* DAHLBORG DAISY (Golden Fleece) 
Delightful everblooming low plant, grown in the garden 
as an annual, and unsurpassed for close edgings, bedding, 
or as a rock garden filler. Myriads of tiny daisy-blossoms 
in a 24-carat gold tone, over mounds of aromatic fern- 
foliage. 6 inches. Sow early. May also be grown as a pot 
plant, behaving then as a tender perennial. Thymophylla 
tenuiloba. Pkt. 15c; 1/32 oz. 25c 
3 DAHLIAS FROM SEED 
They are easy, usually blooming first year, and you can 
have a lot of fun in growing them from seed. They will 
all be pretty, and there is always the possibility that you 
may get one worth introducing as a new sort. PEERLESS 
DOUBLES—Saved from fine large semi-double to intensely 
double flowers in full Dahlia color range. Good things 
should come from this. 10 seeds for 25c; 85 for 70c. GIANT 
EXHIBITION—A super-strain, saved only choicest giant- 
flowered varieties. 10 seeds for 40c; 30 for $1.00. NEW 
MINIATURE—Strain of dainty baby Dahlias for cutting or 
bedding, running to about 25 inches, blossoms single or 
semi-double, or rarely double, in colorings that include 
canary, buff, apricot, pink, rose, scarlet, crimson, purple. 
Pkt. 15¢; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
DAPHNE CNEORUM 
Called Garland Flower. Low spreading evergreen long 
mantled by clusters of lovely pink blossoms that are per- 
fumed in Carnation reminder. Plants never exceed 12 
inches of height, but may be 20 inches across. Rock gar- 
dens, edgings, low hedge, or in the mixed border. Plants 
only, 7 to 9 inch, at each 90c; 3 for $2.60. 

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and person, of piquant experience and a thousand savor- 
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2 DARLINGTONIA CALIFORNICA—amkt (w)20. The 
oddly serpentine leaves are twisted, hooded pitchers with 
translucent windows. Illustrated oppo- 
site. Intricate, inverted flowers of red- 
veined buff-brown. A _ carnivorous bog 
plant that needs careful winter protection 
in northern gardens, but handles very 
well indoors as a pot plant in an east or 
north window. Use sandy soil mixed with 
sphagnum or peat, and keep well-watered. 
Feed plants at considerable intervals by 
putting minute shreds of meat in the 
pitchers. See ‘Sarracenia’ for culture from seed. Pkt. 20c; 
3 pkts. for 50c. (Plants, each $1.00). 
DAISY SHASTA—ecbk(2-3)30. Enomous flowers, four to 
five inch daisies, white or creamy. Seeds saved mostly from 
fine, large singles, but with a bit included from doubles. 
Pkt. 15¢c; yy oz. 40c. (Plants, variety MOUNT SHASTA, 
full snowy, fluffily double, long in bloom. Each 60c; 3 for 
$1.65). 
DATURA—ek(w). Angel-trumpet. METELOIDES—Hasy an- 
nual. Big trumpets of palest roseate lavender. Pkt. 10c; 
1g oz. 20c. TRUMPET-IN-TRUMPET. Blossoms intensely 
double-ruffled, soft yellow, cream or white. Annual. Pkt. 
15ec. SUAVEOLENS—Spectacular tender perennial for large 
pot or tub culture. Pendant, fragrant trumpets of pure 
white, to a foot of length. Pkt. 20c. 
5 DENDROMECON RIGIDUM—yt(3)84. Tree Poppy. Un- 
usual evergreen shrub that bears golden Poppy-blossoms. 
Careful protection, North. Pkt. 20c. 
* THE ANNUAL DELPHINIUMS 
Distinct from Annual Larkspur. ‘‘k’’ culture. CARDIO- 
PETALUM—Loose spire-spikes of green-tipped violet blos- 
soms. <A 16-inch beauty. Pkt. 15¢e. ORIENTALE—35 
inches. Kurdistan. Blossoms of richest Tyrian purple. Pkt. 
15e. PANICULATUM—35 inches. Loose, airy panicles of 
dark-blue midget flowers. Ever-blooming. Pkt. 15c. GRANDI- 
FLORUM CAMBRIDGE BLUE—85 inches. Chinese Lark- 
spur. Blossoms of belladonna-blue on much branched plants. 
Pkt. 15¢c. GRANDIFLORUM WHITE BUTTERFLY—12 
inches. Low, branched plants with pure white flowers. Pkt. 
10c. AZURE FAIRY—12 inches. Twin of the last, but in 
bright blue. Pkt. 10c. (The Grandiflorums may be treated 
as perennials if one so wishes). OFFER 53A15—One pkt. 
each of above for 70c., 


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1 THE HARDY DELPHINIUMS 
AVALON BLEND—*ecbx(2-4)60. Widest range of color 
and form of any of our blends of Giant Delphinium. In- 
cludes Hollyhock Strain, Blackmore and Langdon selections, 
Lamartine, The Shah, Iceberg, Giant Pacific Hybrids, with, 
for informal cut flower delight, a modicum of Cheilanthums 
or Garland types. Among the Avalons you may enjoy 
varied beauty to the fullest extent of the Delphinium 
heritage. Pkt. 30c; 1/32 oz. 50c; 7s oz. 90c. (Young single- 
crown plants, each 35c; 3 for $1.00). 
WREXHAM HOLLYHOCK STRAIN—ebx(2-4)65. Large 
flowers, mostly fully double, carried in dense, wide spires. 
Full color range. Pkt. 25c; 1/382 oz. 40c; yy oz. 7T0c. 
BELLADONNA—*ecbx(2-4)50. This is Cliveden Beauty, a 
Cheilanthum of particular value for cutting. Large single 
flowers of exquisite blue-turquoise in loose, graceful spikes. 
Pkt. 15c; 7 oz. 380c. 
CARDINALE—bkt(3)40. Blossoms of glowing scarlet, hele 
met shaped. Full sun. Needs winter protection. Slow ger- 
minater. Pkt. 15c; 3 for 40c. 
GIANT PACIFIC HYBRIDS—*ecbx(2-4)60. Flowers of 
great individual size, practically all double, well-placed on 
the several branching stems. The range of colorings is in- 
clusive, delicate pastels showing along with rare hue and 
tone. This remarkable strain was developed in the Pacific 
coast area. Pkt. 35c; 1/32 oz. 90c; ps oz. $1.65. 
GIANT PACIFIC WHITE—A selection from the last. Very 
large flowers fully double, pure white. Fine spikes. Pkt. 
85c; 1/32 oz. 90c. 
MENZIESI—rdkt(2)20. A rock garden species. lLong- 
spurred blossoms of dark blue. Plants bushy. Pkt. 15c. 
VESTITUM—cbkt(3)60. Himalayan Delphinium. Tall spires 
of bloom, soft blue to violet, downy, and with white eye. 
Mountains of Asia. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 52A55—One pkt. each of above for $1.60. 
1 DICENTRA or BLEEDINGHEART 
Hardy, tuberous-rooted perennials of much charm. 
culture. CHRYSANTHA—(2-3)60. Golden Eardrop. High 
clusters of inverted golden hearts over silvered foliage. 
Spectacular. Full sun. Sow in position. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. 
for 50c. CUCULLARIA—(1)8. Dutchman’s Breeches. Pretty 
little blossoms with spurs diverging. White, yellow-tipped. 
Pkt. 15c. EXIMIA—(2-4)16. Plume Bleedingheart. Plumes 
of rose-colored heart-flowers over slashed evergreen foliage. 
Sun or light shade. Close to everblooming. Pkt. 15c; 7 oz. 
35c. (Plants, each 40c). OREGANA—(8)12. Delightful 
heart-blossoms of soft cream, tipped purple. Foliage silvery. 
An exquisite rock plant, long in bloom. Shade-tolerant. 
Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. SPECTABILIS—(1-2)20. True 
Bleedingheart. Sprays of pendant, rose-colored hearts with 
white tips. In full spread of bloom, a glorious beauty. 
Plants only, each 65c; 3 for $1.75. DICENTRA OCHRO- 
LEUCA—(2-3)45. Very like Chrysantha, but here the blos- 
soms are soft creamy yellow instead of deep yellow, and it 
has about a foot less of height. Pkt. 20c. FORMOSA— 
(2-4)12. Nodding sprays of pink hearts above spreading 
fern foliage. Pkt. 15c. DICENTRA SWEETHEART—Sprays 
of snowy white heart blossoms. Long in bloom. A variety 
of D. formosa. A very lovely rock garden plant. A limited 
number of young plants will be available for Sept.-Oct. 
delivery at $1.25 each. OFFER 56A55—One pkt. each of 
the six offered in seed form for 90c. 
Sy Gx 
*DIASCIA BARBERAE—erk(3-4)15. 
golden insets, 
Pkt. 20c. 
*DICRANOSTIGMA FRANCHETTIANUM—erbk(8)20. Rap- 
id Celandine. A pretty, long-blooming annual from Hima- 
layan hills. Above leaves that are white marbled on green, 
a tangle of slender branching fills day after day with 
poppy-blossoms of imperial yellow, each built of four big 
flake-petals in satin-finished gold. Illustrated page 7. Pkt. 
15c. 
1 DICTAMNUS FRAXINELLA—(by(2-3)36. Gas Plant. A 
handsome, long-lived perennial, botanically D. albus. Ter- 
minal racemes of large and showy flowers that yield, in 
warm dusks, an interesting ignitable gas. ROSE FORM— 
Rich, deep rose. Pkt. lic. (Plants each 40c; 3 for $1.10). 
WHITE FORM—Blossoms of pure white. Pkt. 15c. MIXED 
—Includes both white and rose. Pkt. 15c; x4 oz. 30c. 
3 DIERAMA BLEND—rbkt(3)50. Bells of blush, rose-red 
or amaranth, pendant from willowy stems. Illustrated 
page 21. An unusual garden bulb that winters outside 
well north if protected with straw or leaves. Pkt. 1b5c. 
Salmon pink with 
are the odd, exquisitely formed blossoms. 
