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FLOWER SEED SPECIALTIES 



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Dianthus, "Crown of Perfection." Giant "Ruffled 6- Frilled" Dianthus. 



Most beautiful and satisfactory summer-flowering annuals. Unrivaled for 

 brilliancy and rich variety of color; the plants are bushy, of symmetrical 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 propor- 

 tion of flowers hieroglyphically marked with various hues, the delicate tints 

 and deep tones mingling in exquisite contrast. (See cut.) 

 Double Mixed Colors. Per 1.000 seeds 50c Pkt. 10c. 



A superior strain of the Single Heddewigii Garden 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 crimson, carmine-rose, salmon-pink 

 and white; some 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 garden decoration and for cut flowers 

 these new Dianthus are of unapproachable beauty. Per 1.000 seeds 50c . Pkt. 10c. 



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

 are certainly marvels of beauty. We had your superb doubles, Crown of Perfec- 

 tion and tlie big singles. Ruffled and Frilled, also your superb Japanese fringed sorts. 

 They have flowered all summer long." Airs. R. G. DUTTON, Syracuse, N. Y. 



Choice Annual or China Pinks 



DOUBLE VARIETIES. 



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



Snowdrift. Very large and double, purest 

 white Pkt. 10c. 



Salmon Queen. Beautiful rosy -salmon, fine 

 large, double Pkt. 10c. 



Count Kerchove. Large, double flowers of 

 rich blood-red, each petal being marked 

 with a velvety-black zone Pkt. 15c. 



Tomb Thumb Brilliant. An exceedingly dwarf 

 type, growing only 4 to 5 inches high and 

 sheeted with double flowers of brilliant scar- 

 let Pkt. 15c. 



Double Fringed Japanese. (Dianthus Mira- 

 bilis, 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 . 



Pkt. 15c. 



SINGLE VARIETIES. 



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 color? 

 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 . 



Mephisto. Large, single, fringed flowers of 

 salmon-rose edged with white and flaked 

 with rich brown Pkt. 10c. 



Princess Pinks. (Dianthus Punctatus.) Large, 

 f ringed-edged, flowers of different ground 

 colors over which is dotted and blotched 

 different contrasting colors. Very unique 

 and beautiful Pkt. 10c. 



Crested Pinks. (Dianthus Superbissimus.) 

 Very large single flowers of various colors 

 and markings, but all having a white throat 

 and a beautiful crested surface to the 

 petals. Pkt. 10c. 



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. 15c. 



DWARF LARGE EARLY-FLOWERING 



GRASS, OR SPICE PINKS. 



(Dianthus Plumarius Hybridus Nanus, fl. pi.) 

 These are great improvements over the 

 charming time-honored inhabitant of old- 

 fashioned gardens. The flowers of this new 

 type are much larger, are borne more profuse- 

 ly on shorter, stiff stems. In these new Pinks 

 we have a large variety of colors and mark- 

 ings; the color, of course, refers to the center 

 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 sum- 

 mer. The flowers are very large, double, 

 beautifully fringed, and emit a clove-like per- 

 fume. Mixed Colors Pkt. 25c. 



PERFECTION PINK. 



A superb strain of the hardy grass pink, 

 Dianthus plumarius — bearing enormous 

 double flowers of perfect form. Smooth 

 round petals of pure white, edged with deep 

 crimson, very fragrant Pkt. 25c. 



MAIDEN PINKS. 



This pretty type of hardy pinks Dianthus 

 deltoides — forms 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 % ot 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. 



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