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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



PANSY (Heartsease.) 



The pansy ie the most popular of all flowers grown 

 from seed. It is needless to say anything in praise of 

 such universal favorite. It is everywhere popular, 

 both for the brilliant beauty of its flowers and the long 

 continuation of bloom. By p ucking off the flowers as 

 soon as they begin to fade, the succeeding flowers will 

 be much more numerous and of larger size than if any 

 are allowed to go to seed. Pansies delight in a cool, 

 moist situation, partially protected from the hot noon- 

 day suu; in exposed positions, in hot summer weather' 

 the flowers will l e smaller. Uardy perennials. 

 All our Pansu seed is the very best to be had. 



Per pkt. 



Giant Trimardeau. See Novelties 20 



Bugnot's Large Blotched. See Novelties 25 



White or Snow 

 Queen. Flowers of 

 a delicate, pure 

 satiny white ... 10 

 Faust, or King of 

 the Black. Deep 

 coal black, coming 

 constant from 

 seed: a group of 

 this variety pre- 

 sents a fine appear- 

 ance. . . 10 



Odier, Five Blotch- 

 ed. A variety of 

 great beauty, each 

 petal being blotch- 

 like the Geranium 

 Odier; colors range 

 from blue to dark 

 violet, bronze to 

 purplish brown, 

 yellow to golden 

 PANSY. bronze, vdth pure 



white margins; 



others with bright golden borders. 15 



New Giant Gassier. An entirely distinct and 

 beautiful race with flowers of enormous size and 

 good shape, each petal bears a large blotch cov- 

 ering it almost entirely. The plants are vigor- 

 ous and the flowers are well above the leaves. 



Many colors in choice mixture 20 



Imperial German, r. xtra Choice . Mixed, saved 

 from the finest collecti' ns; flowers very large, 

 perfect in form, and markiuga of the richest 



and most beautiful colors 16 



Fine Mixed. Fine varieties and colors mixed. . . 10 



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 indispensa le for bedding plants. Every garden 

 should have a bed of these magnificent flowers, a gay 

 mass of bloom from June to hard frost. Haidy 

 annual. 



Hybrida. From a celebrated German co'lec- 

 tion; flowers beautifully blotched, marbled, 

 fringed and variei:ated ...... 10 



Mixed. Finest varieties 6 



Hybrida Nana, New Dwarf. Little bushy 

 plants of five to eight inches in height, studded 

 with beautifully striped flowers; exceedingly 

 effective either in masses or in pots 10 



Hybrida Grandiflora. Finest mixed; the large 

 flowering v„rieties are magnificent ; the flowers 

 in this class of Petunias are nearly twice the 

 size of the ordinary sorts, and embrace nearly 

 every imaginable shade of color, as well as 

 being blotched and mottled 15 



Hybrida Grandiflora Fl. PI. Finest Double. 

 The seed we ofler is from a reliable grower in 

 Germany and is carefully fecunJated with the 

 best double dowers. Sure to produce a good 

 percentage of splendid, large double flowers; 

 perfectly magnilicent 16 



PORTULACA. 



In brilliancy and beauty of color Portulacas are un- 

 rivaled. They delight in sunny situations and light 

 soils, where they rapidly carpet the ground, each plant 

 covering a 8i)ace of about 15 inches in diameter; 6 in. 

 IIalf-li(ir<lii An /I i/als. 



Finest Single Mixed, a great variety of colors. . 4 

 Doubled Rose-flowered Mixed, unsurpassed 

 for brilliancy of color and great beauty 10 



PHLOX DRUMMONDH. 



Superb plants, prized 

 for the profusion of 

 their richly-colored 

 ""^^^MBfiP^FI flowers of many hues, 

 their long duration in 

 bloom, and the grand 

 ?^r^^^ effect they produce in 

 ^™ clumps or masses. We 

 f '-l^'; invite particular atten- 

 '■'^v^ '-Jyi^-^^^ tion to the Large Flow- 

 ■y^ \ 'A^BHK^P e) i/)g and Double White, 

 as spedfcUy fine. Easy 

 ~ of culture; 18 in. Hardy 



annual. 



ritlm \\^— P^'*- 

 mmW Alba. Pure white. .. 5 

 Coccinea. Brilliant 



scarlet 5 



Rosea. Beautiful 



Rose color 6 



Mixed. Fine varie- 



PHt.OX DRUMMONDH. ^j^g ^ 



Large Flowering Extra Choice Mixed. The 

 most beautiful of the Phloxes, the striking 

 characteristic of which is the scarlet red color 

 of its flowers, rendered further remarkable by 

 a large white eye, the color of which is encir- 

 cled with a violet edge 10 



NEW DWARF MIXED. A quite distinct 

 strain of dwarf and compact growth, makes 

 desirable pot plants, also for ribbon lines and 

 massing, very beautiful little plants ; 10 in 10 



Double White. See Novelties 10 



Star of Quedlinburg. See Novelties 10 



POPPY (Papaver.) 



A showy and easily cultivated annual ; with large bril- 

 liant 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 feet. 



Shirley. See Novelties 10 



Mikado. See Novelties 10 



Snowdrift. See Novelties & 



Vesuvius. See Novelties & 



Peony-flowered. Large flowers, very double, 



mixed 4 



Carnation. Double mixed, brilliant colors 



fringed and striped 4 



Fine Mixed, all shades and colors 4 



PRIMULA (Chinese Primrose.) 



A charming and profuse flowering plant, and one of 

 the most desirable of all house blooming plants, and 

 will richly oouipensate f r llie litt e care they require. 

 They are in almost constant bloom all winter, and if 

 the plants be tra nsferred to a shady border, the.v will 

 b'.oom nearly all summer. Care should be taken iu 

 watering that no water fal' on the buds, as it causes 

 them to rot. Greenhouse perennial. 

 Sinesis Fimbriata. Choice fringed varieties 

 mixed ; the seed we offer is saved from one of 

 the finest collections, and can be highly recom- 

 mended ; 6 iu 20 



Japonica (./a/pa/'ese Primrose). The Queen of 

 Primroses; noble in foliage and bearing. The 

 beautiful, flue large, magenta-colored flowers 

 stand iu whorls, pyramidically arranged on 

 stout flower stems ; mixed colors: 15 in 15 



RICINUS. (Castor Oil Bean.) 



Ornamental plants of stately growth an<a picturesque 

 foliage, with brilliant-colored fi-uit, pro.ducing a sub- 

 tropical effect; fine for lawns, massing; or centre plants 

 for ribbon beds. Half-hardy <mnuals. 

 Gibsonii Of branching habit and dnrk purple 



stems and intense deep red foliage, 5 ft 4 



Sanguineus. Scarlet fruit in clusters, blood red 

 stalk, immense leaves; producing a grand effect. 



8 ft .... 4 



Mixed. The above and other varieties 4 



