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FLOWER SEEP SPECIALTIES 
Dianthus, “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. The flowers are 
immense, averaging 0 inches in circumference, are densely double, and are produced in per¬ 
fect 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 satiny-white 
to red shades so deep and intensely brilliant that the eye can scarcely penetrate their 
velvety depths; soft pinks and flesh tints more dainty than brush could lay; and a large 
proportion of flowers hieroglyphically marked with various hues, the delicate tints and 
deep tones mingling in exquisite contrast. ( See cut.) Double Mixed Colors.. Pkt. I0o. 
“/ want to tell you how splendidly my seeds did this year, especially/ the 
CROWN OF PERFECTION PINKS. I never saw anything so beautiful; 
they are a blaze of bright colors and some of the blossoms are larger than 
a silver dollar.” 
LILITH V. PINCHBECK , West Troy , N. Y. 
DIANTHUS, “SNOWDRIFT.” 
New; robust branching plant about 1 foot high, producing a multitude of very 
double snow-white flowers 3 to 4 inches across with laciniated petals ; an effective 
garden annual and splendid for cutting. Pkt. 20c. 
GIANT “RUFFLED and FRILLED” DIANTHUS 
A SUPERIOR STRAIN OF THE SINGLE HEDDEW1GII TYPE. 
A magnificent new strain of these ever-popular Garden 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 are mottled and 
blended with two or 
more shades. The 
plants are bushy and 
compact, about 1 foot 
high, and flower abun¬ 
dantly through summer 
and fall. For garden 
decoration and for cut 
flowers these new 
Dianthus are of un¬ 
approachable beauty. 
(See cut.). . . .Pkt. 10c. 
DIANTHUS LACINIATUS M1RABILIS. 
A remarkable and distinct new strain of annual Japan Pinks. The plants, 12 to 15 inches high, 
produce lovely, large flowers, 3 to 4 inches in diameter. The margins are deeply cut into strips or thread¬ 
like fringe; this fringe is turned and twisted in all directions. The coiors are varied, from pure 
w'hite and white with pink or red zones to rose and deep purplish-red, even striped and mottled flowers 
are included. Excellent for bouquets, and equally useful for the flower garden. Pkt. 10c. 
EA^LY-FLOWEkIn’g GRASS, BORDER, FEATHER or SPICE PINKS 
(Dianthus Plumarius Hybridus Nanus, fl. pi.) 
These are great, improvements over the charming time-honored inhabitant of old-fashioned gardens. 
Ihe flowers of this new type are much larger, are borne niore profusely on shorter, stiff stems. In 
these new Pinks we have a large variety of colors and markings; the color, of course, refers to the centre 
i i e , ower * fhe remainder being white or blush, with a band of color near the margin; the colors in¬ 
clude blood-red. rose, maroon, purple, pink, blush, spotted, laced, variegated, etc., and they commence 
blooming about two weeks earlier. They are excellent perennial garden plants, about 1 foot high, vigor¬ 
ous, hardy, and flower profusely during spring and early summer. The flowers are very large, double, 
beautifully fringed, and emit a clove-like perfume. (See cut.) Mixed. Colors. Pkt. 25c. new dwarf early-flowering grass pinks. 
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