Narcissus among Delphiniums will Beautify Your Garden m 



Dianthus or "China Pinks' 



Double-Flowering Annual Varieties 

 2110 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 autu., n 

 in such numbers as to fairly crowd each other fui- 

 room. There is a wonderful diversity of colors, 

 from purest white to red shades, deep and intensely 

 brilliant soft pinks and flesh tints, mingling in ex- 

 quisite contrast. {See illustration.) Double Mixed 



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



2114 Fireball. Large, double, brilliant red 



Pkt. 10c. 

 2118 Double Striped and Fringed. Mixed. 



(Laciniatus, fl. pi.) Large, double-fringed 

 flowers of various colors and markings Pkt. 10c. 

 2122 Salmon Queen. Beautiful rosy-salmon, 



fine, large, double Pkt. 10c. 



2124 Snowdrift. Very large anddouble, white 



Pkt. 10c. 



2131 Imported Collection of Double Annual 

 Dianthis: 6 varieties "50c. 



2132 Imported Collection of Double Annual 

 Dianthus; 12 varieties $1.00 



Didiscus Coeruleus 



Annual Blue Lace Flower 



21S5 Blue Lace Flower is extensively grown by cut 

 flower growers in the vicinity of New York to supply 

 the fashionable Fifth Avenue trade. The Blue Lace 

 Flower was introduced into the United States from 

 Australia and is a welcome 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 imaginable, a clear coeru- 

 lean 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 conservatory 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 5 feet high, well furnished with 

 large. Gloxinia-like flowers of various colors, includ- 

 ing white, cream, rose, red and other shades, all of 

 which have beautiful throat markings, spots and 

 blotches of purple, maroon, etc. While hardy 

 perennials, they require protection during the 

 winter months. (See illustration.) 



2162 Purple, spotted Pkt. 10c. 



2163 Rose, spotted Pkt. 10c. 



2164 White, spotted ... . . Pkt. 10c. 

 2166 Grandiflora, Yellow. 



Charming flowers of soft chrome- 

 yellow Pkt. 10c. 



2170 Mixed Colors. (Gloxi- 

 noides) 

 Perl,000seeds,35c. ;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 



Perl.OOO seeds,50c. ;Pkt. 15c. 



See pages 92, 93, 94 for 

 1930 Flowers 



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 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 

 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. 



DiantnUS 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 



Dianthus 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 flowers are large and have a variety of colors and markings ; 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., 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 sximmer. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 25c. 



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

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



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