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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



CINERARIA. 



A favorite, free-flowering greenhouse plant of 

 wondrous beauty, with flowers of great rich- 

 ness and diversity of color; blooming during the 

 winter and spring months, and can be planted 

 out in summer. They thrive best in a mixture 

 of loam and peat. 



Hybrida. Laree-flowered, finest mixed, 2 ft.. 15 

 CLARKIA. 



A favorite plant, with pretty, cheerful-looli- 

 ing flowers, growing freely and blooming pro- 

 fusely under almost any circumstances. Hardv 

 annuals, 



Fine Mixed, double and single; 18 in 4 



COCKSCOMB. 



A class of very magnificent, attractive and 

 showy annuals, producing massive heads of rich 

 shades and colors of great efl:ect in the garden 

 or in pots. Well adapted to our climate, as 

 they will stand drouth well. Half-hardy an- 

 nuals. 



Finest Mixed all colors; 2 ft 5 



CROTOLARIA RETUSA. 

 (Dwarf Yellow Flowering Pea.) 



The flowers of this annual are of a rich 

 golden-yellow color, of Sweet Pea form. The 

 flowers are of firm substance and grow iu 

 racemes, and often produce over 40 blossoms on 

 one spike. It blooms profusely throughout 

 the summer and until killed by frost. It is 

 a low-growing, branching plant. The oval 

 leaves are smooth, of the darkest green, and 

 the flowers are followed by clusters of short 

 smooth pods, iu which, when shaken, the seeds 

 sound like a child's rattle. It is best to start 

 the seeds in the window or hot-bed, first soak- 

 ing them in warm water 



CLEOME PUNGENS. 

 (The'Giant Spider Plant.) 



A robust plant, growing vigorously four or 

 five feet high and flowering profusely for 

 months. In fact, it is a perpetual bloomer, the 

 spikes continuing to increase in size as the 

 plant grows. The flowers are very showy, of a 

 bright rose color, it grows freely from seed 

 sown In the open ground. Also one of the very 

 best honey-producing plants 5 



COLEUS. 



Highly ornamental plants In an endless vari- 

 ety of colors and shadings, indispensable for 

 ribbon and carpet bedding, or as single speci- 

 mens for pots and vases. Half-hardy perennial. 

 Finest Hybrids Mixed ;li to 2 ft 8 



CONVOLVULUS MINOR. 



A very popular, hardy trailing annual, flower- 

 ing In different shades of brilliant blue and pur- 

 ple with white center until late in autumn: 

 succeedirg in any soil. Hardy annual. 

 Tricolor Minor; many varieties mixed; 12 in. 4 



CYCLAMEN. 



Well-known and charming bulbous rooted 

 plants with beautiful foliage and handsome 

 fragrant flowers. Universal favorite for the 

 greenhouse or parlor and for winter and spring 

 blooming. If sown early in the spring they 

 make flowering bulbs In one season; they re- 

 quire sandy loam. Half-hardy bulb. 

 Persicum Grandiflorum, tinest mixed. 6 in 10 



DAHLIA. 



Every one knows and admires the Double 



Dahlia, but few are aware that it can be grown 

 so easily from seed and flowers the first season, 

 that the purchase of bulbs is a needless 

 expense. The single varieties have become 

 very popular within the last few years. Sow 

 seed early in April in hot-bed or box in the 

 house, and transplant when all danger of frost 

 is over, in beds 24 inches apart. Take up the 

 roots as soon as frost occurs in the fall, and 

 preserve in a dry warm cellar. Half-hardv 

 bulbs. 



Double Mixed. Finest varieties; 2 to 4 ft 5 



Single Mixed. Finest varieties 5 



New Tom Thumb. New single varieties in 

 mixed colors; neat, compact and dwarf 

 habit, growing about one foot in height: 

 very free-flowering, invaluable for cutting • 



DIANTHUS PLANT. 



DIANTHUS (Pinks). 



The China and Japan Pinks are deservedly 

 very popular, as few flowers can equal them in 

 beauty and profusion of bloom. They bloom 

 continually all summer and fall, until overtaken 

 by severe frost; they live over winter and bloom 

 finally again the second season. The plants 

 generally grow ten to fifteen inches high, and 

 are of the easiest cultivation. So satisfactory a 

 class of fiowers should be grown in large variety 



in every garden. Hardy biennial. 



Chinesis. (Double Chinese Pink.) A splendid 

 mixture, one of the finest varieties; 1 ft. . 4 



Heddewigii. (Japan Pink). Flowers very large; 

 2 to 3 inches in diameter, double and sin- 

 gle mixed; 15 in 4 



Diadematus fl. pi. (Double Diadem Pink). 

 Splendid large double flowers of dark 

 shades and marked with white and black 

 colors, rich and beautiful 6 



Imperialis. (Double Imperial Pink.) Beauti- 

 fully variegated, flowers of the most del- 

 icate lints and shades; best mixed; 1 ft. . 4 



Fine Mixed. A mixture of many varieties... 5 

 New Cyclop Pink. A new strain of great 

 beauty. The plant grows 12 to 15 inches 

 high; flowers large, round, with broad 

 over-lapping petals, and produced in great 

 abundance. A clove-like odor add to their 

 attractiveness. If sown early, they bloom 

 the first season, and continue to flourish 

 for several years; mixed colors 8 



