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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



PERENNIAL FLOWERS 



The hardy Biennials and Perennials outlive the severest winters, giving us each succeeding year a 

 finer display of their beautiful flowers. Some begin to bloom early in spring, others 'n summer, are all 

 of easy cultivation. Soon after the plants are through blooming, cut the old flower stems within a few 

 inches of the ground, which will present a more tidy appearance, and render the plant more vigorous. 

 Protect during the winter with a covering of straw, leaves or manure. 



ARABI8 ALPINA. 

 Arabis Alpina. This plant is a hardy 



perennial which will thrive in any soil and is 

 particularly adapted to rock work. It grows 

 about six inches high and is one of the earliest 

 flowers to bloom in the Spring. The blossoms 

 are white, resembling Sweet Alyssum, deliciously 

 fragrant and so freely produced as to completely 

 cover the plant. It should be in every garden.. 5 



AQUILEGIA (Columbine). 



A free-flowering, hardy plant. Flowers in the 

 greatest profusion, early in the spring, and growing 

 with such ease and freedom, they ought to be grown 

 by all. Hardy perennial. 



Fir.est Mixed. All colors; 2 ft 5 



Canterbury Bells 

 CANTERBURY BELLS (Campanula) 



These have long been among our most ornamen- 

 tal garden plants. Their large, bell-shaped flowers 

 are freely produced. Fine plants for pot culture. 

 Aa they are biennials, it will be necessary to sow 

 aeed every year. Hardy biennials. 



Double and Single Mixed; 2 ft 5 



DIGITALIS (Foxglove) 



Ornamental plants; their flowers are produced in 

 long dense spikes of finely spotted, bell-shaped flow- 

 ers, lasting a long time. Hardy perenniala. 



Finest Mixed, various colors, 3 rt 4 



CARNATION PINK. 



Carnations are great favorites and very magnifi- 

 cent, large, beautiful and very fragrant flowers, as 

 perfect in form as the rose. Seeds sown in open 

 ground in May or June will flower splendidly the 

 next season. The plants should be protected by a 

 little straw or a few boughs. Hardy perennial. 



German Double Mixed. Fine double flow- 

 ers; best for border culture; 18 in 8 



Dwarf Marguerite. This variety blooms 



in about four months from the time of sowing the 

 seed, and continue to flower until frost. The 

 most beautiful, fragrant double Carnation can 

 now be had in full flower in the open garden 

 the first year by sowing seed early. Also for 

 flowering in the house this new strain is inval- 

 uable 8 



DELPHINUM Perennial Larkspur). 



Handsome and well-known hardy perennials, with 

 splendid flowers and curiously cut leaves; for per- 

 m.anent beds and borders they are indispensable. 

 Easy of culture, succeeding in any deep, rich soil. 



Kinest Mixed. Various colors; 3 ft 4 



IPOMOPSIS (Standing Cypress). 



This is a very beautiful plant, with long, elegant 

 spikes of flowers. The foliage is very fine, like that 

 of the Cypress vine, giving great beauty to the 

 plant, which grows from three to four feet high, and 

 keeps in flower for a long time. Hardy biennial. 



Fine Mixed; 3 ft 4 



LYCHNIS. 



This is an elegant perennial. It flowers the first 

 year from seed, producing large flowers varying in 

 color from the brightest scarlet to white; free flow- 

 ering, easy of culture. 



Haageana Mixed, all colors and shades; 



1 ft 5 



FORGET ME. NOT (MyosotIs). 



Charming little plants, very popular, producing 

 their beautiful star-like flowers in great profusion; 

 they grow freely in any soil, but a moist situation 

 is best suited to them. Will flower the flrst season 

 if sown early. August sown seed will make strong 

 young plants for early spring blooming. Half-hardy 

 perennial. 



Alpestris. Mixed colors; 6 in 5 



PAPAVER (Perennial Poppy). 



Very hardy, showy and ornamental plants, pro- 

 ducing immense flowers and are really desirable for 

 their bright, gay display. Flowers often six inches 

 i in diameter. 



I Orientale. Dark scarlet colors; 3 ft. . 5 



