Try Our Delphinium Hybrids ♦ They Are Extra-Fine 
Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William) 
Delphinium 
Belladonna. Finest Larkspur for cutting. 
Pale blue flowers in profuse sprays. $3 
per doz. 
Formosum. Rich blue spikes tinged with 
purple. A fine permanent plant for garden 
effect. 3 to 4 feet. $3 per doz. 
Grandiflorum chinense. A low, bushy 
plant with many sprays of large flowers 
in varying shades of blue, lilac, mauve, 
and white. 2 to 3 feet. $3 per doz. 
Gold Medal Hybrids. A choice strain of 
seedlings, with flowers ranging from light 
azure to dark blue, and from delicate 
lavender to purple. Splendid for mass 
planting and general garden planting. 3 to 
5 feet. $8 per doz. 
Named Delphiniums 
Countess Cowley. Semi-double, light blue 
and mauve blooms, with black eye. 5 feet. 
$3 each. 
Edward Bromet. A rich purple-blue with 
white eye; enormous flowers. Immense 
spikes. 5 feet. $3 each. 
Happy Thought. Giant flowers on long 
spikes. Medium blue shaded violet and 
amethyst. 5 feet. $3 each. 
Mrs. Norman Holden. Semi-double, mauve 
and blue flowers with glittering black eye. 
5 feet. S3 each. 
Mrs. Shirley. Pale mauve with white and 
yellow eyes. 6 feet. $2.50 each. 
Mrs. Townley-Parker. Single, sky-blue 
flowers, white eye. 5 feet. $2 each. 
The Bishop. Royal-blue, showy white 
center. 5 feet. $3 each. 
The Shah. Large, semi-double, rosy laven¬ 
der flowers with dark centers. 5 feet. 
$3 each. 
Dianthus 
Barbatus (Sweet William). Old-fashioned 
perennials with flat heads of fringed, fra¬ 
grant flowers of many colors, marked with 
distinct eye. 1 feet. Mixed colors, 
$3 per doz. 
Barbatus, Newport Pink. Gorgeous va¬ 
riety in shades of salmon, pink, and 
scarlet. $4 per doz 
Barbatus, Scarlet Beauty. Rich, brilliant 
red. $4 per doz. 
Dicentra 
Spectabilis (Dielytra). Fine, old garden 
plants with racemes of rosy red, heart- 
shaped flowers. 3 feet. April, May. 
$6 per doz. 
Dictamnus 
Albus caucasicus (Giant Gas Plant). Per¬ 
manent, decorative perennial with showy, 
long spurs of white flowers in June and 
July. 3 ft. $4 per doz. 
Albus ruber (Purple Gas Plant). Flowers 
reddish purple. 2 to 3 feet. June, July. 
$4 per doz. 
Digitalis 
Purpurea alba (Common White Foxglove). 
Beautiful white flowers. 3 feet. June. 
$3 per doz. 
Purpurea gloxiniaeflora. A highly im¬ 
proved form of Foxglove with rich purple 
flowers. 4 to 5 feet. June, July. $3 per doz. 
Purpurea gloxiniaeflora rosea. A select 
form with charming pink flowers. June, 
July. $3 per doz. 
Shirley Hybrids. Magnificent new strain 
with enormous flower-spikes carrying giant 
flowers, varying from white to dark rose- 
purple, spotted crimson-maroon and ma¬ 
hogany. 5 to 7 feet. $4 per doz. 
Eryngium amethystinum 
Doronicum 
Caucasicum. The earliest yellow daisy¬ 
like flowers to bloom. Very attractive. 
2 feet. May, June. $4 per doz. 
Echinacea 
Purpurea. Large, reddish purple, daisy¬ 
like flowers with drooping rays. 3J^ to 4 
feet. $3 per doz. 
Echinops 
Ritro. Handsome, thistle-like plant with 
large, steel-blue, globular flowers. 6 feet. 
$3 per doz. 
Epilobium 
Angustifolium (Blooming Sally). Wiry 
plant with heads of purple-red flowers. 
4 feet. June-August. $3 per doz. 
Eryngium 
Amethystinum. Handsome, branching 
plants with hard, globular flowers and 
foliage tinged with brilliant steel-blue. 
Useful for winter bouquets. 3 feet. $4 
per doz. 
Eupatorium 
Ccelestinum (Mist-flower). Blue-lavender 
flowers, like ageratum. Handsome. 2 feet. 
August-October. $3.50 per doz. 
WILLIAM M. HUNT & CO., Inc., NEW YORK 
Ga i I lard ia 
Aristata, Portola. Large crimson flowers, 
edged gold. Gorgeous for cutting. $3.50 
per doz. 
Geum 
Chiloense, Mrs. Bradshaw. A handsome 
little plant with large, double, brilliant 
scarlet flowers. 12 to 15 inches. June- 
September. $4 per doz. 
Glaucium 
Flavum. Yellow flowers like small Oriental 
poppies. 15 to 18 inches. July-November. 
$4 per doz. 
Gypsophila 
Acutifolia. Feathery, bright green foliage 
and tiny rose-pink flowers in large clusters. 
2 to 3 feet. $3.50 per doz. 
Paniculata (Baby’s Breath). Bushy, wiry 
plant covered with misty, white flowers in 
July and August. 3 feet. $3 per doz. 
Paniculata fl.-pl., Bristol Fairy. The 
handsomest hardy Gypsophila. The flow¬ 
ers are large, pure white, double, and come 
in enormous sprays in great profusion. 
2 to 3 feet. June—October. $5 per doz. 
Helenium 
Autumnale, Riverton Beauty. Lemon- 
yellow flowers with a central cone of 
purple-black. 4 to 5 feet. August-October. 
$4 per doz. 
Autumnale, Riverton Gem. Old-gold 
flowers tinged terra-cotta. 4 to 5 feet. 
August-November. $4 per doz. 
Hemerocallis 
Betscher’s Hybrids. Some are clear orange, 
others clear lemon-yellow. They are most 
satisfactory for almost all dry locations, 
and are greatly admired and freely pur¬ 
chased by those who have seen them. 
Named, or Mixed, $18 per doz. 
Flava (Lemon Day Lily). Clear lemon, lily- 
like flowers on graceful stems; fragrant. 
Fine for cutting and massing. 3 feet. 
$3.50 per doz. 
Fulva (Tawny Day Lily). Large, long, dull 
red flowers in June and July. Fine for 
naturalizing. 3 to 4 feet. $3 per doz. 
Hemerocallis, Betscher’s Hybrids 
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