Dreer’s Dianthus = The Beautiful Pinks ©«= 
The annual as well as the hardy Pinks are favorite subjects for garden planting because of the rich colors and exquisite 
fragrance of their blooms. The annual varieties may be started outdoors as early in the spring as the ground can be prepared. 
Sown later they often will live through the winter to bloom next year if planted in well-drained soil. 
Single Annual Pinks © 
There are many beautiful varieties 
among the single annual Pinks and their 
display value in the garden is not ex- 
ceeded by any other annual. All those 
listed are large flowered with blooms 
measuring 2 to 3 inches in diameter. 
They bloom all summer long. 1 foot. 
2221 Crimson Belle. Elegant large 
blooms of well-rounded form. The color 
is a rich velvety crimson —a shade which 
gives good color contrast with lighter 
shades. Pkt. 10c; large pkt. 30c. 
2227 Laciniatus splendens. Large 
single crimson flowers with white eyes. 
Pkt. 10c; large pkt. 40c; 4 oz. 60c. 
2226 Heddewigi Mixed (Single Japan 
Pink). Excellent for garden display or 
for cut flowers. Its large single blooms 
will always make a splendid impression. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 

Dianthus laciniatus, Mixed 
2229 Laciniatus, Mixed. A magnifi- 
cent strain with large single flowers often 
more than 2 inches across. Includes 
many splendid color combinations and 
has beautiful deeply fringed or lacin- 
iated flower petals. An excellent cut 
flower. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c. 
2230 Nobilis Mixed (Royal Pinks). 
These are indeed royal in their splendor 
and size. The blooms are extra large. 
They include a wide and beautiful range 
of colors starting with white and running 
through all shades to deepest red. 
Pkt. 10c; $ oz. 40c. 
2233 Salmon Queen. Well formed, 
nicely fringed flowers of a brilliant salm- 
on changing to a salmon-rose after 
they have passed their prime. Pkt. 10c; 
large pkt. 40c; % oz. 60c. 
2235 Vesuvius. This makes a very 
attractive bed or border as the brilliant 
Geranium red blooms sparkle and glisten 
in the sunlight. Also fine for cutting. 
Pkt. 10c; large pkt. 40c; 4 oz. 60c. 

4824 Collection of 
Brilliant Single Dianthus 
One packet each of the seven 
varieties, value 70c, for 50c. 




Double Annual Pinks @ 
2203 Fireball. Double rich fire-red 
blooms with elegantly fringed edges. 
Pkt. 10c; large pkt. 40c; $ oz. 60c. 
2205 Lucifer. Lovely fringed double 
blooms of a brilliant dazzling Geranium 
red color. Pkt. 10c; large pkt. 40c; 
$ oz. 60c. 
2207 Mourning Cloak (White Frill). 
Very double flowers of velvety crimson 
with a beautiful white fringe. Pkt. 10c; 
large pkt. 30c; $ oz. 50c. 
2211 Salmon King. Fringed salmon- 
rose. Pkt. 10c; large pkt. 40c; $ oz. 60c. 
2213 Snowball. Lovely double fringed 
pure white blooms. Pkt. 10c; large pkt. 
40c; ¢ 0z. 60c. 
2215 Violet Queen. An unusual shade 
of rich violet. Pkt. 10c; large pkt. 40c; 
+ oz. 60c. 

= 4822 Collection of ~ 
Double Annual Pinks 
One packet each of the six 
lovely varieties, value 60c, 
for 45¢e. 
2200 Chinensis fil. pl. Giant Mixed 
(China or India Pink). Very double 
flowers of many bright colors borne 
profusely in showy large clusters on 
strong upright plants. Blooms all sum- 
mer long. Pkt. 10c; } oz. 25c. 


Dianthus Heddewigi fl. pl. 
2204 Heddewigi fl. pl. Mixed (Double 
Japan Pink). A colorful mixture in- 
cluding everything from the most 
delicate rose to richest velvety crimson 
imaginable. Pkt. 10c; ¢ oz. 25c. 
Dianthus hybridus ® A 
2246 Sweet Wivelsfield. This hardy 
Dianthus blooms as freely as the Sweet 
William but includes a still wider range 
of lovely colors. Sow outdoors in April 
to flower in late summer and fall. 1 ft. 
Pkt. 10c; large pkt. 30c; $ oz. 50c. 
2247 Double Sweet Wivelsfield. A 
double-flowering strain of the above. 
Many colors. Pkt. 15c;large pkt. 75c. 



Hardy 
Garden Pinks iP A 
The plants lend themselves exceptional- 
ly well for showy beds or borders, and they 
are most attractive in the rock garden. 
Furthermore they yield many sweet- 
scented blooms for cutting. 
2243 Latifolius atrococcineus fl. pl. 
(Everblooming Annual Sweet William). 
Intensely brilliant, velvety crimson- 
scarlet blooms. Flowers first year. 
Height, 12 inches. Pkt. 10c; large pkt. 
30c; $ oz. 50c. 
2251 Allwoodi alpinus. Showy single 
and semi-double fragrant blooms on 
compact plants 4 to 6 inches tall. 
Blooms first year if sown early. 
Pkt. 25c; large pkt. 75c. 
2253 Caesius (Cheddar Pink). Attrac- 
tive dense tufts studded in May and 
June with sweet-scented rose-pink 
blooms. Only six inches tall. Pkt. 15c; 
large pkt. 60c. 
2257 Deltoides Brilliant (Maiden 
Pink). Brilliant carmine flowers in 
June and July. 6inchestall. Pkt. 15c; 
large pkt. 60c. 
2260 Plumarius fi. pl. (Double Hardy 
Garden Pink). Many beautiful colors. 
Pkt. 15c; large pkt. 60c. 
2266 Plumarius (Grass Pink, Scotch 
Pink, Pheasant Eye Pink). Beautiful 
single fringed flowers in various colors. 
18 in. Pkt. 10c; 4 oz. 25c; oz. 75c. 
2300 Rock Garden Species, Mixed. 
All the best varieties of dwarf habit. 
Pkt. 25c; large pkt. 75c. 
For Dianthus barbatus 
see Sweet William, page 48. 

Didiscus—Blue Lace Flower 
Didiscus—Biue Lace Flower ® 
2311 Coeruleus. Showy, lacy, light 
lavender flower heads borne profusely 
from July to frost. For borders and 
cutting. 18 inches. Pkt. 10c; large 
pkt. 30c. 
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customers. 

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