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DIANTHUS or "China Pinks." 



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 densely 

 double, or single according to variety, and produced in succession 

 during the whole season. Culture same as Euphorbia on this page. 



Hardy Dianthus. A new race with branching flower stalks 10 to 

 12 inches high, carrying large, deliciously fragrant single and semi- 

 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. Culture same as Del- 

 phinium on this page. 



DELPHINIUM or Hardy Larkspur 

 The blossoms are of immense size, single, semi -double, and double 

 dressing the graceful spikes for from 2 to 5 feet of their length 

 The colors range from white and lavender through every shade of 

 blue from azure to indigo and purple, several shades being blended 

 in some of the varieties. The plants grow from 6 to 10 feet in 

 height and are very desirable and valuable in the garden during the 

 spring and early summer. 



Sow out of doors after danger from frost is over, in beds of finely 

 pulverized soil, covering the seeds to a depth of not over four times 

 their size, with light soil; press down with a board; thin out as it 

 becomes necessary. Transplant into permanent position as soon 

 as the seedlings are large enough so that thej' can become thor- 

 oughly rooted or established before cold weather, or sow in the early 

 fall, carry the plants over in a coldframe, and transplant to per- 

 manent positions in the spring. 



DIMORPHOTHECA or African Daisy. 

 An extremely show^- annual of neat branching habit; grows about 

 1 2 mches high, flowering during the summer in continuous profusion . 

 The single, Daisy -like blossoms, 214 inches in diameter are brilliant 

 orange, with a dark-colored disk, zoned black; well adapted fcr 

 groups or borders; it stands the heat finely and produces its pretty 

 flowers ver\^ early in sunny situations. Culture same as Euphorbia 

 on this page. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA or California Poppies. 

 Eschscholtzias are among our most beautiful and popular an- 

 nuals, being of the easiest culture. From spring-sown seeds they 

 flower profusely until late in the autumn, making them invaluable 

 for bedding. The plants are of dwarf-branching habit, about 1 foot 

 high. Culture same as Euphorbia on this page. 



EUPHORBIA MARGIN ATA or "Snow-on-the- Mountain." 

 This native annual is quite popular as a garden plant on account 

 of its showy appearance and ease of culture in almost any soil — 

 even the poorest — if in a sunny location. It is of rank branching 

 growth, about 2 feet high. The foliage of light green being broadly 

 margined with silvery-white. 



Sow out of doors when danger from frost is over. The soil should 

 he well pulverized, the seed covered to a depth of about four times 

 its size with light soil ; press down firmly with a board and thin out 

 so that the plants are not crowded. They can also be sown in 

 shallow boxes (2 inches deep) in the greenhouse, hotbed, or in light 

 window of dwelling house, if desired early; transplant into similar 

 boxes when two or three leaves have formed and plant out in the 

 open ground after danger is over from frost. 



