WINTER AND SPRING FLOWERING BULBS AND PLANTS 



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Dingee Winter-Blooming 

 Carnations 



As a fall and winter-blooming plant for house culture 

 we recommend the Carnation as one of the very best. 

 It is as easily grown as a Geranium and equally satis- 

 factory. You know how high-priced Carnation blooms 

 are during the winter. Don't buy them — grow them 

 yourself. You can have an abundance of flowers at a 

 trifling cost. Follow these directions and ?,'()U will 

 succeed. Plant in good soil, give plenty of water and 

 drain well. Let the plant be cool at night: this is an 

 important requirement. A 40 degree to 50 degree tem- 

 perature is about right. Keep the dead foliage picked 

 oft. We offer extra-large, field-grown plants ; they will 

 bloom continually throughout the winter. Fine plants 

 can be sent by mail; it is best, however, to send them 

 by express when possible, as they arrive in much better 

 condition. 



New Varieties 



Alma Ward. New white variegated; large and fragrant. 



Aviator. The best standard crimson on the market. 



Mrs. C. W. Ward. Deep pink. 



Rose-Pink Enchantress. Deeper pink than Enchantress. 



Matchless. Clear, brilliant white; fine form and very 

 large. Highly scented. Delightful. 



White Wonder. A truly wonderful white flower of im- 

 mense size. 



Miss Theo. Rose pink. 



Beacon. Dazzling scarlet; very large and full. 



Boston Market. Standard white. 



Enchantress. Brilliant pink; fine shade; large size. 



Victory. Brilliant red, extra large flowers and par- 

 ticularly free in bloom. 



White Enchantress. Magnificent large white flower. 

 Price, strong, field-grown plants, 35 ots. each, 3 for 



$1.00, postpaid. 



Cluster of Amaryllis. 



Winter-Blooming Carnation. 



Amaryllis Vittata Hybrids 



By careful selection from the best and most 

 expensive varieties we have produced a mag- 

 nificent strain of the wonderful, showy flow- 

 ers. They will produce from 3 to 4 flower 

 stalks, each one bearing blooms from 5 to 9 

 inches in diameter with broad overlapping 

 petals, circular in outline, and of every color 

 and marking known in Amaryllis, among them 

 being pure white penciled carmine or bright 

 rose ; white clouded and veined with red ; 

 crimson rayed and bordered with white; 

 bright orange scarlet selfs ; deep rose ; deep 

 crimson or blood red selfs shading into velvety 

 black in the center; many of them having in 

 the sunlight the appearance of being sprinkled 

 with gold and silver dust. 



Price, good sound bulbs sure to bloom, 2^2 

 to 3y2 i'nches in diam., 90 cts. each, postpaid. 



Of all the house plants and flowers intended 

 to cheer up the cold, dull days of winter in 

 the home, none will do it with greater success 

 than our new, magnificent Amaryllis. Words 

 are inadequate to describe its wondrous form 

 and color, and we can give but a feeble idea 

 of the joy coming to our many friends who 

 will plant this wonderful flower this fall. 



Plant the bulb in good, rich, flbrous soil 

 and sand in a pot not much larger than the 

 bulb, or three bulbs in a 12-inch pot. Let 

 the top of the bulb be about level with the 

 soil, which should not come closer than one 

 inch to the top of the pot. During the bloom- 

 ing season water freely and give an occasional 

 application of weak liquid manure. After the 

 bulb is done flowering withhold water grad- 

 ually, and allow the bulb to rest. 



