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Cole's Seed Store, Pelfa, 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. 

 ELDOEADO. 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. 



Nemophiia (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. 



Double Fortnlaca 



Poppies 



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 TULIP. 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 double 

 the size .of the inner ones, and each pair forms 

 by itself a round cup of flower, which ne r v 

 resembles a tulip. The flower will stand well 

 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 



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 fali, cut back and 

 potted, it will bloom freely all winter. Very 

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



SANDER AE. 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 cts. 



