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•PETER HENDERSON A. CO., MEW YORK- 
ANNUAL DIANTHUS 
= or CHINA PINKS 
DOUBLE-FLOWERING VARIETIES 
Crown of Perfection. Most beautiful and satisfactory summer-flowering annuals. 
Unrivaled for brilliancy and rich variety of color; the plants are bushy, of symmetrical 
form, 1 foot high. 1 he flowers average 6 inches in circumference, are densely double, 
and produced in succession 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 proportion <?f flowers hieroglyphically marked with various hues, the delicate 
tints and deep tones mingling in exquisite contrast. (See cut ) 
Double Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 50c. Pkt. 10c. 
Double Yellow (D. Heddewtgtifl.pl. LtUeolus). This new Pink produces double flowers 
of a pretty light yellow shade. Although we have long had vellow Carnations, this 
is the first appearance of yellow among the annual Dianthus; about 60 per cent, should 
come true. Pkt. 20c. 
Double Fringed Japanese (Dianthus Mirabilis, fi. pi). Beautiful 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. 15 C . 
Fireball. Large, double, brilliant red. 10 c 
Snowdrift. Very large and double, purest white. 10c. 
Salmon Queen. Beautiful rosy-salmon, fine large, double. 10c. 
Count Kerchove. Large, double flowers of rich blood-red, each petal being marked 
with a velvety-black zone. Pkt. 15c 
Tom Thumb Brilliant. An exceedingly dwarf type, growing only 4 to 5 inches high 
and sheeted with double flowers of brilliant scarlet. pkt. 15c. 
Chinensis, Double Mixed (China Pinks) 5c. 
Heddewigii, Double Mixed (Japan 
Pinks). pkt. 5c. 
DiadematuB, Double Mixed (Dia¬ 
dem Pinks). Various colors, 
all edged and marbled.. Pkt. 5c. 
Double Striped and Fringed, 
Mixed (Laciniatus, fl. pi). 
Large double fringed flow¬ 
ers of various colors and 
markings. Pkt. 10c. 
Collection of Double An¬ 
nual Pinks, 6 colors, 25c.; 
12 colors.40c. 
“7 must express my keen 
gratification with your new 
kinds of 'Pinks.' They are 
certainly marvels of beauty. 
We had your superb doubles. 
Crown of Perfection and the 
big singles. Ruffled and Frilled, 
also your superb Japanese 
fringed sorts. They have flowered 
all summer long." 
Mrs. R. G. DUTTON , 
Syracuse, N. Y. 
For Description and Prices of the Hardy Grass 
Pink Seed, see Preceding Page. 
SINGLE-FLOWERING ANNUAL PINKS 
Giant “Ruffled and Frilled.” A superior strain of the Single Heddewigii Annual 
or China Pinks. The flowers are of noble size, averaging 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 arc 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 
decoration and for cut flowers these new Dianthus are of unapproachable 
beauty. Per 1,000 seeds , 50c. Pkt. 10c. 
New Silver-Edged Japan Pink. (Dianthus Heddewigii Marginatus.) This strik¬ 
ing novelty forms fine compact bushes about 1 foot high and bears profusely 
all summer and fall, large single flowers, 2K inches across, remarkably colored 
rich blood-red, with a distinct silvery white margin; very effective. . Pkt. 15c. 
Single Fringed Japanese (Dianthus Mirabilis.) A remarkable and distinct strain. 
Lovely, large flowers, 3 to 5 inches in diameter. The margins are deeply cut into 
strips or thread-like fringe; this fringe is turned and twisted in all directions. 
The colors are varied, from pure white and white with pink or red zones, to rose 
and deep purplish-red, even striped and mottled flowers are included. Pkt. 10c. 
Princess Pinks. (Dianthus Punctatus.) 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). Pkt. 5c. Laciniatus,Mixed (Fringed Pinks) 5c. 
FULL CULTURAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE PRINTED ON ALL OF OUR FLOWER SEED PACKETS 
