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Chinese and Japanese Pinks -Dianthus 



C. & J. FINEST SORTS MIXED 



THESE beautiful Cliinese and Japanese Pinks are among 

 our prettiest flowers for bedding ; tiiey grow easily and 

 bloom profusely the whole season. Some are double 

 and others single, with beautiful fringed petals. The colors 

 are very bright and handsome, ranging from pure white to 

 deepest crimson in endless combinations and markings ; 

 many have the delightful clove fragrance so much prized, 

 and all are greall)- admired for cutting and bouquets. The 

 seed we offer is a special selection of the most beautiful 

 varieties, and a great improvement on any heretofore offered, 

 and we are sure they will give the greatest satisfaction. 

 Pkt. 6 cts., % oz. 25 cts., }4 oz. 40 cts., oz. 75 cts. 



New Dwarf German Double Hybrid Pinks 



A splendid new strain of Dwarf Hybrid Pinks, growing only nine or ten 

 inches high, and bearing extra large double liowers of perfect form and 

 •rich beautiful colors. Flowers frequently measure three inches across, 

 and of all shades of pink, crimson, white and variegated. Elegantly 

 fringed and very beautiful. Pkt. H cts. 



DIANTHUS, White Frill, or Mourning: Cloak 



Large, perfectly double flowers elegantly fringed, rich purple maroon, 

 almost velvety black, edged with a wide border of pure white, handsome 

 and attractive, rich clove fragrance, blooms all season. Pkt. 6 cts. 



NEW CHINESE PINK 



MIGNONETTE 



C. & J. Finest Large-Flowering Mixed 



— A Special Mixture of all the Choicest Colors and 

 the Sweetest Sorts, for beds and cutting. Pkt. 

 6 cts. }< oz. 25 cts. 



MIGNOJSETTE, DEFIANCE — An extra choice variety, 

 does well in open ground, and is especially valuable for 

 growing in the greenhouse for cut flowers, makes full round 

 spikes twelve to fifteen inches long, with wonderful flowers 

 of largest size and most delightful fragrance. Pkt. 6 cts., 

 14 oz. 30 cts., oz. 50 cts. 



MIGNONETTE, NEW QUAKER CITY-A new and ex 

 tra fine variety, large full flower spikes, rounded at the top; 

 handsome gold-red color, deliciously sweet. Pkt. 4 cts. 



MIGNONETTE, NEW GIANT WHITE— Large and full 

 spikes, pure white flowers, very sweet. Pkt. 4 cts. 



MIGNONETTE. IMPROVED GOI.DEN QUEEN— Very 

 handsome and attractive and exceedingly sweet, light golden 

 yellow , excellent free-blooming sort. Pkt. 4 cts. 



MIGNONETTE, THE MACHET (Pure)— Well known 

 as one of the finest sorts ; vigorous pyramidical plants with 

 thick, dark green leaves; blooms constantly and bears very 

 large spikes of most deliciously sweet flowers. Pkt. 4 cts. 

 y2 oz. 20 cts 



MIGNONETTE, COMMON SWEET fReseda, Odorata) 

 — These are very fragrant and very lav '^ely used. Pkt. 3 cts. 

 oz. 10 cts. 



MIGNONETTE-C. & J. LARGE FLOWERING 



LARGE-FLOWERING SCARLET SAGE 



LARGE-FLOWERING SCARLET SAGE (Salvia Splen- 



dens)— Highly valued as one of the very finest and most 

 beautiful flowers of late Summer and Fall, when it sur- 

 passes everything else in brilliant color and continuous 

 bloom ; grows easily and makes grand stately plants, two 

 to three feet high, completely covered with intense bright 

 scarlet flowers — a dazzling mass of color when other 

 flowers are gone. Pkts. 4 cts., extra large pkts. 6 cts. 



SAl-VIA FARINACEA— This is the lovely blue Salvia, forming dense, 

 bushy plants with long spikes of beautiful blue flowers, making a 

 charming contrast when grown with scarlet variety described above. 

 Pkt. 6 cts. 



SWEET SCABIOSA (Movu-ning Bride)— Bears a profusion of fine, 

 large, double flowers ; scarlet, white and rich mulberry red, edged and 

 biordered with white ; very sweet and fine for cutting. Fine mixed 

 colors, pkt. 4 cts. each. 



L.AVENDER— An aromatic medicinal herb, bearing pretty spikes of 

 pale blue flowers, and yielding when dried, a delightful perfume. Pkt- 

 5 cts. 



THUNBERGIA, BL,ACK-EYED SUSAN— Handsome, slender grow- 

 ing climbers, suitable for low trellises, vases, hanging baskets, etc.; 

 pure white, yellow and deep orange, some with black eyes and some 

 with white. They bloom all Summer and are among the prettiest of 

 old-fashioned flowers Pkt. i cts. 



