PARCEL POST 



Under the Parcel Post rates, to avoid confusion and misunderstanding with our customers, 

 we send seeds in packets, ounces, quarter pounds, pounds and half pints, by mail prepaid to 

 any part of the United States and Canada. 



For the nearby points in the 2nd and 3rd zones, on heavy packages, in 5 and 10 lb. lots, 

 or for l / 2 pk. or peck of Beans, Corn and Peas, we can send these prepaid by mail at a saving 

 over express rates if preferred. 



For the 2nd zone it will cost from 10 to 20 cts., for the 3rd zone from 15 to 35 cts., ac- 

 cording to weight. 



If customers will remit this additional sum above the amount of the order we can send 

 the seeds by mail prepaid, otherwise we have to send by express at their expense. 



For the farther zones it will come cheaper to have them sent b*y express, as the express 

 rates for long distances have been reduced considerable from former rates. 



If the money sent us is more than is necessary to prepay the charges, the surplus will be 

 returned to you in the package. 



Your postmaster can inform you in what zone you are located from Pella. 



COMPLETE GARDEN SEED COLLECTIONS 



For the convenience of customers who are not acquainted with the different varieties of 

 seeds, and prefer to leave the selections to us, we will put up Special Vegetable and Flower 

 Seed Collections for the family garden, the selection to be our own choice. 



They give our customers a good assortment, best adapted to produce a continual succes- 

 sion of the most useful kinds throughout the season. 



No Discount on the Collections. 



A 50 cts. Vegetable Seed Collection containing 17 varieties. 

 A $1.00 Vegetable Seed Collection containing 35 varieties. 

 A 50 cts. Flower Seed Collection containing 17 varieties. 

 A $1.00 Flower Seed Collection containing 35 varieties. 



HONEY DEW MUSK MELON 



A wonderful new melon that gardeners have been growing in California and Colorado 

 and was offered on the New York and Chicago markets for the first time in the fall of 1915, 

 and where it sold at fabulous prices, bringing from 50 to 75 cts. each. 



It is an entirely new type of melon, the color is dull white when ripe, size about 6 inches 

 in diameter and 7 to 8 inches long, all melons being nearly the same size. This melon has 

 no netting, but the rind, though thin, is very tough and so close that the excellent flesh is 

 practically sealed up where it keeps in finest condition from three to five months after it is 

 ripe. Color of flesh a rich green from close to the rind to the seed cavity and the flavor 

 delightful to all who enjoy a good sweet melon. It has the sweetness of honey and the 

 freshness of the morning dew. Per pkt. 10 cts., 3 pkts. for 25 cts., oz.20 cts., lb. 60 cts. 



CHINESE WOOL FLOWER 



This splendid novelty eclipses everything so far introduced. A glorious garden flower of 

 the easiest culture and a long continued season of bloom. Plants grow 2 to 3 feet high, 

 the bloom starting early with a central head, round and globular, which often reaches a 

 large size. Scores of side branches are thrown out, each bearing a ball of scarlet wool, 

 all these branches support numerous laterals with small heads of bloom mixed with fresh 

 green foliage, so that a plant looks like an immense bouquet set in the ground. None of the 

 blooms fade in any way until hit by a hard frost, but all continue to expand and glow with 

 a deeping richness of color, a dark crimson scarlet with its massive bunches of wool-like 

 flowers, is surely the showiest as well as the most odd and novel flower of our garden. Per 

 pkt. 10 cts., 3 pkts. 25 cts. 



CARDINAL CLIMBER 



This most beautiful and distinct New Annual Climber is a glorious acquisition to the 

 flower garden. It is a strong and rapid grower, growing 15 ft. or more high, with fern-like 

 foliage and literally covered, with a blaze of fiery cardinal red flowers from mid-summer to 

 frost. The flowers are about 1 inch in diameter and are borne in clusters of 5 to 7 blooms 

 each. The flowers open at daylight and fade at sunset. Like all Ipomeas it delights in a 

 warm, sunny situation and good rich soil. Soak the seed in warm water for several hours 

 before sowing; do not plant until ground becomes warm in May. Per pkt. 10 cts., 3 pkts. 

 25 cts. fc 



