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DIANTHUS 



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or "CHINA 

 PINKS" 



DOUBLE- FLOWERING ANNUAL VARIETIES 



Customer's Collections of Dianthus. 

 Any three 10c. ptts. 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 6 inches 



in circumference, are densely 



double, and produced in succes- 

 sion during the whole summer 

 t 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 propor- 

 tion of flowers hieroglyphically 



marked with various hues, the 



delicate tints and deep tones 



mingling in exquisite contrast. 



Double Mixed Colors. 



Per 1,000 seeds, 40c. . . Pkt. 10c. 

 Double Fringed Japanese. 



(Dianthus Mirabilis, fl. pi.) Beauti- 

 ful 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. 



Pkl. 10c. 



Large, double, brilliant red. 



Pkl. 10c. 



Snowdrift, Very large and double, 



white Pkl. 10c. 



Salmon Queen. Beautiful rosy-salmon, 



fine, large, double .Pkl. 10c. » 



Count Kerchove. Double blood-red J*J^&| 



flowers, with a velvety black zone. ^^^H 



Pkl. 10c. 1 "^W 



Pink Beauty. A beautiful double pink variety. ] 



Pkl. 10c. i 

 Chinensis, Double Mixed. (China Pinks.) 



Per 1,000 seeds, 25c Pkl. 5c. 



Heddewigii, Double Mixed. (Japan Pinks.) i 



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



Diadematus, Double Mixed. (Diadem Pinks.) 



Various colors, all edged and marbled. Per 



1,000 seeds. 40c Pkl. c 



Double Striped and Fringed, Mixed. (Laciniatus, fl. _ 



Large double fringed flowers of various colors and 



markings. Per 1.000 seeds, 40c Pkl. 5c. 



Imported Collection of Double Annual Dianthus; 



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



SINGLE-FLOWERING ANNUAL PINKS 



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

 wigii Annual or China Pinks. The flowers are of noble size, averag- 

 ing 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, 40c Pkl. 10c. 



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

 fine compact bushes about 1 foot high and bear profusely all summer and fall, 

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



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. 



Heddewigii, Mixed. (Japan Pinks.) Per 1,000 seeds, 25c Pkt. 5c. 



Laciniatus, Mixed. (Fringed Pinks.) Per 1,000 seeds, 25c Pkt. 5c 



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



HARDY DIANTHUS, GRASS OR SPICE PINKS (Single and Double Flowering Varieties) 



Crown "Grass" Pinks. A new race with branching flower stalks 10 to 12 inches h ; gh, 

 carrying large deliriously fragrant single, and semi-double flowers with fringed petals; 

 colors, white, carmine, rose, lilac, etc. Each flower marked in the center with a crimson 

 or purple crown. They flower from May to July Pkt. 15c 



Maiden Pinks. This pretty type of hardy Pinks — Dianthus deltoides — forms low mats of 

 grass-like foliage about 3 inches high, above which is thrown during spring and early 

 summer a profusion of small single flowers not over % of an inch in diameter on stems G 

 to 8 inches in length. Colors, red, rose and white, all adorned with a central zone of 

 crimson Pkl. 10c. 



Plumarius, Double Mixed. The favorite old Pheasant's Eye or Grass Pinks; 1 foot. 



Pkl. 10c 



We Deliver FREE in U. S. by Parcel Post or Express, at our option 

 VEGETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS and Flower Seeds bv the pkt., oz. 

 and quarter lb. ALSO LAWN GRASS SEEDS by the quart and peck. 



Dwarf Large Double-flowering Grass or Spice Pinks. (Dianthus 

 plumarius nanus, fl. pi.) These are great improvements over 

 the charming time-honored inhabitant of old-fashioned 

 gardens. The flowers are large and borne profusely on short, 

 stiff stems. In these new pinks we have a large variety of 

 colors and markings; the color, of course, refers to the center 

 of the flower, the remainder being whits or blush with a band 

 of color near the margin; the colors include blood-re ' 

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

 They are excellent perennial garden plants, about 1 foot high, 

 vigorous, hardy, and flower profusely during spring and early 

 summer. The flowers arc very large, double, beautifully 

 fringed, and emit a clove-like perfume. 

 Mixed Colors Pkt. 20c 



Perfection Pinks. A superb strain of the hardy Grass Pink — 

 Dianthus plumarius — bearing enormous double flowers of 

 perfect form. Smooth round petals of pure white, edged with 

 deep crimson, very fragrant Pkt. 15c. 



