COLE'S FLOWER SEEDS 



Everlasting Flowers 



The everlasting flowers are a popular class of 

 plants, with their rich, brilliant colors, are very val- 

 uable for winter decoration in connection with orna- 

 mental grasses. The flowers generally should be 

 picked before they arc fully open and hung up in 

 small bunches (not too large, or they will mildpw) in 

 a dry, airy, shady place, with the flowers downward 

 to keep the stems straigh.t. 



ACROCLINIUn 



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-hardv annual. 



Per Pkr. 



Fine Mixed, double and single; 1 ft. . . . 4 

 AMMOBiUM 



A desirable white Everlasting, with a pretty flower, 

 pure white, therefore being very useful in making up 

 bouquets in summer or winter. Hardy annunl. 



Alatum Grandiflorum, Flowers white; 



18 in 3 



GOIVIPHRENA (Globe Amaranth ) 



This is highly prized for the garden, for it makes 

 a good summer hedge, and is indispensable for win- 

 ter 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 4 



HELICHRY5Un 



This is a very beautiful and valuable Everlasting; 

 it is very effective in the flower garden, and is in- 

 dispensable for winter bouquets; flowers large and 

 of bright and striking colors. Will succeed in any 

 soil, and favorites with every one. Cut just before 

 the flowers fully expand. Even the buds are hand- 

 some, and make up beautifully. Hardy annuals. 



Monstrosum Mixed, finest double mixed; 

 2 ft b 



XERANTHEMUM 



A beautiful easy growing annual. Very desirable 

 on account of the abundance and long duration of 

 the flowers. The flowers are produced on long stems 

 and retain their color when dried, making them 

 more valuable for winter bouquets. Hardy annual. 



Fine mixed, all colors; 1ft 5 



MIXED VARSETiES 

 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 \'isitor when 

 looking through the flower garden than a small 

 bouquet of these imperishable flowers 5 



Ornamentel Grasses 



Ornamental Grasses 



Mixed Annual Varieties. All our custom- 

 ers should grow some of these to use with tiie 

 Everlasting flowers in making up winter bouquets. 

 Thoy also produce a beautiful and pleasing con- 

 trast with flowering plants, and to use for mak- 

 ing graceful summer bouquets. They are easily 

 grown in any soil. Grasses require to be cut 

 when they are green before commencing to turn 

 j'ellow, and strong looking in appearance. Tie 

 in small bunches and dry the same as Everlast- 

 ings. Per pkt 5 



Wiid Flower Garden 



Mixture of Choice Hardy Flowers. The 



introduction of these has proved a most marked 

 success, and l)ecoming more popular * every year. 

 The "Wild Harden," for its unusual and varied 

 effects, ch: apness;, and the small amount of labor 

 necessary for ils construction, has no rival. The 

 "Wild Garden Seeds" are a mi.xture of the dif- 

 ferent hardy flowers, thus insuring, on account of 

 the dift'erent seasons of bloom, sometliing new al- 

 most every day. This mixture can be used to good 

 advantage, with little expense and labor for the 

 "Children's Garden." There is great need for a 

 plot in the garden that the little ones can call 

 their own, where sweet flowers of easy culture can 

 be grown for their own special enjoyment, as this 

 will cultivate a love for the beautiful in nature. 

 They are also very useful to sow along roadsides, 

 fences and untidy spots of ground. Sow thinly. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., 6 pkts. 25 cts., oz. 30 cts. 



HyacinthBean (Dolichos Lablab) 



A splendid climber, of quick growth, will in a short time cover with thick, dense and handsome 

 foliage, arbors, trellis or fences. The large spikes of pea-like flowers are abundant, standmg well out ficm 

 the foliage and very pretty. The flowers are succeeded by showy, cr^amy-whxte and deep crimson pods. 

 The two distince varieties lately introduced from Japan, DAYLIGHT, with creamy-white flowers and 

 DARKNESS, with deep violet flowers are the hansom.'st and are the strongest growers and bloom more 

 abundantly than the older variety. They come in bloom very early and continue to flower until frost. 

 This elegant climber will no doubt give satisfaction to nearly everybody; 10 feet. Mixed colors. Per 

 pkt. 5 ct8., Oz 10 cts. 



