D 0 L Xal DIANTHUS OR PINKS. 
D15 A/l P A/I P15 D that we do not longer supply our Seeds through dealers, storekeepers, 
I\JEf/VlC/7l D CJt\ etc. They are‘‘Henderson's" only when direct from us. 
HAHUY DIANTH 08 , "CYCLOrS." 
HARDY DIANTHUS OR PINKS. 
Highly valued for the great beauty and fragrance of their flowers. These make splendid bushy plants 
from 1 to 2 feet high, unrivaled for permanent beds and borders. 
Gardnerianus, Double Mixed. (Double Hardy Garden Pink.) Large fringed flowers. Pkt. 5 
Plumarius, Double Mixed. (Double Pheasant's-eye Pink.) Double-fringed flowers; fragrant, and 
of white, crimson or purple shades, spotted and variegated, 9 to 12 inches high. .10 
Plumarius, Single Mixed. (Feathered Pheasant'a-eye Pink.) Large single fragrant flowers of 
beautiful colors and finely fringed.5 
Single Cyclops Pinks. This magnificent new strain of Pinks produces an entirely new series of 
colors of unapproachable beauty, exquisite combinations of colors, the predominating shades being 
delicate rose, flesh pink, copper color, salmon, wine red, white, crimson, etc., the beauty being further 
enlivened by a large eye-like zone of velvety blood-red ; clove-like perfume. The blossoms are round 
aud fully 6 Inches in circumference, borne in wondrous amplitude from May until frost. The plants, 
sturdy and vigorous, will bloom the first season if the seeds are sown reasonably early. Single 
varieties. Mixed colors. (See cut.) .10 
Double Cyclops Pinks. Mixed colors.25 
Flowers very large, 2 inches and over 
across, and freely produced and of the 
richest colors and finely fringed. (See cut.) 
Heddewigii, Mixed Colors. (Single 
Japan Pinks.) A magnificent strain of 
Pinks, the flowers averaging 2 to 3 
inches across, broad and round, and 
of many exquisite colors; blotched, 
splashed, spotted in indescribable con¬ 
fusion. Per oz., 60c. Pkt. 5 
44 Salmon Queen.” The flowers are 
large, well formed and nicely fringed, 
and of a very distinct brilliant salmon 
color, changing into a rosy salmon..10 
‘‘Queen of Holland.” ( D. Heddewigii 
albus.) A beautiful Indian Pink, with 
large, round,entire edged single flowers 
of glistening white. Occasionally a faint 
salmony ring appears around the eye, 
but usually the flowers are of purest 
white. The plants, about 1 foot high, are 
fairly covered with flowers from early 
summer until frost, from spring-sown seed. 
(See cut.) .10 
Little Gem, or the Bride. It forms a plant 
only 6 inches high, which is almost smoth¬ 
ered with charming flowers. Color, an exqui¬ 
site combination of wine ml,suffused and veined 
with a rosy carmine and broadly margined with 
white.10 
Snowflake. Pure snow-white flowers of large size, ex¬ 
quisitely fringed.5 
Eastern Queen. Immense single flowers, beautifully fringed, 
marbled and suffused with carmine rose, mauve and lilac.5 
Crimson Belle. Magnificent, large, single fringed flowers of 
lustrous velvety crimson. 
Fringed Hybrids. A new cast of colors, shades varying from blush- 
white to deep rose, tinged with salmon, and ornamented with a garnet zone around the eye.10 
“ Glare of the Garden.” Grand, immense single-fringed flowers, fully 3 inches across, of the richest, 
most brilliant velvety scarlet crimson. One of the showiest and most gorgeously effective garden 
annuals in our grounds the past season....1 0 
Laciniatus, Mixed Colors. Finest single fringed sorts. Per oz., 60c.5 
Sonv. de la Mal- 
maison. A beatrfl 
ful, large, double- 
flowering annual “Gar¬ 
den Pink.” rosy apricot 
blended with white. 10 
Collection of six distinct 
double annuni 1 )iantbus, 
25c.; 12 varieties, 40c. 
S IN annual pinks. 
The family of “Pinks” is unrivaled for brilliancy and rich variety of color: tin* 
plants are bushy, of symmetrical form—blooming so profusely as to almost un¬ 
interruptedly cover the plants until late in autumn, rendering them one of the 
most beautiful and satisfactory of all annuals for summer flower gar«k*n». 
Height, about 1 foot. 
Chinensis fl. pi.. Mixed Colors. Double China or Indian Pink. 1 foot Per 
oz.. 80c. Pkt. 5 
Heddewigii fl. pl. f Mixed Colors. Double Japan Pink, large flowers. Per 
oz., 75c. 
Double Diadem, Mixed Colors. (Diademanis fl. />/.) Splendid large double 
flowers of many colors, each hieroglyphic-ally edged and marbled in the most 
charming fashion. 
Double Snowflake. Pure white; large double fringed flowers of perfect form. 10 
Fireball. Densely double flowers of large size and of marvelously rich and 
brilliant velvety red.lO 
White Prill, or Mourning Cloak. Double flowers of large size, of rich and 
unique colors; rich purple, maroon, almost velvet black, and sharply edged 
with clear white, making a strikingly beautiful contrast...f* 
Double Striped and Fringed, Mixed Colors. These are particularly grand. 
The immense flowers are very double, deeply fringed at the edges and of many 
exquisite colors, all of which arecharmingly strijied with some other color.lO 
“Crown of Perfection.” The flowers are immense, averaging 6 inches in 
circumference, are densely double, and are produced in perfect succession dur¬ 
ing 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, deep and 
intensely brilliant; soft pinks and flesh tints, 
and a large proportion of flowers hicrogly- 
phieally marked with various hues, the 
delicate tints and deep tones mingling 
•in exquisite contrast; mixed colors. 
(See cut.) .10 
“Midnight.” Beautiful and 
very distinct . The whole plant, 
stems, branches and flower 
buds are black and leaves 
dark green. The flowers 
are very double and won¬ 
derfully rich in coloring, 
almost black, the high 
lights glowing with a 
surface bloom of vel¬ 
vety claret maroon.. 
. 10 
Imperialis rn- 
bro-striatafl. pi. 
A very beautiful 
variety; large dou¬ 
ble flowers of rich 
blood-red ground 
color, irregularly 
striped and splash¬ 
ed with white and 
pink—differl ng 
from other striped 
varieties, t h e 
gro u n d colors of 
which are white. .10 
