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Cole's Seed Store, PeBIa, Iowa 



SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS 



The Summer flowering Bulbs for spring planting, containing the following list, are inex- 

 pensive, very easily grown, and produce some of the most showy and beautiful of all summer 

 and autumn flowers. They require little care, and quickly make a gorgeous display. Tender 

 bulbs cannot safely be sent by mail until April 1. When seeds and bulbs are ordered to- 

 gether, 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 not less than 50 at the 100 rate. Any of 

 the following bulbs are sent free by mail at catalogue prices, except where quoted by the 

 hundred. 



Gladioli 



We cannot too highly recommend our Mix 

 ed Gladioli. They embrace a magnificent va- 

 riety ©f beautiful colors. We trust that 

 many of our friends will avail themselves of 

 these low prices to plant largely. Set the 

 bulbs from six to nine inches apart, and 

 about four inches deep. Plant from middle 

 of April to first of June. 



AMERICA. This fine new variety in color 

 is a soft lavender pink, very light, almost a 

 tinted white, spikes 2 to 3 feet long, very 

 large spreading blooms, and luxuriant fol- 

 iage. A favorite for cut flower market. 

 When cut will last in water a week or 

 more. Each 5 cts., per doz. 50 cts. 



PRINCEPS. A superb new Gladioli. This 

 is a hybrid between the rare African Glad- 

 iolus Cruentus and a selected Giant Seed- 

 ling. It is by all odds the handsomest and 

 most robust variety yet produced, with ex- 

 tra large blossoms. The color is rich 

 crimson with broad wide blotches across 

 the flower petal. Each 10 cts., 3 for 25 

 cts., doz. $1.00. 



MRS. PRANK PENDIiETOlT. One of the 



most exquisitely colored and formed Glad- 

 iolus in the list. Flowers large, color a 

 lovely flushed salmon pink with brilliant 

 carmine blotches on lower petals, giving it 

 a rich appearance. Each 10 cts., 3 for 25 

 cts., doz. ?1.00. 



MRS. FRANCIS KING-. A most popular sort 

 of great beauty. The color is a very pleas- 

 ing Vermillion scarlet. The spike is strong, 

 flowers large and usually half dozen open 

 at once. Each 5 cts., 6 for 25 cts., doz. 

 50 cts. 



PRIMTJIiINUS HITERIDS. In recent years 

 this sort has come to be extremely popular 

 and they deserve every word of praise they 

 get. They are graceful, easy to grow, 

 artistic in colors, which range from sul- 

 phur-yellow to all shades of orange, with 

 some cream and pink among them, but 

 Xasturtium colors predominate. These 

 Hybrids are ideal for indoor decorations. 

 Each 5 cts., 6 for 25 cts., doz. 50 cts. 



EXTRA FINE MIXED. Embracing a mag- 

 . nificent variety of beautiful colors, very 

 choice; per doz. 40 cts., six 20 cts., three 

 10 cts., 50 for $1.50, 100 for $2.75. 



Caladium Esculentum 



(Elephant's Ear) 



One of the most beautiful and striking of 

 the Ornamental Foliage Plants for planting 

 out on the lawn. When of full grown size it 

 stands about five feet high, with immense 

 leaves, often measuring four feet in length 

 by two and a half in breadth. Plant out in 

 May in rich soil and give abundance of water 

 in dry weather. The roots should be pre- 

 served in dry sand in the cellar during the 

 winter, out of reach of frost. Large roots, 

 each 25 cts., small roots 15 cts. 



Tuberose 



The Tuberose is a beautiful, pure white, 

 wax-like, sweet-scented double flower, which 

 remains a long time in bloom, and are so fra- 

 grant 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 PEARIr,. This variety has large 

 flowers, perfectly double. Each 6 cts., 5 

 for 25 cts., per doz. 60 cts. 



Hyacinthus Candicans 



It can be used with excellent effect in the 

 center of a bed of Gladiolus or other plants. 

 The flowers are bell-shaped and pendulous, 

 pure white in color, and somewhat fragrant 

 Each 7 cts., 4 for 25 cts., per doz. 60 cts. 



Oxalis — Summer Flowering 



Valuable for edging walks, flower beds, etc. 

 Bulbs planted 3 inches apart form rounded 

 rows of delicate foliage, about 1 foot high, 

 which produce flowers in endless succession. 

 Plant about first of May, one inch deep. 

 Take up bulbs in the fall and store in dry 

 cellar. 



IiASIANDRA. Rosy pink. 10 cts. doz.; per 

 100, 60 cts. 



DEIPPA. Rosy white. 10 cts. doz.; per 100, 

 60 cts. 



Hardy Lilies 



The Lily has been, with eminent propriety, 

 styled the "Queen of Flowers." Their cul- 

 ture is simple, being entirely hardy and ad- 

 mirably adapted to pot culture. Plant in fall 

 or early spring, in good, deep, sandy, loamy 

 soil, where water will not stand, about one 

 foot apart and six to eight inches deep. They 

 should not be disturbed for several years, and 

 protected with a foot deep of leaves or man- 

 ure in winter. 



AURATUM. (Golden Japan Lily.) This is 

 the most beautiful of the Lily family; each 

 35 cts., three for $1.00. 



SPECIOSUM RXTBRUM. White and red 

 spotted. These are among the most beau- 

 tiful and delightfully fragrant; each 35 

 cts., three for $1.00. 



SPECIOSUM AIiBUM. A lovely pure white 

 Lily, with white petals reflexed, the finest 

 white variety; each 35 cts.. three for $1.00. 



Maderia Vine 



Sometimes called Mignonette Vine. Tuber- 

 ous rooted climber, with glossy green leaves, 

 of rapid growth, bearing graceful racemes of 

 deliciously fragrant white flowers; very use- 

 ful for screens, trellis, or for pots in the 

 house. Plant about the middle of May, 



Each 6 cts., 3 for 15 cts., per doz. 50 cts. 



