COLE'S FLOWER SEED 



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STOCK Ten Weeks) 



stock, Ten Weeks 



The Ten Week Stock is 

 one cf the most popular, 

 beautiful and important of 

 our garden favorites, wheth- 

 er for bedding, massing or 

 pot culture, it is unsurpas- 

 sed, either for brilliancy or 

 color, exquisite fragrance, or 

 profusion and duration of 

 bloom. For winter bloom- 

 ing in the house sow seed 

 in June. The seed we offer 

 is from a celebrated German 

 stockgrower, from selected 

 pot plants, and will produce 

 more than % fine double 

 flowers. Hardy annual. 



Dwarf German. The 



earliest summer variety ; 

 dwarf and freebloomer; mix- 

 ed; 15 in 5 



New Large Flowering 



Habit dwarf, with magnifi- 

 cent spikes of very large 

 double flowers all colors; 

 mixed; 18 in 8 



Dwarf Snowflake. A beautiful dwarf- 

 growing variety; very large double snow-white 

 flowers; very early 5 



Victoria Bouquet. This fine strain is 



without a rival for open ground planting. Each 

 plant forms in itself a natural grown bouquet, 

 of a beautiful pyramidal shape. The spikes of 

 bloom are very long, and the flowers are large 

 in size and very double; 2 ft 10 



Perpetual White Large Flowering. Of 



strong gi'owth and fine branching habit. It grows 

 to the height of IVz feet, and if sown very early 

 will produce a great abundance of bloom from 

 June until November. The individual flowers are 

 uncommonly large, of a fine rosette-like shape, 

 and the purest possible white. The flowers ap- 

 pear on each little shoot — . . 7 



Salpiglossis 



SALPIQLOSSIS (Velvet Flower) 



Flowers resembling the petunia in shape and size; 

 but singularly marked and beautifully penciled. Of 

 the easiest culture and such beauty that it deserves 

 a place in every garden. It is very free flowering 

 and makes a grand show for months. Hardy annual. 



Finest Mixed, of all shades and colors; 

 18 in * 



Scabiosa 



SCABIOSA (Mourning Bride) 



A class of popular, showy plants, with elegant 

 fragrant flowers of different colors and shades; their 

 flowers are borne on long stems, making them very 

 suitable for cut flowers or bouquets. Fine for bed- 

 ding, mixed borders, etc., blooms profusely until 

 frost. Hardy annual. 



Snowball. The flowers are large, of pur- 

 est white and very double. This plant comes 

 quite true from seed and is sure to be liked for 

 vases and bouquets 4 



Dwarf Double, Mixed. Of compact habit, 



profusely bearing globe-shaped double flowers of 

 great beauty 4 



5CH1ZANTHUS 



A splendid class of plants, combining elegance of 

 growth with a profusioTi of rich and various colored 

 flowers. Fine for the flower garden; of easy culture. 

 Half-hardy annuals. 



Fine Mixed, all colors; 2 ft 3 



T0REN5A 



Charming plants for pot culture, vases or hanging 

 baskets. They succeed well in the open ground in 

 summer; are free bloomers, and the flowers of great 

 beauty. Tender annual. 



Fournieri. Lovely velvet blue flowers, 



with three large spots of darkest blue and a 

 bright yellow throat... 5 



VINCA (Periwinkle) 



Free blooming plants of great beauty, with shin- 

 ing green foliage and handsome flowers, either 

 adapted for bedding or pot culture for winter bloom- 

 ing. Tender perennial. 



Fine Mixed; 2 ft 4 



T/ze seeds I S9nt for last year were all 

 rii^^ht, especially the Priiiroscs. Oh! they 

 were vtry beautifitl. My neighbors all 

 wanted to know where I obtained my seeds. 

 Mrs. Mary J. Conrad, 



Lewis Co., Washington . 



