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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



MARIGOLD (Tagetcs), 



A free-flowerins plant of easy culture, with 

 double flowers, of rich and beautiful colors, pro- 

 ducing a splendid effect, whether planted in 

 beds or borders; and continuing in beauty until 

 destroyed by frost. Half-hardy annuals. 

 El Dorado. This is the finest type of this 

 showy tlower. many plants having 75 to 



100 flowers at one time 5 



African Mixed. Best double color ; 2 ft.. .. 4 

 Dwarf French. Finest double mixed : 1ft... 4 

 Legion of Honor. Dwarf, compact, with 

 dark-green. fern-I ke leaves. The blooms 

 are rich, golden-yellow, with the center of 

 each petal marked with velvety crimson- 

 brown. Blooms abundantly from July 

 until cut down by frost: 15 in 5 



MATRICARIA (Feverfew). 



Extremely beautiful plants, with handsome 

 light green, laciniated foliage. Grows free'y in 

 any garden soil and bears numerous, perfectly 

 double, pure ^yhite flowers, one inch in diam- 

 eter, and resembling Anemone-flowered Asters. 

 Hardy annuals. 



Eximia Grandiflora. Fine for bouquest ; 15 in 5 

 MARVEL OF PERU (Mirabillis Jalapa), 



The well-known Four O'clock. A hnndsome 

 free-flowering garden favorite: blooming the 

 first season from seed: the flowers, which are 

 produced in clusters, open in the afternoon and 

 wither the next morning. Hardy annual. 



Mixed. Beautiful colors: 2 ft .- 4 



Dwarf Variegated. Leaves Light green, 



marbled with yellow; 1 ft 3 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 



Profuse flowering dwarf trailing plants, 

 blooming the whole summer, thriving best m 

 a dry, loamy, or sandy soil, requiring a warm, 

 sunny situation: fine for beds, edgings, rock 

 work, etc. Half-hardy annuals. 

 Crystallinnm yJct- Plant). Flowers white 



prized for its singular icy foliage 5 



MIMULUS (Monkey Flower). 



Among the gayest ornaments for flower gar- 

 dens, hanging baskets, and for culture in the 

 house, not many plants will give more .satisfac- 

 tion. The seed is very fine and care must be 

 taken in sowing, shading and supplying mois- 

 ture till well rooted. Half-hardy perennials. 



Tigrinus. Finest hybrid mixed: 9 in 10 



Moschatus. iMnsk Plant). This fragrant and 



favorite little plant is much admired on 



account of the musky odor of the plant. 



Fine for pots; 6 in 10 



MIGNONETTE (Reseda Odorata). 



This fragrant little plant is probably the most 

 popular annual grown. If the plants are thinned 

 out they will grow stronger and produce largei 

 spikes of flowers; and can be had during the 

 whole year by sowing at intervals. Hardy an- 

 nuals. 



Machet. The plants are dwarf, of vigorous 

 pyramidal growth; they throw up numer- 

 ous stout flower stalks, bearing massive 

 spikes of rod flowers 5 



Sweet-Scented. iOdorata). The old variety 

 very fragrant; 1 ft. Per oz. 15 cts 4 



Golden Queen. This flower Is golden yellow 

 and powerfully fragrant 5 



MIMOSA (Sensitive Plant). 



Grown as a curiosity, being so sensitive that 

 the leaves curl up by being sllghtlv touched or 

 shaken. Suitable for growing in pots, or in the 

 open border. Tender annual. 

 Pudica: lei ill 4 



XASTURNTIUJt DWAKF. 



NASTURTIUM DWARF. 

 (Tropoeolum Minor.) 



Very desirable free-flowering annuals. They 

 are among the most useful for bedding, massing 

 or ribboning; they are of compact, dwarf 

 growth, profusely covered with their extremely 

 rich and brilliant flowers of all colors, blooming 

 in succession all through the season; they 

 should be grown in rather poor soil. Half hardy 

 annuals. 



Ruby King. Crimson rose color, dark dis- 

 tinct foliage. Very fine 5 



Pearl. Straw color, tine for contrast 5 



Lady Bird. Us striking flowers are produced 

 in profusion throughout the summer. The • 

 color is rich golden-yellow, each petal 

 barred with bright ruby crimson 5 



Empress of India. The leaves are of a very 

 dark purplish-blue color, brilliant crimson- 

 scarlet flowers. Its profusion o^ bloom 

 and dazzling richness of color are remark- 

 able - . . . 5 



King of Tom Thumbs. Intense scarlet flowers, 

 with rich, dark foliage 5 



Cloth of Gold. In striking contrast to the 

 above; the foliage of this new variety Is a 

 clear, bright yellow, while the deep-scarlet 

 flowers, intermingled among the yellow 

 leaves, add much to its beauty 5- 



Mixed Varieties. Many colors: 1 ft 5 



NEMOPHILA (Love Grove). 



Of neat, compact habit; bloomings freely all 

 summer if planted in a rather cool, shaded 

 place, and not in too rich a soil. Hardy an- 

 nuals. 



Mixed. All varieties and all colors; 1 ft * 



NICOTIANA. 



(Sweet Scented Tobacco Plant.) 



Affinis. The most ornamental of all flower- 

 ing varieties of the Tobacco Plant. Pro- 

 duces splendid pure white. Bouvardla-like 

 flowers on long terminal tubes. When its 

 large flowers are fully expanded in the 

 evening and morning it has a most strik- 

 ing effect, and is so fragrant that a small 

 bed will perfume the whole surrounding 

 atmosphere. Taken up in the fall, cut 

 back and potted, it will bloom freely all 

 winter. Very easily grown; 2 ft » 



