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DIANTHUS 0r piNKS” A 
iXJUBLE-FLOWERING ANNUAL VARIETIES 
Customer’s Collections of Dianthus. 
Any three 10c. pkts. selected for 25c. t 
or any six 5c. pkts. for 25c. 
Crown of Perfection. Most beautiful and satis¬ 
factory summer-flowering annuals. Unrivaled 
for brilliancy and rich variety of color; the 
plants are bushy, of symmetrical form, 1 foot 
high. The flowers average 6 inches 
in circumference, are densely 
double, and produced in succes¬ 
sion during the whole summer 
and autumn in such numbers as 
fairly to crowd each other for 
room. There is a wonderful 
diversity of colors, from purest 
white to red shades, deep and 
intensely brilliant, soft pinks and 
flesh tints, and a large propor¬ 
tion of flowers hieroglyphically 
marked with various hues, the 
delicate tints and deep tones 
mingling in exquisite contrast. 
Double Mixed Colors. 
Per 1,000 seeds, 40c... Pkt. 10c. 
Double Fringed Japanese. 
{Dianthus Mirabilis, Jl. pi.) 
ful double flowers 3 to 4 inches 
across, with deeply cut and fringed 
petals; colors rich and varied from 
white to pink and red—some are 
self-colors, some zoned and others 
striped. The plants, 1 foot high, 
flower freely and are very showy. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Fireball. Large, double, brilliant red. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Snowdrift. Very large and double, 
white.. Pkt. 10c. 
Salmon Queen. Beautiful rosy-salmon, 
fine, large, double. .Pkt. 10c. 
Count Kerchove. Double blood-red 
flowers, with a velvety black zone. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Pink Beauty. A beautiful double pink variety. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Chinensis, Double Mixed. (China Pinks.) 
Per 1,000 seeds, 25c. Pkt. 5c. 
Heddewigii, Double Mixed. (Japan Pinks.) 
Per 1,000 seeds, 40c. Pkt. 5c. 
Diadematus, Double Mixed. (Diadem Pinks.) 
Various colors, all edged and marbled. Per 
1,000 seeds, 40c. Pkt. 5c. 
Double Striped and Fringed, Mixed. (Lacinialus, Jl. pi.) 
Large double fringed flowers of various colors and 
markings. Per 1,000 seeds, 40c. Pkt. 5c. 
Imported Collection of Double Annual Dianthus; 
0 varieties, 25c.; 12 varieties, 40c. 
SINGLE-FLOWERING ANNUAL PINKS 
Giant “Ruffled and Frilled.” A superior strain of the Single Hedde¬ 
wigii Annual or China Pinks. The flowers are of noble size, averag¬ 
ing 3 to 4 inches across. The petals are ruffled, frilled and fringed, 
lending grace and beauty to the gorgeously colored blossoms which 
range from dark blood-red to glowing crimson, carmine-rose, salmon- 
pink and white; some of the flowers are mottled and blended with two 
or more shades. The plants are bushy and compact, about 1 foot high, 
and flower abundantly through summer and fall. For garden decora¬ 
tion and for cut flowers these new Dianthus are of unapproachable 
beauty. Per 1,000 seeds, 40c. Pkt. 10c. 
New Silver-Edged Japan Pink. ( Dianthus Heddewigii Marginatus.) Forms 
fine compact bushes about 1 foot high and bear profusely all summer and fall, 
large single flowers of rich blood-red, with a distinct silvery-white margin. . Pkt. 10c. 
Princess Pinks. ( Dianthus Punctalus.) Large, fringe-edged flowers of different ground 
colors over which are dotted and blotched different contrasting colors. Very unique and 
beautiful. Pkt. 10c. 
Heddewigii, Mixed. (Japan Pinks.) Per 1,000 seeds, 25c . Pkt. £ 
Laciniatus, Mixed. (Fringed Pinks.) Per 1,000 seeds, 25c... Pkt. 5c. 
Customer’s Collection of Dianthus—Any three 10c. pkts. selected for 25c., or any six 5c. pkts. for 25c. 
HARDY DIANTHUS, GRASS OR SPICE PINKS (Single and Double Flowering Varieties) 
Crown “Grass” Pinks. A new race with branching flower stalks 10 to 12 inches h ; gh, 
carrying large deliciously fragrant single, and semi-double flowers with fringed petals; 
colors, white, carmine, rose, lilac, etc. Each flower marked in the center with a crimson 
or purple crown. They flower from May to July. Pkt. 15c. 
Maiden Pinks. This pretty type of hardy Pinks —Dianthus deltoides —forms low mats of 
grass-like foliage about 3 inches high, above which is thrown during spring and early 
summer a profusion of small single flowers not over M of an inch in diameter on stems G 
to 8 inches in length. Colors, red, rose and white, all adorned with a central zone of 
crimson . Pkt. 10c. 
Plumarius, Double Mixed. The favorite old Pheasant’s Eye or Grass Pinks; 1 foot. 
Pkt. 10c. 
We Deliver FREE in U. S. by Parcel Post or Express, at our option 
VEGETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS and Flower Seeds by the pkt., oz. 
and quarter lb. ALSO LAWN GRASS SEEDS by the quart and peck. 
Dwarf Large Double-flowering Grass or Spice Pinks. (Dianthus 
plumarius nanus, fl. pi.) These are great improvements over 
the charming time-honored inhabitant of old-fashioned 
gardens. The flowers are large and borne profusely on short, 
stiff stems. In these new pinks we have a large variety of 
colors and markings; the color, of course, refers to the center 
of the flower, the remainder being white or blush with a band 
of color near the margin; the colors include blood-red, rose, 
maroon, purple, pink, blush, spotted, laced, variegated, etc. 
They are excellent perennial garden plants, about 1 foot high, 
vigorous, hardy, and flower profusely during spring and early 
summer. The flowers are very large, double, beautifully 
fringed, and emit a clove-like perfume. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 20c. 
Perfection Pinks. A superb strain of the hardy Grass Pink— 
Dianthus plumarius —bearing enormous double flowers of 
perfect form. Smooth round petals of pure white, edged with 
deep crimson, very fragrant. Pkt. 15c. 
