PETER HENDERSON #. CO., NEW YORK- 



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Dianthus, "Crown of Perfection. 



Most beautiful and satisfactory summer-flowering annuals. Unrivaled for bril- 

 liancy 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 perfect succession during the whole summer and 

 autumn in such numbers as fairly to crowd each other for room. There is a won- 

 derful 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 the CROWN 

 OF PERFECTION PINKS. I never saw anything so beautiful; they are a blaze of 

 bright colors and some of the blossoms are larger than a silver dollar." 



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



NEW DOUBLE FRINGED JAPANESE PINKS. 



(Diathus Mirabilis, fl. pi.) 



Beautiful double flowers 3 to 4 inches across, with deeply cut and fringed petals; 

 colors rich and varied from white to pink and red — some are self-colors, some zoned 

 and others striped. The plants, 1 ft. high, flower freely and are very showy. Pkt. 15c. 



GIANT "RUFFLED and FRILLED" DIANTHUS 



A SUPERIOR STRAIN OF THE SINGLE HEDDEWI0I1 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 abundantly 

 through summer and fall. For garden decoration and for cut flowers these new 



Dianthus are of unapproachable beauty Pkt. 10c. 



DIANTHUS PUNCTATUS OR "PRINCESS PINKS." 



A new strain of the annual garden pinks bearing large fringed-edged, single 

 flowers of several different ground colors over which is dotted and blotched dif- 

 ferent contrasting colors. Very unique and beautiful Pkt. 15c. 



DIANTHUS SUPERBISSIMUS. 



Another new strain of the annual "China" Pinks, with very large single flowers 

 of various colors and markings, but all having a white throat and a beautiful 

 crested surface to the petals Pkt. 15c. 



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 5 

 inches in di- 

 ameter. The 

 margins are 

 deeply cut in- 

 to strips or 

 thread-like 

 fringe ; this 

 fringe is turn- 

 ed and twist- 

 ed in all direc- 

 tions. 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 arein- 

 cluded. Ex- 

 cellent for 

 bouquets, 

 and equally 

 useful for the 

 fl o w er gar- 

 den. Pkt. lCc. 



e n aKlo r wer. r nq e GRASS, BORDER, FEATHER or SPICE PINKS. 



(Dianthus Plumarius Hybridus Nanus, fl. 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 center of the flower, the remainder being white or blush 

 with a band of color near the margin; the colors include blood-red, rose, maroon, purple, 

 pink, blush, spotted, laced, variegated, etc., and they commence blooming about two weeks 

 earlier. They are excellent perennial garden plants, about 1 foot high, vigorous, hardy, and 

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



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



CROWN "GRASS" PINKS. 

 A new race of hardy "Grass Pinks" with branching flower stalks 10 to 12 inches high, 

 carrying large delicious fragrant single, semi-double and double flowers with fringed 

 petals; colors white, carmine, rose, lilac, etc. Each flower marked in the center with 

 a crimson or purple crown. They flower from May to July Pkt. 25c. 



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