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HARDY DIANTHUS 
Single-Flowering Varieties 
Crown “Grass” Pinks. A new race with branching 
flower stalks 10 to 12 inches high, carrying large de¬ 
liciously 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 deltoid es —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 % of an inch in diameter on stems 0 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. Per 1000 seeds, G0c.; Pkt. 10c, 
HARDY DIANTHUS S.ScV.Vk? 
Double-Flowering Varieties 
Dwarf Large Double-flowering Grass or Spice 
Pinks. ( Dianthus plumarius nanus, Jl. 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. 
Pkl. 15c. 
DELPHINIUM LARKSPUR 
Giant Double Hybrids. A splendid race of these popular hardy garden plants. 
The blossoms are of immense size, semi-double and perfectly double, dressing the 
graceful, towering spikes for from 2 to 5 feet of their length. The colors range 
from white and lavender through every shade of blue from azure to indigo and 
purple, several shades being blended in some of the varieties. The plants grow 
from 6 to 10 feet in height. By cutting off the spikes immediately after flower¬ 
ing, these Delphiniums may be had in bloom for §everal months. Mixed 
Colors . pkt. 25c. 
Hybridum Nanum. A semi-dwarf single-flowering type, each plant produces 
several well-furnished spikes, 3 to 3M feet in height. The flowers are very large 
and continue long in bloom; colors vary from light celestial to deepest indigo. If 
sown early they will flower the first season . Pkt. 15c. 
Zalil. (Hardy Yellow Larkspur.) Produces freely long spikes of 40 to 50 sulphur- 
yellow blossoms, each 1 inch in diameter, flowering from June until August, plant 
thrifty and bushy; 3 to 4 feet . .. Pkt. 10c. 
Hybridum Belladonna Fanny Stormonth. A greatly improved variety of the 
'Belladonna” Larkspur; it retains the early and continuous blooming habit and 
the light azure-blue color but the flowers are much larger, of better substance and 
the stems are from 5 to 7 feet high, the upper 2 to 3 feet form a huge branching 
raceme of fine, well-placed flowers. There is nothing like -it amongst all the 
hundreds of new hybrids . Pkt. 15c. 
Formosum. Deep blue, white center; 2 to 3 feet. .Per 1000 seeds, 35c.; Pkt. 5c. 
Single, Fine Mixed Colors . Per 1000 seeds, 35c.; Pkl' 5c. 
Henderson’s New Garden Guide and Record for 1917 is pronounced an indispen¬ 
sable "Gardening Companion”; it answers the 101 questions that "crop up” about 
gardening. We give it free with orders of §2.00 or over. See page 2. 
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Peter Henderson in 1847“ b y a h£t™ Charles Henderson^,^ Peter and Howard M. Henderson 
