COLE'S FLOWER SEEDS. 



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SCABIOSA. 



SCABIOSA (Mottrning Bride), 



A class, of popular, showy plants, with elegant 

 fragrant flowers of different colors and shades; 

 their flowers are borne on long stems, making 

 them very suitable for cut flowers or bouquets. 

 Fine for bedding, mixed borders, etc.; blooms 

 profusely until frost. Hardy annuals. 

 Snowball. The flowers of this pretty Sca- 

 biosa are large, of purest white and very 

 double. The stems are very strong and the 

 foliage luxuriant. This plant comes quite 

 true from seed and is sure to be liked for 

 vases and bouquets 5 



Nana, Fl. PI. Habit more dwarf, flowers 

 quite double, all colors mixed; 1 ft 4 



SALVIA (Flowering Sage). 



The Salvia is one of the most beautiful of all 

 flowers; the brilliant spikes of the scarlet flow- 

 ers produce for months a dazzling effect. Of 

 easy cultui'e and fine for massing and bouquets. 

 Half-hardy annual. 



New Dwarf, or Bonfire- {havLie Flowering 

 Scarlet sage) A splendid new s-nrt bl.oom- 

 ing much earlier than old variety. The 

 plants are dwarfer and more compact in 

 habit, while the flowers are larger and 

 more numerous and are of the brightest 

 scarlet imaginable, lasting until late in the 

 fall; 2 ft 10 



Coceinea Splendens. (Smail Ftoivering Scar- 

 let Sagey. Spikts of scarlet flowers; 3 ft... . 5 



SALPIGLOSSIS (Velvet Flower). 



Flowers resembling the petunia in shape and 

 size; but singularly marked and beautifully 

 penciled. Of the easiest culture and such 

 beauty that it deserves a place in every gar- 

 den. It is vei-y free flowering and makes a 

 grand show for months. Hardy annual. 



Finest Mixed. Of all shades and colors ; 18 in. 5 



SAPONARIA (Bouncing Bet\ 



Beautiful, compact-growing, plants, with 

 masses of miniature cross-shaped flowers, 

 blooming throughout the summer and late in 

 the autumn. Hardy annual. 



Mixed. All colors, 6 in 4 



SCHIZANTHUS. 



A splendid class of plants, combining elegance 

 of growth with a profusion of rich and vari- 

 ous colored flowers. Fine for the flower gar- 

 den; of easy culture. Half-hardy annuals. 

 Fine Mixed, all colors. 2 ft 4 



TORENIA. 



Charming plants for pot culture, vases or 

 hanging baskets. They succeed well in the 

 open ground in summer; are exceedingly free 

 bloomers, and the flowers of great beauty. Ten- 

 der annual. 



Fournieri. Lovely velvet- blue flowers, with 

 three large spots of darkest blue and a 

 bright yellow throat 5 



VENUS LOOKING GLASS. 

 (Campanttla Speculum.) 



A free-flowering pretty little plant, especially 

 adapted for beds, ribbons, or edgings; grows 

 well in any garden soil. Hardy annual. 

 Fine Mixed, all colors ; 6 in 4 



VINCA (Periwinkle). 



Free blooming plants of great beauty, with 

 shining green foliage and handsome flowers, 

 either adapted for bedding or pot culture for 

 winter blooming in the house. Tender peren- 

 nial. 



Fine Mixed; 2 feet 5 



VIRGINIAN STOCK. 



A class of pretty little profuse flowering, 

 sweet scented, hardy annuals, well adapted for 

 small beds, edgings or masses; fine for bou- 

 quets. 



Fine Mixed. All colors; 6 in 4 



VISCARIA. 



Handsome annuals, making a splendid show 

 when massed; large, round, single flowers of 

 white, scarlet, blue, flesh, margined and marked 

 with various colors. Hardy annuals. 

 Fine Mixed. All colors; 18 in 4 



WHITLAVIA. 



Charming hardy annual, with delicate fo'iage 

 and clusters of beautiful bell-shaped flowers, 

 fine for mixed borders, or shady spots; growing 

 freely in any garden soil. 



Grandifiora Mixed. Many colors; 12 in 4 



A WILD FLOWER GARDEN. 



(Choice Mixed Hardy Flowers.) 



The introduction of these has proved a most 

 marked success, and becoming more popular 

 every year. The "Wild Garden." for its umis»- 

 ual and varied effects, cheapness, and the small 

 amount of labor necessary for its construction, 

 has no rival. The "Wild Garden Seeds" are ? 

 niixture of the different hardy flowers, thus 

 insuring, on account of the different seasons of 

 bloom, something new almost every day. Sow 

 tnlnly. Per large pkt. 10 cts., 3 pkts. 25 cts., 

 oz. 30 cts. 



