Dianthus deltoides 
Dictamnus fraxinella 
Edelweiss alpinum 
Erigeron, Violet-Blue 
Dianthus • Hardy Dwarf Pinks cult. 6 
These hardy perennials are unsurpassed for color and fra¬ 
grance, and are splendid for borders. They bloom finely the 
first season, remaining green all winter and blooming the next 
year also, if lightly protected. The double-flowering varieties 
are as fine as carnations for cutting. See Annual List, also. 
Allwoodi, Mixed. A splendid strain, being half Carnation and 
half Pink. 75 per cent come double. Ht. 1 ft. Pkt. 50 cts. 
Allwoodi alpinus. Wonderful for rock-gardens and stone 
walks. The tiny 4-inch plants are covered with small 
flowers in purple, white, pink, and the darker rose shades. 
Pkt. 50 cts. 
Barbatus. See Sweet William. 
Deltoides (Maiden Pink). Beautiful, single coral-pink flowers 
with dark eye, borne 8 inches high in June and July, above 
grey foliage. Pkt. 15 cts.; ks°z. 40 cts. 
Loveliness. Stately and magnificent in habit of growth, yet 
delightfully charming and informal in flower form, this 
garden Pink is one of the finest of the newer cut-flower 
varieties. Its branching, 12 to 15-inch plants are very free 
flowering. The shaggy appearing, finely fringed, delicate 
rosy lilac flowers are highly sweet scented and from 1 34 to 
2 inches across. They are fascinating in the garden, and 
exquisitely dainty in flower arrangements. Pkt. 50 cts. 
Neglectus. A charming, 6-inch rock-plant, with cherry-red 
flowers from May to July on tiny tufts. Pkt. 60 cts. 
Plumarius, Single Mixed (Pheasant’s-Eye Pink). Large, 
single, fringed flowers, beautifully marked in many colors; 
delightfully fragrant. Will bloom the first season from early- 
sown seed. Ht. 1 ft. Pkt. 10 cts.; 34oz. 25 cts. 
Plumarius, Double Mixed (Double Hardy Garden Pinks). 
Double and semi-double varieties. Pkt. 15 cts.; 34 oz - 35 cts. 
Plumarius semperflorens (Everblooming Hardy Pinks). Very 
beautiful, sweet-scented, double, semi-double, and single 
flowers in great diversity of color. Pkt. 15 cts.; 34 oz * 45 cts. 
Dictamnus • Gas-Plant Culture 8 
Fraxinella. Fine border plants, 3 feet high, with dark green, 
glossy, leathery, lemon-scented leaves and large spikes of 
deep pink flowers in June and July. Pkt. 15 cts. 
Digitalis • Foxglove Culture 6 
Beautiful biennial flowers for the tall border, with towering 
spikes of conical, bell-like blossoms and large, sage-green 
foliage at the base. Ht. 3 to 7 ft. 
Gloxiniaeflora. Large, spotted, gloxinia-like flowers, produced 
on spikes 4 feet high. Mixed. Pkt. 15 cts.; 34 oz - 35 cts. 
Purpurea monstrosa. Mixed. A very unusual and showy form 
in which the upper flowers are united into one very large, 
cup-shaped blossom. Pkt. 15 cts.; 34 oz - 35 cts. 
Giant Shirley. This is the greatest improvement over Pur¬ 
purea. It grows 7 feet tall. Color from white to dark rose 
and blotched form. Pkt. 20 cts.; 34 oz - 40 cts. 
Echinops • Globe Thistle Culture 6 
Ritro. Handsome plants, 3 feet high, with silvery, deeply cut, 
large, prickly leaves, and round steel-blue flower-heads 
through the summer. Can be dried for winter use. Pkt. 15c. 
Edelweiss • Leontopodium Culture 7 
Alpinum. A true Swiss alpine with downy white leaves and 
white, horned flowers having yellow, knotted centers in 
June and July. Ht. 5 in. Pkt. 25 cts. 
Erigeron • Fleabane Culture 6 
Large-flowered Violet-Blue. June-flowering, single, daisy 
flowers with blue ray petals around a golden yellow disc, on 
attractive, tufted plants, 2 feet high. Pkt. 15 cts. 
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