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PETE!} HEfiDEP.SOri St CO., flEUt YO^.— FliOWE^ SEEDS. 



DIANTHO"S "CYCLOPS 



bl/JNTHQS OR PINKS. 



SINGLE ANNUAL DIANTHUS. 



Flowers very large, 2 inches and over across, and 



freely produced, and of the richest colors and finely 



fringed. (See cut.) I 



Heddewigfii, 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 ' •. . . . Pkt. 5 



Little Gem, or The Bride. It forms a plant 

 only six inches high, which is almost smoth- 

 ered with charmingflowers. Color, an exquisite 

 combination of wine red suffused and veined 

 with a rosy carmine and broadly margined 



with white 10 



Snowflake. Pure suow-white flowers of large 



size, exquisitely fringed 5 



Eastern Queen. Immense single flowers. 



beautifully fringed, marbled and suffused with 



carmine rose, mauve and lilac. (See cut, No. 1.) 5 



Crimson Belle. Magnificent large single 



fringed flowers of lustrous velvety crimson. 



(See cut, No. 2 . ) 5 



Laciniatus, Mixed Colors. Finest single 

 fringed sorts . . 5 



DIANTHUS, 

 SINGLE ANNUAL. 





HARDY DIANTHUS OR PINKS 



Highly valued for the great beauty and 



fragrance of their flowers. These make 



splendid bushy plants, from 1 to 2 ft. . 



high, unrivaled for permanent beds and 



borders. 



Gardnerianus fl. pi., Mixed. (Double 

 Hardy Garden Pink.) Large fringed 

 flowers Pkt. 6 



Fliimariusn.pl., Mixed. (Double 

 Pheasant 's-eye Pink.) Double fringed 

 flowers; fragrant and of white, 

 crimson or purple shades, spotted 

 and variegated,9 to 12 inches high 10 



Plumarius, Mixed. (Feathered 

 Pheasant' s-eye Pink.) Large single 

 fragrant flowers of beautiful 

 colors and finely fringed 6 



Cyclops Pinks. This magnificent 

 new strain of Pinks produces an 

 entirely new series of colors of un- 

 approachable beauty, exquisite 

 combinations of colors, the pre- 

 dominating shades being delicate 

 rose, flesh pink, copper color, sal- 

 mon, wine red, white, crimson, etc., 

 the beauty being further enlivened by 

 a large eye-like zone of velvety blood- 

 red ; clove-like perfume. Theblossoms 

 are round and fully six inches in circum- 

 ference, 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. (See cut 

 Single varieties. Mixed colors 10 



Double Cyclops Pinks, Mixed colors 25 



ESCHSCHOLTZId * 



(California Poppies.) 



Showy summer-flowering annuals, of the 



easiest culture, forming nice bushy plants 



1 ft. high, which produce in wondrous 



profusion large saucer-shaped flowers of 



striking brilliancy ; one of our finest 



garden plants. (See cut.) 



SINGLE VARIETIES. 



Cross of Malta. (Maritima.) 

 Large flowers of bright yellow, 

 with a broad, dark orange cross, 

 just the shape of the Cross of 

 Malta; foliage silvery gray. .Pkt. 10 

 Californica. Sulphur, with 



orange centre 5 



Mandarin. Large flowers of a 

 bright scarlet ; inner side rich 



orange 5 



Rose Cardinal. (Carminea Gran- 

 diflora.) Eich rosy purple, ex- 

 tremely beautiful 10 



Finest Mixed 6 



DOUBLE VARIETIES. 



Double White Pkt. 5 



Double Yellow 5 



Double Mixed 5 



•» GILIK.^ 



Mixed Colors. Profuse blooming and 

 handsome dwarf hardy annuals, 6 to 12 ins., 



for massing in flower beds Pkt. 6 



Gilia Dichotoma. Large white flowers. (See cut.) 25 



ESCH8CHOLTZIA MANDABIN. 



GAILLARDIAS. 



GHILLHRDIH, 



Exceedingly beautiful annuals, making very 

 showy plants, one to two feet high, for the 

 flower garden. Grown in masses they are es- 

 pecially effective ; large flowers, two or three 

 inches across, produced from early summer 

 until frost ; unrivaled for cutting. (See cut.) 



Amblyodon. Eich blood-red Pkt. 6 



Sun Kissed. Gold and scarlet 5 



Aurora. Gold, crimson and white 5 



Gloire de Paris. Salmon.. 5 



Avalanche. Satin white 6 



Flower of Gold. Eich yellow 6 



Illtimination. Bed, bordered white 5 



(Collection of above-named 7 varieties, 25 cts.) 



Mixed Varieties. (See cut. No. 1.) 5 



Lorenziana, or Double Flowering 1 . 

 Large round heads composed of 30 to 50 

 flowers, of orange, claret, amaranth, sul- 

 phur, etc. (See cut, No. 2.) 5 



James Kelway. (Perennial.) The most 

 beautiful variety grown ; immense flowers, 

 often b',i inches across, of dazzling crimson 

 scarlet with narrow gold edge. It has se- 

 cured several certificates from European 

 horticultural societies. It is a hardy per- 

 ennial variety, flowering abundantly until 

 frost. A grand garden plant, 2 feet high by 

 2feetthrough 25 



GTT.TA DICHOTOMA. 



