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Cole's Seed Store, Pel la, Iowa 



Aster— Mikado Pink 



A fine new variety. Petals are nar- 

 row, very long and gracefully reflex- 

 ed, making it the fluffiest Aster we 

 have ever seen. In color it is a most 

 exquisite shade of shell pink. For a 

 mid-season pink Aster it is without a 

 rival. The plants are unusually vigor- 

 ous, succeeding everywhere. It is not 

 uncommon to find plants with a dozen 

 long, strong, graceful stems each 

 crowned with flowers from four to six 

 inches in diameter. Per pkt. 10 cts. 



CHINESE WOOL FLOWER 



This splendid novelty eclipses everything so far introduced. A glorious garden flower of 

 the easiest culture and a long continued season of bloom. Plants grow 2 to 3 feet high, 

 the bloom starting early with a central head, round and globular, which often reaches a 

 large size. Scores of side branches are thrown out, each bearing a ball of scarlet wool, 

 all these, branches support numerous laterals with small heads of bloom mixed with fresh 

 green foliage, so that a plant looks like an immense bouquet set in the ground. None of the 

 blooms fade in any way until hit by a hard frost, but all continue to expand and glow with 

 a deeping richness of color, a dark crimson scarlet with its massive bunches of wool-like 

 flowers, is surely the showiest as well as the most odd and novel flower of our garden. Per 

 pkt. 10 cts., 3 pkts. 25 cts. 



CARDINAL CLIMBER 



This most beautiful and distinct New Annual Climber, is a glorious acquisition to the 

 flower garden. It is a strong and rapid grower, growing 15 ft. or more high, with fern-like 

 foliage and literally covered with a blaze of fiery cardinal red flowers from mid-summer to 

 frost. The flowers are about 1 inch in diameter and are borne in clusters of 5 to 7 blooms 

 each. The flowers open at daylight and fade at sunset. Like all Ipomeas it delights in a 

 warm, sunny situation and good rich soil. Soak the seed in warm water for several hours 

 before sowing; do not plant until ground becomes warm in May. Per pkt. 10 cts., 3 pkts. 

 25 cts. 



A Novelty Sunflower 



RED SUNFLOWER 



For countless thousands of years Sunflowers of all kinds have brightened the earth with 

 flowers of golden yellow. Now nature has suddenly given us a Sunflower with blossoms of 

 a beautiful chestnut-red, growing six to eight feet high, some plants produce flowers of a 

 claret red, other flowers tipped with yellow, others primrose splashed with red. As easily 

 grown as any of the common Sunflowers. The flowers vary from a few inches to nearly a 

 foot in diameter. A striking novelty in the garden which attracts attention everywhere. 

 The long stemmed flowers are beautiful and lasting. We have been selecting this strain of 

 Red Sunflower carefully so as to get plants mostly with red flowers, but a few plants will 

 likely still produce yellow flowers. As these plants have no purple in stem or leaf, they can 

 be pulled out when seedlings and destroyed. 



Price per pkt. 5 cts. 



