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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



PAPAVER (Perennial Poppy.) 



Very hardy, Bhowy and ornamental plants, producing 

 immense flowers of most brilliant colors, and are really 

 desirable for their bright, gay display. Flowers often 

 six iuches in diameter. 



Orientale, dark scarlet color; 3 ft 5 



PENTSTEMON. 



One of the most beautifol and attractive herbaceous 

 plants ; bearing long, graceful spikes of rich-colored 

 flowers ; will bloom the first season if sown early in 

 March, and planted out in May, Half-hardy perennials. 



Fine Mixed; 2 ft 5 



PYRETHRUM. 



Handsome, free-flowering, highly ornamental plants, 

 producing a fine effect, in the mixed flower and shrub- 

 bery borders. Hardy perennials. 

 Aureum {Golden Feather)^ prized for its fin9 



yellow flowers; 6 in 5 



Roseum {Persian Insect Powder Plant). 

 Handsome plants, with rose-colored flowers, 

 from which this well known Powder is made. . . 5 



ROCKET. 



A handsome class of early spring, profuse floweftng 

 plants, resembling the Stock, with delicious, fragrant 

 flowers, fine for cut flowers, bouquets, etc. Grows 

 freely in any soil. Hardy perennial. 



Sweet, Mixed, white and purple; 18 in 4 



SWEET WILLIAM. 



Matchless border plants, with heads of bloom of 

 great size and wonderful beauty; should be in every 

 garden. Perfectly hardy and easily raised from seed. 

 Hardy biennial. 



Single Mixed, Finest colors mixed ; 18 in 4 



Double Mixed. Choicest seed ; 18 in 6 



WALLFLOWER. 



WeU-known deliciously fragrant garden plants, 

 blooming early in the spring, with large conspicuous 

 spikes of beautiful flowers; they should be protected 

 in a cold frame in the winter, and p anted out in May; 

 are much prized for bouquet flowers. Half-hardy per- 

 ennial. 



Finest Double Mixed. All colors; 2 ft 18 



Su.rr|nr|cr Klowcrir^g; Bulbs. 



The Summer-flowering Bulbs for spring planting, contained in the following list, are inexpensive., very easily 

 grown, and produce some of the most showy and beautiful of all summer and autumn flowers. There are but 

 few flowers that can compare with the noble and brilliant spikes of the Gladiolus, the grace and elegance of the 

 Lily, the purity and sweetness of the Tuberose. Tender Bulbs cannot be safely sent by mail before April first. 

 When seeds and Bulbs are ordered together, the seeds will be sent at once, and Bulbs as soon as danger of frost Is 

 over. No less than six will be sent at the dozen rate, and no less than 50 at the 100 rate. Any of the following 

 Bulbs are sent free by Mail at Catalogue Pnces, except where quoted by the hundred. 



GLADIOLI. TUBEROSE. 



GLADIOLI, 



We cannot to highly recommend our Mixed Gladioli. 

 They embrace a magnificent variety of beautiful colors, 

 all the poorer sorts having been discarded when in 

 flowor. Wo trust that many of our friends will avail 

 themselves of these low prices to plant largely; the 

 8pik(!S of bloom, richness and brilliancy of color are 

 out of all proportion to the trifling cost. We offer 

 shades of distinct colors separilte, or all mixed, as de- 

 sired. Set the bulbs from six to nine inches apart, and 

 about four inches deep. Plant from middle of April 

 to first of June. 

 Shades of Red Mixed, per dozen, 35 cents. 



" White and Pink Mixed per dozen 60 cts. 

 " " Yellow Mixed, per dozen 7.5 cents. 

 Extra Fine Mixed, enibrnciug all colors, very 

 choice, :?.") cents per (iozpii ; 50 for $1.25; lOl) for .*2.50. 

 HYACINTH US CANDICANS. A very striking and 

 beautiful plant, growing 3 to 4 feet high, bearing 

 quantities of ivory white flowers, of delicate fra- 

 grance; each 10 cti?., doz., fl. 



LILIES. . 



The Lily has been with eminent propriety styled the 

 "Queen of Flowers." Their culture is simple, being 

 entirely hardy and admirably adapted to pot culture. 

 Plant in Fall, or early Spring, in good, deep, loamy 

 soil, about two feet apart and six inches deep. They 

 should not be disturbed for several years, and pro- 

 tecteri with straw in winter. 



Auratum {GOiden Japan Lily). This is the most 

 beautiful of the Lily family ; each 25 cts., per doz., 

 $2.50. 



Harrisi or Bermuda Easter, a profuse bloomer, 

 flowers large white trumpet shape and very deli- 

 cately fragrant, perfectly hardy, earliest of all, un- 

 excelled for house culture. Each, 25 cts,, doz,, $2,50. 



Lancifoliun Rubrum or Speciosum. White and 

 red spotted. These are among the most beautiful 

 and delightfully fragrant, imparting a vanilla per- 

 fume; each 25 cts., per doz., $2. 



Speciosum Album Prcecox. A lovely, pure white 

 Lily, with white petals reflexed, and its center em- 

 belished with a fine, long fringe; the finest white 

 variety; each, 40 cts., per doz., 



MADEIRA VINE. 



Sometimes called Mignonette Vine. Tuberous rooted 

 climber, with glossy green leaves, of rapid growth, 

 bearing graceful racemes of deliciously fragrant white 

 flowers ; very useful for screens, trellis, or for pots In 

 the house. Plant about the middle of May ; each, 7 

 cts., per dozen, 60 cts. 



TIGRIDIAS (Shell Flowers). 



These are extremely beautiful, and should be in 

 every garden, growing 1% feet high, and producing 

 flowers about four inches across. No flower can sur- 

 pass it in beauty. In bloom from July to October. 

 Plant about the Middle of May, two inches deep and 

 six inches apart. 



Mixed Colors. Each 8 cts., per dozen, 66 cts. 



TUBEROSE. 



The Tuberose is a beautiful pure white, wax-like, 

 sweet scented double flower; which remain a long time 

 in bloom and are so fragrant as to perfume the whole 

 atmosphere for some distance around. Start bulbs in 

 pots for early blooming, or plant in open ground after 

 middle of May, twelve inches apart and two or three 

 inches deep. 



Dwarf Pearl. This variety has large flowers, perfectly 

 double and twice the size of the common Tuberose. 

 Each 8 cts., 6 for 40 cts., per dozen, 75 cts., by Express, 

 50 for J2.25, 100 for |4. 



