COLE»S FLOWER SEEDS. 



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TIGRIDIAS (Shell Flowers). 



These are extremely beautiful, and should he in 

 every garden, growing 1^4 feet high, and produc- 

 ing flowers ahout four inches across. No flower 

 can surpass it in heauty. In bloom from July 

 to October. Plant about the middle of May, 

 two inches deep and six inches apart. 

 Mixed Colors. Each 7 cts., four for 25 cts., per 



dozen 60 cts. 



THREE MEXICAN GEMS. 



The three summer bulbs mentioned below are 

 similar in habit, and their culture is of the 

 easiest. It is only necessary to plant them in 

 good ordinary soil three inches apart and two 

 inches deep. 



Milla Biflora (Floating Star). The flowers are in 

 pairs, of a pure waxy-white, nearly two and 

 a half inches in diameter; the petals are thii-k 

 and leathery, of great substance, and will 

 keep for days when cut and placed in water. 

 The foliage is slender, rush-leaved; 10 cts. 

 each, three for 25 cts., seven for 50 cents. 



Bessera Elegans. It blooms quickly and con- 

 tinues until frost. The flower stems are from 

 one to two feet high, supporting a dozen or 

 more bell-shaped flowers of a bright coral scar- 

 let, with white cups and dark blue antlers; 10 

 cts. each, three for 25 cts., seven for 50 cts. 



Cyclobothra Flava. Of very graceful habit of 

 growth, and producing many clusters of 

 drooping, cup-shaped flowers, golden-yellow, 

 with tine black dots in the petals; 10 cts. each, 

 three for 25 cts., seven for 50 cts. 

 ^"TTe v>ill send one bulb each of the Three 



Mexican Gems /or 25 cts., or two bulbs of ecLchfor 



45 cts. 



MONTBRETIA CROCOSMI^FLORA. 



This is the best of all Montbretias, very hardy 

 really frost 'proof, as it remains in bloom nearly 

 a month after most flowers are killed by frost. 

 It is a plant of great beauty, bearing long 

 spikes, with numerous side spikes of large, 

 brilliant flowers— bright orange sprinkled with 

 with purple. Plant in good soil six inches apart 

 and two inches deep: each 7 cts., four for 25 

 cts., doz. 60 cts. 



CINNAMON VINE. 



A fine, hardy climber, and well known in some 

 parts of the country as Chinese Yam. The 

 tubers grow very large and are edible like a 

 sweet potato. The vine is a beautiful, rapid 

 grower, producing sweet scented flowers. It is 

 perfectly hardy, and when left in the same 

 place for several years they become very strong: 

 roots 10 cts each, three for 25 cts., doz. 75 cts., 

 small bulblets 25 cts. doz. 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM. 

 f Elephant's Ear). 



One of the most beautiful and striking of the 

 Ornamental Foliage Plants in cultivation, for 

 culture in large pots or for planting out on the 

 lawn. When of full grown size, it stands about 

 five feet high, with immense leaves, often meas- 

 urinff four feet in length by two and a half in 

 breadth, very smooth, of a light green color, 

 veined and variegated with dark green. The 

 roots should be preserved in dry sand in the 

 cellar during the winter, out of reach of frost. 

 Large roots, each 25 cts., small roots, each 15 cts 



BowKer's plant food. 



A Fertilizer made especially for Plants grown 

 In tho House. Garden or Conservatory; clean, 

 free from offensive odor, largely soluble in 

 water, and producing Hovlthy plants, free from 

 vermin and early ana abundL;nt blossoms, to 

 which it imparts a rich and bnl iant color. 



Put up in wooden boxes, with full directions. 

 A large box contains food sufficient fqr twenty 

 plants one year. Price, small box 10 cts.;bv 

 mail pr-jpaici. 15 cts.; large box, 25 cts.; by mail, 

 prepaid, 40 cts. 



PlJRE GROIJND BONE meal. 



Good for all purposes; especially adapted for 

 Lawns and Florists' use. Price, per pound, lOc; 

 5 lbs. 30 cts. : 10 lbs. 50 cts. ; 25 lbs. $1.00. Express 

 or freight atpurchaser's expense. 



LAWN FERTILIZER. 



It can be applied either in the spring, summer, 

 or fall as a top-dressing at a rate of one pound 

 to 16 square feet. Stable dressing for lawns is 

 objectionable in appearance, odor, weed seed 

 and cost. The Lawn Fertilizer overcomes all 

 of these, and supplies the soil with requisite 

 food for a uniform and luxuriant growth of 

 grass. Price, 10 lbs. CO cts.; 25 lbs. 81.2.5, 50 lbs. 

 $2.25; 100 lbs. $3.50. 



HAMMOND'S SLIJG SIIOT. 



Slug Shot destroys all insects injurious to 

 House and Garden Plants, Shrubs, Trees, Vmes, 

 Potatoes. Melons, Cabbages, Currayits, and Vegetables 

 ana Fruits of all kinds. This preparation, 

 though poisonous to insects, does not injure the 

 foliage in the least, and acts in some measure as 

 a fertilizer to the plants. 



Directions For Use.— Dust the powder lightly 

 over the infected plants, so as to cover every 

 part of them. One application is generally suffi- 

 cient, but if a new brood appears, repeat the 

 operation at once. For further information, 

 send for our little book on slug shot. Put up in 

 packages not prepaid; 5 lbs. 35 cts., 10 lbs. t)5 cts., 

 50 lbs. $3.00, 100 lbs. $5.00. By mail, prepaid; 1 lb. 

 20 cts., 3 lbs. 50 cts. 



PYRETHRtfM, OR PERSIAN 

 INSECT POWDER. 



The well-known insecticide. For destroying 

 Eoaches. Ants, Fleas, Bed Bugs. Cabbage Worm, 

 and all other noxious insects. The powder may 

 be diluted with ten times its bulk with r,ome 

 other finely pulverized material. Price per 

 lb. 75 cts., U, lb. 25 cts., ounce, 10 cts. 



AMERICAN INSECT POW- 

 DER GlJiJ, OR BELLOWS. 



This is a good instrument, or bellows for apply- 

 ing the ''Persian Insect Powder" and Slug Shot. 

 By its use the powder may be made to penetrate 

 into the most accessible places, and all the parts 

 of a Blant. Cannot get out of order. Has a 

 rubber stopper and is very easily filled. Price, 25 

 cts. each; by mail, prepaid. 



