2 DROSANTHEMUM SPECIOSUM — Showy Dew-flower. 
Great quantities of flowers that open lavender-rose, soon 
becoming brilliant red-orange. Showy plant for pot, box, or 
hanging basket in full sun. Plants, each 50c; 8 for $1.40 
2 DYCKIA BLEND—w. Desirable plants for pot culture, 
making dense rosettes of fat and highly glossy leaves, lightly 
spine-edged, the whole in particularly deep, rich green. One 
of the easier Bromeliads. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 50c. 
1 HARDY DIANTHUS 
The delightful Garden Pinks, all perennial and winter- 
hardy. ‘‘x’’ culture. They cut. ALL.WOODI—Cross of Carnation 
and Clove Pink. Colorings widely inclusive, always beautiful. 
Perfumed flowers, single to double. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 40c. 
Plants, each 50c; 8 for $1.25, 10 for $3.60. ARENARIUS— 
silver-green velvet. 
(2)6. Foliage densities like rumpled, 
Fringed, creamy flowers, with the 
richest, sweetest fragrance to be 
found in Dianthus. Pkt. 20c; 46 oz. 
85c. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.20; 10 
for $3.60. ARVERNENSIS—(2)5. 
Mossy mats are set with little dentate 
flowers, usually of rosy pink. An ex- 
quisite. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 50c; 3 
for $1.30. CARTHUSIANORUM GI- 
GANTEUS—(3-4)40. Tallest Dian- ; 
thus species. Clusters of shining, mahogany-toned buds open 
to rose-colored blossoms. Pkt. 20c; 46 oz. 35c. Plants each 50c; 
3 for $1.25; 10 for $3.65. DELTOIDES MONTANUS—(2) 6. 
Maiden Pink. Dense, bright green mats are set with vivid 
flowers, deep rose to deep red. Rock garden, or a dense car- 
peter. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for $3.00; 25 
for $6.70. DELTOIDES WHITE—Flowers pure white, but at 
times with a faint blush suffusion. Otherwise like last. Pkt. 
20c. Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for $3.00. HIGHLAND 
HYBRIDS—(2-4)12. Magnificent strain of hardy pinks, the 
flowers of particularly large size, and coming in wide assort- 
ment of beautiful forms, delicate to richly vivid colorings. Pkt. 
15¢c; Ye oz. 25c. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.25; 10 for $3.75; 25 
for $4.35. JAPONICUS—16 inches. A long-lived perennial with 
shining leaves. Long-stemmed flower-clusters, like those of 
Sweet William, come in quite a range of attractive colorings. 
It blooms right through summer drought and heat. Pkt. 20c; 
Vg oz. 50c; % oz. 85e. KNAPPI—(2-4)14. Really lemon yellow, 
a coloring unique in Dianthus. A species both long-lived and 
long in bloom. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 50c. LONGICALYCINUS 
—(8-4) 25. Diffuse plants with pink to rose blossoms, fringed in 
extravagant laciness. Blooms summer to early autumn. Pkt. 
15c; Ye oz. 25c. Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.20. MONSPESSU- 
LANUS—(2-3)12. The Ragged Rascal Rock-pink. A free- 
blooming and decidedly showy species. Large flowers, deeply 
slashed and fringed, in varied pleasing tones of pink and rose, 
sometimes with white markings. Pkt. 15c; %6 oz. 25e; % oz. 
40c; % oz. 75c. Plants, each 50c. PLUMARIUS IPSWICH 
STRAIN— (2-3) 12. The delightfully perfumed Clove Pink, an 
old favorite with flowers usually single to double, in many 
delightful changes of coloring. Pkt. 15c; Wg oz. 25c. Plants, 
each 50c; 3 for $1.20; 10 for $3.60. NEGLECTUS—(2-3)5. An 
aristocrat of the rock garden. Low, tufted grower with 
blossoms of brilliant cherry, buff in reverse. A rare delight. 20 
seeds for 25c; 100 seeds for $1.00. SEGUERI—(3-4)18. Notched 
blossoms, pink to carmine, flecked white and maroon. In con- 
tinuous bloom from early summer into mid-autumn. Pkt. 15c; 
Ye oz. 25c. Plants, each 50c. SUBACAULIS—(2)6. Desirable 
rock garden species. Low, dense, blue-green mounds, set with 
pink to rose blossoms, petals dentate. Pkt. 20c. Plants, each 
50c. SUPERBUS WHITE LACE—(3-4)20. Big, fragrant, pure 
white blossoms, deeply lace-fringed. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 35c. 
Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.20. WINTERI—(2-3)10. Fine hy- 
brid strain, Clove pink with Carnation. Particularly large 
flowers, mostly single, in varied colorings and blendings. Pkt. 
20c: 146 oz. 40c. Plants, each 50c. OTHER FINE DIANTHUS 
SPECIES—Price per pkt. Caesius 15c; Deltoides erecta 20c, &% 
oz. 35c: Latifolius atrococcineus 20c; Superbus Pink Lace 15c. 
OFFER 536A—One pkt. each of above for $3.40. OFFER 
5836BN—One plant each of the 17 so offered, for $6.50. 
DIANTHUS. ROCK GARDEN BLEND—Lower kinds, for 
rock garden or bedding. Pkt. 20c; Ye oz. 35c: 1% oz. 5c. 
DIANTHUS PEERLESS BLEND—Seeds of all the kinds we 
grow, low and taller alike. Pkt. 15c; 1%4 oz. 40c; %4 oz. T5e. 
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ASK FOR THE TREASURE CHEST—It is a folder offering 
seeds and plants omitted from this catalog for lack of space. Jt 
also lists wide assortment of good books on gardening, wild 
flowers, outdoor life, ete. : £ 
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1 A GARDEN OF PINKS 
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 70c; 3 for $1.75. 
DIANTHUS WALLACE RED—10 inches. A showy long 
bloomer, near-double flowers of brilliant red-toned crimson. 
We consider it the finest hardy Dianthus yet introduced in 
this coloring. Blooms all summer. Plants each 60c; 3 for $1.55. 
DIANTHUS BEATRIX—An exquisite, everblooming double, 
with fragrant flowers of shell pink. Each 55c; 3 for $1.40. 
DIANTHUS SILVERMINE—A lovely, everblooming hybrid 
with sweetly scented, pure white flowers. Plants, each 65c; 
3 for $1.40. 
DIANTHUS ROSE CUSHION—A miniature, only 3 or 4 
inches high, to six inches across, dense, mounded cushions 
of blue-tinted green. In late spring the cushions turn to rosy 
pink, for then they are set all over with pretty blossoms 
on inch-high stems. Makes a wonderful edger, and of course 
it is just right for the rock garden. Plants, each 50c; 3 for 
$1.35; 10 for $3.90; 25 for $9.00. 
DIANTHUS ABBOTSFORD—Long-blooming Hybrid Dianthus 
with double, fragrant flowers of very good size, in attractive 
white-splashed crimson. Each 55c; 3 for $1.40. 
DIANTHUS CANTON RED—Fine single flowers of true red 
with slight white stippling, upfacing on short, sturdy stems. 
A vigorous, floriferous sort of close, compact growth. Fully 
hardy, long blooming, long-lived. Plants, each 50c. 
DIANTHUS SPRING DELIGHT—Fringed double blossoms of 
medium size in pure, soft pink. Sweetly fragrant. A dainty 
delight. Plants, each 55c. : 
OFFER 536CN—One plant each of the 8 for $3.75. 
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. 25c. 
DODECATHEON MEADIA—Fragrant, clus- 
tered flowers, pale pink to suffused rose. Pkt. 
25c. Plants, each 45c. 
1 DICTAMNUS 
Old garden, favorites of many folk-names, 
Dittany they are called, or Fraxinella, or Burn- 
ing 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. 
36 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. 15c; 
Wg oz. 80c; 1% oz. 50c. Plants, each 65c; 3 for $1.75. WHITE 
FORM—We do not know of a better white-flowered perennial. 
Pkt. 20c; Ug oz. 35c. Plants, each 70c; 3 for $1.75. MIXED 
COLORS—Seeds only. Pkt. 15c; 1% oz. 50c. 
If we fear mark of soil, the freedom of gardening cannot 
be ours. Earth is tonic; without it we become didactic, 
dogmatic,’ walled in by reasonless rules; with it comes a 
certain tolerance, a falling away of barriers, spiritual and 
physical. As with Antaeus of old, by touch of earth is our 
strength renewed. 
1 DOUGLASIA MONTANA~—ryt(1)5. Tufted rock garden 
perennial. Mounds of daintiest pink in spring. Pkt. 20c. 
1 DRABA REPENS—(Sibirica)—erkt(1)5. In early spring the 
low, green mats are set over with a rippling canopy of little 
golden flowers. Plants, each 50. 
1 DRABA MOLLISSIMA—rk. A pretty, downy-leafed species 
from the Caucasus with hosts of little golden flowers. A 
delight in the rock garden. Pkt. 25c. 
5 LIVINGSTONE DAISY — k(3)8. Dorotheanthus bellidi- 
formis. Pretty little succulent Annual for full sun, with fluffy 
blossoms in pink, rose, red or white. Pkt. 15c. 
1 DUCHESNEA INDICA—Lovw, hardy plants with “‘straw- 
berry” foliage, spreading by runners. Golden flowers followed 
by shining red fruits carried above the leaves. Rock garden 
or carpeting. Sometimes used in hanging baskets. Pkt. 15c, 
