VEGETABLE AXD FLOWER SEEDS , ETC. 
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LARKSPUR. 
COXCOMB. See Celosia. 
DATURA. 
Ornamental and very attractive. Half hardy an¬ 
nual, producing trumpet shaped flowers from 7 to 9 
inches long. Roots may be preserved over winter in 
sand in the cellar. Seed should be sown early under 
glass; transplant to 20 inches apart. 
Wriglitii, color white, faintly tinged with lilac; 
sweet-scented. 5 
DELPHINIUM. [Larkspur.] 
One of the handsomest and most decorative plants 
for the flower garden; foliage finely fringed. The 
flowers are produced in long spikes. Sow seed early 
win re the plants are designed to bloom; the tall varie¬ 
ties should stand 18 inches apart and the dwarfs about 
8 inches. 
Pkt. Cts. 
Double Dwarf Rocket, mixed colors.. .5 
Double Tall Rocket, mixed colors... 5 
Double Stock-Flowered, tall branching; mixed colors. 5 
DAHLIA. 
Although perennials, Dahlias will bloom freely the first season from seed, com* 
ing in blossom about August, if seed is sown fairly ear thely in spring. For further 
description and price of roots see Summer-Flowering Plants and Bulbs. Customers 
can depend upon getting something exceedingly choice in this line from us. 
Best Single Mixed, Many pleasing colors.. 
Best Double Mixed, flowers large, full and perfectly double.10 
DIANTHUS, 
A splendid genus, which embraces some 
of the most popular flowers in cultivation ; 
it includes tne very popular “ Carnation,” 
(Dianthus Caryophyllus); the beautiful 
“ Garden Pink,” (Dianthus Ilortensis) and 
the old and well-known “ Sweet William,” 
(Dianthus Barbatus). But as the above 
varieties do not flower until the second 
season, a description of them will be found 
in the proper place, The double and single 
varieties, with their rich and varied colors, 
are very attractive in beds or masses, while 
the varieties introduced later, such as 
Dianthus Heddewiggi and Dianthus Lacin- 
iatus , with their large and beautiful colored 
flowers, are unequaled ; very desirable for 
bouquets. Seeds may be sown in a frame, 
or in a carefully prepared bed early in 
spring ; transplant or thin to 8 or 10 inches 
apart. [Illustration.] dianthus diadematus. 
Chinensis, double mixed, fine. 5 
Imperiallis, (Double Imperial Pink) fine mixed. 5 
Heddewiggii Diadematus, (Diadem Pink), a fine variety of exceeding 
beauty, remarkable for its brilliant markings and dazzling colors. 5 
Meddewigii and Laciniatus, large flowers, 8 inches in diameter, very beau¬ 
tiful ; mixed colors. . 5 
