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Delphinium Belladonna. 



DICTA:^NUS (Gas Plant). 



A very showy border perennial, forming a bush about 

 2J feet in height, having fragrant foliage and spikes of 

 curious flowers during June and July, giving off during 

 hot weather a fragrant volatile oil, which ignites when a 

 match is applied lo it. (See cut.) 

 Fraxinella. Showy rosy-pink flowers, with deeper 



veins. 

 — Alba. Pure white. 



15 CIS. each;§1..50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Plumarius Semperflorens. 



(See cut.) 



DIELYTRA, OR DICENTRA. 



SpectabiliS {Bieediu^ Heart, or Seal Flower). A old- 

 fashioned favorite, equally well adapted for forcing as 

 for planting in the open border; its long racemes of 

 graceful heart-shaped pink flowers are always attractive. 



Formosa [Plumy Bleeding Heart'). A dwarfer growing species, with finely 

 cut ornamental foliage, growing about 15 inches high, and producing its 

 showy pink flowers from April to August. 



1-5 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz.: $10. 00 per 100. 



DODECAXHHOX. (American Cowslip, or Shooting Star). 



Meadia, One of the choicest of our native perennials, with broad, tufled 

 foliage and tall, upright flower- stems ; surmounted with showy reddish- 

 purple flowers, with lich orange-yellow eyes. They should be planted in a 

 cool, shaded position, either in the border or rocker)'. 15 cts. each; $1.50 

 per doz. 



DRABA (Whitlow Grass). 



Androsacea. A pretty dwarf-growing rock-plant, producing bright yellow 

 flowers early in spring. 15 cts. each ; $1.50 per doz. 



DELPHINIUMS [(Hardy Larkspur j. 



The hardy Larkspurs are one of the most important and most satis- 

 factory plants in the herbaceous garden, and should be planted exten- 

 sively even in the smallest garden. Their long spikes of flowers are 

 produced continuously from June until late in the fall, if the precaution 

 i^ taken to remove the flower stems before thev produce seed. 



THREE RAKE HYBRIDS. 

 Belladonna, One of the finest of this fine family, with l^eautiful sky- 

 blue flowers; grows from 2 to 3 feet high, and is always in bloom- 

 (See cut. ) 35 cts. each ; S3. 50 per doz. 

 Frau Emma MetZger. Flowers of large size and quite double ; 

 in color a silvery rose in the centre, passing to an azure-blue al the 

 edges : white eye. One of the finest. 50 cts. each ; $.500 per doz. 

 James Kelway. Very deep velvety violet-blue, with a large, strik- 

 ino- white centre ; a beautiful flower. 50 cts. each ; $5.00 per doz. 

 '' SELECT STANDARD VARIETIES. 

 Chinensis. A vei^ prelly variety, growing about 18 inches high, 

 with larce open panicles of handsome flowers, varj-ing in color 

 through all the lighter shades of blue. 

 — Alba. A pure white form of above. 

 Formosum, The old favorite dark blue variety; 'grows from 3 to 4 



feet high, and is in flower almost continuously from June till frost. 

 5ulphureum [Zalil). An attractive species and entirely distinct ; 

 foiminr; a pvramidal bush composed of stiff", wiry stems covered 

 with pure sulyhur-yellow flowers. 4 feet. 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per doz. 

 Mixed Hybrids. A fine lot of seedlings grown from a very select 

 strain, and sure to produce a fine range of colors from the palest to 

 the deepest blue, with centres from pure white to brown. 

 Price: 15 cts. each; %\.l^ per doz.; $10.00 per 100; except 

 V 1 ere noted Set of 8 v.nrieties. one of each, $2.00. 



DIANTHUS. 



Barbatus {Sweet 

 Williavi. or London 

 Tufts). Mixed col- 

 ors. 10 cts. each; 

 Sl.OO per doz.; $6.00 

 per 100. 



Deltoides Alba 



{Maiden Fink). A 

 charmmg low-grow- 

 ing or creeping vari- 

 ety, with medium- 

 sized white flowers, 

 especially suited for 

 the rock garden. 15 

 cts. each ; $1.50 per 

 doz. 

 Latifolius atrococ- 

 cineus. Produces 

 throughout the sum- 

 mer and fall fiery 

 crimson flowers not 

 unlike the SweetWil- 

 liam. A most de- 

 sirable beddingplant. 

 15 cts. each ; $1.50 

 per doz.: $8 per 100. 

 (See Hardy Garden Pinks), paee 193. 



DiKLYTRA Spectabilis (Bleeding Hean). 



Special attention is directed to the colored plate and offer of Japanese Aneuxoues on page 169. 



