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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL 



TRIMULA OBCONICA. 



PRIMULA ( Chinese Primrose ) . 



A charmiiis: and profuse flowering plant, an(J 

 one of the most desirable of house blooming 

 plants, and will richly compensate for the little 

 care they require. They are in almost con- 

 stant bloom all winter, and if the plants art. 

 transferred to a shady border they will b'ooi i 

 nearly all summer. Care should be taken in 

 watering that no w^ater fall on the beds, as it 

 causes them to rot. Greenhouse perennial. 



Obconica. A lovely and profuse blooming. 

 Primrose, bearing beautiful single flo\^ ers, 

 white, shaded with slight tinge of lilac. 

 This is really an ever-blooming plant, pro- 

 ducing elegant clugters of flowers continu- 

 ously throughout the year. If sown early 

 in spring the seedlings will begin to bloom 

 in June; 9 in 10 



Sinesis Fimbriata. Choice fringed varieties 

 mixed; the seed we offer is saved from one 

 of the finest collections; 6 in l.') 



PETUNIA, ■ 



No class of flowers better rejKiy the care tlioy 

 require than the Petunias; easily raised from 

 the seed: tlu^ riclin(>ss of color and abundance 

 iif rich lldwcrs make Uieni indispensable for 

 l)edding pianls. I^Ncry Liarden slieuid liave a 

 l)ed of lliesc niagniticent flowers, a gav mass of 

 bloom from Juno 1o hard frost. Haidy annual. 



Hybrida. A fine variety ; flowers beautifully 

 blotched, marbled, fringed and var egated. 8 



Mixed. Finest varieties 5 



Hybrida Grandiflora Fl. PI. Finest Double. 



'IMic seed we olTer is from a reliable gr iwer 

 in (Jenuaiiy, ami is carefully fecundated 

 wKli the best double flowers. Sure to jiro- 

 duce a good percentage of splendid. Iargi> 

 double flowers; perfectly nmgnilicent . . . . . 1.") 



PORTULACA. 



In briilian(ty and beauty of color, I'ortnlac s 

 are unrivaihMl. They delight in sunny situa- 

 tions and light soils, where they rapidly carpet 

 I lie ground, eacli ])lant cov(>ring a space or 

 a])out 1.". inches in diameter; G in. llalf-hardy 

 annuals. 



Finest Single Mixed, a great variety of colors. 4 



Double Rose flowered Mixed, unsurpassed for 

 brilliancy of color aiitl great bcauiy 10 



STOCK iTen Weeks\ 



The Ten Week Stock 

 is one of the most pop- 

 ular, beautiful ana ini- 

 ^^•fs^Sh i)ortant of our garden 



/JP^i^ favorites; bother for 



bedding, massing or pot 

 fci^ ^^'^M) culture, it is unsur- 

 IKissed, either for bril- 

 liancy or color, exqui- 

 site fragrance, or pro- 

 fusion and duration of 

 bloom. For winter 

 t'r''~~^ }r^^^^i;^&y\§^^ blooming in the house 

 "S^i sow seed in June. The 

 seed AYO offer is from a 

 celebrated Germaii 

 stockgrower, from se- 

 V3;v/--S^ --t^ locted not plants, and 



''^ '-i' will produce more than 



/ 1 hre -foui ths fine double 

 lluwers. Hardy a n- 

 r>ir>^H^^^ ^^^Vv nual. 

 lAH^ 71 -r^b^V few 



Dwarf German. The 



^'CS^Hs^^-^^'fiJl!^^^. earliest summerva- 

 riety; dwarf and 

 f r e e b 1 o o m e r; 



^/MJlWIIIIIWSI'^S^ mixed; 15 in 8 



y Wlf^%s New Larere Flowering. 



Habit dwarf, with 

 STOCK. TEN WEEKS. magnificent spikes 

 o<fvery large double 

 flowers, all colors, 



mixed; 18 in 10 



Dwarf Snowflake A beautiful dwarf-grow- 

 ing variety; very large double snow-white 



flowers; veiT early S 



Victoria Bouquet. This fine strain is with- 

 out a rival for open ground planting. Each 

 plant forms in itself a natural grown bou- 

 quet, of a beautiful pyramidal shape. The 

 spikes of bloom are very long, and the 

 flowers are large in size and very double; 

 2 ft 10 



Perpetual White Large-Flowering. Of s t rong 



growth and fine branching habit. It grows 

 to the height of IV2 feet, and if sown very 

 ^arly will produce a great abundance of 

 bloom from June until November. The in- 

 dividual flowers are uncommonly large, of 

 a tine rosette-like shape, and tht* i)urest 

 possible white. The flowers appear on each 

 little shoot S 



RINICUS (Castor Oil Bean). 



Ornamental T)lant of stately growth and pic- 

 turesque foliage, with brilliant-colored fruit, 

 producing a sul)-troi)ical eff(H-t: fine for lawns, 

 massing, or center plants for ribbon bod's. Ila'f- 

 hardy annuals. 



Zanzibariensis. The largest Castor Beans 

 in cultivation. An entirely new class from 

 Afr'ca, with leaves ofien measuring 2 feet 

 across, some of them b(>ing light greiMi, 

 others bronze brown. For large foliage 

 beds we know of nothing more strikiiiir 

 and effective, and are objects of beauty all 

 summer and fall • • • • ^ 



Gibsonii, Of branching habit and dark pur- 

 ple stems and deep red foliage; 5 ft i 



Sanguineus. Scarlet fruit in clusters, blood 

 red stock, immense leaves; producing a 

 grand effect; S ft 4 



Mixed- The above and other varieties & 



PERILLA. 



The foliage of this )flant Is exceedingly ele- 

 gant, of a very dark i)urp'e color, and produces 

 a charming contrast with the silver leav(>(r 

 plants: growing freely in any s)il. Half-hardy 

 annual. 



Nankinensis, 18 in 4 



