HARDY DIANTHUS 
some 60 of them 
Here are the lovable Garden Pinks, 
for your choosing. 
DIANTHUS ALLWOODI—ecrbx(2)18. Sweetly perfumed 
and widely color variable are these hybrids of Carnation and 
Clove Pink. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 25c. (Plants, ‘each. 25c; 
3 for 70c.) 
DIANTHUS ALLWOODI ALPINUS—erx(2)5. Vigor and 
color of Allwoodi, habit and small size of Alpinus. Pkt. 20c. 
DIANTHUS ARENARIUS—“*erdx(2)6. Foliage densities, 
folded and rumpled into a miniature landscape; hills and 
valleys of silver-green velvet. Fringed, perfumed. creamy 
blossoms. Illustrated page 40. Pkt. 15c; 4/16 oz. 30c3;<4@ oz. 
50c. (Plants, each 20c; 3 for 55c; 20 for $1.60.) ‘ 
DIANTHUS ARVERNENSIS—erx(2)5. Wide mossy mats, 
little rose pink, noteh-petal, blossoms above. Pkt. 20c; 
1/30 oz. 40c. (Plants, each 40c.) 
DIANTHUS AVALON—Spectacular; great mounds, yard- 
wide, of solid bloom. Large double flowers of silver-veiled 
rose, sweetly perfumed. Seedlings vary. Pkt. 20¢; 1/s2 oz. 
50c. (Plants, from cuttings, each 35c; 3 for $1.00.) 
DIANTHUS CARTHUSIANORUM GIGANTEUS—ebx (3-4) 
40. The tallest Dianthus, stems to 40 inches. Mahogany 
buds open to clustered flowers of striate rose. Pkt. 5c; 
1/1¢ oz. 85c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
DIANTHUS HIGHLAND HYBRIDS—ecrbx(2-4)16. A mag- 
nificent strain, flowers of largest size, often vividly zoned; 
colorings richly applied, white to crimson, with about all 
tones of pink, salmon and rose in between. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 
oz. 30c; 1% oz. 50c; % oz. 80c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 
70c; 10 for $2.70.) 
DIANTHUS HYBRIDA FLORIBUNDA-—erx (2-3)9. Perhaps 
a cross of D. monspessulanus and D. plumarius. Dwarf, 
compact, exceedingly floriferous. Flowers are single to 
double, delicately fragrant, notched petals, usually pink to 
rose. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 25c. (Plants, each 25c; 8 for 70c.) 
DIANTHUS KNAPPI—ecrbx(2-4)18. Lemon yellow blos- 
soms, an altogether unique color in hardy Dianthus. Long 
in bloom, and plants exceedingly durable and long-lived. 
Group it with Campanula olympica or Jasione for delightful 
yellow-and-blue effects. Jilustrated page 40. Pkt. 20e; 1/s2 
oz. 40c; 1/16 oz. 75c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
DIANTHUS LONGICALYCINUS—“ecrbx(3-4)25. Diffusely 
branching plants, long-loaded with pretty pink to rose. blos- 
soms, these fringed in a sheer extravagance of wind-blown 
laciness. A variety of D. superbus. Pkt. 10c; %& oz. 30c; 
% oz. 50c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 65c; 10 for $2.00.) 
DIANTHUS NEGLECTUS—erx(2)6. No more delightful or 
distinct little rock garden ‘‘Pink’’ than this. Charming 
flowers of brilliant cherry, always a tawny buff-rose in 
reverse. Close and compact. 20 seeds for 15¢; 50 for 35c; 
100 for 55c; 250 for $1.25. (Plants, each 30c.) 
DIANTHUS SEGUERI—“*erebx (3-5)20. Bushy plants, with 
large notch-petalled blossoms from soft pink to deep car- 
mine, usually marked with maroon and white. Blooms 
mid-July until autumn. Pkt. 10c; 1/16 oz. 20c; % oz. 35c. 
(Plants, each 25c;.3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00.) 
DIANTHUS SPECIOSUS—erbx(2)20. The Showy Pink. A 
vast profusion of lacy blossoms that vary from pink to 
lilac. Early variety of D. superbus. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 25c. 
DIANTHUS SUPERBUS WHITE LACE—*ecrbx(3-4) 20. 
Big flowers of snowy white, fringed to an airy filigree. A 
splendid, long-blooming species. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 25c; % 
oz. 40c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c.) 
DIANTHUS SUBACAULIS—erltx(2)6. A splendid rock 
garden ‘Pink’; low dense mounds of blue-green foliage, 
set all over with thickets of little pink and rose blossoms, 
the petals jagged or dentate. Exceedingly floriferous. Early. 
Pkt. 15c; 4/16 oz. 30c; 4% oz. 50c. (Plants, varied colors, 
each ‘25c; 3 for 70c.) VARIETY OLD ORCHARD (low, com- 
pact, pink), plants only, each 30c; 3 for 85c. 
OFFER 108A52—One pkt. each of the 15 for $2.00. 
OTHER HARDY DIANTHUS SPECIES—Pricéd per pkt. 
Alpinus 20c; Anatolicus 10ce, % oz. 25¢; Arboreus 15e; 
Banaticus 10c; Brachyanthus 10c; Barbatus (SWEET*“WIL- 
LIAM JOHNSON GIANTS MIXED) 10c; Caesius 10c,. % 
oz, 25c; Arenarius Pink Selections 15¢; Cheddar Hybrids 
lic; Collinus 15c; Caucasicus 10c; Corsicus 10c, 44 02. 25c; 
Delicatus 10c; Deltoides 10c; Deltoides Montanus (turf- 
former or grass substitute, flowers rose) 10¢, 1/16 oz.. 25c, 1% 
oz. 40c; Deltoides Alba 15c; Dissectus 15¢c; Furcatus 15e; 
Graniticus 10c; Gratianopolitanus (valid name for Dianthus 
caesius); Grisebachi 10c; Hoeltzeri 10¢; Hybridus Ipswich 
Double Crimson 15¢; Kotschyanus 15¢c; Latifolius atrococ- 
cineus, (double, vivid, glowing crimson) 10c, % oz. 20e; 
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Gelidus 15c; Luminitzeri 10c; Monspessulanus (showy, varied 
pinks, blossoms deeply fringed) 10¢, 1% ez. 80c, %4 oz. 50c; 
Plumarius Ipswich Strain, (fine, varied, fragrant), 10c; Prae- 
cox 15c; Pyridicolus, (identity not certain, good) 10c; 
Racemosus 20c; Reuteri 10c, %4 oz. 25¢c; Saxigensis 20c; 
Serotinus 25c; Spiculiformis 25c; Squarrosus 10¢, 4 Oz. 
25c; Superbus, (lacey, deep pink) 10c, \% oz. 25¢; Sylvestris 
20ce, (plants, each 25c); Tatrae 10c; Tergestinus 10c; 
Vaginatus 15c; Virgineus 10c; Viscidus var. Parnassus 10c, 
% oz. 25c, %4 oz. 40c; Waldsteini (fringed, white with pink 
zoning), 15c, 1/16 oz. 85¢c; Winteri (splendidly varied, long- 
blooming) 15c, 1/16 oz. 25¢e, 1% oz. 40c, %4 oz. 70c; Zonatus 
10c. OFFER 109A52—One pkt. each of 46 for $5.00. 
DIANTHUS ROCK GARDEN BLEND—About as fine a 
mixture of the rarer species suitable for the rock garden as 
it would be possible to make up. We would call attention 
to the point that we actually grow at Old Orchard seventy 
kinds of Dianthus, and so have unexcelled facilities for 
making up such a blend. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 35c; 14 oz. 60c. 
DIANTHUS PEERLESS BLEND—Seeds of all the Dianthus 
species we grow, proportions varying. Includes taller kinds. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 35c; % oz. 60c. 
DIGITALIS, including FOXGLOVE 
There is reminder of friendlier times in these favorites of 
the elder day. 
DIGITALIS ORIENTALIS AVALON—ebx(2-3)60. Erect, 
spirelike habit, one central high-pointing spike, surrounded 
by lower spires in Gothic tower effect. The flowers are 
in close imbrications, but individual blossom form is un- 
usual. Over the white of the flower is laid a netting of 
gold-glinting chestnut. Long in bloom. TIllustrated page 
24. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. (Plants, each 25c; 
3 for 70c.) 
DIGITALIS THAPSI—erx(3-4)}20. | Fountain-like plants, - 
foliaged in tawny down, carry in airy racemes, blossoms 
that open to buff-tinged cream, suffusing with delicious 
strawberry tones. Pkt. 15c; 1/16 oz. 30c; 1% oz. 50c. 
DIGITALIS FERRUGINEA—ebx(3)60. Tall towers of 
branched bloom. Flowers lobed, creamy yellow, but overlaid 
with a heavy netting of ruddy, autumn-brown lines. Strik- 
ing. Pkt. 15¢c; 8 pkts. for 40c. 
DIGITALIS GIANT SHIRLEY—ebx(2)60. A giant. selection 
of oldtime Foxglove, larger in blossom, and showing wide 
variations in color. Always there is crimson dotting, 
whether it be over white, pink, rose or those lovely blended 
tones and shadings. Pkt. 10c; 1% oz. 20c; %4 oz. 35c. 
DIGITALIS SPECIES AND STRAINS—Priced per pkt. 
AMBIGUA—Soft yellow. Pkt. 15e. ERIOSTACHYA—Pale 
yellow. Pkt. 10. HYBRIDA LUTZI—Salmon-pink to rosy 
apricot. Pkt. 15c; 4/16 oz. 20e. LAEVIGATA—Straw yel- 
low, netted red brown. Pkt. 15e. LANATA—Big buff 
flowers, reticulated orange brown. Pkt. 15¢; % oz. 30c; 
4 oz. 50c. PURPUREA PINK—Pink Foxglove. Pkt. 10c. 
PURPUREA MONSTROSA-—Spire-spikes topped. with single 
oversize bloom. Colors varied. Pkt. 10c. NERVOSA— 
Creamy. Pkt. 10c. NEVADIENSE—Long one-sided racemes 
of yellow. Decorative. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 30c. TOMENTOSA 
—Pale yellow with dark net. Pkt. 10c. OFFER 110A52— 
One pkt. each of the 14 for $1.50. RAGE: ; 
DIGITALIS BLEND—For surprises, try this faixture cofsall 
the Digitalises listed in this catalog, with others. Here’s 
wealth for hardy borders. Pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 20c. 
DODECATHEON or SHOOTING STAR 
Charming exquisites in Primrose relationship, though in 
appearance of Cyclamen. Blossoms are fragrant, long in 
stem, with the petals thrown straight back, as though by 
rush of air in their meteoric passage from some other world. 
Colorings vary from suffused whites, through pink and 
lilac, to rose, wine and velvet purple. Some carry gold 
bandings. “y” culture. A blend. Jilustrated page 15. Pkt. 
15¢e; 2/22 oz. 40c. b a is 
‘DODECATHEON SPECIES-——Priced per pkt. Alpinum 20c: 
Cusicki 20c; Hendersoni,15c; Meadia 15c, 1/s2 oz. 40c, 1/16 
oz. 75c, (dormant plants, each 25c, 3 for 65c).; Meadia splen- 
didum 20c; Pauciflorum 15¢; Puberulum 15c. 

DICTAMNUS ALBUS—by(2-3)32. Gas Plant. Terminal ~ 
racemes of large graceful blossoms, pure white or rosy 
purple. At dusk the flowers yield an ignitable vapor. 
Handsome, long-lived border perennial. Pkt. 10¢c; % oz. 35c. 
