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: with sweetly scented flowers of purest white. 
fringed. Fragrant. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. 
WINTERI—(2-8)10. Excellent hybrid strain of English 
origin, claimed as a cross of Clove Pink and Carnation. 
Big flowers, mostly single, in .varied colorings, often with 
sharp zonings. Blooms over a long period. Pkt. 20c; 146 oz. 
40c. OFFER 75A8—One pkt. each of the above for $3.30. 
DIANTHUS AVALON ROSE—A splendid double-flowered 
variety with spicily fragrant blossoms in a delightful silvery 
rose. It makes spectacular wide mounds of bloom. Of full 
vigor and hardiness. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
DIANTHUS BEATRIX—An exquisite everblooming double 
wae Pee. biossoms of pure shell pink. Plants, each 50e; 
or $1.40. 
DIANTHUS SILVERMINE—An altogether lovely everbloomer 
Very like 
Beatrix save in color. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
DIANTHUS ABBOTSFORD—One of the better long-blooming 
doubles. Softly perfumed flowers of. rosy crimson, splashed 
with white. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
DIANTHUS ROSE CUSHION—A miniature, only 3 or 4 
inches high. Dense, rounded cushions of deep rosy pink. Right 
for the rock garden. Plants, each 50c. . 
GARDEN OF PINKS—One plant each of the 17 separate 
species, strains and varieties offered above in plant form, 
with names, for $6.75. Order as OFFER 76AN8. 
DIANTHUS ROCK GARDEN BLEND—The lower kinds, 
suitable for the rock garden, edgings or bedding. Pkt. 20c; 
l4g oz. 85c; 1% oz. 55e. 
DIANTHUS PEERLESS BLEND—Seeds of all the kinds we 
grow, low and taller alike. Pkt. 15e; 4% oz. 40c; %4 oz. T5e. 
* ANNUAL DIANTHUS 
The gay Annual Pinks in rainbow-painted hues that may 
be clear tones of pink, salmon, scarlet, crimson, white, or 
patterned in those bizarre chromatic grotesqueries that hold 
such endless interest. Contrasting edgings, fantastic lacings, 
and zonings there will be. We offer an inclusive mixture, 
from immense singles with long fringe slashings to others 
double as a Carnation. ecbx(8)12. Order as DIANTHUS OLD 
ORCHARD ANNUALS—PKkt. 15e; % oz. 30c; ™% oz. 50c. 
ANNUAL DIANTHUS DIVERSITIES—For spreads of long 
beauty. CHINESE DOUBLE MIXED—Showy, double blos- 
soms. Varied colors. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 35c. PEERLESS 
SINGLES—Single flowers with deeply fringed and slashed 
petals. About every known Dianthus coloring and marking. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 35ec. VESUVIUS—Double flowers in deep, 
glowing salmon rose. Pkt. 15c. VIOLET QUEEN—Double 
blossoms in rosy violet. Pkt. 15ec. CHAMOIS ROSE—The 
name describes the charming coloring. Fully double. Pkt. 15c. 
SNOWBALL—Fully double fringed flowers in purest white. 
Pkt. 15c. PINK BEAUTY—Big, double flowers in clear shell 
pink. Pkt. 15e. LUCIFER—A deep, rich red are the large 
double blossoms. Pkt. 15¢c. MOURNING CLOAK—Darkest 
maroon, each petal with a narrow white edge. Double. Pkt. 
15ec. OFFER 77A8—One pkt. each of above for $1.00. 
1 DODECATHEON or SHOOTING STAR 
Fragrant blossoms in something of Cyclamen form, the 
petals thrown straight back as though by thrust of air in 
swift meteoric passage. A truly delightful 
spring flower for rock garden or for many 
another use. Illustrated opposite. Colorings 
range from suffused whites, through pink and 
lilac, to purple. “‘kt.’”’ Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
DODECATHEON MEADIA — Fragrant, clus- 
tered flowers, palest pink to suffused rose. 
Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 40c. 

1 DICTAMNUS 
Old garden favorites of many folk-names, 
Dittany they are called, or Fraxinella, or 
Burning Bush, or Gasplant, but to botanists ? 
they are Dictamnus. They cut well, and few perennials have 
longer life, the plants becoming stronger and better each 
year. 86 inches. The showy, lemon-scented flowers yield in 
warm dusks an ignitible, flashing gas. “kt”? culture. ROSE 
FORM—Racemes of large flowers in rich rose, veined red. 
Pkt. 15¢; 46 oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.20. 
WHITE FORM—We do not know of a better white-flowered 
perennial. Pkt. 15c; 146 oz. 30c; % oz. 50c. Plants, each 45c; 
3 for $1.20. MIXED COLORS—Seeds only, rosy red and 
white in mixture. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 45c; 14 oz. 75c. 


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DIPSACUS SYLVESTRIS AZUREUS — ecbnx(2-3)60. Big, 
oddly formed flowerheads of pure blue. The dried seed-heads 
are effective in winter bouquets. Biennial. Pkt. 165c. 
1 DICENTRA or BLEEDINGHEART 
Hardy, tuberous-rooted perennials of much charm. “yt” 
culture. CHRYSANTHA—(2-3)60. Golden Eardrop. High 
clusters of inverted golden hearts over silvered foliage. Spec- 
tacular. Full sun. Sow in position. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
EXIMIA—(2-4)16. Plume Bleedingheart. Plumes of rose- 
colored heart-flowers over slashed evergreen foliage. Sun or 
light shade. Pretty much everblooming, and an altogether 
satisfactory garden species. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. Plants, 
each 50c; 3 for $1.40. OREGANA—(8)12. Delightful heart- 
blossoms of soft cream, often with rosy suffusions. Foliage 
silvery. An exquisite, but not difficult. Long in bloom. Pkt. 
25c. Plants, each 75c. THALICTRIFOLIA—(2)20. Dainty 
Himalayan species of more or less trailing or semi-scandent 
habit. Maiden-hair Fern foliage and pale lemon flowers. Pkt. 
25e. SPECTABILIS—(1-2)20. The true Bleedingheart, per- 
haps most charming flower of its season, a plant of present 
beauty and of pleasant memories. Gracefully curved sprays 
of big, pendant, rose-colored heart-blossoms, tipped white. 
In full spread of bloom, a lovely thing. Pkt. 25c; 6 oz. 65c; 
4% oz. $1.10. Plants, each 80c; 3 for $2.30. OCHROLEUCA— 
(2-3) 45. Consider it a slightly lower Chrysantha with blos- 
soms creamy yellow rather than golden. Pkt. 20c. FORMOSA 
—(2-4)12. Nodding sprays of pink hearts above ferny foliage. 
Pkt. 15c. OFFER 78A8—One pkt. each of above for, $1.20. 
1 DICENTRA SWEETHEART 
Blossoms that are hearts of snowiest whiteness, carried in 
graceful plumes above fern-foliage of translucent sea-green. 
This rare and delightful variety of Dicentra formosa is in 
constant bloom, May into November. It is shade-tolerant, and 
gives charming effects in open woodland, against shrubbery 
or when planted on the north or east of a building, but it 
will flower just as long and freely in full, hot sun if a 
good mulching of straw, leaves or grass clippings be spread 
about the plants. The Sweetheart Dicentra thrives best in 
deep rich soil. Long-lived and of full hardiness. Plants, one- 
season size, each $1.00; 3 for $2.90. 
* DIMORPHOTHECA 2 
The Dimorphothecas are showy, 
long-petalled daisies from South 
Africa, to be grown as Annuals. 
Illustrated opposite. ‘“‘kt’’ culture. 
SINUATA—KEasiest, and altogether 
charming. Three months of flowers 
in glossily rich orange. Pkt. 15c; 
Vg oz. 25c. RINGENS—(8) 14. Glis- 
tening, white 4-inch flowers are 
ringed violet and centered orange- 
and-black. Pkt. 20c. AURANTIACA 
HYBRIDS—(3)14. Tones of apri- 
cot, salmon, ecru, cream, copper, 
rosy suffusions, pure and smoky 
yellows, orange. Amazingly color- 
variable, and as amazingly beauti- 
ful. Pkt. 15ce; 4g oz. 30c. SPECTA- 
BILIS—(4)18. Big, all-purple flow- 
ers. Exceedingly showy. Start plants 
early. Pkt. 20c. ECKLONIS— (3) 25. 
Sturdy, upright grower with large, 
white flowers, purple-tinged in reverse. This, and Spectabilis, 
need longer season than the others. Start them early. Pkt. 
20c. OFFER 81A8—One pkt. each of above for 85c. 
DIMORPHOTHECA JUCUNDA—(8)12. A rare and clear 
rosy mauve are the big, long-stemmed daisy-flowers. Makes 
a delightful, everblooming pot plant, or may be grown in 
the summer garden. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 

2 VENUS FLYTRAP 
2 DIONAEA MU'SCIPULA—The Venus Flytrap makes an 
interesting pot plant. The leaves are truly trap-like, the 
two halves center-hinged and edged with long bristles. When 
the leaves are touched, the two halves fold together until the 
bristles interlock. Attractive white flowers. Supplied only in 
small, single-crown plants. These have naturally scanty 
roots, but pot them firmly in a mixture of sand and peat, 
keeping this damp,.and they will soon increase to fill the 
pot. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
