immense single-fringed 
flowers, fully 3 inches across, of the richest, most brilliant 
velvety scarlet crimson. One of the showiest and most gorgeously 
effective garden annuals in our grounds the past Season..........+ Eigeses 10 
Laciniatus, Mixed Colors. Finest single fringed sorts. Per oz., 60c....5 
HARDY DIANTHUS OR PINKS. 
Highly valued for the great beauty and fragrance of their flowers. These make splendid bushy plants 
from 1 to 2 feet high, unrivaled for permanent beds and borders. 
Gardnerianus, Double Mixed. (Double Hardy Garden Pink.) Warge fringed flowers....... Pkt. 5 
Plumarius, Double Mixed. (Double Pheasant’s-eye Pink.) Double-fringed flowers; fragrant, and 
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of white, crimson or purple shades, spotted and variegated, 9 to 12 inches high....... Vateowerteeseese! races 10 
Plumarius, Single Mixed. (Meathered Pheasant’s-eye Pink.) Large single fragrant flowers of 
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HARDY “CYCLOPS” PINKS. 
Cyclops Pinks. This magnificent new strain of Pinks produces an entirely new series of colors o 
unapproachable beauty, exquisite combinations of colors, the predominating shades being delicate 
rose, flesh pink, copper color, salmon, wine red, white, crimson, ete., the beauty being further enlivened 
by a large eye-like zone of velvety blood-red; clove-like perfume. The blossoms are round and fully 6 
inches in circumference, borne in wondrous amplitude from May until frost. The plants, sturdy and 
vigorous, will bloom the first season if the seeds are sown reasonably early. Single varieties. Mixed 
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DoubleiGy clops Pinks wo MIXeCeCOLOLS se eee ee ee enn LE DL Sannin amu MANO) F 
E M E M B E that we do not longer supply our Seeds through dealers, store- 
Keepers, etc. They are genuine only when direct from us. 
