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DIANTHU8. 
A magnificent genus, embracing the well-known Carnation, 
China Pink and Sweet William. They produce rich and 
varied colored flowers, and are remarkably attractive in beds 
©r masses. Height about 1 foot. 
Double Annual Varieties. 
Chinensis. (China or Indian Pink.) Finest double 
mixed. Per oz., 40 cts. (Fig. 2.).. . Pkt. 5 
Heddewigii fl. pi. (Double Japan Pink.) Very beauti¬ 
ful mixed colors.10 
lmperialisfl.pl. (Double Imperial Pink.) Fine mixed . . 5 
Laciniatus fl. pi. (Double fringed flowers.) Mixed colors. 
(Fig. I.) • • . 5 
Heddewigii Diadematus. (Double Diadem Pink.) Large 
double flowers in various tints of lilac, crimson and 
purple, with outer edges fringed and nearly white. 5 
Mourning Cloak. Rich blackish crimson, sharply edged 
with clear white, double and large size. (Fig. 3.) . . 5 
Fine Garden or Clove-Scented Pinks. (Hortensis Vari¬ 
eties.) Double mixed colors.10 
Single Annual Varieties. 
Heddewigii. (Single Japan Pink.) A magnificent strain 
with flowers 2 to 3 inches across; many exquisite 
colors, blotched and spotted in profusion. Mixed 
colors. (Fig. 4.). 5 
Laciniatus. A beautiful fringed variety; various colors. 5 
The Bride or Little Gem. Forms a compact plant six 
inches high. Flowers wine red veined with rosy 
caimino and broadly margined with white.10 
Snowflake. Pure snow-white flowers of large size; 
fringed. 5 
“Eastern Queen.” Beautifully marbled; the broad 
bands of rich mauve upon the paler surface of the 
petals are very striking and pretty. 5 
“ Crimson Belle.” As its name implies, is of a rich 
' crimson color; flowers of a very large size and sub¬ 
stance, evenly and finely laciniated. (Fig. 5.) . . . . 5 
wine red, white, crimson, etc., with large eye-like 
zone of velvety blood red; clove-like perfume. The 
flowers, are large and borne in profusion from May 
until frost. Will bloom first season from seed sown 
reasonably early. Single varieties mixed.IQ 1 
Barbatus. (See Sweet William.) Fine mixed, 1 ft. . . . IQ 
DODECATHEON CLEVELANDI. 
(NEW GIANT AMERICAN COWSLIP.) 
A beautiful perennial from California, producing flower stems 
1 foot high, surmounted with 6 to 10 large Cyclamen-like 
flowers of violet blue, with yellow and black center. It is 
quite hardy, and luxuriates in partially shaded situations. 
Clevelandi .Pkt. 2( 
DOLICHOS. 
Hardy Varieties. 
fiardnerianus fl. pi. (Double Hardy Garden Pink.) Large 
fringed flowers. Mixed colors. 5 
Plumarius. (Pheasant-eye Pink.) Very fragrant large 
flowers; beautiful colors and finely fringed. 5 
Cyclops. Entirely distinct, the predominating colors 
being delicate rose, flesh pink copper color, salmon, 
(hyacinth bean.) 
A very ornamental and rapid-growing climber, with dense* 
foliage and handsome purple and white flowers. Tender 
annual. 
Lablab, Purple .Per oz., 40 cts.; pkt. 
White . “ 40 cts.; . . 
Mixed . “ 35 cts.; . . 
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