■PETER HENDERSON A. CO., NEW YORK- 



97 



OUBLE 



ANNUAL 



DIANTHUS OR PINKS. 



QlNGLE 



ANNUAL * IlNiV^. 



Flowers very large, 2 inches and over 

 across, and freely produced and of the 

 richest colors and finely fringed. {See cot.) 

 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 colore: blotched, 



splashed, spotted in indescribable con- 

 fusion. Per oz. ,60c Pkt. 5 



"Salmon Queen." The flowers are 



large, well formed and nicely fringed, 



and of a very distinct brilliant salmon 



color, changing into a rosy salmon. .10 

 "Queen of Holland." {D. Heddewigli 



albns.) A beautiful Indian Pink, with 



large, round, entire edged Bingle flowers 



of glistening white. Occasionally a faint 



salmony ring appears around the eye, 



but usually the flowers are of purest 



white. The plants, about 1 foot high, are 



fairly covered with flowers from early 



summer until frost, from spring-sown seed. 



{See cot.) 10 



Little Gem, or the Bride. It forms a plant 



only 6 inches high, which is almost smoth- 

 ered with charming flowers. Color, an exqui- 

 site combination of wine red.Buffused and veined 



with a rosv carmine and broadly margined with 



white 10 



Snowflake. Pure snow-white flowers of large size, ex 



quisitely fringed 5 



Eastern Queen. Immensesingleflowers, beautifully fringed 



marbled and suffused with carmine rose, mauve and lilac. 

 Crimson Belle. Magnificent, large, single fringed flowers of 



lustrous velvety crimson 



Fringed Hybrids. A new cast of colore, shades varying 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 iuches 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 * 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.) Large fringed flowers Pkt. 5 



Plumarius, Double Mixed. {Double Plieasant's-eye Pink.) Double-fringed flowers; fragrant, and 

 3f white crimson or purple shad?:; apottEd and variegated '9 to IS Inches high ic 



Plumarius, Single Mixed. {Feathered Pheasanfs-eye Pink.) Large single fragrant flowers of 

 beautiful colors and finely fringed 5 



Single Cyclops Pinks. This magnificent new strain of Pinks produces an entirely new series ol 

 colors of unapproachable beauty, exquisite combinations of colors, the predominating shades being 

 delicate rose, flesh pink, copper color, salmon, wine red, white, crimson, etc., 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 colors. (.See cut.) „ ,. io 



Double Cyclops Pinks. Mixed colore 25 



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 un- 

 interruptedly cover the plants until late in autumn, rendering them one of the 

 most beautiful and satisfactory of all annuals for summer flower gardens. 

 Heisiht, about 1 foot. • 



Chinensis fi. pi., Mixed Colors. Double China or Indian Pink. 1 foot. Per 



oz.. 30c Pkt. 5 



Heddewigii fl. pi., Mixed Colors. Double Japan Pink, large flowers. Per 



oz., 75c ...5 



Double Diadem, Mixed Colors. {Diadematus fl. pi.) Splendid large double 

 flowers of many colors, each hieroglyphically edged and marbled in the most 



charming fashion 5 



Double Snowflake. Pure white: large double fringed flowers of perfect form. .10 

 Fireball. Densely double flowers of large size and of marvelously rich and 



tiri Ilia nt velvety red 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 dear white, making a strikingly beautiful contrast 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 for room. There is a wonderful diversity of colore, 

 from purest satiny white to red shades, deep and 

 intensely brilliant; soft pinks and flesh tints, 

 and a large proportion of flowers hierogly- 

 phically marked with various hues, the 

 delicate tints and deep tones mingling 

 in exquisite contrast ; mixed colors. 



(See eut.) 10 



"Midnight." Beautiful and 

 very distinct. The whole plant, 

 stems, branches and flower 

 buds are black and leaves 

 dark green. The flowers 

 are very double and won- 

 derfullyrich in coloring, 

 almost black, the high 

 lights glowing with a 

 surface bloom of vel- 

 vety claret maroon.. 



10 



Imperialis ru- 

 bro-striatafl. pi. 

 A very beautiful 

 variety ; large dou- 

 ble flowers of rich 

 blood-red ground 

 color, irregularly 

 striped and splash- 

 ed with white and 

 pink — differing 

 from other striped 

 varieties, the 

 grou ud colors of 

 which are white. 10 



Sotiv. de la Mal- 

 maison. A beauti- 

 ful, large, double- 

 flowering annual "Gar- 

 den Pink." rosy apriept 

 blended with white 10 



Collection of six distinrt 

 loulile annual Dianthot-. 

 7c; 12 varieties, 40c. 



J3 P M F? M Flf^l} tbat we do not lo "g er supply our Seeds through dealers, storekeepers, 

 M\k^ifM.i-tifkLJL\^I\ etc They are" Henderson's" oulywhen direct from us. 



