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DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



DIANTHUS OR PINKS. 



A magnificent genus, embracing some of tlie most popular flowers in cultivation, producing 

 a great variety of brilliant colors and profusion of bloom. The Chinese and Japanese vari- 

 eties bloom the first season, the same as hardy annuals; height 1 foot. 



DOUBLE ANNUAI^ VARIETIES. 



PER PKT 



DianthllS Chiuensis Fl. PI. {China or Indian Pink). 

 Double mixed. Per oz. 30 cts £ 



— Heddewig"! Fl. PL {Double Japan Pink'). Double mixed. 

 Colors varying from the richest velvety crimson to the most delicate 

 rose ; individual flowers very large. Per oz. 60 cts C 



— Snowball {Heddewi^i Albus Fl. PL). Double white, fringed 

 flowers ; very fine 



5740 — Heddewig-i DiadeniatUS Fl. PI. {Double Diadem Japan 

 Pink). Beautiful double flowers ; mixed of various tints of lilac, 

 crimson, purple, to very dark purple; with the outer edges fringed 

 and nearly while. Per oz. 75 cts 



— Illiperialis Fl. PI. {Double Imperial Pink). Double varie- 

 gated mixed colors , 



— LiacilliatllS Fl. PI. {Double- Fringed Japan Pink). Large, 

 double, sliowy flowers, with fringed edges and beautifully striped; 



mixed, various colors 



— Mournilig' Cloak ( White Fritl). Rich, blackish velvety crim- 

 son, margined with pure white, making a unique contrast. (See cut.) 

 — Fil'eball {iVanus Atrosanguineus Fl. PL). A dwarf varieiy 

 producing globular, double, dark, blood-red flowers; extra fine. . . . 



6739 Imported Collection of China and Japan Pinks; 12 double 

 varieties 



5720 

 5730 



5735 



5722 



5728 



5724 

 5723 



10 



5 

 5 



40 



Mourning 



HARDY PERENNIAE VARIETIES 



These hardy varieties are well adapted for beds and borders, 

 delightfully sweet-scented; should be in every garden where 

 cut flowers are wanted. 



PER PKT. 



5725 Dianthus Pliiniarius 



{Pheasant-eye). A beautiful, single 

 hardy pink, with fringe-edged white 

 flowers, with a dark centre 5 



5727 — Plnniarius Fl. PI. 



Double and semi-double varieties 

 in beautiful colors. (See cut.) ... 10 



5726 Albus Fl. PI. Double, 



pure white, very fine 25 



5736 New Perpetual. 



Very beautiful, sweet-scented, 

 double, semi-double and single 

 flowers in great diversity of color. .25 



5742— Garden, or Clove - 



scented Pinks {Hortensis Va- 

 rieties). Beautiful double mixed 

 colors 10 



SINGEE ANNUAE VARIETIES. 



All of the single sorts have large flowers, 2 inches and over 

 in diameter; their many and brilliant colors make them very 

 desirable for beds or borders. 



Dwarf Hybrid Fringed Pinks. 



Dianthus Plumarius Fl. Pl. 



5734 Dianthus Heddewigi. 



Finest selected single-flowered, 



mixed. Oz. 50 cts 5 



5731 — Laciniatus. A beauti- 

 ful fringed variety ; various colors. 5 



5732 —" Eastern Queen." 



Beautifully marbled ; the broad 

 bands of rich mauve upon the 

 paler surface of the petals are very 



striking and pretty 5 



5733 "Crimson Belle," as its 

 name implies, is a rich crimson 

 color, flowers of a very large size 

 and substance, evenly and fintly 

 fringed 5 



5737 Laciniatus, "Salmon 



Queen." This new variety is 

 a beautiful acquisition. Its flowers 

 are of a distinct and perfectly new 

 tint in this class; being of the 

 most brilliant salmon color imagin- 

 able, changing into a salmony rose when fading. That this variety is distinct from all otheis is 

 easily proved by the seeds, which are white or yellowish white, while 

 those of all other annual Pinks are dark-brown or black. The flowers 

 are well formed and nicely fringed ; the plants 



attain a height of 10 to 12 inches 10 



5738 Dwarf Hybrid Fringed Pinks 



New strain, selected from that beautiful 



variety, " Salmon Queen," and difl"ering 



from that sort by their somewhat smaller, less 



fringed, but much 



finer colored flow. 



ers, which vary 



from white to pur- 



plish-red, 



being tinged with 



bright salmon and 



having a dark ring 



around the eye. 



When grouped, 



are as beautiful as 



ihey are distinct. 



Plant grows 10 in- 

 ches high; re- 



m a r k a b 1 y free 



flowering. (See 



cut.) 15 



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Dianthus Heddbwigi Single. 



