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DE JONG FLORAL AND SEED CO., PELLA, IOWA 



Flower Seed 



In the following list we describe, arranged alphabetically, all the flower seeds we have in stock. 

 We do not offer so extensive a list as many of our brother Seedsmen do, but our assortment contains 

 the Cream, and only varieties of Real Value, and those best adapted to our climate and worthy of gen- 

 eral culture by the amateur. There is much offered to the public that is only valuable in a botanical 

 collection, and will not please the amateur who grows flowers for beauty; and to experiment with 

 high-priced green-house seeds, which takes a professional fKorist to manage, generally ends in a waste 

 of time and money. 



Success makes Flower Culture delightful and we desire all our customers to succeed. And we are 

 confident that our Flower Seeds are unquestionably the best and will grow if properly taken care of 

 and sown at the proper season. We warrant the Flower Seed to be fresh, true to name, and of good 

 vitality. Every variety of Flower Seed is tested, under your own personal supervision, and we posi- 

 tively throw out all dead seed. 



The soil best adapted to most flowers is light, rich loam, containing enough sand to make it 

 porous, and never plant any seeds when the ground is wet. 



BRIEF DIRECTIONS FOR SOWING, Etc., will be printed on each packet of Flower Seed, and by 

 following them any person, without the least experience, will have fair success in the culture of Flow- 

 ers. 



FOR EARLY BLOOM. Flowering soon after the seed is sown, we would recommend Alyssum, 

 Candytuft, Calliopsis, Larkspur, Migonette, Petunia, Phlox and Double Poppies. 



FOR LATE FLOWERS. Nothing can surpass Aster, Ageratum, Adonis, Marigold Salvia, Portu- 

 laca. Pansy and Verbena. 



FOR A SHOWY BED. You need nothing better than Balsam, Dianthus, Phlox. Petunia. Dahlia 

 and Zinnia. 



ANNUALS 



In this department we include not only Annuals that bloom and die the first year, but also those 

 Perennials that flower freely the first year from seed. Upon this class of plants the flower garden is 

 dependent for many of the brightest, most showy and beautiful flowers. 



Abutilon 

 (Flowering Maple) 



Beautiful plants for greenhouse and window cul- 

 ture, blooming almost continuously ; also succeed- 

 ing well in the open ground in summer. Flowers 

 bell shaped, 1 to 1 ^2 inches across. Fine mixed; 

 2 feet. Per pkt. 10 cts. 



Adonis 



A class of showy, hardy annuals, of easy culti- 

 vation, growing about one foot high, with pretty 

 foliage and cup-shaped flowers of an intensely 

 deep blood red color, and of long duration in 

 bloom; sometimes known as "Pheasant's Eye". 



AESTIVALIS (Flos Adonis), scarlet; 1 foot. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts. 



Ageratum 



Valuable plants for large bed of borders, and 

 very useful where cut flowers are in demand; in 

 bloom the whole summer; also good for winter 

 blooming in pots, succeeding in any soil. Indis- 

 pensable for bouquets. Hardy annuals. Fine 

 mixed; 18 in. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Antirrhinum 

 (Snapdragon) 



Beautiful spokes of gay-colored flowers, pro- 

 duced abundantly the first summer until after 

 frost, and also flowers well the second season. 

 Should be in every garden. Hardy perennial. 

 Finest mixed, 12 in. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Little Gem Alyssum 



Alyssum 



Very pretty plants, with clusters of small 

 white flowers suitable for edging, bed or rock 

 work, and much used for bouquets, on account 

 of their delicate, honey-like fragrance. Bloom 

 the whole season, and if sown in September will 

 bloom all winter in the house. The small plants 

 should be dusted with ashes to protect from the 

 black flea. Hardy annual. 



SWEET ALYSSUM. 6 in. Per oz. 25 cts., per 

 pkt. 5 cts. 



LITTLE GEM. Of very compact, spreading 

 growth. Plants 10 to 1-5 inches in diameter. 

 They bloom quickly from seed, the plants bear- 

 ing profusely when quite small. 4 inches. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts. 



