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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL 



Tall Double Marigold 



MARIGOLD fTagetes) 



A free-flowering plant of easy culture, with double 

 flowers of rich and beautiful colors, producing a 

 splendid effect, whether planted in beds or borders; 

 and continuing in beauty until destroyed by frcst. 

 Half-hardy annuals. 



Eldorado. This is the finest type of this 

 showy flower, many plants having 75 to 300 

 flowers at one time 5 



African Mixed. Best double colors; 2 



ft 4 



Dwarf French. Finest double mixed; 1 



Legion of Honor. Dwarf, compact, with 

 dark-green, fern-like leaves; rich golden-yellow 

 marked with velvety brown. Blooms abundantly 

 from July until cut down by frost; 15 in 3 



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. 4 j 



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. j 

 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 4 



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 grouiid, 

 each plant covering a space of about 15 inches in dia- 

 meter; 6 in. Half-hardy annuals. 



Finest Single Mixed, a great variety of 

 colors ^ 



Double Rose-flowered Mixed, unsurpassed i 

 for brilliancy of color and preat beauty 10 



Double and Single Poppy 



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 nearly resembles a tulip. 

 The flower will stand well for several days, and 

 the plant- therefore, always in full boom 5 



The Shirley. A new strain 



of marvelous beauty. Delicate rose, pink, car- 

 mine, and brilliant crimson. Many flowers are 

 edged with white, petals have a glassy, silk- 

 like texture. Single mixed 5 



Finest Mixed. This mixture contains 

 seed of all the best double and single varieties, 

 including some entirely new ones. Will make a 

 grand display 5 



Double Portulaca 



I took first p)'einiuvi at our county fair, 

 jgoi, on Pansics and Snapdra^^ons raised 

 fioin your seeds. I have a fine coUectio7i of 

 ' Diant/ius and Verbenas also. Miss Belte 

 Calhoun, Mercer County, Illinois, 



