COLE'S FLOWER SEED 



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^Phlox— Large Flowering 



PHLOX-DRUnnONDII 



Superb plants, prized for the profusion 



of their richly colored flowers of many hues, their 

 long duration in bloom, and the grand effect they 

 produce in clumps or masses. We invite parti- 

 cular attention to the Large Flowering as es 

 pecially fine. Easy of culture; 18 in. Hardy an- 

 nual. 



Alba. Pure wliite 5 



Coccinea. Brilliant scarlet 5 



Rosea. Beautiful rose color 5 



Fine Mixed. All varieties and colors.. 5 



Large Flowering Extra Choice iVIixed. The 



most beautiful of the phloxes. Our mixture con-_ 

 tains a large variety of the finest and most bril- 

 liant colors 8 



New Dwarf Mixed. A strain of dwarf 

 and compact growth, makes desirable pot plants, 

 also for ribbon lines and massing, very beauti- 

 ful little plants 5 



Double Mixed. This variety is a profuse 

 bloomer, and of great value for bouquets. They 

 are of recent introduction and are especially de- 

 sirable for cut flowers, lasting much better than 

 the single sorts. To produce the best results they 

 should be grown in a light soil. About 80 per 

 cent of the seed sown will be double 8 



Star of Quedlinburg. A very striking 

 novelty. The center of the petals, flve in num- 

 ber, run into a point, thus giving the flowers a 

 regular star-like form. The plant grows about 18 

 inches high, of compact habit, and bears large 

 umbels of flowers, of many brilliant colors, and 

 the edges of the petals bordered with broad white 

 5 



margins 



SUNFLOWER 



Stella. This beautiful new variety from 

 Germany has large single flowers of circular form 

 and purest golden yellow, each with a black 

 disk. The flowers are from to 3 inches across 

 and are borne on long stems well above the 

 lively green foliage. It is a splendid flower for 

 cutting and equally as valuable for the flower 

 garden. They bloom in the greatest abundance 

 §11 through the summer til late in the fall; 4 ft.,. 5 



Fringed Chinese Primrose 



PRinULA (Chinese Primrose) 



A charming and profuse flowering plant and one 

 of the most desirable of house blooming plants, and 

 will richly compensate for the little care they re- 

 quire. They are in almost constant bloom all win- 

 ter, and if the plants are transferred to a shady 

 border they will bloom nearly all summer. Care 

 should be taken in watering that no water fall on 

 the buds as it causes them to rot. Greenhouse per- 

 ennial. 



Chinese Primrose. Choice fringed varie- 

 ties mixed; the seed we offer is saved from one 

 of the finest collections; 6 in 10 



RICINUS (Castor Oil Bean) 



Ornamental plant of stately growth and pictur- 

 esque foliage, with brilliant-colored fruit, producing 

 a sub-tropical efi'ect; fine for lawns, massing, or cen- 

 ter plants for ribbon beds. Half-hardy annuals, 



Zanzibariensis. The largest castor bean 

 in cultivation. An entirely new class from Africa, 

 I with leaves often measuring 2 feet across, some 

 ! of them being light green, others bronze brown.. 5 



j Fine Mixed. The best and choicest var- 

 ieties mixed 4 



RUDBECKIA 



This new annual variety represents a very wel- 

 come addition to the collection of these popular an- 

 nual and perennial plants so extensively used for cut 

 flowers at present. Growing about two feet in height, 

 it forms a many branched, dense bush, and pro- 

 duces its long stemmed flowers in the greatest abund- 

 ance. The disk is brown, the ray floreta are yellow 

 with large velvety-brown spots at the base. 



Bicolor Superba 



