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Cole's Seed Store, Pella, Iowa 



Tall Double Marigold 



Marigold (Tagetes) 



A free-flowering plant of easy culture, with 

 double flowers of rich and beautiful colors, pro- 

 ducing a splendid effect, whether planted in beds 

 or borders ; and continuing in beauty until de- 

 stroyed by frost. Half-hardy annuals. 

 ELDORADO. 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. 4 cts. 

 DWARF FRENCH. Finest double mixed; 1 



ft. Per pkt. 3 cts. 



Nemophila (Love Grove) 



Of neat, compact habit; blooming freely all sum- 

 mer if planted in a rather cool, shaded place, and 

 not in too rich soil. Hardy annuals. 

 MIXED. All varieties and all colors; 2 ft. Per 



pkt. 4 cts. 



Portulaca (Rose Moss) 



In brilliancy and beauty of colors, Portulacas 

 are unrivalled* They delight in sunny situations 

 and light soils, where they rapidly 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. 

 DOUBLE ROSE-FLOWERED MIXED, un- 

 surpassed for brilliancy of color and great beau- 

 ty. Per pkt. 10 cts. 



Foppies 



Poppy (Papaver) 



A showy and easily cultivated annual; with 

 large brilliant colored flowers, growing freely 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 flower, 

 four inches across, of a most brilliant dark 

 scarlet. The two outside petals are d jubl^ 

 the size of the inner ones, and each pair Mi i.s 

 by itself a round cup of flower, which nt 

 resembles a tulip. The flower will stand *veil 

 for several days, and the plant, therefore, al- 

 ways in full bloom. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



THE SHIRLEY. A new strain of marvelous 



beauty. Delicate rose, pink, carmine, and bril 

 liant crimson. Many flowers are edged with 

 white, petals have a glassy, silk-like texture. 

 Single mixed. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



FINEST MIXED. This mixture contains seed 

 of all the best double and single varieties, in- 

 cluding some entirely new ones. "Will make a 

 grand display. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Nicotiana 



Double Fortulaca 



AFFINIS. Of all the varieties of tobacco which 

 are grown for their sweet scented flowers this 

 is the best. The plant is literally 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 

 easily grown; 2 ft. Per pkt. 4 cts. 



SANDERAE. This new hybrid variety of Nico- 

 .tiana, 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 carmine-red blos- 

 soms, 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 situa- 

 tions. - It is a plant for the million, and is des- 

 tined for universal use. Per pkt. 5 cti. 



