DiNGEE Guide To Rose Culture 



OUNDED 

 1850 



Ding-ee Cosmos. 



General List Flower Seeds 



AGERATU31 (Floss Flower) — One of the best bedding plants, being 

 liteiallj- a sheet of bloom from early summer till frost. Unlike many 

 bedding plants, their flo^Ye^s are not liable to be spoiled by rain, nor 

 do the colors fade out. The various blue varieties are without doubt 

 the most satisfactory bedding plants of this color for our trying climate, 

 3Iexioannin — Ijavender blue; height one and one-half feet. 

 3Iexicannin albiflorum — "White; plants grow two feet. 

 Imperial Dwarf Blue — -Clear blue; eight inches. 

 Imperial Dwarf White — -8 inches. 

 SAVFET ALYSSUM, Little Gem — Very dwarf and spreading; grows only 

 3 to 4 inches liigli, soon becoming one mass of white. Beautiful 

 spikes of fragrant flowers. Pkt., 5c; Y2. oz., 35c; oz., 40c. 

 Old-Fashioned AVhite — Oz., 25c. 

 CHOICEST BAFSAM (Burpee's Defiance) — Camellia-like flowers. Pkt., 

 10c. 

 New AVhite Defiance — Finest white. Pkt., 10c. 



Camellia Flowered — Produces a wonderful profusion of Camellia-like 

 flowers. Separate colors: WTiite, Purple, Rose, Pink, and Scarlet. 

 Pkt., 10c. 

 CARNATIONS (New Dwarf Double Marguerite) — Equaling the finest 

 Carnations. In full bloom twelve weeks after sowing. Pkt., 10c; 

 1^ oz.. 40c. 

 CANDYTUFT (Dwarf Hybrids) — Large clusters of vari-colored flowers. 



Perfectlv hardv. Pkt., 10c. 

 CHRYSANTIIEMrMS (North Star)— White, with black disc. Pkt., 10c. 

 Fine Mixed — All varieties. Pkt., 5c; oz., 50c. 

 Inodorum Plenissiinum — Pure white. Pkt., 5c.' 

 CONVOLVULUS (3Iorninff Glory) Major 3Iixed— 10 to lo feet. Pkt., 5c; 

 oz., 10c. 

 3Iinor — Fine for edging. Oz., 15c. 

 Japanese — Large, vigorous plants. Pkt., 15c. 

 CALLIOPSIS or COREOPSIS, Golden Wave or Drummondi — New. single 



mixed, or double mixed. 

 CASTOR OIL BEAN (Ricinus Zanzibariensis)— Oz., 20c; % lb., 60c. 



Splendid Mixed— Oz., 20c. 

 COCKSCOMB, Giant Empress — Mammoth bright purple combs, lustrous 

 bronze foliage. Pkt., 10c. 

 Dwarf Varieties — All colors. 



Glasgow Prize — Immense, showy, dark crimson combs. Pkt., 10c. 

 CELOSIA, 3Iagnificent — Compact growth, 18 to 24 inches in height. 

 Separate colors, orange, scarlet, and crimson. Pkt., 10c. 

 Dwarf Feathered — Mixed, brilliant shades. Pkt., 5c. 

 Triumph of the Exposition — Branching. 2 ft. Brilliant red. 



25c. 



CYPRESS VINE. Scarlet and White Mixed— Oz. 



Scarlet, Ivy-leaved — Oz., 25c. 

 COBAEA scandens — Large, bell-shaped, violet flowers. 

 CINERARIA hybrida — Flowers blue, purple crimson, maroon. 15c. 

 COLEUS NEW SUCCESS — Every variation, color and markings is in- 

 cluded in the "Success Coleus." Pkt.. 15c; 2 pkts., 25c. 

 COSMOS (Fall Blooming) — New 3Iammoth, (Giants of Califoi-nia) in 

 separate colors. White, Pink, Crimson and Finest Mixed: Pkt., 10c. 

 New Early Blooming Cosmos — All colors. Pkt., 10c. 

 CENTAUREA (Cornflowers) Imperialis — The plants grow 3 feet in height, 

 with numerous large flowers borne on long stems, in shades of color 

 ranging through white, lilac, rose, pink and purple. Pkt., 10c. 

 Americana — A magnificent annual, growing 3 feet high. The grand 

 large thistle-like flowers are uniquely formed, of a beautiful light 

 lilac color and quite desirable for cutting. Pkt., 10c. 

 DAISY' (Bellis), Fine German, Double AOxed — White to deep carmine. 

 DIANTHUS (Pinks) Firefly — Glowing scarlet. Pkt., 10c; 3 pkts., 25c. 

 Dwarf Fireball — Showv double flowers. Pkt., 10c. 

 Dwarf Snowball — Pure white. Pkt., 10c. 



Chinensis (Chinese Pinks)— Double mixed colors; magnificent. 

 Imperialis fl. pi. dmperial Pinks) — Double; fine pink; bright colors. 

 Diantlius Mixed Seed for Bedding — Careful mixture of the above varie- 

 ties. % oz., 40c; oz., 'JSc. 

 DAHLIAS FR03I SEED — Dahlia seeds germinate and grow very readily. 

 Start the seeds indoors early. 

 Choice Mixed Pompon — Beautiful flowers. 

 Double Large Flowered — Choice mixed. 

 Superb Single Mixed — Pkt., 10c. 

 ESCHSCHOLTZIA (California Poppy), Mandaria — Brilliant scarlet. 

 Golden West — Bright orange-yellow flowers. 

 Fine Mixed Seeds — All color.=;. Oz., 30c. 

 FORGET-ME-NOTS (Myosotis) — These charming little favorites succeed 

 best in damp, shady situations, but will thrive in almost any soil. 

 The Alpestris varieties also bloom well as pot-plants during winter 

 if kept in a cool room. Seed should be sown thinly in shallow drills 

 earlv in spring in open ground, and when started thinned out or 

 transplanted to stand six to eight inches apart. Planted in a smgle 

 row around the flower bed they make a beautiful border. 

 Alpestris — Blue, dwarf, free flowering. Pkt., 5c. 

 Alpestris Alba — W hite. Pkt., 5c. 

 Eliza Fonrobert — Sky-blue; yellow eye. Pkt., 10c. 

 GOURDS, Spoons — Oz., 35c. 



Mixed Varieties — All sorts. Oz., 35c. 

 GYPSOPIIILA (Babv's Breath) — The flowers are small, star-like, and 

 borne in feathery spravs which are highly esteemed for cut flowers, 

 as they lend a most graceful effect when combined in bouquets with 

 Sweet Peas. Successive plantings of seed should be made a few 

 weeks apart to furnish continuous supply of flowers. 

 Elegans — White and rose mixed. 

 Covent Garden^Sprays of white flowers. 

 Carminea^ — R?4. 



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