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WAYSIDE GARDENS 
DESMODIUM 
Shrub-like plants producing long willow-like canes which give the plants 
a lovely effect. Its thousands of purple blossoms are a magnificent 
sight late in the fall. 
Culture. Any good garden soil will do. Plant in full sun in the hardy 
border together with purple and bronze Chrysanthemums or at the base 
of shrubs. Remove all growth in spring, cutting the plant back to the 
ground. 
Penduliflorum Each $0.50, Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00 
A lovely shrub-like plant for the hardy border or shrub border. Arched 
slender branches are covered with hundreds of drooping racemes of 
liquid purple flowers which make a gorgeous display late in the autumn. 
DIANTHUS - Garden Pinks 
A great selection of plants for the sunny border or sunny, exposed 
places in the rock garden or rock wall. In fact, no rock garden is 
complete without a liberal planting of the various Dianthus. In England 
where rock gardening is a well understood art, Dianthus are used by 
the thousands. They are perfectly hardy anywhere. 
Culture. Plant in ordinary good soil, which must contain some lime 
and should be well drained. Planting may be done in fall or early 
spring, 6 to 10 inches apart, in sunny, dry places in the rock garden, 
rock wall or on the margin of the border. All love lime and gritty soils. 
DIANTHUS - Pinks 
Latifolius, Beatrice Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
This everblooming cluster Pink is a very valuable plant for the garden, 
constantly in bloom from June until September. Its color is a lovely 
pure pink. 
Latifolius, Furth Bismarck Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Similar to the Beatrice in habit and freedom of bloom, its flowers are, 
however, several shades darker, more like the color of the Paul Neyron 
rose. 
Plumarius, Gladys Cranfield Three $1.20, Doz. $3.50, 100 $25.00 
Single, flowers bright rose, with velvet crimson eye, very fragrant. 
Plumarius, Essex Witch Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Double. Delicate pink; finely fringed. 
Plumarius, Her Majesty Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Double. Very large; purest white. 
Plumarius, Highland Hybrids Mixed Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 1 00 $20.00 
A beautiful and very varied mixture, including unnamed hybrids of all 
possible shades. Especially noted for their fragrance and long bloom. 
Plumarius, White Reserve Three $1.00, Doz. $3.00, 100 $20.00 
Double. Continuous flowering; pure white. 
'tPlumorius, semperflorens flore pleno Three $0.75, Doz. $2.50, 100 $15.00 
Double and single blooms. Blooms throughout the summer. 
Delphinium, Wayside Gardens Hybrids 
DIANTHUS BARBATUS - Sweet William 
This charming old favorite has been in cultivation for some three 
centuries. Strictly speaking, it is a biennial, but on well drained soils 
it is perennial in character. Tnere are single and double forms of it, 
but the former are the hardier and more easily grown of the two. 
Culture. Sweet Williams will succeed in good, ordinary rich soil in masses 
in the mixed, sunny border. Plant in autumn or early spring, 8 to 12 
inches apart. 
Atrococcineus flore pleno Three $0.75, Doz. $2.50, 100 $15.00 
(Double Sweet William). Intense deep scarlet double flowers; very 
brilliant in the garden and a fine cut flower. 
Sutton's Fairy Three $0.75, Doz. $2.50, 100 $1 5.00 
Charming variety of recent introduction, with delicately tinted salmon- 
pink flowers. 
Sutton's Giant White Three $0.75, Doz. $2.50, 100 $15.00 
Enormous trusses which might well be mistaken for perennial Phlox. 
Sutton's Pink Beauty Three $0.75, Doz. $2.50, 100 $15.00 
We have succeeded in fixing the shade of this beautiful salmon-pink 
variety, which should be grown in every garden. 
Sutton's Rich Crimson Three $0.75, Doz. $2.50, 100 $1 5.00 
The richest Sweet William known; although very dark, it is a bright 
color. 
Sutton's Scarlet Three $0.75, Doz. $2.50, 100 $15.00 
A remarkable color. The flowers are of an intense scarlet. 
Sutton's Mixed Shades Three $0.75, Doz. $2.50, 100 $1 5.00 
Include all the various tints, which give a most pleasing and harmonious 
effect. 
DIANTHUS HEDDEWIGI - Japanese Pinks 
Flowers are very large and of the most brilliant colors, varying from 
pure white to the richest crimson, while many are beautifully laced or 
striped. For bedding purposes they are of immense value during the 
entire summer, and they also furnish elegant flowers for bouquets. 
Mixed Varieties Three $0.85, Doz. $2.75, 100 $1 8.00 
Their wide range of colors and markings are a constant revelation. In 
bloom from early spring until late fall, they easily are one of the most 
satisfactory Pinks for garden decoration or cutting. 
Dianthus Heddewigi 
