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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



America. A California seedling of great beauty. 

 Its color Is a white ground, veined with car- 

 mine scarlet, and one of the best variegated 

 varieties in existence. Per pl£t. 5 cts., oz 10 

 cts. 



Apple Blossom. Large flowers, shaded pink and 

 rose, with the prevailing tints deepest in the 

 standards. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



Blanche Burpee. Pure white, of exquisite form 

 and immense size, having a bold, upright, 

 shell-shaped body, of great substance; a won- 

 derfully profuse bloomer, and by far the 

 finest White Sweet Pea ever introduced. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts. 



Extra Early Blanche Ferry. Splendid large flow- 

 ersof perfect form and great substance, on long 

 stiff stems; standard crimson pink; wings 

 blush white; plant branchy and compact^ 

 blooming early, long and profusely. Per pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



Blushing Beauty. Worthy to rank among the 

 very finest. Flowers of largest expanded 

 form, perfect in shape, and of very good sub- 

 stance. Color a delicate soft pink. A very 

 lovely shade. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts, Vi lb. 

 25 cts. 



Bronze King. A new sort, desirable for Its unique 

 and novel combination of colors. Standards 

 of a curious terra cotta tint, supposed to be 

 bronze; wings Ivory-white. Per pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 10 cts. 



Countess of Radnor. A lovely variety, distinctly 

 two-colored, light and dark mauve. Wings 

 light lilac, standards of the prevailing mauve 

 tone. Per pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 10 cts. 



SWEET PEAS, 



(Lathyrus Odoratus.) 



IT IS unnecessary to say much about these lovely 

 fragrant flowers. Every one loves them for 

 their delicate and charming colors, exquisite 

 fragrance, and their perfect and simple iovli- 

 ness. They are unsurpassed for cutting and 

 bouquets, blooming freely all summer and 

 autumn if the flowers are cut off and not 

 allowed to go to seed. 



There are scores of varieties offered, but ice have 

 selected twenty of the tjest sorts, described on pages 15 

 end 16, so as to include every distinct type and shade 

 of color. 



Captain of the Blues. Three large flowers on a 

 stem, light claret colored standards, wings at- 

 tractive blue, cast with purple. Per pkt. 5 

 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



Duchess of York. Flowers of the largest size 

 and most distinct in color; white suffused with 

 pinkish-purple. Largest expanded form; one 

 of the earliest to bloom. Per pkt. 5 cts., per 

 oz. 10 cts. 



Duke of Clarence. A very beautiful hooded vari- 

 ety with flowers of the largest size. Color a bril- 

 liant shade of rosy-claret. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 10 cts. 



Emily Henderson. Pure white. A sport from 



Blanche Ferry, with the very free-flowering 

 habit of that sort; often has three flowers on 

 a stem. The flowers are large. Per pkt. 5 

 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



Firefly. For color this superb variety is unap- 



proached. Of the largest expanded form the 

 flowers are borne three on a stem; standards a 

 deep brilliant scarlet, wings truly a fiery 

 shade. The most brilliant variety yet pro- 

 duced. Per pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 10 cts. 



Katherine Tracy. Of large size, perfect form, 

 and beautiful. The color is soft but brilliant 

 pink of the same shade in wings and stand- 

 ard, retaining its brilliancy to the last. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



Lady Penzance. Thestandard Is a beautiful laced 

 pink, touching orange, while the wings are a 

 dark and purer pink. Truly a superb flower, 

 of large size, exquisite color, very striking 

 and distinct. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



Lottie Eckford- Large, creamy-white flowers, dis- 

 tinctly marked with blue, wings and stand- 

 ards of soft white edged with lavender-blue. 

 Valuable for forcing. Per pkt. 5 cts,, oz. 10 

 cts. 



Mrs, Jos. Chamberlain. The flowers are 

 enormcus and are generally produced three 

 to four to a stem. The color is a white 

 ground, heavily striped and flaked with bright 

 rose; of fine form, very striking and pretty. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



Eckford's Hybrds. Mixed seed, from the best var- 

 ieties introduced by this celebrated grower. 

 Flowers large, of good substance, exquisite 

 and rich colors. Per pkt. 4 cts., oz. 10 cts., 

 14 lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



Fine Mixed. A great variety of colors and will give 

 fine flowers of all shades, and types. Per pkt. 

 3 cts., oz. 6 cts., 14 ib, 15 cts., lb. .iU cts. 



Everlasting Peas, or Perennial Peas, are equally 

 as beautiful, and are very valuable from the 

 fact that they are in bloom early in spring. 

 They are perfectly hardy and will start up 

 every spring; showy and freely flowering 

 plants, growing In any common garden soil. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 (;ts. 



COLLECTION OF SWEET PEAS. One packet each of the above 16 named 

 varieties of Larse Flowering Sweet Peas for 50 cts., or I oz. each of the 16 

 varieties for $ I -OO. 



