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Cole's Seed Store, Pella, Iowa 



Phlox — Iiarg-e Plowering 



Phlox — Drummondi 



Superb plants, prized for the profusion of 

 their richly colored flowers of many hues, 

 their long duration in bloom, and the grand 

 effect they produce in clumps or masses. We 

 invite particular attention to the Large Flow- 

 ermg as especially fine. Easy of culture; 

 18 in. Hardy annual. 



AZ.BA. Pure white. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



COCCINEA. Brilliant scarlet. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



BOSEA. Beautifully rose colored. Per pkt. 

 5 cts. 



LARGE FLOWERING EXTRA CHOICE 

 MIXED. The most beautiful of the phloxes. 

 Our mixture contains a large variety of the 

 finest and most brilliant colors. Per pkt. 

 5 cts. 



DOUBLE MIXED. This variety is a profuse 

 bloomer, and of great value for bouquets. 

 They are of recent introduction and are 

 especially desirable for cut flowers, last- 

 ing much better than the single sorts. To 

 produce the best results they should be 

 grown in a light soil. About 80 per cent 

 of the seed sown will be double. Per pkt. 

 10 cts. 



STAR OP QITEDLINBURG. A very striking 

 novelty. The center of the petals, five in 

 number, runs into a point, thus giving the 

 flowers a regular star-like form. The plant 

 grows about 18 inches high, of compact 



. habit, and bears large umbels of flowers, 

 of many brilliant colors, and the edges of 

 the petals bordered with broad white mar- 

 gins. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Tring-ed CMnese Primrose 



Primula (Chinese Primrose) 



A charming and profuse flowering plant and 

 one of the most desirable of house bloom- 

 ing plants, and will richly compensate for 

 the little care they require. They are in al- 

 most constant bloom all winter, and if the 

 plants are transferred to a shady border they 

 will bloom nearly all summer. Care should 

 be taken in watering that no water fall in 

 the buds as it causes them to rot. Green- 

 house perennial. 



CHINESE PRIMROSE. Choice fringed va- 

 rieties mixed; the seed we offer is saved 

 from one of the finest collections; 6 in. 

 Per pkt. 10 cts. 



Ricinus (Castor Oil Bean) 



Ornamental plant of stately growth and 

 picturesque foliage, with brilliant-colored 

 fruit, producing a sub-tropical effect; fine 

 for lawns, massing, or center plants for rib- 

 bon beds. Half-hardy annuals, 

 ZANZIBARIENSIS. The largest castor bean 

 in cultivation. An entirely new class from 

 Africa, with leaves often measuring 2 feet 

 across, some of them being light green, 

 others bronze brown. Per pkt. 5 cts. 

 FINE MIXED. The best and choicest varie- 

 ties mixed. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Howard's Star Petunia 



The Introducer says: By a long course of selection and breeding, our efforts have been 

 successful in developing a strain of petunias that for richness of color, beautiful markings, 

 pleasing form of the flowers, have won the distinction of being the most beautiful petunias 

 in the world. 



Their ground color is a dark crimson maroon, with a rich velvety texture. From the center 

 starts the points of a five rayed star. This star is very light bluish pink, some almost wnite, 

 which deepens in color as it reaches the margin and finally blends with the maroon grouno 



The plants are free growers, of medium size, branching freely, and are remarkably prolific 

 bloomers, single plants often having 100 or more fully expanded flowers at a time, size or 

 flowers about 2^4 inches in diameter. Per pkt. 6 cts. 



