Cole's Seed Store, Pelia, Iowa 



Tall Double Marig-old 



Marigold (Tagetes) 



A free-flowering plant of easy culture, with 

 double flowers of rich and beautiful colors, 

 producing a splendid effect, whether planted 

 in beds or borders; and continuing in beauty 

 until destroyed by frost. Half-hardy an- 

 nuals. 



EZ.DOBADO. This is the finest type of this 

 showy flower, many plants having 75 to 

 100 flowers at one time. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



AFRICAN MIXED. Best double colors; 2 ft. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts. 



DWABF FRENCH. Finest double mixed; 1 

 ft. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Portulaca (Rose Moss) 



In brilliancy and beauty of colors, Portu- 

 lacas are unrivalled. They delight in sunny 

 situations and light soils, where they rapid- 

 ly carpet the ground, each plant covering 

 a space of about 15 inches in diameter; 6 in. 

 Half hardy annuals. 



FINEST SINGLE MIXED, a great variety of 

 colors. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



DOUBI.E ROSE-FI^OWERED MIXED, unsur- 

 passed for brilliancy of color and great 

 beauty. Per pkt. 10 cts. 



Double Fortnlaca 



Foppies 



Poppy (Papaver) 



A showy and easily cultivated annual; with 

 large brilliant colored flowers, growing free- 

 ly in any garden soil, and producing a fine 

 effect in large clumps or mixed beds. Sow 

 early In the spring where they are to remain 

 as they will not bear transplanting; 2 ft 

 NEW TUIiIF. A glossy new annual poppy, 

 with a beautifully-shaped, large size flow- 

 er, four inches across, of a most brilliant 

 dark scarlet. The two outside petals are 

 double the size of the inner ones, and each 

 pair forms by itself a round cup of flower, 

 which nearly resembles a tulip. The flow- 

 er will stand well for several days, and 

 the plant, therefore, always in full bloom. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts. 

 THE SHIBIiE'Sr. A new strain of marvelous 

 beauty. Delicate rose, pink, carmine, and 

 brilliant crimson. Many flowers are edged 

 with white, petals have a glassy, silk-like 

 texture. Single mixed. Per pkt. 5 cts. 

 FINEST MIXED. This m.ixture contains 

 seed of all the best double and single va- 

 rieties, including some entirely new ones. 

 Will make a grand display. Per pkt. 5 cts. ' 



Nicotiana 



AFFINTS. Of all the varieties of tobacco 

 which are grown for their sweet scented 

 flowers this is the best. The plant is lit- 

 erally covered with large, white, star- 

 shaped flowers, which after being cut, will 

 remain perfect for a week. A few plants 

 will perfume the whole yard or garden. 

 Taken up in the fall, cut back and potted, 

 it will bloom freely all winter. Very eas- 

 ily grown; 2 ft. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



SANDERAE. This new hybrid variety of 

 Nicotiana, bears large, brilliant carmine- 

 red flowers on bushy, many branched 

 ■plants 2 feet high. Plants raised in spring 

 by the same method as any of the hardy 

 annuals will flower early in summer, and 

 will give a continuous display of bloom 

 all . the summer and autumn in the open 

 ground, and will make extraordinary 

 branched specimens. The whole plant is 

 laden with flowers from base to summit 

 literally ablaze with most handsome car- 

 mine-red blossoms, thousands of which are 

 produced on a single plant. It comes true 

 from seed, and will grow and flower in all 

 kinds of soil and situations. It Is a plant 

 for the million, and is destined for unlver- 

 Mil use. Per pkt 5 cts. 



