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Cole's Seed Store, Pella, Iowa 



EVERLASTING FLOWERS 



The everlasting flowers are a popular class of 

 slants, with their rich, brilliant colors, are very 

 valuable for winter decoration in connection with 

 ornamental grasses. The flowers generally should 

 be picked before they are fully open and hung up 

 in small bunches (not too large, or they will mil- 

 dew) in a dry, airy, shady place, with the flowers 

 downward to keep the stems straight. 



Acroclinum 



One of the most beautiful of the Everlasting 

 family, of easy culture, and bears a great number 

 of bright rose or daisy-like flowers. They should 

 be gathered the first day they are open, or even 

 before they fully open, and dried. Half-hardy 

 annual. 



PINE MIXED, double and single; 1 ft. Per 

 pkt. 4 cts. 



Ammobium 



A desirable white Everlasting, with a pretty 

 flower, pure white, therefore being very useful in 

 making up bouquets in summer or winter. Hardy 

 annual. 



ALATUM GRANDXFLORTJM. Flowers white, 

 18 in. Per pkt. 3 cts. 



Gomphrena (Globe Amaranth) 



This is highly prized for the garden, for it 



makes a "good summer hedge, and is indispensable 



for winter bouquets. Their flowers should not be 



cut until fully developed, and of full size, near the 



end of summer. Half-hardy annual. 



FINE MIXED, all colors; 18 in. Per pkt. 4 

 cts. 



Helichrysum 



This is a very beautiful and valuable Everlast- 

 ing; it is very effective in the flower garden, and 

 is indispensable for winter bouquets ; flowers large 

 and of bright and striking colors. Will succeed 

 in anv soil, and favorites with every one. Cut just 

 before the flowers fully expand. Even the buds 

 are handsome, and make up beautifully. Hardy 

 annuals. 



MONSTROSUM MIXED, finest double mixed; 

 2 ft. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Xeranthemum 



A beautiful easy growing annual. Very desir- 

 able on account of the abundance and long dura- 

 tion of the flowers. The flowers are produced on 

 long stems and retain their color when dried, mak- 

 ing them more valuable for winter bouquets. 

 Hardy annual. 



FINE MIXED, all colors; 1 ft. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Mixed Varieties 



MIXED EVERLASTINGS. Our own mixture 

 of seed ; all the best varieties. A single packet 

 will supply in abundance a great variety of the 

 most attractive Everlasting Flowers. No more 

 welcome present can be given to a visitor when 

 looking through the flower garden than a small 

 bouquet of these imperishable flowers. Per pkt. 

 5 cts. 



Ornamental Grasses 



ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 



MIXED ANNUAL VARIETIES. All our cus 



tomers should grow some of these to use with 

 the Everlasting Flowers in making up winter 

 bouquets. They also produce a beautiful and 

 pleasing contrast with flowering plants, and to 

 use for making graceful summer bouquets. They 

 are easily grown in any soi-1. Grasses require 

 to be cut when they are green before commenc- 

 ing to turn yellow, and strong looking in ap- 

 pearance. Tie in small bunches and dry the 

 same as Everlasting Flowers. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Wild Flower Garden, or Children's 



Garden 



MIXTURE OF CHOICE HARDY FLOW- 

 ERS. The introduction of these has proved a 

 marked success, and becoming more popular 

 every year. Full of daily surprises, and one 

 who has never seen such a garden cannot form 

 any idea of its possibilities. From the Wild 

 Garden you may get your bouquets, whenever 

 you choose, and thereby save those in beds and 

 borders. Especially adapted for producing a 

 display on large borders, or for sowing along 

 walks or for hiding any unsightly places, fences, 

 stumps, etc., nothing in the way of flowers de- 

 lighting children more than this Wild Garden, 

 they can be allowed to pick their own bouquets. 

 This mixture can be used to good advantage, 

 with little expense, to fill in odd places by every 

 family. Can be sown in drills two feet apart 

 or broadcast as preferred. Sow thinly, cover 

 lightly and keep the soil from drying until 

 started. Keep weeds out and you will be de- 

 lighted with the variety <»f flowers. Per pkt. 5 

 cts.. 6 pkts. 25 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



