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DIANTHUS or "CHINA PINKS" 



Double-Flowering Annual Varieties 



2110 Crown of Perfection. Most beautiful and satisfactory summer-flowering annual. Un- 

 rivaled for brilliancy and rich variety of color; the plants are bushy, of symmetrical form; 

 1 foot high. The flowers average 6 inches in circumference, are densely double, and pro- 

 duced in succession during the whole summer and autumn in such numbers as to fairly 

 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, mingling in exquisite 

 contrast. (See engraving.) 

 r Double Mixed Colors Per 1,000 seeds, 50c.; Pkt. 10c. 



2105 Chinensis, Double Mixed. (China Pinks.) Per 1 ,000 seeds, 25c.; Pkt. 10c. 



2112 Diadematus, Double Mixed. (Diadem Pinks.) Various colors, all edged and marbled 



Pkt. 10c. 



2114 Fireball. Large, double, brilliant red Pkl. 10c. 



2118 Double Stiped and Fringed, Mixed. (Laciniatus, fl. pi.) Large, double-fringed flowers of 

 various colors and markings Pkt. 10c. 



2122 Salmon Queen. Beautiful rosy-salmon, fine, large, double .Pkt. 10c. 



2124 Snowdrift. Very large and double, white Pkt. 10c. 



2131 Imported Collection of Double Annual Dianthus; 6 varieties 25c. 



2132 Imported Collection of Double Annual Dianthus; 12 varieties 50c. 



Single-Flowering Annual Varieties 



2134 Giant "RufHed and Frilled." A superior strain of the Single Heddewigii Annual 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. Tlie plants are 

 about I foot high, and flower abundantly tlarough summer and fall. For garden decoration 

 r and for cut flowers they are of unapproachable beauty. Per 1,000 seeds, 50c. ; Pkt. 10c. 



2138 Princess Pinks. (Dianthus Punctatus.) Large, fringe-edged flowers of different ground 

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

 beautiful. Pkt. 10c. 



DIANTHUS, HARDY GRASS or SPICE PINKS 



(Double-Flowering Varieties) 



2145 Dwarf, Large, Double-fiowering Grass or Spice Pinks. [Dianthus Plumarius nanus, fl. 



pi.) These are great improvements over the charming time-honored inhabitant of the 



old-fashioned gardens. The flowers are large and have 



a large variety of "colors and markings; the color of 



course, refers to the center of the flower, the remainder 



being white or blush with a band of color near the 



margin; the colors include blood-red, rose, maroon, 



purple, pink, blush, spotted, laced, variegated, etc. 



They are excellent perennial garden plants, about 



1 foot high, vigorous, hardy, and flower profusely 



during spnng and early .summer. The flowers are ^ 



beautifully fringed and emit a clove-like per- 

 fume. {See engraving.) Mixed Colors. Pkt. 25c. 

 2150 Plumarius, Double Mixed. The favorite old 



Pheasant's Eye or Grass Pinks; 1 foot. 



Per 1,000 seeds, 50c.; Pkt. 10c 



CARDINAL CLIMBER 



or Scarlet Queen Cypress Vine - - 



This new hybrid Cypress Vine is one of the 



most beautiful climbing annuals that we know 



- of and deserves to be "grown in_ eve/ygEirden. 



, The foliage, of rkh, glossy gre'en is't>|ilrn-l(?af like, 



with laciniated or'fringed edges against- which the 



brilliant scarlet, tubular ■ flowersj ^1 to''lj4 Jinc'tres. 



across, contrast most vividly, tln'a warm, sunhylo'Ca- 



tinn,"ih "gd,qd soil, it. grows about 20 feet in height, "is 'of 



rapid growth, free from insects and a_ beautiful vine for 



trellis,"; piazza : or ; pergola; : being literally bespangled with 



flowers- from 'July until late fall. - The seed is very hard-shelled 



and geriniiiates" quicker when started. under, glass, _but if sown in 



the open ground the seeds should first be soaked for a few hours in 



warm water. {See engraving.) . . . . .'. . .'. . .'. . . .Z .' . .'.'. . . . .Pkt. i5c. ' 



._ /: \-. . cypress" VINE V ■ " ■"; ;_;' 



2056 .Scarlet . .'. ......'. .V.. .. ,. Pfti.'lOc." 



2058__White .....-..".' .' Pkt. 10c. 



2060 Mixed Colors . . .' . ; . ......... Pkt. 10c. 



V DAHLIAS 



Beautiful Dahlias may be grown and flowered in ■ late summer and 

 auturrin from spring-sown . seed. Many of them; differing- frorn^ any of 

 the named varieties^ on the market,- the production of 'novel forms arid 

 combinations of colorings being most interesting, "s ' ' - -'■ ■--- '■ 

 2065 Cactus;flowered, Double, Mixed Colors. Saved from the choicest 



Cactus-flowered varieties ...'... .... . . .' Pkt. 10c. 



2070 Choice, Large-flowered, Double Mixed-. . , . . : . . . ;.: ; .- . . .-.Pm. 10c. 



2072 Collarette, Mixed Colors. Flowers of various colors, adorjjed with 



a collar of srhall petals around the center, novel and beautiful. 



• ■ , Pkt. 15c. 



,2074 Colossal.- A French race producing flowers that attain the e.ttra- 



' ordinary dimensions of 8 to 9 inches in diameter. The flowers are 



composed-^ of three or more whorls of wide overlapping petals^^ 



placed one above 'the other. The stems are long and rigid bearing 



the flowers well' above the foliage; the colors are rich and varied. 



Pkt. 25c. 



2075 New Double Giant-flowering Decorative. This grand new 

 race produces flowers, often 7 to 8 inches in diameter, very 

 double and in form intermediate between the formal show Dahlias 



and the narrow curled-petaled Cactus Dahlias Pkt. 25c. 



2080 Single Giant Perfection, Mixed. Immense single flowers of various 

 colors, including many beautifully striped and spotted sorts. PW. 10c. 



All seeds listed on this page are. delivered transportation paid in the U. S. or possessions. ORDER EARLY. 



