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DIANTHUS or “CHINA PINKS” ARCTOTIS GRANDIS | 
DOUBLE-FLOWERING ANNUAL VARIETIES A Beautiful New Annual from Southwest Africa | 
Customer’s Collection of Dianthus: Any three 10c. pkts. 1175 We are glad to be able to show this charming and comparatively uf 
known flower on a colored plate this season; _as we feel that this will be th 
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selected for 25c. or any six 5c. pkts. for 25c. means of drawing the attention to it that it "deserves. Our friends will not 
2110 Crown of Perfection. Most beautiful and satisfactory summer- flower- that the color effect is something entirely new and unusual. 
ing annuals. - Unrivaled for brilliancy 2nd rich variety of color; the plants The large pearly white Marguerite like flowers are borne on long stem 
are bushy, of symmetrical form; 1 foot high. The flow ers average 6 inches well above the foliage. ~The petals are white on the upper surface and pal 
in circumference, are densely double, and produced in succession during the lilac on reverse and in the center of the flower is a light blue disc surrounde| 
summer and autumn in such numbers as to fairly crowd each other for with white stamens and a narrow golden band. 
room. There is a wonderful diversity of colors, from purest white to red Seen in the bright sunlight a very charming effect is matnced as the whit 
shades, deep and intensely pal ant, soft 2 ks and flesh tints, iets large petals contrast beautifully with the blue Aiea and tie tare Very g00; 
proportion of flowers hieroglyphically n d with various hues, the delicate for cutting. The plant is of branching habit and forms a clump two to thre 
tints and deep tones mingling in exquisit eoteast, feet high; when in flower the entire bush seems to be covered with whit) 
No tble Mixed Colove. cP or 1-000 sseenee 4 Ore eee eres Pkt. 10c. down producing a very striking effect in either bed or border. 
2105 Chinensis, Double Mixed. (China Pinks). Per 1,000 seeds, 25c. It is of very easy culture and flowers abundantly from early summer tt 
- Pkt. 5c. autumn. A place should be found for it in every garden. 
2112 Diadematus, Double Mixed. (Diad m Pi nks).. Various colors, all Culture. Sow in shallow boxes of light soil in the greenhouse, hotbed ° 
edged and marbled. ONS as » 1,000 seeds, 40c.: Pkt. 5c. light window, in a temperature of from 60 to 70 deg., covering the seeds to } 
2114 Fireball. Large, double, ‘brilliant r AiR «Tne er aise e ease Pkt. 10c. depth of only four times their size, press down with a board firmly, wate 
2116 Heddewigii, Double Mixed. (Japan Pin ks). aed with a fine spray, and do not allow the seedlings to dry out. Transplant} 
Per 1, 000 seeds 40c., Pkt. 5c. inch apart into similar boxes or 2-inch pots, when the seedlings have forme, 
2118 Double Striped and Fringed, Mixed. (Laciniatus, .. pl. } Large, 2or3 leaves. Plant out in the garden after danger from frost; the seed cat 
double fringed flowers of various . lors and m Ree a also be sown in the open ground after danger is over from frost. Pkt. 10¢ 
er 1,000 seeds, 40c., Pkt. 5c. / 
Salmon Queen. Beautiful rosy-salmon, fine, iarge, double 
Pkt. 10c. 
Snowdrift. _ Very large and double, white........ >Pkt:-10e 
31 Imported Collection of DoubleAnnual Dianthus} 6 varieties, 25c. 
2132 12 varieties, 40c. 
SINGLE-FLOWERING. ANNUAL PINKS 
2134 Giant “Ruffled and Frilled.”’ A superior strain of the Single 
Heddewigii 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 glow ing 
crimson carmine-rose, salman-pink and white; come of -the 
flowers are mottled and blended with two or more shades. The 
plants are bushy and compact, about 1 foot high, and flower 
abundantly through summer and fall. For garde n decora ation 
and for cut flowers-these new Dianthus are of unapproach- 
able beauty. Pe, 1,000 seeds, 40c.....0.... Sa Re LOC. 
2135 Heddewiggii, Mixed. (Japan Pinks.) Per 1,000. seeds,~ 25c. 
PRt.* 50. 
2137 Laciniatus, Mixed. Fringed Pinks). Per 1,000 seeds, 25c. 
PRt-5e- 
Single-Flowering Annual Pinks—Continued 
2 2138 Princess Pinks. (Dianthus Punctatus). Large, fringe-edged flowers} 
t of different ground colors over which are dotted and blotched! 
different constrasting colors. Very unique and beautiful ... Pkt. i” 
| Customer’s Selection of Dianthus—Any three 10c. pkts. selected for 25c., oF: 
any six 5c. pkts. for 25c. 
HARDY DIANTHUS, GRASS or SPICE PINKS. 
(Single and Double-Flowering Varieties) | 
2140 Crown ‘‘Grass’’ Pinks. A new race with branching flower stalks 10 | 
to 12 inches high, carrying large, deliciously fragrant single and semi- 
double flowers with fringed petals; colors, white, carmine, rose, lilac,, ! 
ete. Each flower marked in the center with a crimson or purple crown) 
They flower from May to July .......ccc.scscnesusmcnrere Pkt. 15e4 
2150 Plumarius, Double Mixed. The favorite old Pheasant’s Eye or Grass 
Piriles WLC OG aes era's olan. Samco aco nisieie) sy-/oto lela =e staan a ee Pkt. 10c. 
Dwarf Large Double-flowering Grass or Spice Pinks. (Dianthus 
\ Plumarius nanus, fl. pl.) These are great improvements over the, 
charming time-honored inhabitant of old-fashioned gardens. The: 
flowers are large and borne profusely on short, stiff stems. In these» 
new pinks we have a large variety of colors and markings; the colory, 
of course, refers to the center. of. the flower, the remainder being white! 
or blush witha band of color near the margin; the colors include blood- 
red, rose, maroon, purple, pink, blush, spotted, laced, variegated, etc, . 
They are excellent perennial garden plants, about 1 foot high, vigorous, 
hardy, and flower profusely during spring and early summer. Th 
flowers are very large, double, beautifully fringed, and emit a clove-lik 
perfume, Mixed Colors.s..0.s00.ccc css co neeeh scenes , +. Pkt. 20ce. 
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