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Hardy Border Carnations 
802 GRENADIN MIXED. Dwarf, com- 
pact plants with a great profusion of 
double flowers in various colors. Early 
flowering and invaluable for cutting. 
Will bloom first year if seed is sown 
early. 1 ft. Pkt., 25c. 
Centaurea 
803 MONTANA (Perennial Cornflower). 
Hardy perennial variety, grows 2 feet 
high, bearing large violet-blue flowers 
from July to September, Pkt., 15c. 

Cerastium Tomentosum 
Cerastium-Snow-in-Summer 
These blanketing hardy perennial 
plants are suitable for growing over 
stones and rough banks, also used on 
rough places in the rock garden or for 
edging of borders. 
804 TOMENTOSUM. Narrow, silvery 
foliage with white flowers, suitable for 
planting in dry sunny places. 8 to 6 
inches. June. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 35c; 
Y% oz., 55c. 
Cheiranthus 
Very pretty dwarf hardy biennial 
plants, usually handled as annuals, flow- 
ering freely throughout the summer 
from seed sown in spring; for early 
spring flowering, sow in late summer. 
Splendid for rockery. 
805 GOLDEN BEDDER (Siberian Wall- 
flower). About 12 inches high with 
heads of brilliant orange flowers. Pkt., 
10c; % oz., 25c. 
Coreopsis - Tickseed 
Will flower the first year if sown very 
early. 
809 MAYFIELD GIANTS. Deep golden 
yellow. This variety will produce a 
tall and vigorous plant, having long 
and firm stems and large individual 
blossoms. Excellent for cutting. 
Blooms freely all summer. Pkt., 15c; 
¥yZ oz., 25c. 
810 SUNBURST. This new double form 
is just as easy to grow as the single 
varieties offered above and the extra 
petalage adds a further charm to the 
flowers. Pkt., 15c. 


Chrysanthemum - Shasta 
Daisy 
806 NEW GIANT DOUBLE WHITE. 
(Diener Strain). This strain includes 
an assortment of various types of 
double flowers ranging from the most 
fully double fringed petaled_ sorts 
through semi-doubles to a type which, 
though single, forms unusual and 
beautifully shaped flowers with lacini- 
ated, curled and quilled petals. The 
flowers are all large and carried on 
long wiry stems. Pkt., 40c. 
807 CONQUEROR. A Shasta Daisy pro- 
ducing very large pure white flowers, 
5 inches in diameter, borne on long, 
stiff stalks, 18 inches and more in 
length, of which the vigorous plant 
throws up a large number. Blooming 
takes place in about midseason and 
it is no doubt the largest variety for 
cutting yet produced. Pkt., 15c; % oz., 
35c. 
808 ALASKA. A splendid hardy peren- 
nial variety with flowers rarely less 
than 5 inches across, of the purest 
glistening white, with broad overlap- 
ping petals, and borne on long strong 
stems; a beautiful cut flower, remain- 
ing in good condition a week or more. 
Pkt., 10c; % oz., 50c. 


Dianthus, Cheddar Pink 
Dianthus - Hardy Garden 
Pinks 
Every garden should include some of 
the pinks because they are so easily 
grown and make such a wonderful dis- 
play with their bright colored flowers. 
The plants are covered with sweet- 
scented flowers all during the summer. 
Grows about 1 foot high. 

®822 ALLWOODI. Mixed. A splendid 
strain, being half carnation and half 
por. 75 per cent come double, PEt., 
5c. 
BARBATUS. See Sweet William, page 
48. 
823 HIGHLAND HYBRIDS. Tall strong- 
stemmed Pinks in a mixture of colors, 
beautifully marked and zoned; of the 
same habits as Highland Queen. Pkt., 
20c. 
®824 PLUMARIUS (Pheasant’s Hye 
Pink). A semi-double hardy variety, 
clove-scented. Flowers  blush-white, 
shaded with crimson and maroon. 
Pkt., 15c; % 0oz., 65c. 

Dianthus Species 
These well-known mountain plants 
are for the sunny border or sunny, ex- 
posed places in the rock garden or rock 
wall. They flower generally after the 
spring flowers are over and some are 
very fragrant. While having all the out- 
ward characteristics of high alpine 
plants, the varieties we list are as 
friendly and easily grown as Arabis or 
Alyssum. Hardy perennials, 
CULTURE. Easily raised from seed, 
germinating quickly. Plant in ordinary 
good soil, which contains some lime and 
which should be well drained. 
®825 CAESIUS (Cheddar Pink). Pleas- 
ing to the eye at all seasons with its 
tufts of grey, narrow leaves and rose- 
pink fringed, spice-scented blossoms. 
Good for a south wall, or any dry, hot 
place on the rock garden. Will vary 
from 5 to 10 inches high. Late May 
to early July. Pkt., 10c; %& oz., 35c; 
Yq oz., 50c. 
826 DELIGHT, Will grow about nine 
inches high, of neat erect habit, will 
bloom from June to October. Flowers 
% inch wide in shades from the palest 
pink down to the deepest purple and 
reds. Pkt., 25c. 
827 SUPERBUS, LOVELINESS. The 
plants are 12 to 15 inches tall, of good 
branching habit and very free-flower- 
ing. The shaggy appearing, finely 
fringed flowers of delicate rosy lilac 
are highly sweet-scented and measure 
from 1% to 2 inches across. Pkt., 25c. 
ANNUAL PINKS. See page 30. 

YOU TOO ...CAN HAVE A 
BEAUTIFUL LAWN! 
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Shasta Daisy, Alaska 
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