Dianthus, or China Pinks. 
HENDERSON’S “CROWN OF PERFECTION. ” 
(LARGE DOUBLE HYBRIDS OF DIANTHUS HEDDEWIGII.) 
One of the most beautiful and satisfactory of summer-flowering annuals. Unri¬ 
valed for brilliancy and rich variety of color, the plants are bushy, of symmetrical 
form, 1 foot high. The flowers are immense, averaging 6 inches in circumference, 
are densely double, and are produced in perfect 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. 10c. 
“/ 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. 
GIANT “RUFFLED and FRILLED” DIANTHUS 
A SUPERIOR STRAIN OF THE SINGLE HEDDEWIGII 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 t hrough su m mer 
and fall. For garden 
decoration and for cut 
flowers these new 
Dianthus are of un¬ 
approachable beauty. 
(See cut.). . . .Pkt. 10c. 
DIANTHUS LACINIATUS HIRABILIS. 
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 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. Excellent for bouquets, and equally useful for the flower garden. Pkt. 20c. 
rsr 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 
The flowers of this new type are much larger, are borne more 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 
of the flower, the 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 
b eautifully fringed an d emit ajdove-like pe rfume, (See cut. ) Mixed Colors Pkt 25c' 
NEW DWARF EaRLY-FLOWEKING GRASS FINKS. 
Henderson’s “PICTURESQUE G4RDENS” ^^“'^Vs.'i^rstblT^e^Vn^otr' gi . v ? Lawn, Garden and Grounds. Se f 8 r e 
