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Cupid, Dwarf or Bedding Sweet Peas 



4063 Cupid, Dwarf or Bedding Sweet Peas. These form a line of emerald- 

 green foliage a little over a foot wide and 6 inches high, and from June until 

 late summer are literally a sheet of bloom; the mixture contains all the colors. 

 10 cts. per pkt; 20 cts. per oz.; 60 cts. per i lb.; $2.00 per lb. 



Sweet William (Dianthus Barbatus) 



A well-known, attractive, free-flowering hardy perennial, producing a splendid 

 effect in beds and borders with their rich and varied flowers. It is much better to 

 raise new vigorous young plants from seed every season than to divide the old 

 plants; 18 inches. 



PER PKT. 



4282 Newport Pink. A distinct new color which 



originated in one of the far-famed gardens at New- 

 port, R. I. In color it is what florists call water- 

 melon-pink or salmony-rose. Strikingly brilliant 



and beautiful; the flowers are borne in massive 



heads on stems 18 inches high. For mid-season 



mass bedding it has no equal. It is also very 



effective for cutting, j oz., 50 cts $0 15 



4281 Scarlet Beauty. A very effective, rich deep 



scarlet variety, a rare color in hardy plants. } oz., 



50 cts 



4291 Holborn Glory. This strain is a large-flowered 



selection of the auricula-eyed section, the most 



beautiful and admired of all Sweet Williams. The 



individual flowers and trusses are of extraordinary 



size, while the range of color, all showing a clear, 



white eye, is truly superb. J oz., 40 cts 



4286 Single Velvety Dark Maroon. J oz., 30 cts. . 



4288 Single Pure White. J oz., 30 cts 



4290 Single Mixed. All colors. I oz., 25 cts.; oz., 75 



cts 



4297 Double Mixed. All colors. J oz., 30 cts 



4296 Giant Double. A decided improvement. 



The plants are of robust, bushy habit, pro- 

 ducing numerous stems, surmounted by 



immense umbels of full, double flowers, 



many of the individual flowers measuring 



over one inch in diameter. The colors are 



extremely varied. f oz., 50 cts 15 









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Sweet Rocket 



Double and Single 



Sweet William 



Sweet William 



PER pkt. 

 2342 Latifolius Atro- 

 coccineus, Fl. 

 PI. {Everblooming 

 Hybrid Sweet Wil- 

 liam). A brilliant 

 crimson scarlet va- 

 riety that is very 

 effective in any po- 

 sition, and one of 

 the best perennials 

 in the list; illustrat- 

 ed in colors on plate 

 opposite page 56. 

 i oz., 50 cts $0 15 



Stokesia 



(Cornflower Aster) 



4051 Cyanea. A beau- 

 tiful hardy peren- 

 nial. The plant 

 grows about 24 

 inches high, each 

 bearing from 20 to 

 30 handsome laven- 

 der-blue cornflower-like blossoms; in bloom from July till frost. 

 One of the choicest subjects for the hardy border and indispens- 

 able for cutting, j oz., 50 cts 10 



4060 Cyanea Mixed. Containing a number of colors. J oz., 60 



cts ; IS 



Sweet Rocket (Hesperis) 



4280 Old-fashioned garden plants; also known as Dame's Rocket and 

 Dame's Violet; grows about 3 feet high, and bears spikes of 

 showy white, lilac and purple fragrant flowers. Excellent for 

 naturalizing among shrubbery or for planting in a permanent 

 border; mixed colors. (See cut). J oz., 20 cts.; oz., 60 cts 10 















Stokesia (Cornflower Aster) 



Every flower garden should have a bed of the brilliant Shirley Poppies. See page 104 



