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Dianthus Heddewigii nobilis. Single Japan Pink. 
The colors of this variety are in very rich shades 
from white to dark red, the petals are twisted 
and undulated. They give a brilliant show for a 
long season from early spring to autumn and are 
excellent for cut-flowers. 
D. barbatus. Sweet William. The Sweet Williams 
give as brilliant a mass of color as any plant in 
their season. We grow them in large quantities 
and offer them at low rates so they can be used 
to give a brilliant show in new gardens. We offer 
them in separate pure shades of the deepest 
crimson, and in pure white, for mass planting, as 
well as in varying shades from white through pink 
to deep, dark red. They grow about 15 inches 
high with long stems for cutting and bloom in a 
solid mass in June with scattering blossoms 
throughout the summer. 
Pure White. Specially selected stock for mass 
planting. 
Rich Deep Crimson. A bed of this color makes 
a most gorgeous display during the blooming 
period. 
DICENTRA spectabilis. Bleeding Heart. The 
Bleeding Heart had as prominent a place in our 
grandmother's garden as the Peony and the Rose. 
The graceful, arching stems push up rapidly and 
bloom while early spring garden work is in prog- 
ress. The plant dies down in June and the space 
can be occupied with annuals like Verbena, or 
carpeted with Moss Pink. The flowers are the 
delight of children for making bunny rabbits, 
slippers, and other playthings. 
D. eximia. This is a comparatively new plant 
that we recommend highly. The foliage is 
Foxglove planted in a vista looking into dark woods. 
There are many similar places on Long Island where it can 
be most appropriately used. It grows wild in such places in 
England and can be readily naturalized here. 
Sweet W illiam bordering grass path. It blooms for a long 
period and should be used in new and bare places 
Dicentra eximia, continued 
as useful all summer as Maidenhair Fern for 
making up bouquets. The clusters of pink flowers 
are so abundant in May as to make a solid mass 
of color for a large group or border, and they 
continue throughout the summer. It is a dainty 
plant for the wild garden or the Rhododendron 
bed, yet it will thrive in the open. 
DICTAMNUS fraxinella. Gas Plant. This sturdy 
plant has a spike of white or pink flowers in June 
and July. It gives off a pungent, fragrant, vola- 
tile oil which will burn. 
DIGITALIS purpurea. Foxglove. The dignified 
and stately Foxgloves are indispensable in a 
flower-garden and are equally so in a shrubbery 
border and for house decorations, especially the 
pure white, which we grow in quantity. In June 
the tall flower-spikes appear and they will con- 
tinue later if the seed-stalks are cut down. The 
color ranges from white to rose and purple and 
the height varies from 2 to 5 feet. The stems are 
strong and require no stakes to hold them up. 
D., Pure White. Selected varieties from our stock 
which make a beautiful display. 
DORONICUM platagineum excelsum. While 
yellow daisies may be a drug on the market in 
August, this one is welcome in April. It shoots up 
rapidly and bears a graceful lemon-yellow flower 
about 3 inches in diameter, with long, taper- 
pointed petals. It is not weedy in its habits. 
EUPATORITJM coelestinum. Hardy Ageratum. 
This is an even sheet of light blue in August and 
September, and is useful as a border or in wild 
gardening. 
FTJNKIA. Day Lily. Plantain Lily. The Day Lily 
family are all plants of neat habit, making a 
symmetrical crown of foliage that is so uniform 
in shape as to be useful for formal gardening. 
The plant keeps so accurately its own position 
that it may be used as a border for the taller 
shrubs and flowers, and the variegated variety is 
occasionally used for that purpose. 
