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Annual Dianthus or China Pinks 



DIANTHUS, "CKOWN OF PERFECTION" 



Most beautiful and satisfactory summer-flowering annuals. Unrivaled 

 (or brilliancy and rich variety of color; the plants are bushy, of sym- 

 metrical 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 proportion of flowers hieroglyph- 

 ically marked with various hues, the delicate tints and deep tones 

 mingling in exquisite contrast. (See cul.) 

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



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

 They are certainly rnan-els of beauty. We had four superb doubles. Crown 

 of Perfection and the big singles Ruffled and Frilled, also your superb 

 Japanese fringed sorts. Tliey have flowered all summer long." 



Mrs. R. G. BUTTON, Syracuse, N. Y. 



VARIOUS DOUBLE DIANTHUS 



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



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



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



Count Kerchove. Large, double flowers of rich blood-red, each 

 petal being marked with a velvety-black zone. 15c. 



Tom Thumb Brilliant. An exceedingly dwarf type, growing only 4 

 to 5 inches high and sheeted with double flowers of brilliant scarlet 15c. 



Doable Fringed Japanese. (Dianthus Mirabilis.fl. 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 ISc. 



GIANT "RUFFLED £r 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 crim- 

 son, carmine-rose, salmon-pink and white; some 

 of the flowers are mottled and blended with two 

 or more shades. The plants are bushy and com- 

 pact, about 1 foot high, and flower abundantly 

 through summer and fall. For garden decoration 

 and for cut flowers these new Dianthus are of un- 

 approachable beauty. Per 1 .000 seeds 50c. ^Pkt. 10c. 



VARIOUS SINGLE DIANTHUS 



New Silver-Edged Japan Pink. (Dianthus Hed- 

 de-ivigi Marginatus.) This striking novelty 

 forms fine compact bushes about 1 foot high 

 and bears profusely all summer and fall, large 

 single flowers. 2% inches across, remarkably 

 colored rich blood -red. with a distinct silvery 

 white margin; very effective Pkt. 15c. 



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. 



Princess Pinks. (Dianthus Punctatus.) Large, 

 fringe-edged, flowers of different ground colors 

 over which are dotted and blotched different 

 contrasting colors. Very unique and beauti- 

 ful Pkt. 10c. 



FULL CULTURAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE PRINTED ON ALL OF OUR FLOWER SEED PACKETS 



