

HICKS NURSERIES, WESTBURY, L 



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HARDY GARDEN FLOWERS 







COREOPSIS lanceolata grandiflora. Brilliant yellow 

 flowers on slender stems about 2 feet high. It blooms 

 all summer, and is superior in deHcacy and grace to 

 many of the yellow flowers. 



COWSLIP. See Primula. 



DAFFODILS. See Narcissus. 



DAISY. See Bellis and Rudbeckia. 



DAY LILY. See Funkia and Hemerocallis. 



DELPHINIUM. Larkspur. The stately Delphiniums, 

 when well grown, are unsurpassed. An ideal combina- 

 tion can be made with the pure white Madonna Lily. 

 Three crops of flowers may be had by cutting all flower- 

 stalks immediately after fading. 



D. formosum. The old-fashioned dark blue. 4 feet. 



D. f ormosum,var.coelestinum. The light blue shades. 4ft. 



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Dianthus, June Pink 



Dicentra eximia. Woodland flowers 

 native to the Southern Alleghanies and 

 related to the Dutchman's Breeches of 

 northern woods and the Bleeding Heart of 

 old-fashioned gardens. It keeps up a 

 succession of delicate pink blossoms with grace- 

 ful fern-like foliage. In this picture it is grow- 

 ing in the chinks of a wall laid without mortar. 



Delphinium grandiflorum, var. Chinense. A low- 

 growing variety with feathery foliage and deep Gentian- 

 blue flowers in open panicles blooming all summer. 



Belladonna. Of dwarf habit, much branched, bearing 

 azure-blue flowers from June until cut down by frost. 



Gold Medal Hybrids. This is a superior strain, raised 

 from seed from the best named varieties grown by a 

 Delphinium specialist in England, and the colors are 

 varied — mostly of the lighter shades. 



DESMODIUM. See Lespedeza. 



DIANTHUS. Hardy Pinks. Nothing can take the place 

 of the hardy garden Pinks. Their spicy fragrance fills 

 the air in May and June. They should be used liberally 

 in the front of the border. A dry, sunny position is 

 preferable, i foot. 



June Pink. The old-fashioned, double, pure white, 



clove-scented Pink which we have grown for fifty 



years. It makes great mats of white. 

 Mrs. Sinkins. Similar in growth to the above, but has 



larger flowers of clove fragrance. 

 Her Majesty. Very large, pure white, but not so free 



blooming as the others. 

 White Reserve. A very free-blooming, white Pink 



which bears blossoms frequently during the summer. 

 Lord Lyon. A good, double, pink flower. 

 D. plumarius. Double and single, sweet-scented, hardy 

 Pinks in various shades of white to red, and prettily 

 marked. 



D. Ghinensis. China Pinks. These beautiful Japanese 

 Pinks are indispensable for making great sheets of 

 brilliant colors, lasting several months in the _ garden. 

 Although classed as annuals they are biennial and, 

 with a slight protection of leaves, winter successfully. 

 Splendid for cutting. 



D. Ghinensis, Double. The double varieties we grow 

 and can usually furnish in color are Salmon King and 

 Fireball. The mixed varieties are the Heddewigi^ 

 Imperial, Laciniatusand NobiHs Pinks,whichareall beau- 

 tiful shades ranging from white, through pink, salmon 

 and crimson, beautifully striped, mottled and fringed. 



D. Ghinensis, Single. The single sorts we can usually 

 furnish in color for bedding, are Salmon Queen, Crimson 

 Belle and Vesuvius, while the mixture is the same as in 

 the doubles. We consider the single the more pleasing 

 of the two. 



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