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"DiANTHUS OffTlNKS. 



ANNUAL VARIETIES 



LITTLE GEM PINK. 



The family of "Pinks" are 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 ; they 

 also make very beautiful pot plants. Height, about 1 foot. 



DOUBLE ANNUAL DIANTHUS. 



Chinensis fl. pi., Mixed Colors. Double China or Indian Pink. lft. .Plct. 5 



Heddewig'ii fl. pi., Mixed Colors. Double Japan Pink, large flowers. 

 (See cut.) 5 



Dwarf Copper-red. A very desirable variety, copper-red; a novel and 

 effective color; plant dwarf, compact and branchy; flowers very double and 

 profuse 10 



Imperialis rubro-striata fl.pl. A very beautiful variety ; large double 

 flowers of rich blood-red ground color, irregularly striped and splashed with 

 white and pink — differing from other striped varieties — the ground colors of 

 which are white 15 



Laciniatus fl. pi., Mixed Colors. Large double fringed flowers 5 



Double Diadem, Mixed Colors. Splendid large double flowers of many 

 colors, eachhieroglyphically 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 brilliant velvety red. (See cut.) 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 10 



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 



Imported collection of 6 distinct double annual 

 Dianlhus, 30 cts.; 12 varieties, 50 cts. 



SINGLE ANNUAL DIANTHUS. 



Flowers vei'y large, 2 inches and over across, and freely produced, and of the 



richest colors and finely fringed. 



Heddewig'ii, 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 confusion. Plct. 5 



Little Gem, or The Bride. It forms a plant only six inches high, which 

 is almost smothered with charming flowers. Color, an exquisite combination 

 of wine red suffused and veined with a rosy carmine and broadly margined 

 with white. (See cut.) 10 



Snowflake. Pure snow-white flowers of large size, exquisitely fringed 5 



Eastern Queen. Immense single flowers, beautifully fringed, marbled and 

 suffused with carmine rose, mauve and lilac 5 



Crimson Belle. Magnificent large single fringed flowers of lustrous velvety 

 crimson 5 



Laciniatus, Mixed Colors. Finest single fringed sorts 5 



DATURA. 



Strong growing ornamental annuals, with very large and showy flowers, making 

 handsome plants, 2 to 3 ft. high, for flower beds or borders. 



Double Golden. Large double golden yellow flowers ; very fragrant Pkt. 5 



Wrightii. Large white and lilac flowers . . 5 



Fastuosa fl. pi., Mixed. Fine double varieties 5 



For a Complete List of Flower 

 Seeds, see pages 90 to 97. 



DOUBLE STF.IPED AND FRINGED PINK. 



DIANTHUS, "DOUBLE SNOWFLAKE.' 



DOUBLE JAPAN PINK. 



