DE JONG FLORAL AND SEED CO., PELLA, IOWA 



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PERENNIAL FLOWERS 



The hardy Biennials and Perennials outlive the severest winters, giving us each succeeding year a 

 finer display of their beautiful flowers. Some begin to bloom early in spring, others in summer, are 

 all of easy cultivation. Soon after the plants are through blooming, cut the old flower stems within 

 a few inches of the ground, which will present a more tidy appearance, and render the plant more 

 vigorous. Protect during the winter with a covering of straw, leaves or manure. 



Arabis Alpina 



ARABIS ALPINA. This plant is a hardy pe- 

 rennial which will thrive in any soil and is 

 particularly adapted to rock work. It grows 

 about six inches high and is one of the earli- 

 est flowers to bloom in the spring. The blos- 

 soms are white, resembling Sweet Alyssum, 

 deliciously fragrant and so freely produced as 

 to completely cover the plant. It should be 

 in every garden. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Aquilegia (Columbine) 



A free-flowering hardy plant. Flowers in the 

 greatest profusion, early in the spring, and 

 growing with such ease and freedom, they 

 ought to be grown by all. Hardy perennial. 

 FINEST MIXED. Long spurred; 2 ft. Per pkt., 



5 cts. 



Canterbury Bells 



Canterbury Bells 

 (Campanula) 



These have long been among our most orna- 

 mental garden plants. Their large, bell-shaped 

 flowers are freely produced. Fine plants for 

 pot culture. As they are biennials, it will be 

 necessary to sow seed every year. Hardy bien- 

 nials. 



DOUBLE AND SINGLE MIXED; 2 ft. Per pkt. 

 6 cts. 



Delphinium ( Perennial 

 Larkspur) 



Handsome and well known hardy perennials, 

 with splendid flowers and curiously cut le.'(ves; 

 for permanent beds and borders they are indis- 

 pensable. Easy of culture, succeeding in any 

 deep, rich soil. 



FINEST MIXED. Various colors; 3 ft. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts. 



Carnation Pink 



Carnations are great favorites and very mag- 

 nificent large, beautiful and very fragrant flow- 

 ers, as perfect in form as the rose. Seeds sown 

 in open ground in May or June will flower 

 splendidly the next season. The plants should 

 be protected by a little straw or a few boughs. 

 Hardy perennial. 



DOUBLE HARDY MIXED. Fine double flow- 

 ers; best for border culture; 18 in.. Per pkt. 

 10 cts. 



DWA.RF MARGUERITE. This variety blooms 

 in about four months from the time of sowing 

 the seed, and continue to flower until frost. 

 The most beautiful, fragrant double Carnation 

 can now be had in full flower in the open gar- 

 den the first year by sowing seed early. Also 

 for flowering in the house this new strain is 

 invaluable. Per pkt. 10 cts. 



Forget-me-not (Myosotis) 



Charming little plants, very popular, produc- 

 ing their beautiful star-like flowers in great pro- 

 fusion; they grovz freely in any soil, but a moist 

 situation is best suited to them. Will flower 

 the first season if sown early. August sown seed 

 will make strong young plants for early spring 

 blooming. Half-hardy perennial. 



ALPESTRIS. 

 cts. 



Mixed colors; 6 in. Per pkt. 5 



Hollyhock 



The Hollyhock, in its present state of perfec- 

 tion is very unlike its parent of olden time; it 

 now ranks with the Dahlias. For a background 

 to a flower garden, perhaps no plant is so useful 

 the flowers are as double as a rose, of many 

 shades of color. Blooming plants can be raised 

 the first year, by starting the seeds in a box 

 in the house in February or March. Plant out 

 about the first of May ; they will bloom in au- 

 tumn and the second year will also bloom free- 

 ly. Our seed is saved from choice double flow- 

 ers only. 



Extra choice mixed; 5 ft. 



DOUBLE MIXED. 



Per pkt. 5 cts. 



ALLEGHENY FRINGED. If sown early, blooms 

 the first year from seed. A perpetual bloom- 

 er. The flowers are double, semi-double and 

 single and the petals are fringed. The colors 

 are shell pink, rose, and red, a shade or two 

 deeper at the center, and exquisitely tinted 

 towards the edge. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



SINGLE MIXED COLORS. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Lychnis 



This is an elegant perennial. It flowers the 

 first year from seed, producing large flowers 

 varying in color from the brightest scarlet to 

 white ; free flowering, easy of culture. 



HAAGEANA MIXED, all colors; 

 5 cts. 



1 ft. Per pkt. 



