CATALOGUE OF SPECIALTIES AND NOVELTIES FOR 1900. 23 
DiapttHis. 
am indispensable garden (lower and one Hi.ted equally to 
adorn the poor man's garden or the spacious grounds of the 
millionaire. Never out of place in any situation.. Succeeds 
in any soil. Stands neglect, heat and cold, and is as near 
iron-clad as a plant can well be. Like their near relative, 
the Carnation, the Dianthus is superlatively beautiful, 
many varieties possessing a radiant-like tire that is impos¬ 
sible to describe, but is the very acme of richness and 
beauty. A grand (lower for cutting or flower work, and 
succeeds well in pots for winter bloom if treated like Oar- 
nations. Sow early either in house or open ground, and 
plants will not only bloom ail summer and fall, but will 
survive the winter and bloom the next season. Never sow 
any but the best seed of Dianthus. if you would have the 
choicest flowers. Grows about one foot in height, branching 
fi eely, and is alway strong and erect. Per pkt. 
Dladematus, flora plena Splendid double flowers of the 
richest, darkest shades, fringed mottled, striped, 
spotted, flaked, margined, etc., in amostoddand beau¬ 
tiful manner . . 10 
Double White Fine for contrast.10 
Eastern Queen— Grand flowers 3 or 4 inches across, beau¬ 
tifully striped and shaded, and having colors whicli 
are like the richest silks.. 5 
Mourning Cloak Largest double flowers, purplish black.10 
Crimson Bell— Immense (lowers of a rich crimson red. A 
grand flower of the single Heddcwiggi type, and a beau¬ 
tiful companion to Eastern Queen.* 5 
Imperlalis—Double Imperfal Finks. Robust, busby 
growers, bearing great quantities of large.double flow¬ 
ers of rich, glowing colors.. . 5 
IHANTHUS. 
Childs Giant Imperial Jap. Morning Glories. 
A new strain with 
gigantic blooms as large 
as Moonflowers, with 
colors, markings and 
variegations never before 
seen, and of indescribable 
■beauty. Some double, 
some with quilled and 
feathered petals, and 
many with beautifully 
marbled and variegated 
leaves. Like all Morning 
Glories, (lie seed germin¬ 
ates quickly and the vines 
grow rapidly and are 
soon in bloom, often be¬ 
fore they reach a height 
of two feet. The flowers 
are borne by the hun¬ 
dreds. are of enormous 
size, like great Moonflow¬ 
ers, ‘ five or six inches 
across, and of the most 
delicate, vivid and blend¬ 
ing colors to lie seen in 
any flower. Some will be 
pure white, others crim¬ 
son. brick-red, light and 
dark bines, pinks, etc., 
while others snow a rich 
and varied combination 
of colors blending togeth¬ 
er in a most enchanting 
way. Spotted, blotched, 
striped, penciled, bor¬ 
dered. mottled and varie¬ 
gated in everyeonceivable 
manner. To add to their 
beauty the leaves of many 
of the varieties are richly 
marbled and variegated 
wliiteandgreen. Nothing 
among flowers can fur¬ 
nish a more Beautiful 
sigbttlmn a screen,hedge 
or trellis of these Giant 
Morning Glories. Our 
seen is not to be com¬ 
pared witli any which 
may lie put upon the market. Mixed. SO .colors . 
“Shoo-ply ” pi apt. 
An important new plant of the Pliysilisfamily. It is 
claimed that Hies will not stay in a room where it is growing 
if they can conveniently escape, and our tests show such to 
he the case, though what there is about it tiiat repulses them 
is not clear as the plant or flower lias no odor. Aside from 
this most remarkable quality it is a roost beautiful flowering 
? lent, and blooms in a very short time (BOdays) from seed. 
t is particularly valuable as a winter bloomer, the blossoms 
being large enp-shaped and of a lovely light blue color with 
a white center. It is a profuse bloomer in pots, both sum¬ 
mer and winter. In the garden it. grows too rank and weedy 
to be of any value, but as a pot plant it is exquisite. 10 
