COLE'S NOVELTIES. 



New Sweet Peas. 



This flower has become very popular the last 

 few years. New varieties are introduced by the 

 dozen every year. Many of them are so nearly 

 alike that experts can hardly distinguish them 

 apart. We add to our list every year the most 

 distinct colors of the newer varieties. 



CULTURE. Sweet Peas will grow anywhere, 

 but will give best results on clay soil, a good 

 method is to select your bed the previous fall, 

 enrich with thoroughly rotten manure and spade 

 bed deeply, this will leave ground in nice shape 

 for early spring planting. Do not spade ground 

 in spring, as a stiff firm soil is best, never use 

 fresh manure. Early in spring the earlier the 

 better, sow your seed in double rows about 10 

 inches apart. Hollow out drills, so they will 

 be about 2 or 3 inches deep in stiff clay, and 4 or 

 5 inches deep in light loose soil, iirm soil in the 

 trench with the foot, this is important, on this 

 sow your seed twice as thick as you want them 

 to stand in row to be sure of a full stand, cover 

 seed about two inches deep and firm soil. 



Do not hill up, as it is better to have a slight 

 depressioa so as to catch most of the water 

 after rains. Thin plants to 2*inches apart before 

 they commence to vine. Hoe only shallow be- 

 tween plants. For support use poultry wire or 

 brush. For a long season of bloom, mulch and 

 water in dry weather, and pluck flowers freely 

 as they soon stop blooming if you let seed form. 



AURORA This new variety attrnc s at- 

 r^»JI\Vyl\/-l. tention on account of the enor- 

 mous size and wonderful brilliancy of the 

 flowers. The immense flowers are borne 3 or 

 4 on a stem and the color effect is gorgeous ; 

 standard and wings are white flaked and striped 

 with bright orange-salmon. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 10 cts. 



THF RPinF A large, grand, pure white ; 

 IIIU UI\IL/L-.^ ^ell acclimated and has 

 stronger germinating power than the other white 

 varieties. Very popular for cut flowers. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts. 



Dpi I I I A NIT The flowers are of good 



tJI\ll^l^l/-ll^ I . substance, medium to 

 large in size. The color is of a rich, bright Grim- 

 son scarlet. The wings nearly equal the stand- 

 ard in intense richness of color. The flowers 

 are borne three on a stem, and retain their full 

 brilliancy af color under the hottest sun. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts. 



fOnilFTTF Deep primrose color, 

 V^V^V^ULIIL. shaded fawn, suffused 

 with a subtle tint of purplish-rose; a most 

 fascinating flower. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



r^tJAY FDIAD Entirely unlike any other 

 VJI\MI I gj^ggi jDg(j_ Excites sur- 



prise and admiration wherever seen. It is a 

 most beautiful watered purple on white ground. 

 The flowers are of a hooded form, of large size, 

 are borne 3 and4 on a stem. Perfectly beautiful 

 in a bouquet when bunched alone. Per pkt. 5 

 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



PA MOM A Grand flowers of very large 

 r\/-\lTIWl^ri. si2e and improved hooded 

 form, It is a vigorous grower and bears 3 or 4 

 flowers to the stem. Its coloring is delicately 

 beautiful; a creamy-white, daintily splashed 



with pale pink on standard and wings. Per 



pkt. 5 cts. oz 10 cts. 



NEW SWEET PEAS. 



POYAI Pn^F The standards di en 

 f\KJ I ML l\V^.:5L. mine pink ; the wiug. 



STANLEY. 



STELLA MORSE. 



cir- 



pinK ; tne wlug:^ are 

 a most charming, light rosy-pink, almost a self- 

 colored flower of handsome shape and immense 

 size. A great advance on Apple Blossom. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts. 



A magnificent large flower; 

 standard rich mahogany 

 brown; wings garnet maroen. A fine variety. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts. 



CHAT AHA This is a magnificent advance 

 in the coloring of this flower, 

 being of a deep indigo black. The blossoms is 

 of the largest grandifiora form, most distinct 

 and attractive. Per pkt. 10 cts., oz. 20 cts. 



De6idedly the best 

 of all the Sweet Peas, 

 approaching primrose yellow. It has not only 

 a shading of yellow, but is also flushed with a 

 pale pink, which gives the blossoms a rich 

 creamy-buff color. No one has seen this new 

 Sweet Pea without being in love with it. Its 

 gracefulness and soft delicate coloring being 

 unrivaled. Per pkt. 10 cts., 2 pkts. 15 cts. 



AMERICAN SEEDLINGS. StiM 



of seedlings not yet named. They are the result 

 of crossing and recrossing the choicest of the 

 new flowering varieties, and this seed will pro- 

 duce flowers of the largest size, finest forms and 

 in an endless variety of color. In our trials the 

 past season we were delighted with the new 

 colors we found in this mixture. Per pkt. 5 cts., 

 oz. 10 cts., M lb. 35 cts., lb. $1.25. 



STRIPED MIXTURE. ™?aiSL'JiSVhl 



large flowering varieties, that are striped and 

 flaked, which make a beatiful show in the gar- 

 den. Our customers will be delighted with a 

 packet of this old mixture. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 10 cts., % lb. 60 cts. 



SPECIAL OFFER. One packet each of the above 12 varieties of New Large 

 Flowering Sweet Peas, for 50 cts. 



