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Cole's Seed Store, Pella, Iowa 



Shasta Daisy 



The Shasta Daisy offered by Mr. Luther Bur- 

 bank of California, is one of the most marvelous 

 productions in the flower line that has ever been 

 brought to the notice of the flower loving public. 



Its first qualification is hardiness; it can b? 

 grown out of doors by anybody where it is not 

 cold enough to kill oak trees. They are peren- 

 nial, blooming better and more abundantly each 

 season, they are not particular as to soil. They 

 bloom for several months, in mild climates nearly 

 all the year. The flowers are extremely large 

 and graceful, averaging about four inches in 

 diameter-, with petals of the purest glistening 

 whiteness, and are borne on single long, stiff, wiry 

 stems. The blooms when cut remain fresh for a 

 long time and no other flower can compare with 

 it in usefulness for bouquets. Price per pkt. 10 

 cts., 3 pkts. 25 cts. 



Howard's Star Petunia 



The introducer says: By a long course of 

 selection and breeding, our efforts have been suc- 

 cessful in developing a strain of petunias that for 

 richness of color, beautiful markings, pleasing 

 form of the flowers, have won the distinction of 

 being the most beautiful petunias in the world. 



Their ground color is a dark crimson maroon, 

 with a rich velvety texture, justly pronounced 

 equal to that of the pansy. From the center starts 

 the points of a five rayed star, as shown in the 

 illustration. This star is a very light bluish pink, 

 some almost white, which deepens in color as it 

 reaches the margin and finally blends with the 

 maroon ground color. 



The plants are free growers, of medium size, 

 branching freely, and are remarkable prolific 

 bloomers, single plants often having 100 or more 

 fully expanded flowers at a time, size of flowers 

 about 2 1 / £ inches in diameter. Price per pkt. 10 

 cts., 2 pkts. 15 cts. 



Pennissetum Rueppelianum 



Purple Fountain Grass 



Graceful green foliage and purplish plumes, unequalled as an edging to a bed of Cannas or other 

 tall plants. The plumes are very fine for bouquets mixed with other flowers. Easy of cultivation in any 

 garden soil. Annual, 3 feet. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



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