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DIANTHUS or " CHINA PINKS" =rS= 



ANNUAL VARIETIES 



Customer's Collections of Dianthus. Any three 10c. 

 pkts. selected for 25c, or any six 5c. pkts. for 25c. 



Crown of Perfection. Most beautiful and satis- 

 factory summer-flowering, annuals. Unrivaled 

 for brilliancy and rich variety of color; the 

 plants are bushy, of symmetrical form, 1 foot 

 high. The flowers average G inches in cir- 

 cumference, are densely double, and produced 

 in succession during the whole summer and 

 autumn in such numbers as fairly to crowd 

 each other for room. There is a wonderful 

 diversity of colors, from purest white to red 

 shades, deep and intensely brilliant, soft pinks 

 and flesh tints, and a large proportion of flow- 

 ers hieroglyphically marked with various hues, 

 the delicate tints and deep tones mingling in 

 exquisite contrast. 



Double Mixed Colors. 

 Per 1,000 seeds, 35c. . 



. Pkt. 10c. 



Double Fringed Japanese. (.Dianthus Mira- 

 bilis, fl. pi.) Beautiful double flowers 3 to 

 4 inches across, with deeply cut and fringed 

 petals; colors rich and varied from white to 

 pink and red — some are self-colors, some 

 zoned and others striped. The plants, 1 

 foot high, flower freely and are very showy. 



Pkt. 10c. 



Fireball. Large, double brilliant red Pkt. 10c. 



Snowdrift. Very large and double, purest 

 white Pkt. 10c. 



Salmon Queen. Beautiful rosy-salmon, fine 

 large, double Pkt. 10c. 



Count Kerchove. Double blood-red flowers, 

 with a velvety black zone Pkt. 10c. 



Pink Beauty. A beautiful double pink 

 variety Pkt. 10c. 



Lucifer. Large double orange-scarlet flowers 

 with laciniated petals Pkt. 10c. 



Double Yellow. Double flowers of a pretty 

 light yellow shade Pkt. 10c. 



Chinensis, Double Mixed. (China Pinks.) 

 Per os.,50c Pkt. 5c. 



Heddewigii, Double Mixed. (Japan Pinks.) 

 Per 1,000 seeds. 50c Pkt. 5c. 



Diadematus, Double Mixed. (Diadem Pinks.) 

 Various colors, all edged and marbled. 

 Per 1.000 seeds. 40c Pkt. 5c. 



Double Striped and Fringed, Mixed. (Laci- 

 niatus, fl. pi.) Large double fringed flowers 

 of various colors and markings. 

 Per 1,000 seeds. 40c Pkt. 5c. 



Imported Collection of Double Annual Dian- 

 thus; 6 varieties, 25c; 12 varieties, 40c. 



Single-Flowering 

 ANNUAL PINKS 



Single Fringed Japanese. (Dian- 

 thus Mirabilis.) Remarkable 

 and distinct strain. Lovely, 

 large flowers, 3 to 5 inches in 

 diameter. The margins are 

 deeply cut into strips of thread- 

 like fringe; this fringe is turned 

 and twisted in all directions. 

 The colors are varied, from pure 

 white and white with pink or 

 red zones, to rose and deep 

 purplish-red, even striped and 

 mottled flowers are included. 



Pkt. 10c. 



Giant "Ruffled and Frilled." A superior strain of the Single Heddewigii An- 

 nual or China Pinks. The flowers are of noble size, averaging 3 to 4 inches 

 across. The petals are ruffled, frilled and fringed, lending grace and beauty 

 to the gorgeously colored blossoms which range from dark blood-red to glowing 

 crimson, carmine-rose, salmon-pink and white; some of the flowers are mottled 

 and 'blended with two or more shades. The plants are bushy and compact, about 

 1 foot high, and flower abundantly through summer and fall. For garden decora- 

 tion and for cut flowers these new Dianthus are of unapproachable beauty. 

 Per 1,000 seeds, 35c Pkt. 10c. 



New Silver-Edged Japan Pink. (Dianthus Heddewigii Marginatus.) Forms fine com- 

 pact bushes about 1 foot high and bear profusely all summer and Tall, large single 

 flowers of rich blood-red, with a distinct silvery-white margin '. . Pkt. 10c. 



Princess Pinks. (Dianthus Punctalus.) Large, fringe-edged flowers of different ground 

 colors over which are dotted and blotched different contrasting colors. Very unique 

 and beautiful , Pkt. 10c. 



Heddewigii, Mixed. (Japan Pinks.) Per oz., 40c Pkt. 5c. 



Laciniatus, Mixed. (Fringed Pinks.) Per oz., 60c Pkt. 5c. 



Customer's Collections of Dianthus — Any three 10c. pkts. selected for 25c, or any six 5c. pkts. for 25c. 



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