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FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 



^fYowering Grass or Spice Pinks 



DWARF 

 EARLY' 



{Diaiithns Plumaritts Hybridus Nanus, Jl. pi.) 

 These are great improvements over the charming time-honored inhabi- 

 tant of old fashioned gardens. The flowers of this new type are much larger, 

 are borne more profusely on shorter, stiff stems. In these new Pinks we have a 

 large variety ot colors and markings; the color, of course, refers to the centre 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., and they commence blooming about two weeks earlier. 

 They are excellent perennial garden plants, about 1 foot high, vigorous, hardy, 

 and flower profusely during spring and early summer. The flowers are very 

 large, double, beautifully fringed, and emit a clove-like perfume. Mixed 



Colors Pkt. 2Sc 



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PERFECTION PINK 



A superb strain of the hardy Grass Pink — Dianlhus plumarius — bearing 

 enormous double flowers of perfect form. Smooth round petals of pure white, 

 edged with deep crimson, very fragrant Pkt. 25c. 



CROWN "GRASS" PINKS. 



.A new race of hardy "Grass Pinks" with branching flower stalks 10 to 12 

 inches high, carrying large deliciously fragrant single, semi-double and double 

 flowers with fringed petals; colors white, carmine, rose, lilac, etc. Each flower 

 marked in the center with a crimson or purple crown. They flower from May 

 to July Pkt. ISc. 



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MAIDEN PINKS 



This pretty type of hardy Pinks — Dianlhus deltoides—iorvas low mats of- 

 Grass-like foliage about 3 inches high, above which is thrown during spring and 

 early summer a profusion of small single flowers not over % of an inch in 

 diameter on stems 6 to 8 inches in length. Colors red, rose and white, all 

 adorned with a central zone of crimson Pkt. 10c. 



Digitalis Monstrosa, coSrs 



A very unique and beautiful type, producing long spikes of large flowers 

 of various colors, many of which are beautifully spotted, etc., but the striking 

 feature of this strain is the enormous bell-shaped blossom that tops each spike 



of ftr.^VPT- Pkt. 15c. 



DIGITALIS, or Foxglove 



GLOXINIA-FLOWERED. These improved Foxgloves are very 

 showy, hardy plants; they are easy to grow and produce 

 freely spikes, 4 to 5 feet high, well furnished with large 

 Gloxinia-like flowers of various colors, including white, 

 cream, rose, red and other shades, all of which have beau- 

 tiful throat markings, spots and blotches of purple, maroon, 

 etc. They are more robust than the ordinary gardec 

 Digitalis, have stouter stems and larger flowers. 



Gloxinia-flowered, White, Spotted Pkt. 10c 



" " Lilac, Spotted " 10c 



" " Purple, Spotted " 10c 



" " Rose, Spotted " 10c. 



" " Mixed Colors " 10c. 



" " Collection of above 4 sepa- 

 rate sorts " 30c. 



Digitalis Grandiflora. Very charming flowers of soft 

 chrome-yellow on 3-foot spikes Pkt. 10c. 



Eschscholtzias 



Eschscholtzias (California Poppies) are among our most 

 beautiful and popular annuals, being of the easiest cul- 

 ture. From spring-sown seeds they flower profusely until 

 late in the autumn, making them invaluable for bedding. 

 The plants are of dwarf branching habit about 1 foot high. 

 Golden West. Flowers of immense size, often 4 inches in 

 diameter. The colors are intense and shining yellows. In 

 some an orange blotch almost suffuses the whole flower, in 

 others it runs into the yellow in fine penciled lines, others again 

 have an orange centre with a margin of clear yellow . . Pkt. 10c. 

 Burbank's White Gaint. A reselected strain making it by 



far the best white Eschscholtzia ever offered Pkt. 15c. 



The Mikado. This new 'California Poppy" produces large 

 saucer-shaped flowers of a lustrous orange-crimson. It received 

 an award of merit from the English Royal Horticultural 



Society Pkt. 10c. 



Crimson King. The best of the red -flowering varieties. Flowers 



about 3 inches across; exterior bright crimson, interior rich satiny 



carmine; plant bushy and compact, about 1 foot high by 15 inches 



across. Powers freely and continuously during the summer . P^. 10c. 



Dainty Qu^en. Of compact growth with flowers of creamy blush 



tinted coral-pink, deepening in Shade toward the edges.. .Pkt. 10c. 



Erecta Compacta Mandarin. In this charming new variety we 



have an entirely new habit in Eschscholtzias. The plants are 



of upright, compact, bushy form, producing freely large flowers 



of rich, deep orange color, shaded crimson Pkt. 10c. 



BUSH ESCHSCHOLTZIA 



(Flnnnemnnniti fumaricef(tlia.) 



Grows into a bush 2 feet high, with the beautiful foliage of the 



Eschscholtzia enlarged. Large cup-shaped flowers. 3 inches across, 



on stems 12 inches long; the color is of clear bright yellow, contrasting 



vividly with the bunch of golden stamens in the centre Pkt. lOc. 



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