FOUNDEI 

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DiNGEE Guide To Rose Culture 



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Diiigee Cosmos 



HELIOTROPE (Lemoine's Giant Hybrid)— Immense trusses of fragrant 



flowers, ranging in color from white to dark purple and violet red. 



Pkt., 15c. 

 Choice Mixed — A mixture of many varieties. Pkt,, 10c. 

 The Black Wing — Dark purple, nearly black. Pkt., 10c. 

 Lady in White— Spotless white. Pkt., 10c. 

 HOLLYHOCKS (New Annual, Hardy Perennial)— Flowers double and 



semi-double, of every shade. Pkt., 10c. 

 Double Allegheny — Finely fringnd. Pkt., 10c. 

 Charter's Superb Double — Camellia-like flowers. Large and double, of 



the brightest colors. Pkt., 10c. 

 MIGNONETTE (Pure Machet) — Flowers of exquisite fragrance. We 



offer absolutely pure seed. % oz., 20c. 

 Victoria Red — Fine spikes of bright red. A most useful and desirable 



variety. Pkt., 10c. 

 Golden Machet — Distinct variety of Machet, with massive spikes of 



golden-yellow blossoms. Pkt., 10c. 

 Sweet Mignonette — The old-fashioned kind. Oz., 10c. 

 Giant White Spiral — 2 to 3 feet high ; snow white. 

 Fine Mixed Seed for General Sowing — y^. oz., 25c. 

 BEST POPPIES (Snowdrift)— Snowy white. 

 Fairy Blush — Delicate blush color. 

 Golden Gate — Large flowers of every form and color. 

 New Cardinal — Cardinal-scarlet flowers. Pkt., 10c. 

 Shirley Mixed — All colors. Oz., 50c. 

 Improved Double Carnation Mixed — Exceedingly double with beautiful 



fringed petals. Oz., 20c. 



One Packet each of the 6 Poppies for 20c. 



SALVIA (Scarlet Sage) Fireball — Forms bushy plant covered with fiery 

 red spikes. Earliest of all. 18 inches high. Pkt,, 10c. 



Splendens — The old original Scarlet Sage. 2% feet high. Pkt., 10c; 

 14 oz., 40c. 



Farinacea — Rich bright foliage. Long spikes of beautiful blue flow- 

 ers. Pkt., 10c. 

 PHLOX DRUMMONDI (Alba Grandiflora)— Pure white. 



Large Blood Red — The darkest colors of Phlox. 



Coccinia — Bright scarlet. 



Large Yellow — Large flowers of straw yellow. 



New Dwarf Phlox, Large Flowering Cecily — Plants 6 to 8 inches 

 high. All colored petals with white eye. Pkt., 10c. 

 PETUNIAS (New Double Petunia "Marvelous") — Flowers measuring 

 5 inches across, frilled and ruffled, comprising wide range of colors. 

 Pkt., 20c. 



Our New Fancy Flowering Strain — Distinct varieties, all colors 

 double and fringed. Pkt., 20c; 3 pkts., 50c. 



Giants of California — Flowers 5 inches in diameter, of every con- 

 ceivable shade. Pkt., 15c.; 2 pkts., 25c. 



Enchantress — Large flowers on compact plants, Pkt., 10c; 3 for 25c. 



General List of 



Dingee Superb Flower Seeds 



CHOICEST BALSAM (Burpee's Defiance) — Camellia-like flowers. Pkt., 10c. 

 New White Defiance — Finest white. Pkt., 10c. 



Camellia Flowered — Produces a wondea-ful profusion of Camellia-like flowers. A 

 variety of colors. Pkt., 10c. 

 CARNATIONS (New Dwarf Double Marguerite) — Equaling the finest Carnations. In 



full bloom twelve weeks after sowing. Pkt., 10c; 14 oz., 40c. 

 CANDYTUFT (Dwarf Hybrids) — Large clusters of vari-colored flowers. Perfectly 



hardy. Pkt., 10c. 

 CHRYSANTHEMUMS (North Star)— White, with black disc. Pkt., 10c. 

 Fine Mixed — All varieties. Pkt., 5c., oz., 50c. 

 Inodorum Plenissimum — Pure white. Pkt., 5c. 

 CONVOLVULUS (Morning Glory) Major Mixed— 10 to 15 feet. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c. 

 Minor — Fine for edging. Oz,, 15c. 

 Japanese — Large, vigorous plants. Pkt., 15c. 

 DIANTHUS (Pinks), Purity— Double pure white. Pkt,, 10c. 

 Firefly — Glowing scarlet. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25c. 

 Large-Flowered Dwarf Double Pink — Pkt., 10c. 

 Dwarf Fireball — Showy double flowers. Pkt., 10c. 

 Dwarf Snowball — Pure white. Pkt., 10c. 

 Chinensis — Double mixed colors ; magnificent. 

 Imperalis fl. pi, — Double; fine pink; bright colors. 



Dianthus Mixed Seed for Bedding — Careful mixture of the above varieties, y^ oz., 

 40c; oz., 75c. 

 DAHLIAS FROM SEED — Dahlia seeds germinate and grow very readily. Start the 

 seeds indoors early. 

 Choice Mixed Ponpon — Beautiful flowers. 

 Double Large-Flowered — Choice mixed. 

 Superb Single Mixed — Pkt., 10c. 

 FALL BLOOMING COSMOS, New Mammoth, (Giants of California)- In separate 

 colors. White, Pink, Crimson and Finest Mixed, per pkt., 10c. 

 New Early Blooming Cosmos — All colors. Pkt., 10c. 

 MARIGOLDS (Lemon Ball)— Ball-like flowers of lemon-yellow. 

 Orange Ball — Double flowers ; deep orange. Pkt., 10c. 

 Eldorado — Yellow shades, imbricated double flowers. 



FORGET-ME-NOTS ( My osotis)— These charming little favorites suc- 

 ceed best in damp, shady situation, but will thrive in almost any 

 soil. The Alpestris varieties also bloom well as pot-plants during 

 winter if kept in a cool room. Seed should be sown thinly in 

 shallow drills early in spring in open ground, and when well 

 started thinned out or transplanted to stand six to eight inches 

 apart. Planted in a single row around the flower-bed they make 

 a beautiful border. 

 Alpestris — Blue, dwarf, free flowering. Pkt., 5c. 

 Alpestris Alba— White. Pkt., 5c. 

 Eliza Fonrobert — Sky-blue ; yellow eye. Pkt., 10c, 

 COLEUS NEW SUCCESS— Every varietion, color and marking is in- 



eluded in the "Success Coleus." Pkt., 15c; 2 pkts., 25c. 

 STOCKS (Ten Weeks) 



— All the varieties 

 are desirable as pot- 

 plants as well as in 

 the open garden. 

 They are greatly 

 prized for cutting 

 on account of fra- 

 grance and colors. 



Large Flowering 

 Dwarf — Choice 

 mixed. 



Large Flowering 

 Globe Pyramidal — 

 All corors mixed. 



YPSOPHILA 

 (Baby's Breath) — 

 The flowers are 

 small, star-like, and 

 bornie in feathery 

 sprays which are 

 highly esteemed for 

 cut flowers, as they 

 lend a most grace- 

 ful effect when 

 combijiedl in bou-* 

 quets with Sweet 

 Peas. Successive 



plantings of seed 

 should be made a 

 few weeks apart to 

 furnish continuous 

 supply of flowers. 



Elegans — White and 

 rose mixed. 



Covent Garden — 

 Sprays of white 

 flowers. 



Centaurea Americana, 



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