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Sweet Rocket 



Sweet William 



(Dianthus Barbatus) 



A well-known, attractive, free-flowering hardy 

 perennial, producing a splendid effect in beds and 

 borders with their rich and varied flowers. It is 

 much better to raise new, vigorous, young plants 

 from seed every season than to divide the old plants. 

 4282 Newport Pink. In color it is pER 

 what florists call watermelon-pink pkt. 

 or salmony-rose. Strikingly brilliant 

 and beautiful; the flowers are borne 

 in massive heads on stems 18 inches 

 high. For midseason mass bedding 

 it has no equal. It is also very 

 effective for cutting. \ oz., SO cts. .\$0 15 

 4281 Scarlet Beauty. A very effective, rich, deep 

 scarlet variety, a rare color in hardy plants. 



\ oz., 50 cts 



4291 Holborn Glory. The individual flowers and 



trusses are of extraordinary size, while the range 



of color, all showing a clear, white eye, is truly 



superb. Mixed colors. \ oz., 30 cts.; oz., $1.00 



4286 Single Velvety Dark Maroon. \ oz., 



30 cts 



4288 Single Pure White. ioz.,30cts 



4290 Single, Mixed Colors. \ oz., 25 cts.; oz., 



75 cts 



4297 Double, Mixed Colors. \ oz., 30 cts 

 4296 Giant Double Mixed. The plants are of ro- 

 bust, bushy habit, producing numerous stems, 

 surmounted by immense umbels of full, double 

 flowers, many of the individual flowers measur- 

 ing over one inch in diameter. The colors are 

 extremely varied. \ oz., 50 cts.; \ oz., 75 cts.. . 



2342 Latifolius Atrococcineus, Fl. PI. {Ever- 

 blooming Hybrid Sweet William). A brilliant 

 crimson-scarlet variety that is very effective 

 in any position. \ oz., 50 cts 



2343 Latifolius Double Mixed (Everblooming 

 'Hybrid Sweet William). This is a cross between 

 an annual pink and Sweet William, combining 

 the free and continuous blooming qualities of the 

 former with the hardiness of the latter. \ oz., 

 40 cts 



Stokesia (Cornflower) per pkt. 



4051 Cyanea. This is a beautiful hardy perennial. The plant grows 

 about 24 inches high, each bearing from 20 to 30»handsome lavender- 

 blue cornflower-like blossoms; in bloom from July till frost. \ oz., 

 $1.00 ; $o 20 



4052 Cyanea Alba. A pure white-flowering form. \ oz., $1.00 20 



4060 Cyanea Mixed. Containing a number of colors, i oz., 75 cts.. . 15 



Sweet Rocket (Hesperis) 



4280 Old-fashioned garden plants; also known as Dame's Rocket and 

 Dame's Violet; grows from 2 to 3 feet high, and bears spikes of 

 showy white, lilac and purple fragrant flowers. Excellent for 

 naturalizing among shrubbery or for 

 planting in a permanent border; mixed 

 colors. J oz., 20 cts.; oz., 60 cts 



ThalictrUITl (Meadow Rue) 



4305 Aquilegifolium Album. A 



beautiful hardy perennial; with 

 elegant Columbine-like foliage and 

 masses of feathery white flowers 

 in June and July; 3 feet. Special 



pkt., 60 cts 



4304 Aquilegifolium Purpureum. 

 Similar to the above excepting in 

 color, which is rosy purple. Special 



pkt., 75 cts 



4306 Dipterocarpum. We 

 consider it one of the 

 real gems among hardy 

 plants, not only for the 

 garden but its dainty, 

 graceful sprays of flow- 

 ers, elegantly arranged 

 on stems 4 feet high, 

 are invaluable for cut- 

 ting; the flowers are a 

 charmingshadeof violet- 

 mauve, which is bright- 

 ened by a bunch of 

 lemon - yellow stamen 

 and anthers. Special 

 pkt., 75 cts 



Double and Single Sweet William 



Rock Garden and Alpine Plants (Henry Correvon). $6.00 per copy, postpaid 



