2 DANAE RACEMOSA—w. Ornamental evergreen foliage 
plant with big red berries. Pot plant, north. Pkt. 25c. m= 
4 DAPHNE MEZEREUM—48 inches. k. Fragrant, silky blos- 
soms of soft purple in early spring; then scarlet berries. A 
showy, hardy shrub. Pkt. 15c; 14 oz. 35c. 
4 DAVIDIA INVOLUCRATA—Dove Tree. Rare and handsome 
hardy tree from China, with great, showy flower-bracts of 
creamy white that resemble resting doves. Large, nut-like seeds 
that are slow germinating, though quite sure with time. Seeds 
each 35c; 3 for $1.00. Arrival doubtful. Do not order without 
giving alternate choice. 
4 DENDROMECON RIGIDUM—yt(3)84. Tree Poppy. Ever- 
green shrub that bears golden poppy-blossoms. Requires care- 
ful winter protection in the north. Pkt. 20c. 
1 CHINESE POPPY—erk(8)20. It is Dicranostigma Franchet- 
tianum, from mountains of China and northern India, and 
really only a distant cousin of the true poppy. A: long-bloomer. 
Tangled branchings above white-marbled leaves, are filled for 
months with poppy-like flowers of imperial yellow. Pkt. 20c. 
2 AN ODD POT PLANT 
It is CURCULIGO CAPITULA, an unusual Amarylliad 
grown as a pot plant for the gracefully arching, oddly tremu- 
lous foliage, and for the drooping clusters of pretty little yellow 
star-flowers. Of easy handling if given plenty of moisture. 
Pkt. 25c. 
5 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. Thymophylla tenuiloba. Pkt. 20c. 
5 ANNUAL DIANTHUS 
The gay Annual Pinks in rain- 
bow-painted hues that may be § 
clear tones of pink, salmon, scar- 
let, crimson, white, or patterned 
in those bizarre chromatic gro- 
tesqueries that hold such endless 
interest. We offer an inclusive 
mixture, from immense singles 
with long fringe slashings to oth- 
ers double as a Carnation. ecbx- 
(8)12. Order as DIANTHUS 
OLD ORCHARD ANNUALS— 
Pkt. 15¢c; % oz. 30c; 4 oz. 50e. 
DIANTHUS HEDDENSIS—A te- 
traploid hybrid, Heddiwigi cross- 
ed with Chinensis, that gives 
unusually large flowers, on long — 
robust stems. Full color range. Particularly good for summer 
cutting. Illustrated opposite. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
DIANTHUS NEW DWARF COMPACT—It grows to only four 
inches, and as much across, a new, dwarf strain from Japan 
with beautiful flowers in full color range. Right for pot plants, 
the rock garden, or for edging. Pkt. 25c; 3 for 70c. 
1 SHASTA DAISIES 
Soundly hardy, long-lived perennials, satisfactory for mixed 
border planting and for cutting. Big daisies, often 4 to 5 
{nches across, pure white, or rarely faintly creamy. Seeds 
saved from singles of high merit. ecbk (2-4) 30. Pkt. 15c; Ke 
oz. 25c; % oz. 40c; % oz. 75c. Plants, fine, large flowered 
singles, long in stem, with petals of heavy texture. Each 40c; 
3 for $1.10. MOUNT SHASTA—Splendid full double, in bloom 
for months. High-centered flowers of purest white. Plants, 
each 65c; 3 for $1.85. EDGEBROOK GIANT—Single white, 
blossoms of immense size. Probably the largest-flowered of all 
the Shasta Daisies. Long stems. Plants each 70c; 3 for $1.80. 
2 VENUS FLYTRAP 
2 DIONAEA MUSCIPULA—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 halves fold together until the 
bristles interlock. Attractive white flowers. Supplied only in 
small, single-crown plants. These have naturally scanty roots, 
but pot firmly in mixed sandy soil and peat, keep damp, and 
they will increase to fill pot. See SARRACENIA, this catalog, 
for culture from seed. Pkt. 25c. Plants, April through August, 
each 55c; 8 for $1.50. 
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5 DIASCIA BARBERAE — erk(3-4) 15. Exquisitely formed 
blossoms of clear salmon pink with golden markings, are long 
carried on slender-stemmed, airily graceful plants. Garden 
annual, or a good pot plant. Pkt. 20c. 
5 DIDISCUS COERULEUS—ex(3)18. Blue Lace-flower. Big, 
dome-clusters of little blue flowers. Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 35c. 
2 DIDYMOCARPUS MIXED—w. Rare Malayan Gesneriads 
for pot culture. Attractive flowers in the lilac, blue and violet 
range. Give African Violet treatment. Pkt. T5e. 
DIPSACUS FULLONUM—ecbnx (2-3)60. Big, decorative, blue 
flowerheads. The dried seed heads are effective in winter bou- 
quets. Biennial. Pkt. 15c. 
2 THE TELEGRAPH PLANT 
DESMODIUM GYRANS—w. Quite attractive panicles of 
violet flowers. In bright sunlight the lateral leaflets move up 
and down as though signaling by semaphore. To be grown as 
a pot plant under glass in the north. Pkt. 25c. 
ANGEL-TRUMPET or DATURA 
Easy, showy flowers, quick from seed. “‘k or w”. 
CHLORANTHA TRUMPET-IN-TRUMPET— A strikingly 
beautiful large annual with double-ruffled blossoms, usually 
three trumpets deep, one inside another, in delightful yellow 
tones. The flowers open golden, becoming creamy. Long in 
bloom. 36 inches. Golden Queen. Pkt. 20c; 3 for 50c. 
METEL—40 inches. Easy annual, with big, tilted, white 
trumpet-flowers. Pkt. 15c 
METELOIDES (Wrighti)—Big, perfumed trumpet flowers of 
palest roseate-lavender flushing. An attractive flower of easy 
culture. 35 inches. Pkt. 15c. 
FASTUOSA DOUBLE MIXED—30 inches. Double trumpet- 
flowers in lavender, white, pale purple. Easy annual. Pkt. 1b5c. 
SUAVEOLENS—The Great White Angel Trumpet. Pendant, 
fragrant, snowy trumpets to a foot of length. Well-grown, it 
is spectacular. Handled as a large pot or tub plant, but often 
plunged in outside border during summer. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 
50c. Plants, pot-grown, each 55c; 3 for $1.45. 
OFFER 5354—One pkt. each of the 5 for 75c. 
5 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. 15¢c3 
Ye oz. 25c. RINGENS—(3) 14. Glis- 
tening, white 4-inch flowers are 
ringed violet and centered orange- 
and-black. Pkt. 20c. AURANTIACA 
HYBRIDS—(3) 14. Tones of apricot, 
salmon, ecru, cream, copper, rosy 
suffusions, pure and smoky yellows, 
orange. Amazingly  color-variable, 
and as amazingly beautiful. Pkt. 15c3; 
Wg oz. 35c; % oz. 60c. OFFER 535B 
—One pkt. each of the 3 for 40c. 
1 DICENTRA or BLEEDINGHEART 
Hardy, tuberous-rooted perennials of much charm, “‘yt’’ cul- 
ture. CHRYSANTHA— (2-3) 60. Golden Eardrop. High clus- 
ters of inverted golden hearts over silvered foliage. Spectacular. 
Full sun. Sow in position. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c. EXIMIA 
—(2-4)16. Plume Bleedingheart. Plumes of rose-colored heart- 
flowers over slashed evergreen foliage. Sun or light shade. 
Pretty much everblooming. One of the more desirable peren- 
nials. Pkt. 15c; Ye oz. 40c; % oz. Thc; % oz. $1.25. Plants, 
each 55c; 3 for $1.40; 10 for $4.00. SPECTABILIS— (1-2) 20. 
The true Bleedingheart, perhaps most charming flower of its 
season, a plant of present beauty and 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. Tic. Plants, each $1.00; 3 for $2.70; 10 for 
$7.90. FORMOSA—(2-3)12. Nodding sprays of pretty pink 
hearts above “‘fern’’ foliage. Likes shade. Pkt 25c. OFFER 
585C—One pkt. each of the four for 75c. 
DICENTRA SWEETHEART—(8)12. Blossom-hearts of pur- 
est whiteness, in graceful plumes above foliage of translucent 
sea-green. This rare variety of Dicentra formosa blooms May 
into November. Shade tolerant. Sweetheart Dicentra was 
named by this firm. Plants, each $1.00; 3 for $2.80. 
