COLE'S FLOWER SEEDS. 



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LILIES. 



The Lily has been, with eminent propriety, 

 styled the "Queen of Flowers." Their culture 

 iis simple, being entirely hardy and admirably 

 iidapted to pot culture. Plant in fall or early 

 spring, in good, deep, sandy, loamy soil, where 

 water will not stand in winter, about one foot 

 iipart and six inches deep. They should not be 

 disturbed for several yeais, and protected with 

 leaves or straw in winter. 



Auratum (Golden Japan Lily). This is the most 

 beautiful of the Lilv family; each 25 cts., per 

 doz. $2.50. 



Speciasum Rubrum. White and red spotted. 

 These are among tlie most beautiful and 

 delightfully fragrant; each 20 cts., per doz. $2.00. 



Speciosum Album Proecox. A lovely, pure white 

 Lily, with white p.etal^, reflexed,and its center 

 embellished with a fine, long fringe: the finest 

 white variety ; each 'So cts., per doz. $3.50. 



Elegans (o?- Thurihergianum). Early; flowers cup- 

 shaped, borno upright, and of a great variety 

 of colors. They are very effective planted 

 either in lines or clumps, and include many 

 showy sorts. Mixed bulbs, each 15 cts., doz. 

 $1.50 



Tenuifolium {Siberian Lily). A. native of Siberia. 

 One of the very hardiest Lilies; flowers vivid 

 scarlet, with uetals reflexed ; very showy and 

 free-flowering, blooming early in the spring. 

 It is very easy of cultivation, requiring only a 

 well-drained, sandy soil; each 25 cts. 



CALADIUM ESCULENTUM. 



(Elephant's Ear.) 



One of the most beautiful and striking of the 

 Ornamental Foliage Plants in cultivation, for 

 culture in large pots or for planting out on the 

 iawD. When of full grown size it stands about 

 five feet high, with immense leaves, often meas- 

 uring four feet in length by two and a half in 

 breadth, very smooth, of a light green color, 

 veined and variegated with dark green. The 

 roots should be preserved in dry sand in the 

 <3ellar during the winter, out of reach of frost. 

 Large roots, each 25 cts., small roots, each 15 cts. 



TIGRIDIAS (Shell Flowers). 



These are extremely beautiful, and should be in 

 every garden, growing 1^4 feet high, and produc- 

 ing flowers about fou i- inches across. No flower 

 can surpass it in beauty. In bloom from July to 

 October. Plant about the middle of May, two 

 inches deep and pix inches apart. 

 Mixed Colors. Each 7 cts., four for 35 cts.. per 



dozen 60 cte 



THREE MEXICAN GEMS. 



The three summer bulbs mentioned below are 

 •similar in habit, and their culture is of the 

 ■easiest. It is only necessary to plant them in 

 ^;ood ordinary soil three inches apart and two 

 Inches deep. 



Milla Biflora (Floating Star). The flowers are in 

 pairs, of a pure waxy-white, nearly two and a 

 half inches in diameter; the petals are thick 

 and leathery, of great substance, and will keep 

 for days when out and placed in water. The 

 foliage is slender, rush-leaved; 10 cts. each, 

 three for 25 cts., seven for 50 cts. 



Bessera Elegans. It blooms quickly and contin- 

 ues until frost. The flower stems are from 

 one to two feet high, supoorting a dozen or 

 more bell-shaped flowers of a bright coral scar- 

 let, with white cups and dark blue antlers; 10 

 cts. each, three for 25 cts., seven for 50 cts. 



dyclobothra Flava. Of very graceful habit of 

 growth, and producing many clusters of droop- 

 ing, cup-shaped flowers, golden-yellow, with 

 fine black dots in the petals: 10 cts. each, three 

 for 25 cts., seven for 50 cts. 



We will send one bulb each of the Three Mex- 

 tCAN Gems for 25 cts., or two bulbs of ea^h for 45 cts 



ALBINO TUBEROSE. 



TUBEROSE. 



The Tuberose is a beautiful, pure white, wax- 

 like, sweet-scented double flower, which remains 

 a long time iu bloom, and are so fragrant as to 

 perfume the whole atmosphere for some dis- 

 tance around. Start bulbs in pots for early 

 blooming, or plant in open ground after middle 

 of May, twelve inches apart and two or three 

 inches deep- 

 Dwarf Pearl. This variety has large flowers 



perfectly double. Each 7 cts., three for 15 cts. 



per doz. 60 cts., by express, 50 for $1.50, lOO for 



$2.75. 



Albino (Early Flowering Branching Tuberose). This 

 charming single-flowering Tuberose is of the 

 purest white, both inside and out, even in. 

 the hottest sun the petals recurve gracefaiUy 

 flowering much earlier than the old oinge, 



« variety, and producing from three to five 

 flower stems from a single bulb. The odor is 

 less heavy than that of the double TuTDerose. 

 It is excellent for cutting and forcing under 

 glass. Each 10 cts., three for 25 cts., per doz. 75 

 cts. 



NEW DOUBLE ANEMONE. 



"Whirlwind." Hardy, strong and free bloomer. 

 In habit the plant is like the well known White 

 Japan Anemone; the same strong growth and 

 healthy foliage, and perhaps even more abund- 

 antly blooming. The flowers, which are SVi to 3 

 inches across, have several rows of white 

 petals, and the blooms last much longer than 

 those of the single variety. The plants grow 

 evenly in height, from 2f2 to 3 feet, and with 

 large and plentiful foliage. In a word it may 

 be said that this new double variety, which has 

 been named "Whirlwind," has all the free 

 blooming and other good q ualities of the Single 

 White or Honorine Jobort, and the additional 

 ones of the great hardiness of plants, while 

 the blooms are more lasting. These charac- 

 teristics are decided advantages and must 

 make a demand for it on all ornamental 

 grounds. Strong plants ready for blooming, 

 each 20 cts., three for 50 cts.. six for $1.00, one 

 doz. for $1.50. 



