DE JONG FLORAL AND SEED CO., PELLA, IOWA 



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Tall Double Marigold 



Marigold (Tagetes) 



A free-flowering- plant <f easy culture, with 

 double flowers of rich and beautiful colors, pro- 

 ducing a splendid effect, whether planted in beds 

 or borders ; and continuing in beauty until de- 

 stroyed by frost. Half-hardy annuals. 



ELDORADO. This is the finest type of this 

 showy flower, many plants having 75 to 100 

 flowers at one time. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



AFRICAN MIXED. Best double colors; 2 ft. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts. 



DWARF FRENCH. Finest double mixed; 1 ft. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Portulaca (Rose Moss) 



In brilliancy and beauty of colors. Portulacas 

 are unrivalled. They delight in sunny situatitons 

 and light soils, where they rapidly carpet the 

 ground, each plant covering a space of about 15 

 inches in diameter; 6 in. Half hardy annuals. 



FINLST SINGLE MIXED, a great variety of col- 

 ors. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



DOUBLE ROSE-FLOWERED MIXED, unsur- 

 passed for brilliancy of color and great beauty. 

 Per pkt. 10 cts. 



Double Portulaca 



Poppies 



Poppy (Papaver) 



A showy and easily cultivated annuals ; with 

 large brilliant colored flowers, growing freely in 

 any garden soil, and producing a fine effect in 

 large clumps or mixed beds. Sow early in the 

 spring where they are to remain as they will not 

 bear transplanting; 2 ft. 



NEW TULIP. A glossy new annual poppy, with 

 a beautifully-shaped, large size flower, four 

 inches across, of a most brilliant dark scarlet. 

 The two outside petals are double the size of 

 the inner ones, and each pair forms by itself a 

 round cup of flower, which nearly resembles a 

 tulip. The flower will stand well for several 

 days, and the plant, therefore, always in full 

 bloom. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



THE SHIRLEY. A new strain of marvelous 

 beauty. Delicate rose, pink, carmine, and bril- 

 liant crimson. Many flowers are edged with 

 white, petals have a glassy, silk-like texture. 

 Single mixed. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



FINEST MIXED. This mixture contains seed of 

 all the best double and single varieties, includ- 

 ing some entirely new ones. Will make a 

 grand display. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Nicotiana 



AFFINIS. Of all the varieties of tobacco which 

 are grown for their sweet scented flowers this 

 is the best. The plant is literally covered with 

 large, white, star-shaped flowers, which after 

 being cut, will remain perfect for a week. A 

 few plants will perfume the whole yard or gar- 

 den. Taken up in the fall, cut back and potted 

 it will bloom freely all winter. Very easily 

 grown ; 2 ft. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



SANDERAE. This new hybrid variety of new 

 Nicotiana, bears large, brilliant carmine-red 

 flowers on bushy, many branched plants 2 feet 

 hiprh. Plants raised in spring by same method 

 as any of the hardy annuals will flower early in 

 summer, and will give a continuous display of 

 bloom all the summer and autumn in the open 

 ry branched specimens. The whole plant is 

 laden with flowers from base to summit literal- 

 ly ablaze with most handsome carmine-red 

 in the open ground, and will make extraordin- 

 blossoms, thousands of which are produced on a 

 single plant. It comes true from seed, and will 

 grow and flower in all kinds of soil and situa- 

 tions. It is a plant for the million, and is des- 

 tined for universal use. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



