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EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN— Flower Seeds 



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 '1 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 Mesh 

 tints, mingling in exquisite contrast. {See illus- 

 tration.) Double Mixed Colors. 



Pit 1.000 seeds. 75c; Pkt 15c. 



21 11 Fireball. Large, double, brilliant red . . . Pkt. 10c. 



2118 Double Striped and Fringed, Mixed. ' l.acin- 

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

 colors and markings Pkt. 10c. 



2122 Salmon Queen. Beautiful rosv-salmon. line, large, 

 double Pkt. 10c, 



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



2131 

 2132 



Imported Collection of Double 



Annual 



Dianthus; 

 40c. 



Imported Collection of Double 



Annual 



Dianthus; 

 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. 



DiatlthuS 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 silverv foliage 

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



DiantnUS 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 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. Per 1,000 seeds. 75a Pkt 15c 



Didiscus Coeruleus 



Annual Blue Lace Flower 



2155 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- 

 g£__"^F» A come addition to our garden 



n£i|to' annuals. The plants grow 



about 2 feet high, producing 



fraceful subdivided foliage, 

 he 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 



■ mf lL the green house or conserv- 



^■^H Hk atory for winter blooming. It 



I t Jr Ib is also desirable as a pot plant. 



•*>3 A Digitalis or Foxglove 



lH Gloxinia-Flowered) 



These improved Foxgloves are 



very' showy, hardy perennial 



dk t * ^^^^ "^B plants; they ;tre easy to grow 



^ a^B and produce freely spikes I to 5 



VjB feel high, well furnished with 

 V i V 4L-* ^T ' al 8e. Gloxinia-like flowers of 



I ^Jt various colors, including white,' 



^^4f ^^^f cream, rose, red unci other shades, 

 of which have beautiful throat 

 markings, spots and blotches of 

 purple, maroon, etc. They are more 



\A^^I B^ '7 robust than the ordinary garden 



» * Wr^-^Kmm^' Digitalis, have stonier stems and larger 



flowers. (See illustration.) 



2102 Purple, Spotted Pkt. 10c. 



21 (53 Rose, Spotted Pkt. 10c. 



1 04 White, Spotted Pkt. 10c. 



2100 Grandiflora. Yellow. Charming flowers of soft chrome-yellow. 



Pkt. 10c. 



2170 Mixed Colors. (Gloxinoides) Per 1,000 seeds, 35c.; Pid. 10c. 



2180 Monstrosa. A very unique and beautiful type, producing long 

 spikes of large (lowers 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. 50c.: Pkt. 15c. 



'Henderson's Flowers for American Gardens" contains much information on the garden culture of Cut Flowers. 



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