SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS, FOR 1891 
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DIANTHU8. 
Diantfylis. 
Tho Dianthus or Chinese Pink has long been a great garden 
favorite. It is, in fact, one of our most useful plants, fur¬ 
nishing abundance of gay and pretty flowers until frozen 
within the earth and covered by drifting snows. They li . e 
over winter and bloom us well the second year as the first. 
They are quite as pretty for pot plants in the house as Car¬ 
nations; indeed, their variety of color is more varied and 
e retty, while they are freer bloomers. As pot plants the 
•ianthus will always give great satisfaction, and as a garden 
flower they are among the very best. Plants from seed grow 
and bloom very quickly. We know wo are doing our cus¬ 
tomers a kindness by urging them to plant the Dlanthus for 
both garden and pots. Per pkt. 
Dladematus, Flore Plena, splendid large double flowers 
of dark shades, marked with white and black colors, 
ricn and beautiful.:. 10 
At ro purpurea, Flore Plena, large dark red double flowers 5 
Double White, largo and fine. 5 
Lacinlatus, flue double flowers of various colors, mixed 5 
Strlntus, fine large double striped. 10 
Hedewlgl, flowers single, three inches across, of rich and 
beautiful colors. 5 
Eastern Queen, single, three or four inches across, 
splendidly striped and stained. 5 
Mourning Cloak, a new Dlanthus of great beauty. The 
flowers are very large and double and of a line deep 
purplish black color, the petals being elegantly fim¬ 
briated and bordered with pure white. This flower 
Is specially suitable for mourning bouquets, wreaths, 
etc., and as a-garden or pot flower it is novel and 
charming. 15 
The Bride. Though a single flower it is really one of the 
very finest of all the Pink tribe, and the best novelty 
last year. The plant is very dwarf, only about four 
inches high, compact and bushy, sending up flowers 
which are three inches across, and of the richest and 
most pleasing combination of color, namely: pure 
white, with a large dark crimson center. This dark 
center has also a pink band which shades off into the 
white. The petals are also finely fimbriated. It is a 
magnificent pot plant, as well as one of the best gar¬ 
den flowers, and blooms in a very short while from 
the time of sowing sied.. 15 
For no cents we will send a packet each of the nine sorts. 
Escl}scl?oltzia. 
These are very easily grown as they flourish in any situa¬ 
tion, and bear very large showy blossoms. Tho foliage is 
finely cut and perfectly elegant. Sow early in open ground. 
X Cl l-JIVl. 
Mixed Colors, very showy for masses. 5 
New Double White, a fine novelty. 5 
Datura. 
The Datura or Ghost Flower 
is a very interesting plant. It 
grows several feet in height and 
brancbesfrecly, producinglargo 
trumpet-shaped flowers a foot 
or more in length. They always 
attract a great deal of attention. 
Sow seed in the open ground, or 
they can be st arted early in pots. 
Fastuosa, double mixed col¬ 
ors .. 5 
Sweet Nightingale. (See 
livening Bloomers) . 10 
peuzlia. 
The plants do not grow over three inches high, but spread 
out like a Portulaca, forming a perfect mat of fine foliage, 
and branches, which are thickly covered at all times with 
perfectly charming blossoms of lovely colors. For a border 
or mass it is superb, and there is nothing more beautifu for 
carpet bedding. For cultivating in pots it is also a most 
charming thing, particularly as it flowers so early and pro¬ 
fusely. Try it by all means. Per pkt. 
Dlanthlflora, grand. 10 
FENZLIA OlANTWrLORA. 
