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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



WHITLAVIA. 



Charming hardy annual, with delicate foliagre 

 and clusters of beautiful bell-shaped flowers, 

 fine for mixed borders, or shady spots; growing 

 freely in any garden soil. 



Grandiflora 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 unusual 

 and varied eifects. cheapness, and the small 

 amount of labor necessary for its construction, 

 has no rival. The *' Wild Garden Seeds ' are a 

 mixture of the different hardy flowers, thus 

 ensuring, on account of the different seasons of 

 bloom, something new almost every day. Per 

 pkt. 10 cts., 3 pkts. 25 cts., oz. BO cts. 



ZINNIA (Youth and Old Age). 



Plants of great beauty, of branching habit, and 

 splendid brilliant colored double flowers, rival- 

 ing in beauty and form double Dahlias. Bloom 

 in great profusion and with increased splendor 

 from June until cut off by frost; begins to bloom 

 when quite smnll. Easy of culture; thrives in 

 any good soil. Half-hardy annuals. 



Double Choice Mixed- Finest large flowering 

 varieties-. 2 tt •> 



Double White, comes true from seed, perfect 

 m shape 5 



Striped Zebra. Double flowers, distinctly 

 striped, of perfect shape. The largest per 

 cent are striped, the self colored are also 

 fine; best mixed 5 



Curled and Crested. These new, odd and 

 charming Curled and Crested Zinnias, 



are of perfect form, large, round, full and 

 double, the petals being twisted, curled and 

 crested into the most fantastic and graceful 

 forms: best mixed * 



VERBENA. 



DOUBLE WHITE PHLOX. 



ZINNIA DOUBLE. 



Ornamental Grasses. 



Some of the ornamental grasses are indispensaDle, and should be grown by all wlio cultivate the 

 Everlastings for winter ornaments. They also produce a beautiful and pleasing contrast when 

 interspersed with flowering plants and to use for summer bouquets. Grasses require to be cut when 

 they are green, before commencing to turn yellow, and strong looking in appearance. Tie in small 

 bunches and dry the same as Everlastings. 



All varieties 5 cents perjpacket. 



Agrostis Nebulosa. The most elegant of all; fine 

 and feathery, very delicate; cannot be sur- 

 passed ; 10 in. : h. a. 



Agrostis Pulchella. Very graceful and delicate; 

 tine for borders and edgings; 12 in.; h. a. 



Briza Maxima (Quakina ' Grass). An elegant 

 Siiakiiig grass: a most beautiful variety, use- 

 ful in bouquets. Large racemes or beautiful 

 rattles: 1 ft. ; h. a. 



Eulalia Japonica Zebrina. A most magnificent 

 Grass, exceedingly graceful, with long, narrow 

 leaves. striped with white and green. A single 

 plant often makes 30 elegant recurved flower 

 spikesof alielit violetcolor, resembling curled 

 Ostrich plumes. Beautiful for vases and 

 bouquets. Plant entirely hardy, of easy cul- 

 ture; t) ft. ; h. p. 



Erianthus Ravennse. Extremely elegant, like the 

 Pampas Grass, which it resembles in appear- 

 ance and liabit of growth, but it is more hardy; 

 its noble plumes of silvery flowers are pure 

 and white and most decidedly beautiful; 

 blooms the second season; 7 ft.; li. p. 



Gynerium Argenteum. (Pampas Grass.) This Is 

 the most (ornamental, stately-growing and 

 profusely flowering grass known. Bearing 

 large feathery-Uke plumes 18 to 24 inches long, 

 of silvery white and silkycolor. In northern 

 latitudes it should be protected in winter; 6 

 ft. ; h. h. p. 



Lagurus Ovatus. (Hare's Tail Grass.) A dwarf, 

 very pretty variety, with small silky-whit© 

 plumes; 1 ft. ; h. a. 



Tricholaena Rosa. A handsome rose tinted Grass; 

 2 ft.; h. p. 



MIXED VARIETIES. 



MIXED ANNUAL VARIETIES of Ornamental. 



Grasses, AH our cusionieis should at least 

 liuve a packet of this mixture— it is prepared 

 by ourselves and contains seed of all the annual 

 varieties namM above and many othei'S, thus fur- 

 nishing ample material for home decoration 

 in winter. Per pkt. 10 cts., 'A pkts. 25 cts. 



