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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



PERILLA. 



The foliage of this plant is exceedingly ele- 

 gant, of a very dark purple color, and produces 

 a charming contrast with the silver leaved 

 plants; growing freely in any soil. Half-hardy 

 annual. 



Nankinensis. 18 in 4 



PANSY (Heartsease.) 



The pansy is the most popular of all flowers 

 grown from seed. It is everywhere popular, 

 both for the brilliant beauty of its flowers and 

 the long continuation of bloom. By plucking 

 off the flowers as soon as they begin to fade, the 

 succeeding flowers will be much more numerous 

 and of larger size than if any are allowed to go 

 to seed. Pansies delight in a cool, moist situa- 

 tion, partially protected from the hot noonday 

 sun; in exposed positions, in hot summer 

 weather, the flowers will be smaller. Hardy 

 perennials. 



All our Pansy seed is the best to be had. 



Cole's Superb Mixture. See Novelties 20 



Giant Trimardeau. See Novelties 15 



Bugnot's Large Blotched. ^ • • • 15 



White or Snow ftueen Flowers of a delicate, 



pure satiny white 10 



Faust, or King of the Black. Deep coal black, 

 coming constant from seed; a group of this 

 variety presents a fine appearance 10 



Odier, Five Blotched. A variety of great 

 beauty, each petal being blotched like the 

 Geranium Odier; colors range from dark 

 violet, purplish brown, to golden bronze, 

 with pure white margins 15 



New Giant Gassier. A n entirely distinct and 

 beautiful race, with flowers of enormous size 

 and good shape, each petal bears a large 

 blotch, covering it almost entirely. The 

 plants are vigorous and the flowers are well 

 above the leaves. Many colors in choice 

 mixture 15 



Imperial German, Extra Choice. Mixed, saved 

 from the finest collections; flowers very 

 large, perfect in form, and markings of the 

 richest and most beautiful colors 10 



Fine Mixed. Fine varieties and colors mixed. 5 



PETUNIA. 



No class of flowers better repay the care they 

 require than the Petunias; easily raised from 

 the seed; the richness of color and abundance 

 of rich flowers make them indispensable for 

 bedding plants. Every garden should have a 

 bed of these magnificent flowers, a gay mass of 

 bloom from June to hard frost. Hardy annual. 

 Hybrida. A fine variety ; flowers beautifully 



blotched, marbled, fringed and variegated. 10 

 Mixed. Finest varieties 5 



Hybrida Grandiflora. Finest mixed; the large 

 flowering varieties are magnificeot; the 

 llowers in this class of Petunias are nearly 

 twice the size of the ordinary sorts and 

 embrace nearly every imaginable shade 

 of color, as well as being blotched and mot- 

 tled 15 



Hybrida Grandiflora Fl. PI. Finest Double. 



The seed we otter is from a reliable grt»wer 

 in Germany, and is carefully fecundated 

 with the best double flowers. Sure to pro- 

 duce a good percentage of splendid, large 

 double flowers; perfectly magnificent 15 



PORTULACA. 



In brilliancy and beauty of color, Portulacas 

 are unrivalled. They delight in sunny situations 

 and li";ht soils, where they rapidly carpet the 

 ground, each plant covering a space of about 15 

 inches in diameter; Gin. Half-hardy annuals. 

 Finest Single Mixed, a great variety of colors. 4 

 Double Rose-flowered Mixed, unsurpassed for 



brilliancy of color and great beauty 10 



PHLOX DRUMMONDII. 



Superb plahts, 

 prized for the profu- 

 > sion of their richly 



t/«K^ — colored flowers of 

 "wSMW^^ i many hues, their long 

 duration in bloom, 

 A.^^ and the grand effect 

 '^^^ they produce in 

 clumps or masses. 

 ^ , , > We invite particular 



^•ffbtA; 'M attention to the iar^e 

 m Flowering as especi- 

 E^^^p ally fine. Easy of cul- 

 1^ Bardy 

 ^f'^v\ M annual. 

 Wl: Alba. Pure white. 5 



I' ID*^^ Coccinea. Brilli- 



'^^-"^41 1?^""^^^ ant scarlet 5. 



AAs;' ' Rosea. Beautiful 



^PW M^S^ Rose color 5- 



# Tii ^ ^ Fine Mixed. All 

 varieties and colors s 



Large Flowering Extra Choice Mixed. The 



most beautiful of the phloxes. Our mix- 

 ture contains a large variety of the finest 

 and most brilliant colors l(> 



New Dwarf Mixed. A strain of dwarf and 

 compact growth, makes desirable pot 

 plants, also for ribbon lines and massing, 

 very beautiful little plants 10 



Double White. This variety is a profuse 

 bloomer, and of great value for bouquets, 

 pure white color and handsome shape. 

 About 80 per cent of the seed sown will be 

 perfectly double la 



Star of ftuedlinburg. A very striking novelty. 

 The center of the petals, five in number, 

 run into a point, thus giving the flowers a 

 regular star-like form. The plant grows 

 about 18 inches high, of compact habit, and 

 bears large umbels of flowers, of many 

 brilliant colors, and the edges of the petals 

 bordered with broad white margins. . . 10 



POPPY (Papaver.) 



A showy and easily cultivated annual; 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 wilJ 

 not bear transplanting: 2 ft. 



VESUVIUS. This is one of the most brilliant 

 flowers we have ever seen. The flowers are 

 finely cut or fimbriated, which adds greatly 

 to their beauty; color scarlet 5 



SNOWDRIFT. A grand variety of very 

 dwarf and compact habit. The large, pure 

 white flowers are perfectly round and 

 double; the petals are finely fimbriated ? 



Peony-flowered. Large flowers, very double, 

 mixed 4 



Carnation. Double mixed, brilliant colors, 

 fringed and striped 4 



Fine Mixed, all shades and colors 4 



PRIMULA. (Chinese Primrose.) 



A charming and profuse flowering plant, and 

 one of the most desirable of house blooming 

 plants, and will ricJUy compensate for the little 

 care they require. They are iu almost constant 

 bloom all winter, and if the plants are trans- 

 ferred to a shady border, they will bloom nearly 

 all summer. Care should be taken in watering 

 that no water fall on the buds, as it causes then> 

 to rot. Greenhouse perennial. 



Obconica. -See Novelties IC 



Sinesis Fimbriata. Choice fringed varieties 

 mixed; the seed we offer Is saved from one 

 of the finest collections; G in 21 



