COLE'S FLOWER SEEDS. 



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FLOWER SEEDS. 



The following list of Flower Seeds has been carefully revised, and all inferior varieties 

 discarded. We have added many new varieties some of them we describe in our list of 

 Novelties. We offer only the most popular kinds, and only the choicest strains of their class. 



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 



Eroperly taken care of and sown at the proper season. We warrant the Flov^er Seeds to be 

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

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



It is gratifying to know that each year the cultivation of Flowers is increasing. 

 To those that are unacquainted with the different varieties, we can especially recommend 

 the collections offered on third page. 



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, any 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, Gillia, Larkspur, Mignonette, 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 Perennials 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, and 

 consequently we have taken special care in the growth and selection of the choicest seed. 



No smaller packets are put up and sold than those quoted..^ 



ALYSSUM. 



Very pretty little plants, •witL clusters of email white 

 flowers suitable for edging, bed or rock work, and much 

 Qsed for bouquets, on account of their dehcate honey- 

 like fragrance. Blooms the whole season, and if sown 

 in September will bloom all winter in the house. The 

 small plants should be dusted with ashes to protect 

 from the black flea. Hardy annual. 



Per pkt. 



Sweet Alyssum, 6 in; peroz., 25cts 5 



Little Gem. See Novelties 10 



AMARANTHUS. 



Plants grown exclusively for their foliage, and in late 

 Bummer and early fall, when they have reached their 

 tallest development, the glowing effect produced by 

 their mass of rich foliage is scarcely equaled by any 

 similar class of slants. Half hardy annuals. 

 Tricolor. {JoseplVs Coa?,) leaves yellow, red 



and green ^ 



Caudatus {Love-ltes-Jaeeamg), long red pani- 

 cles * 



Fine Mixed; 2 to 4 ft 5 



ANTIRRHINUM (Snapdragon.) 



Beautifal 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. The Tom Thumb varieties are perfect gems 

 in habit of growth and brilliancy of colors. Hardy 

 perennial. 



Majus Mixed, tall varieties; 2 feet 5 



Tom Thumb, dwarf varieties; 6 in., mixed 5 



Neoga, III., March, 9, 1886. 

 Tou put up more seeds in your packets, and give bet- 

 ter results than any I have ever had. 



S. C. HUNTER. 



ABRONIA. 



Charming trailer, with Verbena-like heads of sweet 

 Bcente J flowers, blooming the whole season. Effective 

 In beds, borders, rock-work, and hanging baskets. 

 Half-hardy annual. 



Per pkt. 



Umbellata, rosy lilac, white eye; 6 in 4 



ABUTILON (Flowering Maple.) 



Beautiful plants for green-house and window culture, 

 blooming almost continually ; also succeeding well in 

 the open ground in summer. Flowers bell shaped, 1 to 

 2 inches across. 



Fine Mixed; 2 feet 10 



ADONIS. 



A class of showy, 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." 



^stivalis {Flos Adonis)^ scarlet; 1 f t. 4 



AGERATUM. 



Valuable plants for large beds or borders, and very 

 UBeftil where cut flowers are in demand ; in bloom the 

 whole summer; also good for winter blooming in pots, 

 succeeding in any soil. Indispensable for bouquets. 

 Hardy annuals. 



Fine Mixed; 18 in 4 



AGROSTEMMA. 



Attractive, free-flowering plants of easy culture, pro- 

 ducing flowers on long, slender stems like a single pink. 

 Very useful for cutting for bouquets, and pretty in 

 masses in beds. Hardy annual. 



Coeli Resa. mixed colors: 1ft 4 



