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DIANTHUS CHINENSIS. 



VARIETIES OF DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS. 

 Beauty, white with scarlet stripes. 



Brightness, large bright scarlet, very double, clove fragrance. 



Centennial, a new variety only 18 inches in height, an abundant 

 bloomer, flowers white, very delicately striped with carmine, strong 

 clove fragrance. 



De Fontana, orange, shaded to purple. 



Gauntlet, a new variety, a light shade of carmine. 



Horace Greeley, slate, flaked with bright red, free -grower and 

 profuse bloomer. 



hidisfiensable, deep yellow flaked, with bright red. 



Little Beauty, carmine edge, yellow ground. 



La Purite, bright deep carmine. 



Meteor, dazzling red. 



Mrs. McKenzie, light rose, clove fragrance. 

 Oscar, yellow. 



Snow White, new variety, always pure white, fine form, rich 

 clove fragrance. 



DIANTHUS CHINENSIS. 



(CHINESE PINK.) 



The Dianthus Chinensis, including the old 

 Chinese Pink, now very much improved, and the 

 new varieties from Japan known as Dianthus Hedde- 

 wigii and D. Laciniatus, are among the most bril- 

 liant and useful of our garden flowers. The last 

 two comprise many varieties, the result of hybridiz- 

 ation, with flowers very large and double and of 

 rich and varied colors. Few plants are more easy 

 of cultivation, and as they bloom profusely through 

 the winter, they are an excellent house plant, though 

 not fragrant. The dwarf varieties are best suited 

 for the window. 



