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DELPHINIUM, °r HARDY LARKSPUR 



GIANT DOUBLE HYBRIDS. A splendid race of these popular hardy garden plants. The individual blos- 

 soms are of immense size, semi-double and perfectly double, dressing the graceful, towering spikes for from 

 2 to 5 feet of their length. The colors range from white and lavender up through every conceivable shade 

 of blue to deep indigo and purple, several shades being blended in some of the varieties. The plants 

 grow from 6 to 10 feet in height. By cutting off the spikes immediately after flowering, these Delphi- 

 niums may be had in bloom for several months. Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c. 



HYBRIDUM NANUM. A new semi-dwarf type of single-flowering hardy perennial Larkspurs, each plant 

 producing several well-furnished flower spikes, 3 to 3!-2 feet in height. The flowers are very large and 

 continue long in bloom; colors vary from light celestial to deepest indigo. If sown early they will flower 

 the first season Pkt . 15c. 



FORMOSA GIANT. This beautiful hardy larkspur grows about 3 1 2 feet high — bearing from June to October 

 long spikes of velvety, indigo-blue flowers of giant size, nearly 2 inches across Pkt. 15c. 



ZALDL. (Hardy Yellow Larkspur. ) Produces freely long spikes of 40 to 50 sulphur yellow blossoms, each 

 1 inch in diameter, flowering from June until August, plant thrifty and bushy. 3 to 4 feet Pkt. 10c. 



..Annual Dianthus or China Pinks.. 



DOUBLE VARIETIES 



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. Large, double flowers of rich blood-red, each petal being marked with a velvety-black 

 zone Pkt. 15c. 



Tomb Thumb Brilliant. An exceedingly dwarf type, growing only 4 to 5 inches high and sheeted with double 

 flowers of brilliant scarlet Pkt. 15c. 



Double Fringed Japanese. (Dianthus Mirabilis,ft. 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. 15c. 



SINGLE VARIETIES 



New Silver-Edged Japan Pink (Dianthus Heddewigi Marginalus>. This striking novelty forms fine com- 

 pact bushes about 1 foot high and bears profusely all summer and fall, large single flowers, 2K inches 

 across, remarkably colored rich blood-red, with a distinct silvery white margin; very effective. . Pkt. 20c. 



Single Fringed Japanese. (Dianthus Mirabilis.) A remarkable and distinct strain. Lovely, large flowers, 3 

 to 5 inches in diameter. The margins are deeply cut into strips or 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. 



Mephisto. Large, single, fringed flowers of salmon-rose edged with white and flaked with rich brown .Pkt. 10c. 



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

 is dotted and blotched different contrasting colors. Very unique and beautiful Pkt. 10c. 



Crested Pinks. (Dianthus Superbissimus .) Very large single flowers of various colors and markings, but 

 all having a white throat and a beautiful crested surface to the petals Pkt. 10c. 



Dianthus, "Crown of Perfection/' 



Most beautiful and satisfactory summer-flowering annuals. Unrivaled for 

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

 1 foot high. The flowers are immense, averaging 6 inches in circumference, are 

 densely double, and are produced in perfect 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 satiny-white to red shades so deep 

 and intensely brilliant that the eye can scarcely penetrate their velvety depths; 

 soft pinks and flesh tints more dainty than brush could lay; and a large propor- 

 tion of flowers hierogiyphically marked with various hues, the delicate tints 

 and deep tones mingling in exquisite contrast. (See cut.) 

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



Giant "Ruffled Sr Frilled" Dianthus. 



A superior strain of the Single Heddewigi 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. The plants are bushy and compact, about 1 foot high, and flower 

 abundantly through summer and fall. For garden decoration and for cut flowers 

 these new Dianthus are of unapproachable beauty. Per l.OOOseeds 50c. Pkt. 10c. 



"/ must express my keen gratification with your new kinds of Pinks.' Tltey 

 are certainly marvels of beauty. We had your superb doubles. Crown of Perfec- 

 tion and the big singles. Ruffled and Frilled, also your superb Japanese fringed sorts. 

 They have flowered all summer lone." ^[rs. R. G. DUTTON . Syracuse, .V. Y. 



FULL CULTURAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE PKINTED ON ALL OF OUR FLOWER SEED PACKETS. 



