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DIANTHUS or "CHINA PINKS" 



Double- Flowering Annual "Varieties 



Crown of Perfection. Most beautiful and satisfactory summer-flowering 

 annual. Unrivalled 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 succession during the whole 

 summer and autumn in such numbers as to fairlj' crowd each other for room. 

 There is a wonderful diversity of colors, from purest white to red shades, deep 

 and intenseh' brilliant, soft pinks and flesh tints, mingling in exquisite contrast. 

 (See engra-'ing.) 



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



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

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



and marbled Pkt. 10c. 



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



Double Striped and Fringed, Mixed. (Laciniatus, fi. pi.) Large, double- 

 fringed flowers of various colors and markings Pkt. 10c. 



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



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



Imported Collection of Double Annual Dianthus; 6 varieties 40c. 



Imported Collection of Double Annual Dianthus; 12 varieties 75c 



Single-Flowering Annual Varieties 



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

 Annual or China Pinks. The floweifs 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-rec^o 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. For garden decoration and for 

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



2138 Princess Pinks. (Dianthus Punciatus.) Large, fringe-edged flowers of differ- 

 ent ground colors over which are dotted and blotched different contrasting 

 colors. Verj' unique and beautiful Pkt. 10c. 



DIANTHUS, HARDY GRASS or SPICE PINKS 



(Double-Flowering Varieties) 



2145 Dwarf, Large, Double-flowering 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 e.xcellent pereniiial 

 garden plants, about 1 foot high, \ngorous, hardy, and flower profusely during 

 spring and early summer. The flowers are beautifully fringed and emit a 

 clove-Uke perfume. (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. 



DIDISCUS COERULEUS 

 "Blue Lace Flower" 



2155 None of the easily grown garden annuals have within recent years attained 



greater popularity than the Blue Lace Flower. It is extensively grown by 



cut flower growers, in the vicinity of New York to supply the fashionable 



Fifth Avenue trade. The Blue Lace Flower was introduced into the 



United States from Australia and is a welcome addition to our 



garden anntials. The plants grow about 2 feet high, producing 



graceful subdiNnded foUage. The lovely, umbel-shaped flowers, 



which 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. 



The Blue Lace Flower is of easiest culture. Sepd 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 con- 

 servatory for winter blooming. It is also desirable as 

 a pot plant. (See engraving.) Price per pkt., 25c. 



Beautiful Dahlias may be grown and flowered 

 in late summer and autumn from spring-sown seed. 

 As the seedlings obtained are usually different from"" 

 ordinary dahlias it is very interesting to grow them from 



seed. 



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



varieties ^..Pkt. 10c. 



2070 Choice, Large-flowered, Double Mixed Pkt. 10c. 



2072 CoUarette, Mixed Colors. Flowers of various colors, adorned with a collar of small 



petals around the center, novel and beautiful Pkt. 15c. 



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

 dimensions of 8 to 9 inches in diameter.. They are composed of three or more whorls 

 of wide overlapping petals. The stems are long and rigid bearing the flowers well 

 above the foliage ^ Pkt. 25c 



2075 New Double Giant-flowering Decorative. This grand new race produces flowers, 

 often 7 to S inches in diameter, very double and in form intermediate between the 

 formal show Dahlias and the narrow curled-petaled Cactus Dahlias Pkt. 2.5c. 



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

 many beautifully striped and spotted sorts Pkt. 10c. 



1923 witnesses the dawn of our 77th year in business, 

 still carried on by his son and grandsons. 



Founded in 1847 by Peter Henderson, the business is 



