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A. B. C. HARDY PERENNIAL and BIENNIAL SEEDS 

DIANTHUS (Hardy Pinks) 
PLUMARIUS TYPES 
Plumarius, Single Mixed (Pheasant Eye Pink).......... $0.25 
Plumarius, Double Mixed (Hardy Garden Pinks)........ .35 
Plumarius, Semperflorens (Everblooming Hardy Pinks). 
Mixed colors 
Spring Beauty. A wide color range of large carnation- 
like flowers of giant size. Fragrant...(¥% oz., 75c) 
SCOTICUS DOUBLE SPECIAL FLORIST STRAIN 
Self colors of various tints of pink, rose, salmon and 
white, and the combination of these colors with 
bright crimson zones. Free flowering. 12-15 inch 
SiSM1S Wins} eee Senet: (1/16 oz., $1.00) 
VARIOUS TYPES 
Allwood’s Hardy Cottage Strain. A completely new 
breed of hardy garden Carnations. A very fine 
race that will give the greatest satisfaction in any 
garden. Single and double flowers with good range 
of colors, absolute hardiness, and stocky habit of 
growth. They commence to flower early and con- 
tinue in bloom for a lengthy period............... 
Rock Garden Species Mixed. A special mixture contain- 
ing 25 varieties suitable for the rockery.......... 
Sweet Wivelsfield. Single. Flowers are larger than 
Sweet William and are borne in trusses. Fine cut- 
flower or lasting quality and as a new spring bed- 
ding plant 
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Sweet Wivelsfield (New Double). A sensational plant 
—a great improvement on the original Sweet 
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Delight. A hybrid between Sweet Wivelsfield and Dian- 
thus Roysii. Flowers continuously out of doors 
from June until October, flowers about one-half inch 
in diameter, and in alternating spikes in great pro- 
fusion 
Latifolius Atrococcineus fl. pl. Rich fiery scarlet crimson 
PE SCC aT ORT ESOT O SE ROO Sel eo Le (% oz., 50c) 
Loveliness. Mauve-pink flowers of latifolius type. Pleas- 
ing, “fragrance me < seria sisls = there ere (% oz., $1.25) 
Caesius (Cheddar Pink). Six inches tall. Pink flowers.. 
DIANTHUS BARBATUS (Sweet William) 
There is always a good demand for these beautiful 
free-flowering, old-fashioned favorites. 
SINGLE 
Newport Pink. Salmony rose or Watermelon pink.. 
(1% o2., 75c) $0. 25 
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Scarlet Beauty. Intense bright scarlet................ 25 
Diadematus. Crimson with a large white eye........ 25 
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Giant White. Enormous trusses with individual flowers 
almost twice the size of ordinary varieties........ Was 
Dark “Crimson (a5 hice oes Gaetan ee eee bet .25 
Mixed ee reece coerce eat raat One Gene te eee etee .20 
Midget Single Mixed. Lovely compact alpine plants 4 
inches tall in a wide range of colors. Perfect for 
perennial border and used by many as a pot plant .50 
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DICENTRA~ (Bleeding Heart) WIAs ~~ Oe 
Emima. The plumy bleeding heart. 12 inches........ $0.25 $2.50 
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DICTAMNUS (Gas Plant) Tr. Pkt. Oz. 
Fraxinella. A very showy hardy perennial forming a 
bush about 2% feet in height. Has fragrant foliage 
and spikes of rosy pink flowers during June and 
July. Seed somewhat slow in germinating........ $0.25 $2.00 
Fraxinella Alba. Pure white flowers..............+- 29 2.00 
DIGITALIS (Foxglove) Tr. Pkt. Oz. 
The Foxglove must be included in all collections of 
hardy plants. 
Giant Shirley Mixed. A greatly improved strain of un- 
usually strong, vigorous growth. Enormous spikes 
3 to 5 feet in length set with very large flowers. .$0.25 $2.15 
Monstrosa (Mammoth Foxglove). Mixed.............. .20 2.00 
EUPHORBIA Trek Oz; 
Myrsinitea. Dwarf plant. Yellow flower............. $0.35 
EREMURUS-~—(Fox Tail Lily) Tr. Pkt. Oz. 
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FEVERFEW (See Matricaria) 
FORGET-ME-NOT (See Myosotis) 
GAILLARDIA Tre kt Oz. 
The Dazzler. The flowers are very large, of dark, rich 
red with a bright orange tip on the end of each 
petal, making it a very attractive flower for florists. $0.25 $1.75 
GRANDIFLORA 
Burgundy. Lovely wine red flowers on long stems.... .25 2.25) 
Goblins» Redand™ Yellow. bi-colorscncnsicieres so cleisierereieieie 25 2.25 
Tangerine. Large tangerine colored flowers; compact 
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Superb Mixed. Splendid combinations of crimson and 
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Compacta, Mixed. A compact variety forming bushy 
plants 12 to 15 inches high, and bearing long- 
stemmed flowers well above the foliage.......... .20 
GERBERA 
Excellent for pots or cutflowers. (Greenhouse perennial.) 
Jamesoni. Mixed Hybrids. 100 seeds..... 50c 1000 seeds..... $4.00 
GEUM (Avens) Tree kt OZ: 
Lady Stratheden. Large double flowers of rich golden 
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Mrs. Bradshaw. Large, double glowing red.......... 25 2.00 
Prince of Orangesaiauc @rcnge. epee see eee 35 4.00 
GYPSOPHILA (Baby's Breath) Tr. Pkt Oz. 
Paniculata (Baby’s Breath). The fine mistlike flowers 
are much used in bouquets......... (4 |b., $1.75) $0.15 $0.50 
Paniculata fl. pl. Double flowering. The original type 
and one of the best perennials in the list for cutting .45 4.50 
Pacifica. Small pink blooms borne profusely after the 
paniculatcevarictoesscarespasien sco ey he eee 25 2.60 
Repens. An elegant, hardy, trailing plant for the rock- 
ery, with clouds of small white flowers in July and 
PUGUSESS Horse one re cietere tere tteate, ois Sree otic eee 25 2.50 
HEUCHERA (Coral Bells) Tri Pee (On, 
Sanguinea Hybrids. One of the finest hardy perennials. 
The flowers are rich, bright, coral red. The leaves 
are light green and slightly hairy. Excellent for 
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Sanguinea Splendens. Vermilion.................... 75 
Sanguinea Spitfire. Large Rich Scarlet.............. 75 
HIBISCUS (Mallow Marvels) Trp kia Oz: 
A wonderfully improved form of our native Marshmal- 
low in which flowers of enormous size, frequently 
10 to 12 inches in diameter, have been developed. 
Our colors are saved from segregated plants and 
will come true. 
Giant) White; CrimsonsE yey eee ee $0.20 $1.25 
Giant Red ji ficc tice nccauets weuices site LGee ee ee .20 1.25 
Giant Rose ere eee cs clas het -20 1.25 
Giant, Mixed... f0%..8,5 00%. fit cee ea 15 1.00 
