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SHOREWAY NURSERY 
COREOPSIS (continued) Doz. 100 
tVerticillata. Fern Coreopsis. Delightful 
fern-shredded foliage of bright green, 
but newer growth is roseate buff in 
delicately blended tunings. Blossoms of 
brightest pure yellow, no hint of 
orange. Long in bloom. Strictly a non¬ 
spreader. Recommended.2.00 12.00 
DIANTHUS 100 
*Plumarius Little Gem. A delightful 
new addition to the Dianthus family, 
of our own origination, being only 
3 inches in height, and having deep 
rose pink flowers with maroon cen¬ 
ters, which are 1% inches in dia¬ 
meter, and bloom from May until 
killed by a heavy frost, it will 
DIANTHUS PLUMARIUS LITTLE GEM 
(Photographed in one-quart berry box) 
stand the dry weather very well and 
in the dry summer of 1939, there 
was not a day that there was not 
a flower in bloom, and the succeed¬ 
ing wet weather seemed just as well 
to its liking as long as it does not 
get its feet wet. The flowers, which 
come about three to a spike, are 
just protuding above the foliage. 
Excellent for edging and the rock 
garden. 3.00 20.00 
Varieties marked (*) recommended for Rock Gardens 
