50 



COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



FLOWER SEEDS. 



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

 carded. We hnve 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 a<-e confident that our Flower Seeds are unquestionably the best, and will grow if prop- 

 erly taken care of and sown at the proper season. We warrant the Flower Seeds 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 d>ad seed. 



It is gratifying to know that each year the cultivation of Flower-? is increasing. 



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

 collections offered on third page. 



The so:l best adapted to most flowers is light, rich loam, containing enough sand to make it 

 parous, and never plant anv serds 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 th^ culture of Flowers. 



FOR EARL-Y 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, Portu'aca. Pansv a^cl 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. 



$W No smaller packets are put up and sold than those quoted, jgfl 



ABRONIA. 



Charming trailer, with Verbena-like heads of 

 sweet scented flowers, blooming the whole sea- 

 son. 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 suc- 

 ceeding 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 cult i- 

 valion, growing about ono foot high, with pretty 

 foliage and cup-shaped flowers of an intensely 

 deep blood red color, and of long duration in 

 bloom; somet imes known as "Pheasant's Eye." 



iEstivahs (Flos Adonis), scarlet; 1ft 4 



AGERATUM. 



Valuable plants for large beds or borders, and 

 very useful where cut flowers are in demand; in 

 bloom the whole summer; also good for winter 

 blooming in pots, succeeding in any soil. Indis- 

 pensible for boquets. Hardy annuals. 



Fine Mixed; 18 in 4 



AGROSTEMMA. 



Attractive, f ree-flowcring plants of easy cult ure, 

 prod vicing flowers on long, slender stems like a 

 slugle pink. Very useful for cutting for bouquets, 

 and pretty in masses in beds. Hardy annual. 

 Coeli Rosa, mixed colors; 1 ft 4 



ALYSSUM. 



Very pretty little 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, 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, G in; per oz., 25 cts 5 



Little Gem. Of very compact, spreading growth. 

 A single plant will cover a circle 10 to 15 inches 

 in diameter. They bloom quickly from seed, 

 the plants bearing profusely when quite small. 

 4 inches 5 



COSMOS. 



The plants are of very rapid growth, and make 

 large bushes. From September to November 

 each plant is covered with hundreds of showy 

 blossoms, two inches in diameter. The flowers 

 resemble single Dahlias. Both foliage and flowers 

 are excellent for bouquets and vases. October* 

 frosts do not hurl the plant- and during thai 



month it Is one of the most showy plants in cul- 

 tivation; easily raised from seed. 

 Hybndus, line mixed; 4 to 5 feet, 10 



ANTIRRHINUM (Snapdragon.) 



Beautiful spikes of gay-colored flowers, pro- 

 duoed abundantly the tirst 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; Gin., mixed.... 5 



