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FLOWER SEEDS 



DAHLIAS from Seeds (Annual) 



Beautiful" Dahlias may be grown and flowered in late summer and autumn 

 from spring-sown seed if the seed is sown indoors or in a hotbed in February 

 or March and the young plants transplanted to the open ground after 

 danger from frost. 



2065 Cactus-flowered, Double, Mixed Colors. Saved from choicest 

 Cactus-flowered varieties Pkt. 25c 



2070 Dahlia Coltness Hybrids. Very distinct plants 18 inches high, 

 covered with charming single flowers including pink, red, yellow, 

 purple, mauve, white, and combinations. (See illustration.) Mixed 

 Colors Pkt. 25c 



2072 Collarette, Mixed Colors. Flowers of various colors, adorned witn 

 a collar of small petals around the center, novel and beautiful. Pkt. 25c 



2074 Colossal. A French race producing vari-colored flowers that attain 

 the extraordinary dimensions of 8 inches in diameter. They are 

 composed of three or more whorls of wide overlapping petals. 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 Dahlia Pkt. 25c 



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

 colors, including many beautifully striped and spotted sorts . .Pkt. 15c 



DELPHINIUM or Hardy Larkspur (Perennial) 



(See Colored Plate and Description, page 94) 



DIANTHUS or "China Pinks" Double (Annual) 



(See colored plaie, page 68.) 



2110 Crown of Perfection. Most beautiful and satisfactory summer- 

 flowering annual. The plants are bushy, of symmetrical form; 1 

 foot high. The flowers average 2- inches across; are densely double 

 and produced during the whole summer and autumn in great numbers. 

 The colors range from purest white to red shades, soft pinks and flesh 

 tints, mingling in exquisite contrast. (See illustration.) Double 



Mixed Colors Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; pkt. 10c 



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



2118 Double Striped and Fringed. Mixed. (Laciniatus, jl. 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 50c 



2132 Imported Collection of Double Annual Dianthus; 12 varieties. 75c 



SINGLE FLOWERING VARIETIES (Annual) 



2134 Giant "Ruffled and Frilled." A superior strain of the Single 

 Heddewigii Annual or China Pinks. The flowers are 3 to 4 inches 

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

 and beauty to the gorgeous 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 about 1 foot high, and flower abundantly through summer 

 and fall Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; pkt. 10c 



4740 Henderson's Special Mixed Flower Seeds 



A garden may be made in any out-of-the way place by broadcasting and 

 raking in at the rate of 1 oz. per 100 square feet, mixed with sand or dry soil 

 lo secure even distribution. 



Price, oz. 25c; }i lb. 75c; lb. $2.00; postpaid. 



DIANTHUS (Perennial) 



2139 Allwoodii Alpinus. This variety is a cross between the famous All 

 woodii Pinks and the Dianthus Alpinus and it possesses the charming 

 range of colors of the former and the hardiness of the latter. The 

 colors run through all the shades of pink, red and purple, also white. 

 Most of the flowers are single, although occasionally semi-double. 

 The plants grow six inches high and are attractive even when not in 

 bloom on account of their graceful silvery foliage. 

 Mixed Colors Pkt. 50c 



2141 SWEET WIVELSFIELD. This remarkable hardy-biennial hybrid 

 is quite distinct in method of flowering and habit of growth from the 

 Annual Sweet William. It has a great variety of color and a very 

 long season of bloom. Sown indoors in February and March and 

 planted in the open ground in May, it will bloom from June to Novem- 

 ber, or it can be sown in July in the open ground to flower the following 

 year. (See illustration.) Mixed Colors pkt. 25c 



DIANTHUS Hardy Grass or Spice Pinks 

 (Perennial) 



2145 Dwarf, Large, Double-flowering Grass or Spice Pinks. (Dianthus 

 Plumarius nanus, fl. pi.) These are great improvements over the old- 

 fashioned sorts. The flowers are large and have a 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., beautifully fringed and thev 

 emit a clove-like perfume. They are excellent for the perennial 

 garden. Mixed Colors pkt. 15c* 



2150 Plumarius, Double Mixed. The favorite old Pheasant's Eye or 

 Grass Pinks; 1 foot Per 1,000 seeds, 50c; pkt. 10c 



DIDISCUS COERULEUS or Blue Lace Flower 

 (Annual) 



2155 Blue Lace Flower is extensively grown by cut flower growers in the 

 vicinity of New York to supply the fashionable Fifth Avenue trade. 

 The plants grow about 2 feet high, producing lovely, umbel-shaped 

 flowers, are composed of a great number of small florets, range from 

 2 to 3 inches across. The color is the most beautiful imaginable, a 

 clear coerulean or heavenly blue — a rare and beautiful shade. 



It is of easiest culture. Seed sown outdoors after danger from frost 

 will produce plants which should bloom continuously from July to 

 October. It may be grown in the green house or conservatory for 



winter blooming. It is also desirable as a pot plant Pkt. 10c 



(See illustration.) 



