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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y 
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T)ia^tb(is 
An indispensable 
garde n'flower and 
one fitted equally 
to adorn the poor 
^ y// 0 garden or the spa- 
, cious grounds of the mil¬ 
lionaire. Never out of place in 
any situation. Succeeds in any 
soil. Stands neglect, heat and cold 
and is as iron-clad as a plant can 
well be. Like their near relative, 
the Carnation, the Dianthus is 
superlatively beautiful, many va¬ 
rieties possessing a radiant-like 
fire that is impossible to describe, but it is the very acme 
of richness and beauty. A grand flower for cutting or 
flower work, and succeeds well in pots for winter bloom if 
treated like Carnations. Sow early either in house or open 
ground, and plants will not only bloom all 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 freely, and is always strong and erect. Per pkt. 
Diadematus, flora plena—Splendid double flowers of the 
richest, darkest shades, fringed, mottled, striped, 
spotted, flaked, margined, etc., in a most odd and beau¬ 
tiful manner . 10 
Double White— Finest for contrast . 10 
Eastern Queen — Grand flowers 3 or 4 inches across, 
beautifully striped and shaded, and having colors 
which are like the richest silks . 5 
Mourning Cloak—A rich variety of most unique coloring. 
Large, doublellowers of a velvety purplish black, each 
petal tipped and fringed with snow white . 10 
Crimson Bell — Immense flowers of a rich crimson red. 
A r grand -flower of the single Heddewiggi type, and a 
beautiful companion to Eastern Queen and The Bride. 5 
Imperialis—Double Imperial Pinks. Robust, bushy grow¬ 
ers, bearing great quantities of large, double flowers 
of rich, glowing colors .. . g 
Brilliant—A dwarf grower with numerous double flowers 
of dark, rich red, as large and fine as Carnations. A 
beautiful variety, and comes true from seed . 5 
The Bride—Clear, pure white, with a radiant, glowing 
crimson center, shading into a pink band ... g 
Mixed—Our own mixture of the most beautiful double 
and single sorts, and of every desirable shade or pecu¬ 
liar marking. This will give a bed of beautiful flowers, 
and scarcely two plants will be alike. 10 
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Delphi 1)1*1 IX?. — (Perennial) 
One of the choicest perennials known, and increases in 
beauty each year. Tall, stately growing, with immense 
spikes of the most brilliant flowers in all shades of lavender, 
mauve, pale, medium and deep, dark blues. Sow seed in 
autumn or very early in spring, and plants will bloom the 
first summer. Very hardy. Give half shade. 
Mixed Colors— All sorts . . . 5 
DELPHINIUM 
O igita 1 is. — (Perennial) 
-ct ;P? e 9^ our special favorites. This, with the double 
Bohyhocks, and the Delphinium,'form a stately trio of ta.II- 
growing plants or which nothing finer can bo chosen for 
backgrcrands, center of wide borders, interspersing with 
shrubbery, etc. If plants are not allowed to seed, they are 
crowned for months by long pyramidal spikes of lovely 
pendant thimble-shaped bells, snow white, rosy blush, or 
exquisitely shaded or spotted. The blooms are nearly or 
quite two inches in length, and lap each other with the 
utmost regularity. For the center of large bouquets they 
are almost equal to spikes of Gladiolus. Per pkt, 
CloxincndesC ran diflora— A strain with large, beautiful 
Gloxinia-like blossoms. Extra ... 5 
