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DIANTHUS — continued. 
339 Heddewigi albus, “ Queen of Holland.” Two-thirds of the 
plants may safely be relied upon to produce splendid 
smooth-edged flowers of a lustrous pure white. A cer- 
tain percentage show a small ring, sometimes yellowish, 
sometimes rosy, round the centre. Per pkt. fid. 
340 Crimson Belle, rich dark red, splendid, 1 ft. Per pkt. 
6d. 
341 Eastern Queen, soft rose, very beautiful, 1 ft. Per 
pkt. 6d. 
342 flore pleno “ Fireball.” The flowers are of brilliant 
scarlet, a colour never before obtained in Indian Pinks. 
The plants, forming thickly branching bushes, are 
resplendent with the fiery red blossoms, and prove a 
great attraction in the garden, and at the same time 
are very valuable for cutting. Per pkt. 1/- 
343 hybridus fl. pi., large flowering, double, splendid 
mixed colours, 1 ft. Per pkt. 6d. 
344 diadematus fl. pi. [Diadem Pink), extra fine striped 
and laced double flowers, 1 ft. Per pkt. fid. 
345 albus, fl. pi. ( White Diadem Pink). Dis- 
tinguished from the type by the pure white ground colour 
of its petals, from which stand out in beautiful contrast 
the Diadem markings, the tints being principally lilac, 
purple, carmine, or blood-red. Its charming double 
flowers reminds one of some of the finest Scotch Pinks. 
Excellent for bouquet work. Per pkt. 6d. 
346 Laciniatus, single mixed, fringed varieties, very beautiful, 
1 ft. Per pkt. 6d. 
347 fl. pi., double mixed, finest fringed forms, 1 ft. Per 
pkt. fid. 
DIANTHUS— r mtinued. 
348 Laciniatus, Salmon Queen, beautiful acquisition to annual 
pinks. The flowers are nicely fringed and of a brilliant 
salmon colour, fading with age to salmon-rose. Per 
pkt. fid. 
349 fl. pi., Snowdrift, a new double white variety of great 
beauty; the flowers are 3 to 4 inches in diameter, very 
double, and of the purest white. Per pkt. 1/— 
350 Nanus New Hybrids, a lovely strain of low growth, fine 
coloured flowers, varying in all shades from white to 
deep rose and even to purplish-red, with a dark ring 
round the centre. Per pkt. 6d. 
351 Imperialis fl. pi. (Double Imperial Pink), finest mixed, 
charming varieties, early bloomer, 1 ft. Per pkt. 3d. 
352 Plumarius Semperflorens fl. pi., Argus. Double flowering 
varieties of the well-known Perpetual Pinks. The flowers 
are very sweet-scented, of a good double form, and 
colours run from white to salmon-rose, each flower being 
marked with a bright maroon centre. Per pkt. 1/- 
DICTAMNUS, h.p. 
Forms large showy spikes of fragrant flowers; of easy 
culture, doing best in rather dry positions. 
353 Fraxinella, purplish-rose, 2 ft. Per pkt. 3d. 
354 albus, white, 2 ft. Per pkt. 3d. 
DIGITALIS, see Foxglove. 
DIMORPHOTHECA AURANTIACA. 
355 An extremely showy annual from Namaqualand, South 
Africa. The plants, of very neat branchy habit, grow 
about 12 to 15 inches high and are extremely free- 
flowering. Its Marguerite like blossoms, 2J to 2;f inches 
in diameter, are a glossy rich orange gold, the brilliant 
colouring being rendered the more conspicuous by the 
dark coloured disc surrounded by a black zone. It is 
well adapted for groups or borders, flowers very early 
after being planted out in the open ground in sunny situa- 
tions, and will continue thus during the summer months. 
Per pkt. fid. 
DIMORI’IIOTHECA AURANTIACA. 
DRAC/ENA, gp 
Handsome foliaged plants. 
356 Australis. Per packet, 1/- 
ECCREMOCARPUS, It h.p. 
Often grown as a half-hardy annual. 
357 Scaber, a useful and pretty evergreen climber, with orange- 
coloured flowers, for covering walls, &c. Per pkt. fid. 
ECHEVERIA, g.p. 
Very curious and ornamental succulent plants, valuable for 
carpet bedding. 
358 Metallica, beautiful purplish-glaucous metallic hue. Per 
pkt. 1/6 
359 Secunda glauca, bluish-white foliage, very fine. Per pkt. 
1/6 
