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DE JONG FLORAL AND SEED CO., PELLA, IOWA 



Aster — Mikado Pink 



A fine new variety. Petals are narrow, 

 very long and gracefully reflexed, making 

 it the fluffiest Aster we have ever seen. In 

 color it is a most exquisite shade of shell 

 pink. For a mid-season pink Aster it is 

 without a rival. The plants are unusually 

 vigorous, succeeding everywhere. It is not 

 uncommon to find plants with a dozen 

 long, strong, graceful stems each crowned 

 with flowers from four to six inches in di- 

 ameter. Per pkt. 10 cts. 



Aster — Peerless Yellow 



Without a doubt the most satisfactory yellow yet produced. While not as striking as its more 

 brilliantly colored cousins is delicate hue of pure sulphur yellow, endears it at once to every true lov- 

 er of beauty. The flowers are large and remarkably full and ball shaped, with centers deeply covered 

 with curled and twisted florets. 



The plants are of branching type and very vigorous. It is not unusual to find a plant with from 

 twenty to thirty good flowering stems sufficiently long and with flowers of ample size for extra fancy 

 cut flower purposes. So numerous and large are the flowers that the plants are completelly covered. 

 It is certainly a winner in its class and color. Per pkt. 10 cts., 3 pkts. 25 cts. 



Chinese Wool Flower 



This splendid novelty eclipses everything so far introduced. A glorious garden flower of the 

 easiest culture and a long continued season of bloom. Plants grow 2 to 3 feet high, the bloom start- 

 ing early with a central head, round and globular, which often reaches a large size. Scores of side 

 branches are thrown out, each bearing a ball of scarlet wool, all these branches support numerous 

 laterals with small laterals with small heads of bloom mixed with fresh green foliage, so that a plant 

 looks like an immense bouquet set in the ground. None of the blooms fade in any way until hit by a 

 hard frost, but all continue to expand and glow with a deeping richness of color, a dark crimson scar- 

 let with its massive bunches of wool-like flowers, is surely the showiest as well as the most odd and 

 novel flower of our garden. Per pkt. 10 cts., 3 pkts. 25 cts. 



Cardinal Climber 



This most beautiful and distinct New Annual Climber, is a glorious acquistiion to the flower gar- 

 den. It is a strong and rapid grower, growing 15 ft. or more high, with fern-like foliage and literally 

 covered with a blaze of fiery cardinal red flowers from mid-summer to frost. The flowers are about 1 

 inch in diameter and are borne in clusters of 5 to 7 blooms each. The flowers open at daylight and 

 fade at sunset. Like all Ipomeas it delights in a warm, sunny situation and good rich soil. Soak the 

 seed in warm water for several hours before sowing ; do not plant until ground becomes warm in May. 

 Per pkt. 10 cts., 3 pkts. 25 cts. 



A Novelty Sunflower 



RED SUNFLOWER 



For countless thousands of years Sunflowers of all kinds have brightened the earth with flowers of 

 golden yellow. Now nature has suddenly given us a Sunfl'&wer with blossoms of a beautiful Chestnut 

 red, growing six to eight feet high, some plants produce flowers of a claret red, other flowers tipped 

 with yellow, others primrose splashed with red. As easily grown as any of the common Sunflowers. 

 The flowers vary from a few inches to nearly a foot in diameter. A striking novelty in the garden 

 which attracts attention everywhere. The long stemmed flowers are beautiful and lasting. We have 

 been selecting this strain of Red Sunflower carefully so as to get plants mostly with red flowers, but a 

 few plants will likely still produce yellow flowers. As these plants have no purple in stem or leaf, 

 they can be pulled out when seedlings and destroyed. 



Price per pkt. 5 cts. 



