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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



Everlasting Flowers 



The Everlasting Flowers are a popular class of 

 plants, with their rich, brilliant coloi-a, are ■veiy 

 valuable for winter decoration in connection with 

 ornamental grasses. The flowers generally should be 

 picked before they are fully open, and hung up in 

 email bunches (not too large, or they will milldew"; 

 in a dry, airy, shady place, with the flowers down- 

 ward to keep the stems straight. 



ACROCLINIUn 



One of the most beautiful of the Everlajtiug fam- 

 ily, of easy culture, and bears a great number of 

 bright rose or daisy-like flowers. They sthould be 

 gathered the first day they open, or even before they 

 fully open, and diieJ. Ualf-hardy annual. 



Per Pkt. 



Fine Mixed, double and single; 1 ft. . . . 4 



AnnoBiun 



. A desirable white Everlasting, with a pretty Tow- 

 er, pure white, therefore being very useful in making 

 up bouquets in summer or winter. Hardy annual. 



Alatum Grandiflorum. Flowers white; 



18 in 3 



QOnPHRENA (Globe Amaranth) 



This is highly prized for the garden, for it makes 

 a good summer hedge, and is indispensable for winter 

 bouquets. Their flowers should not be cut until 

 fully developed, and of full size, near the end of 

 summer. Half-hardy annual. 



Fine Mixed, all colors; 18 in 4 



HELICHRYSUn 



This is a very beautiful and valuable Everlasting; 

 it is very effective in the flower garden, and is in- 

 dispensable for winter bouquets; flowers large and 

 of bright and striking colors. Will succeed in any 

 soil, and favorites with every one. Cut just before 

 the flowers fully expand. Even the buds are hand- 

 some, and make up beautifully. Hardy annuals. 



Monstrosum Mixed, finest double mixed; 



2 ft 5 



RHODANTHE 



A charming little everlasting. The flowers should 

 be gathered before they fully expand, else they lose 

 their beautiful bell form. Half-hardy annuals. 



Fine Mixed, all colors; 1 ft 5 



XERANTHEHUn 



A beautiful easy growing annual. Very desirable 

 on account of the abundance and long duration of 

 the flowers. The flowers are produced on long stems 

 and retain their color when dried, making them 

 more valuable for winter bouquets. Hardy annual. 



Fine Mixed, all colors; 1 ft 5 



MIXED VARIETIES 

 Mixed Everlastings. Our own mixture 



of seed; all the best varieties. A single packet 

 will supply in abundance a great variety of tl\e 

 most attractive Everlasting Flowers. No more 

 welcome present can be given to a visitor when 

 looking through the flower garden than a small 

 bouquet of these imperishable flowers 6 



Ornamental Grasses 



Ornamental Grasses 



Mixed Annual Varieties. All our cus- 

 tomers should grow some of these to use with 

 the everlasting flowers in making up winter 

 bouquets. They also produce a beautiful and 

 pleasing contrast with flowering plants, and to 

 use for making graceful summer bouquets. They 

 are easily grown in any soil. Grasses require 

 to be cut when they are green before roinmenc- 

 ing to turn yellow, and strong looking in ap- 

 pearance. Tie in small bunches and dry the 

 same as Everlasting. Per pkt 5 



Wild Flower Garden 



Mixture of Choice Hardy Flowers. The 



introduction of these has proved a most marked 

 success, and becoming more popular every year. 

 The "Wild Garden," for its unusual and varied 

 effects, cheapness, and the small amount of labor 

 necessary for its construction, has no rival. The 

 "Wild Garden Seeds" are a mixture of the dif- 

 ferent hardy flowers, thus insuring, on account 

 of the diflFerent seasons of bloom, something new 

 almost every day. This mixture can be used to 

 good advantage, with little expense and labor 

 for the "Children's Garden." There is great 

 need for a spot in the garden that the little 

 ones can call their own, where sweet flowers of 

 easy culture can be grown for their own special 

 enjoyment, as this will cultivate a love for the 

 beautiful in nature. They are also very useful 

 to sow along roadsides, fences and untidy spots 

 of ground. Sow thinly. Per pkt. 5 cts., 6 pkti. 

 25 cts., oz. 30 cts. 



Last spring J sent you a small order, 25 cents, 

 for Nasturtium Seed. I received them promptly, 

 and I must say the flowers are the finest I ever 

 saw. Ethel FouUz, 



Andrew Co., Missouri 



