. Catalogue and price list of reliable seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Nursery stock; Flowers; Bulbs (Plants); Vegetables. 16 Z. DeForest Ely & Co., Ltd. DIANTHUS. HB*. (Garden Pink.) Some of our prettiest and most fragrant flowers are comprised in this genus. Dwarf varieties are only a few inches tall, but other sorts average about one foot in height. Some seeds- men classify Dianthus as annual, biennial and per- ennial, but gardeners who treat them all as hardy bi- ennials will be most successful. Chinese and Jap
. Catalogue and price list of reliable seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Nursery stock; Flowers; Bulbs (Plants); Vegetables. 16 Z. DeForest Ely & Co., Ltd. DIANTHUS. HB*. (Garden Pink.) Some of our prettiest and most fragrant flowers are comprised in this genus. Dwarf varieties are only a few inches tall, but other sorts average about one foot in height. Some seeds- men classify Dianthus as annual, biennial and per- ennial, but gardeners who treat them all as hardy bi- ennials will be most successful. Chinese and Japa- nese varieties bloom the first year from seed, and many sorts live on from year to year, but old plants are never so hardy as young ones and do not give so many or such large flowers. Garden pinks will grow in any soil, but for many flowers, large and richly colored, plant them in a well-prepared bed of turfy- loam, leaf-mold and well-decayed 8189 Dianthus Chinensis. Best double mixed; all Pkt. colors . oz. 40 cts. $0 05 3190 Double White oz. 40 cts- . 5 3191 —Heddewegii fl. pi. (Japanese Pink.) Very double; all shades from rich velvety crimson to delicate rose oz. $1 . 10 3192 laciniatus, fl. pi. Beautifully fringed, very double large flower, richly color- ed and striped 5 3193 Single. Fringed; mixed colors .... 5 8194 —imperialis, Double Dark Red 5 3195 Dwarf, Double White 5 3196 Dwarf, Double Mixed 5 3196 —diaderaatus. Double mixed 10 3197 —Mixed Varieties. All the above sorts . 5 3198— plumarius. (Pheasant's Eye.) Usually class- ed as perennial. Single, fringed white flowers with a dark center . oz. 40 cts. 5 3199 (Paisley Pink.) Like the above, but double and in many colors; very fragrant 20 8201 —barbatus. (Sweet miliam.) These plants have been greatly improved of late years; they produce a splendid ef- fect in beds and shrubbery; may be treated either as hardy biennials or per- ennials. One and one-half feet 5 820
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