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Cole's Seed Store, Pel la, Iowa 



FLOWER SEED 



In the following list we describe, arranged alphabetically, all the flower seeds we have 

 in stock. We do not offer so extensive a list as many of our brother Seedsmen do, but our 

 assortment contains the Cream, and only varieties of Real Value, and those best adapted to 

 our climate and worthy of general culture by the amateur. There is much offered to the 

 public that is only valuable in a botanical collection, and will not please the amateur who 

 grows flowers for beauty; and to experiment with high-priced green-house seeds, which takes 

 a professional florist to manage, generally ends in a waste of time and money. 



Success makes Flower Culture delightful and we desire all our customers to succeed. 

 And we are confident that our Flower Seeds are unquestionably the best and will grow if 

 properly taken care of and sown at the proper season. We warrant the Flower Seed to be 

 fresh, true to name, and of good vitality. Every variety of Flower Seed is tested, under 

 our own personal supervision, and we positively throw out all dead seed. 



The soil best adapted to most flowers is light, rich loam, containing enough sand to make 

 it porous, and never plant any seeds when the ground is wet. 



BRIEF DIRECTIONS FOR SOWING, Etc., will be printed on each packet of Flower Seed, 

 and by following them £ny person, without the least experience, will have fair success in the 

 culture of Flowers. 



FOR EARLY BLOOM. Flowering soon after the seed is sown, we would recommend 

 Alyssum, Candytuft, Calliopsis, Larkspur, Migonette, Petunia, Phlox and Double Poppies. 



FOR A SHOWY BED. You need nothing better than Balsam, Dianthus, Phlox, Petunia, 

 Portulaca, Pansy and Verbena. 



FOR LATE FLOWERS. Nothing can surpass Aster, Ageratum, Adonis, Marigold Salvia, 

 Dahlia and Zinnia. 



ANNUALS 



In this department we include not only Annuals that bloom and die the first year, but also 

 those Ferennials that flower freely the first year from seed. Upon this class of plants the 

 flower garden is dependent for many of the brightest, most showy, and beautiful flowers. 



(Abutilon Flowering Maple) 



Beautiful plants for greenhouse and win- 

 dow culture, blooming almost continuously; 

 also succeeding well in the open ground in 

 summer. Flowers bell shaped, 1 to iy 2 inch- 

 es across. Fine mixed; 2 feet. Per pkt. 10 

 cts. 



Adonis 



A class of shows'-, hardy annuals, of easy 

 cultivation, growing about one foot high, 

 with pretty foliage and cup-shaped flowers of 

 an intensely deep blood red color, and of 

 long duration in bloom; sometimes known as 

 "Pheasant's Eye." 



AESTIVALIS (Flos Adonis), scarlet; 1 foot. 

 Per pkt. 4 cts. 



Ageratum 



Valuable plants for large bed or borders, 

 and very useful where cut flowers are in de- 

 mand; in bloom the whole summer; also good 

 for winter blooming in pots, succeeding in 

 any soil. Indispensable for boquets. Hardy 

 annuals. Fine mixed; 18 in. Per pkt. 4 cts. 



Antirrhinum (Snapdragon) 



Beautiful spikes of gay-colored flowers, 

 produced abundantly the first summer until 

 after frost, and also flowers well the second 

 season. Should be in every garden. Hardy 

 perennial. Finest mixed, 12 in. Per pkt. 4 

 cts. 



Little Gem Alyssum 



Alyssum 



Very pretty plants, with clusters of small 

 white flowers suitable for edging, bed or rock 

 work, and much used for boquets, on account 

 of their delicate, honey-like fragrance. Bloom 

 the whole season, and if sown in September 

 will bloom all winter in the house. The small 

 plants should be dusted with ashes to pro- 

 tect from the black flea. Hardy annual. 



SWEET ALYSSUM. 6 in. Per oz. 25 cts., 

 per pkt. 4 cts. 



LITTLE GEM. Of very compact, spreading 

 growth. Plants 10 to 15 inches in diameter. 

 They bloom quickly from seed, the plants 

 bearing profusely when quite small. 4 in- 

 ches. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



