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WM. ELLIOTT & SONS' GENERAL CATALOGUE FOR 1897. 



DIANTHUS. 



A magnificeiit genus, embracing the •vveil-known Carna- 

 tion, China Pink and Sweet William. They produce 

 rich and varied colored flowers, and are remarkably at- 

 tractive in beds or masses. Height about 1 foot. 



DOUBLE ANNUAL VARIETIES. 



Per Pkt. 



Dianthiis Chinensis. (China or Indian Pink.) Finest 

 double mixed. Per oz., 40 cts. (Fig. 2.) 5 



Heddewigii 11. pi. (Double Japan Pink.) Very 



beautiful mixed colors 10 



Iinperialis fl. pi. (Double Imperial Pink.) Fine 



mixed 5 



Laciuiatns 11. pi. Double fi-inged flowers. Mixed 



colors. (Fig. 1.) 5 



HeddeTvigii Diadematns. (Double Diadem Pink.) 



Large double flowers in various tints of lilac, crim- 

 son and piurple with outer edges fiinged and nearly 

 white 5 



Mourning Cloak. Rich blackish crimson shari)ly 



edged with clear white, double and large size. (Fig. 3.) 5 



Fine Garden or Clove-Scented Pinks. (Hortensis 



Varieties. ) Double Mxed colors 10 



SINGLE ANNUAL VARIETIES. 

 Diantlius Heddewigii. (Single Japan Pink.) A magnifi- 

 cent strain vs^ith flowers 2 to 3 inches across ; manj- 

 exquisite colors, blotched and spotted in profusion. 

 Mixed colors. (Fig. i.) 5 



Laciniatus. A beautiful fringed variety; various 



colors 5 



The Bride or Little Gem. Forms a compact plant 



six inches high. Flowers wine red veined with rosy 

 carmine and broadly margined with white 10 



Snowflake, Pui-e snow-white flowers of large size; 



fringed 5 



"Eastern (^neen." Beautifully marbled; the broad 



bands of rich mauve upon the paler surface of the 

 petals are very striking and pretty ■. . 5 



" Crimson Belle." As its name implies, is of a rich 



crimson color; flowers of a very large size and sub- 

 stance, evenly and finel}" laciniated. (Fig. 6.) 5 



HARDY VARIETIES. 

 Diauthns Gardnerianns il. pi. (Double Hardy Garden 



Pink.) Large fringed flowers. Mixed colors 5 



Plumarins. (Pheasant-eye Pink.) Very fragrant 



large flowers; beautiful colors and iinely fringed. ... 5 



Per Pkt. 



Cyclops. Entirely distinct, the predominating colors 



being deUcate rose, flesh pink copper color, salmon, 

 wine red, white, crimson, etc., with large eye-like 

 zone of velvety blood red; clove-like perfume. The 

 flowers are large and borne in profusion from May 

 until frost. Will bloom fii-st season from seed sown 

 reasonably early. Single varieties mixed 10 



Barbatus. (See Sweet William.) Fine mixed, 1 ft. .10 



DICTAMNUS. 



(BURNING BUSH OR GAS PLANT.) 



Dense bushes with lemon scented foliage. The flowers are 

 borne in long spikes during June and July, and are also 

 fragrant. Excellent for mixed borders. Mixed colors. 5 



DODECATHEON CLEVELANDI. 



INEW GIANT AMERICAN COWSLIP.) 



A beautiful perennial from California, producing flower 

 stems 1 foot high, surmounted with 6 to 10 large Cycla- 

 men-Uke flowers of violet blue, with yellow and black 

 center. It is quite hardy, and luxuriates in nnrtially 

 shaded situations. 



Dodecatheon Clevelaudi. 



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