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SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthus Barbatus) 



(London Tufts) 



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 P lants - 



4286 Single Velvety Maroon 5 



4288 — White 5 



4283 — Crimson . , 5 



4285 — Scarlet 5 



4290 Single Mixed. All colors. Per £ oz. , 20 cts. '. '. '. '. 5 



4282 Newport Pink. A distinct new color 

 which originated in one of the far-famed 

 gardens at Newport, R. I. In color it is 

 what florists call watermelon pink or sal- 

 mony-rose. Strikingly brilliant and beau- 

 tiful; the flowers are boine in massive heads 

 on stems 18 inches high. For mid-season 

 mass bedding it has no equal. It is also 

 very effective for cutting. 2 pkts., 25 cts. . 15 



4281 Scarlet Beauty. 



deep scarlet variety. 



A very effective rich, 

 2 pkts., 25 cts 15 



Double and Single Sweet William 



SWEET 



ROCKET 



(Hesperis) 



TEK PKT. 



4278 Old-fashioned garden 

 plant ; al«o known as 

 Dame's Rocket and 

 Dame's Violet ; grows 

 from 2 to 3 feet high, 

 and bears spikes of 

 showy white, lilac and 

 purple fragrant flowers. 

 Excellent for nitural- 

 izing among shrubbery 

 or for planting in a per- 

 manent border ; mixed 

 colors. (See cut.) Oz., 

 40 cts 5 



4291 Holborn Glory. This strain is a large- 

 flowered selection of the auricula-eyed sec- 

 tion, 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. JiSz., 25 cts 10.. 



4297 Double Mixed.. All colors. J oz., 30 cts. 10 



4296 Giant Double. A decided improvement. 

 The plants are of robust, bushy habit, pro- 

 ducing numerous stems, surmounted by im< 

 mense umbels of full, double flowers, many 

 of the individual flowers measuring over one 

 inch in diameter. The colors are extremely 

 varied. £ oz. , 50 cts 15 



2342 Latifolius Atrococcineus, Fl.PI. (Ever- 

 blooming Hybrid Sw£et William). A 

 brilliant crimson-scarlet variety that is very 

 effective in any position, and one of the best 

 perennials in the list. 2 pkts., 25 cts 15 



Thunbergia 



TAGETES PERPKT . 



4301 Signata Pumila. A dwarf, compact, bushy annual Marigold, with 

 beautiful, delicate, fern-like leaves, densely covered with flowers of 

 bright golden yellow; a first-class border plant; illustrated on page 

 110. Joz., 30. cts 5 



THUNBERGIA 



(Black-eyed Susan) 



4H10 Beautiful, rapid growing annuaj climbers, preferring a warm, sunny 

 situation; used extensively in hanging-baskets, vases, low fences, etc., 

 very pretty flowers in buff, white, orange, etc., with hark eyes; mixed 

 colors; 4 feet. (See cut. ) -} oz., 25 cts 5 



TORENIA 



4322 Fournieri. A very fine annual; a splendid plant for vases, hanging- 

 baskets, borders, etc. ; covered the entire season with a mass of bloom. 

 Sky-blue, with three spots of dark blue, bright yellow centre . . . . 15 











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