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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



TOM THUMB VERBENA. 



VERBENA. 



A well-known favorite, and is valuable for 

 bedding on account of their low trailing tiabit. 

 and the dazzling brilliancy of their beautiful 

 flowers; blooms freely the first season from 

 seed, and are more healthy and make larger 

 and hardier plants than if grown froui cuttings: 

 requires a very rich, mellow soil. The seeds 

 sprout very unevenly, and some will not be 

 started at the time others must be removed, 

 hence the soil should be disturbed ns little as 

 possible. Half-hardy perennials. 



Hybrida Compacta, or Tom Thumb. The 



plants form almost circular bushes of about 

 two feet in diameter, throwing up in a sin- 

 gularly compact manner, on stiff and erect 

 stems, a great number of flowers. The in- 

 dividual flowers are large and well formed 

 The mixture contains a great variety of 

 color 8 



Mammoth, or Large Flowering. Flowers of 

 this Mammoth Variety when well grown 

 measure fully nine inches in circumfer- 

 ence. Plant more vigorous than the ordi- 

 nary variety, and far excel them in dnz- 

 zling richness and variety of colors. The 

 distinct white eye adds greatly to then- 

 striking and beautiful appearance 10 



New Italian Striped. Brilliant colors, strippd 

 camation-like on various colored grounds, 

 best mixed 8 



Alba. Pure white: a desirable variety for 

 florists or for the cemetery f* 



Extra Choice Mixed. Saved from large named 

 varieties of the richest and most brilliant 

 colors 1*^ 



Fine Mixed. 



MAMMOTH VERBENA, 



ZIN>[A (Youth and Old A^e). 



Plants of great beauty, of branching habit, and 

 splendid brilliant colored double flowers, rival- 

 ing in beauty and form double Dahl-as. Bloom 

 in great profusion and with increased splendor 

 from June until cut off by frost; begins to bloom 

 when quite small. Easy of culture; thrives in 

 any good soil. Half-hardy annuals. 



Double Choipe Mixed. Finest large flowering 

 varieties, 2 ft ."V 



Double White, comes true from seed, perfect 

 in shape o 



Striped Zebra. Double flowers, distinctly 

 striped, of perfect shape. The largest per 

 cent are striped, the self colored are also 

 fine; best mixed -t 



Curled and Crested. These n°w. odd and 

 charminii <^urlert and Crested %iiiiiia!« 



are of perfect form, large, round, full and 

 double, the petals being twisted, curled and 

 crested into the most fantastic and graceful 

 forms; best mixed 5 



Tom Thumb. These Dwarf Double Zinnia^ 

 produce compact dwarf bushes, varying 

 6 to 12 inches in height and from 6 to 14 

 inches in diameter, coming mostly true 

 from seed. The little plants are covered 

 with the handsome double flowers of many 

 bright and rich colors. Such dwarf and 

 compact plants attract great nttention 

 when grown in beds or borders. Plants arp 

 very free flowering, and continue in bloom 

 until destroyed by frost ^ 



TOM THUMB /INN 1 AS 



Alle(;henv Fringed Holly- 

 hock and Pink Cupid Sweet Peas. 

 are the two Floral Novelties of 

 this season. One pkt. of each for 



Mbtz, Ind., February 1.% 1894 

 I have bought seeds of you for two years, ami am 

 well satisfied with them, better than any others that 

 I have tried. Asa Burch. 



