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2155 



Didiscus Coeruleus 



Annual Blue Lace Flower 



Dianthus or "China Pinks" 



Double-Flowering Annual Varieties 



8110 Crown of Perfection. Most beautiful and satis- 

 factory summer-flowering annual. The plants 

 are bushy, of symmetrical form: 1 foot high. The 

 flowers average 2 inches across; are densely 

 double and produced during the whole summer 

 and autumn in such numbers as to fairly crowd 

 each other for room. There is a wonderful diver- 

 sity of colors, from purest white to red shades, 

 deep and intensely brilliant soft pinks and flesh 

 tints, mingling in exquisite contrast. (See illus- 

 tration.) Double Mixed Colors. 



Per 1,000 seeds, 75c; Pkt 15c. 



3114 Fireball. Large, double, brilliant red. . Pkt. 10c. 



2118 Double Striped and Fringed, Mixed. iLacin- 

 iatus, fl. pi.) Large, double-fringed flowers of var-ous 

 colors and markings Pkt. 10c. 



2122 Salmon Queen. Beautiful rosy-salmon, fine, large, 



double Pkt. 10c. 



2124 Snowdrift. Very large and double, white Pkt. 10c. 



2131 Imported Collection of Double Annual Dianthus: 

 6 varieties 40c. 



2132 Imported Collection of Double Annual Dianthus, 

 12 varieties '. 75c. 



Single Flowering Annual Varieties 



2134 Giant "Ruffled and Frilled." A superior strain of the Single 

 Heddewigii Annual or China Pinks. The flowers are 3 

 to 4 inches across. The petals are ruffled, frilled and 

 fringed, lending grace and beauty to the gorgeous blos- 

 soms 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 about 1 foot high, and flower abundantly 

 through summer and fall. For garden decoration and 

 for cut flowers they are of unapproachable beauty. 



Per 1,000 seeds, 75c.; Pkt. 15c. 



Dianthus Allwoodii Alpinus 



This variety is a cross between the famous Allwoodii Pinks 

 and the Dianthus Alpinus and it possesses the charming range of 

 colors of the former and the hardiness of the latter. The colors, 

 run" through all the shades of pink, red and purple; also white. 

 Most of the flowers are single, although occasionally semi- 

 double. The plants grow six inches high and are attractive even 

 when not in bloom on account of their graceful silvery foliage. 

 2139 Dianthus Allwoodii Alpinus. Mixed Colors .Pkt. 50c. 



DianthilS Hardy Grass or Spice Pinks 

 (Double-Flowering Perennial Varieties) 

 2145 Dwarf. Large, Double-flowering Grass or Spice 

 Pinks. (Dianthus Plumarius nanus, fl. pi.) These are 



great improvements over the old-fashioned sorts. The 

 owers are large and have a 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, varie- 

 gated, etc., beautifully fringed and they emit a clove-like 

 perfume. They are excellent perennial garden plants, 

 about 1 foot high, vigorous, hardy, and flower profusely 

 during spring and early summer. Mixed Colors. 



Pkt. 25c 



2150 Plumarius, Double Mixed. The favorite old Pheasant's 



Eye or Grass Pinks; 1 foot. Perl, 000 seeds, 75c.: Pkt. 15c 



Blue Lace Flower is exten- 

 sively grown by cut flower 

 growers in the vicinity of New 

 York to supply the fashion- 

 able Fifth Avenue trade The 

 Blue Lace Flower was intro- 

 duced into the United States 

 from Australia and is a wel- 

 come addition to our garden 

 annuals. The plants grow 

 about 2 feet high, producing 

 graceful subdivided foliage. 

 The lovely, umbel-shaped 

 flowers, which are composed 

 of a great number of small 

 florets, range from 2 to 3 

 inches across. The color is 

 the most beautiful imagin- 

 able, a clear coerulean or 

 heavenly blue — a rare and 

 beautiful shade. 



It is of easiest culture. 

 Seed sown outdoors after 

 danger from frost will produce 

 plants which should bloom 

 continuously from July to 

 October. It may be grown in 

 the green house or conserv- 

 atory for winter blooming. It 

 is also desirable as a pot plant. 

 pkt., 25c 



Digitalis or Foxglove 

 (Gloxinia- Flowered) 



These improved Foxgloves are 



very showy, hardy perennial 



plants: they are easy to grow 



and produce freely spikes 4 to b 



feet high, well furnished with 



large. Gloxinia-like flowers of 



various colors, including white, 



cream, rose, red and other shades, 



all of which have beautiful throat 



markings, spots and blotches of 



purple, maroon, etc. They are more 



robust than the ordinary garden 



Digitalis, have stouter stems and larger 



flowers. (See illustration.) 



2162 Purple. Spotted Pkt. 10c. 



2163 Rose. Spotted Pkt. 10c 



2164 White. Spotted Pkt. 10c 



2166 Grandiflora, YeUow. Charming flowers of soft chrome-yellow. 



Pkt. 10c 

 2170 Mixed Colors, (Gloxinoides).. ..Per 1,000 seeds, 3Sc; Pkt. 10c 

 2180 Monstrosa. 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 flowers. 

 Mixed Colors Per 1,000 seeds. SOcj Pkt. 15c 



'Henderson's Flowers for American Gardens' 



contains much information on the garden culture of Cut Flowers. Sent Free with 

 orders if asked for. 



