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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



PHLOX DRUMMONDI, L 



-\r— Superb plants 

 • prized for the prof u- 

 sion of their richly 

 colored flowers of 

 E^#4 ""^'^FImIIP^ i. iiianj- hues, their 

 Ions: duration in 

 bloom, and the grand 

 effect they produce 

 i^i^^^ in clumps or masses. 

 -^^Tlp^ We invite particular 

 ® ; -\ - attention to the 



Large Flowering as 

 especially fine. Easy 

 ^ of culture; 18 in. 

 Hardy annual. 

 IffY^.^^y Alba. Pure white.. 5 

 ^ Coccinea. Bril- 



M^-'Wi^ liant scarlet 5 



i^'li^^FX^^W^^osea. Beautiful 

 ^ >T W ^ rose color 5 



Fine Mixed. All varieties and colors 5 



Large Flowering Extra Choice Mixed. The 

 most beautiful of the phloxes. Our mix- 

 ture contains a large variety of the finest 

 and most brilliant colors 8 



New Dwarf Mixed. A strain of dwarf and 

 compact growth, makes desirable pot 

 plants, also for ribbon lines and massing, 

 very beautiful little plants 8 



Double Mixed. This variety is a profuse 

 bloomer, and of great value for bouquets. 

 They are of recent introduction and are 

 specially desirable for cut flowers, last- 

 ing much better than the single sorts. 

 To produce the best results they should 

 be grown in a light soil. About SO per 

 cent of the seed sown will be double. . S 



Star of Quedlinburg. A very striking novelty. 

 The center of the petals, five in number, 

 run into a point, thus giving the flowers a 

 regular star-like form. The plant grows 

 about 18 inches high, of compact habit, 

 and bears large umbels of flowers, of many 

 brilliant colors, and the edges of the petals 

 bordered with broad white margins 7 



POPPY (Papaver). 



A showy and easily cultivated annual; with 

 large brilliant colored flowers, growing freely 

 in any garden soil, and producing a fine effect 

 in large clumps or mixed beds. Sow early in 

 the spring where they are to remain, as they 

 will not bear transplanting; 2 ft. 

 VESUVIUS. This is one of the most brilliant 

 flowers we have ever seen. The flowers are 

 finely cut or fimbriated, which adds greatly 

 to their beauty; color scarlet 5 



SNOWDRIFT. A grand variety of very dwarf 

 and compact habit. The large, pure white 

 flowers are perfectly round and double; the 

 petals are finely fimbriated 6 



New Tulip. A glossy new annual poppy, 

 with a beautifully-shaped, large size flow- 

 er, four Inches across, of a most brilliant 

 dark scarlet. The two outside petals are 

 double the size of the inner ones, and eacn 

 pair forms by Itself a round cup of flowet, 

 which nearly resembles a tulip. The 

 flower will stand well for several days, and 

 the plant, therefore, always in full bloom. 5 



Finest Mixed. 'I'his mixture contains 

 seed of all the best double and single 

 varieties, including some entirely new 

 ones. Will make a grand display 5 



PRIMULA OBCONICA. 



PRIMULA (Chinese Primrose). 



A charming and profuse flowering plant, and 

 one of the most desirable of house blooming 

 plants, and will richly compensate for the little 

 care they require. They are in almost con- 

 stant bloom all winter, and if the plants are* 

 transferred to a shady border they will b'ooi.i 

 nearly all summer. Care should be taken in 

 watering that no water fall on the buds as it 

 causes them to rot. Greenhouse perennial. 

 Obconica. A lovely and profuse blooming 

 Primrose, bearing beautiful single flowers, 

 white, shaded with lilac. This is really 

 an ever-blooming plant, producing elegant 



clusters of flowers continu lusly ; 9 in lo 



Sinesis Fimbriata. Choice fringed varieties 

 mixed; the seed we offer is saved from one 

 of the finest collections; G in 'lo 



PETUNIA. 



No class of flowers better repay the care they 

 require than the Petunias; easily raised from 

 the seed: the richness of color and abundance 

 of rich flowers make them indispensable for 

 bedding plants. Every garden should have a 

 bed of these magnificent flowers, a gav mass of 

 bloom from June to hard frost. Hardy annual. 

 Hybrida. A fine variety; flowers beautifully 

 blotched, marbled, fringed and variegated. 8 



Mixed. Finest varieties 5 



Giants of C a 1 i f o r n i a. A gigantic strain 

 of great beauty; flowers often four to five 

 inches across. Most of the flowers are 

 exquisitely ruttled or fringed and of every 

 conceivable shade of crimson, pink, laven- 

 der, pure white, and the most grotesque 

 and beautiful combinations; some with 

 charming deep throats of yellow, white. 



black, green or maroon l.'> 



Hybrida Grandiflora. Finest Double. The 

 seed we offer is carefully fecundated 

 with the best double flowers. Sure to pro- 

 duce a good percentage of splendid, large 

 double flowers; perfectly magnificent Ir, 



PORTULACA. 



In brilliancy and beauty of color, Portulacas 

 are unrivalled. They delight in sunny situa- 

 tions and light soils, where they rapidly carpet 

 the ground, each plant covering a space of 

 about 1.5 inches in diameter; G In. Half-hardy 

 annuals. 



Finest Single Mixed, a great variety of colors 4 

 Double Rose-flowered Mixed, unsurpassed for 

 brilliancy of color and great beauty 10 



