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FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 7 ^ 



Dianthus, " Crown of Perfection." 



Most beautiful and satisfactory summer-flowering annuals. Unrivaled for brilliancy and rich 

 variety, of color, the plants are bushy, of symmetrical form, 1 foot high. The flowers are 

 immense, averaging 6 inches in circumference, are densely double, and are produced in per- 

 fect succession during the whole summer and autumn in such numbers as fairly to crowd 

 each other for room. There is a wonderful diversity of colors, from purest satiny-white 

 to red shades so deep and intensely brilliant that the eye can scarcely penetrate their 

 velvety depths; soft pinks and flesh tints more dainty than brush could lay; and a large 

 proportion of flowers hieroglyphically marked with various hues, the delicate tints and 

 deep tones mingling in exquisite contrast. (See cut.) Double Mixed Colors. .Pkt. 10c. 



"7 want to tell you how splendidly my seeds did this year, especially Hie 

 CROWN OF PERFECTION PIXKS. I never saw anything so beautiful; 

 they are a blaze of bright colors and some of the blosso?ns are larger than 

 a silver dollar." 



LILITH V. PINCHBECK, West Troy, N.T. 



DIANTHUS, "SNOWDRIFT." 



New; robust branching plant about 1 foot high, producing a multitude of very 

 double snow-white flowers 3 to 4 inches across with laciniated petals ; an effective 

 garden annual and splendid for cutting Pkt. 20c. 



GIANT "RUFFLED and FRILLED" DIANTHUS 



A SUPERIOR STRAIN OF THE SINGLE HEDDEWIGII TYPE. 



A magnificent new strain of these ever-popular Garden or China Pinks. The 

 flowers are of noble size, averaging 3 to 4 inches across. The petals are ruffled, 

 frilled and fringed, lending grace and beauty to the gorgeously colored blossoms 

 which range from dark blood-red to glowing crimson, carmine-rose, salmon-pink 

 and white; some of the 

 flowers are mottled and 

 blended with two or 

 more shades. The 

 plants are bushy and 

 compact, about 1 foot 

 high, and flower abun- 

 dantlythrough summer 

 and fall. For garden 

 decoration and for cut 

 flowers these new 

 Dianthus are of un- 

 approachable beautv. 

 (See cut.) Pkt. 10c. 



DIANTHUS LACINIATUS MIRABILIS. 



A remarkable and distinct new strain of annual Japan Pinks. The plants, 12 to 15 inches high, 

 produce lovely, large flowers, 3 to 4 inches in diameter. The margins are deeply cut into strips or thread- 

 like fringe; this fringe is turned and twisted in all directions. The colors are varied, from pure 

 white and white with pink or red zones to rose and deep purplish-red, even striped and mottled flowers 

 are included. Excellent for bouquets, and equally useful for the flower garden Pkt. 10c. 



earl?S§werS?o GRASS, BORDER, FEATHER or SPICE PINKS 



(Dianthus Ph/marius Hybridus Nanus, ft. pi.) 

 These are great improvements over the charming time-honored inhabitant of old-fashioned gardens. 

 The flowers of this new type are much larger, are borne more profusely on shorter, stiff stems. In 

 these new Pinks we have a large variety of colors and markings; the color, of course, refers to the centre 

 of the flower, the remainder being white or blush, with a band of color near the margin; the colors in- 

 clude blood-red, rose, maroon, purple, pink, blush, spotted, laced, variegated, etc., and they commence 

 blooming about two weeks earlier. Theyare excellent perennial garden plants, about 1 foot high. vigor- 

 ous, hardy, and flower profusely during spring and early summer. The flowers are very large, double, 

 beautifully fringed, and emit a clove-like perfume. (See cut.) Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c. 



NEW DWARF EARLY-FLOWERIXG GRASS PINKS. 



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