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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL 



5T0CK (Ten Weeks) 



stock, Ten Weeks 



The Ten Week Stock Is 

 one of the most popular, 

 beautiful and important of 

 our garden favorites, wheth- 

 er for bedding-, massing or 

 pot culture, it is unsurpas- 

 sed, either for brilliancy or 

 profusion and duration of 

 color, exquisite fragrance, or 

 bloom. For winter bloom- 

 ing in the house sow seed 

 in June. The seed we offer 

 is from a celebrated German 

 stockgrower, from selecteO 

 pot plants, and will produce 

 more than % fine double 

 flowers. Hardy annual. 



Dwarf German. The 



earliest summer variety; 

 dwarf and freebloomer; mix- 

 ed; 15 in 5 



New Large Flowering 



Habit dwarf, with magnifi- 

 cent spikes of very large 

 double flowers all colors: 

 mixed; 18 in b 



Dwarf Snowflake. A beautiful dwarf- 

 growing variety; very large double snow-white 

 flowers; very early 5 



Victoria Bouquet. This fine strain is 

 without a rival for op?n ground planting. Each 

 plant forms in itself a natural grown bouquet, 

 of a beautiful pyramidal shape. The spikes of 

 bloom are very long, and the flowers are large 

 in size and very double; 2 ft 10 



Perpetual White Large Flowering. Of 



strong growth and fine branching habit. It grows 

 to the height of IV2 fest, and if sown very early 

 will produce a great abundance of bloom from 

 June until November. The individual fiowers are 

 uncommonly large, of a fine rosette-like shape, 

 and the purest possible white. The flowers ap- 

 pear on each little shoot 7 



Salpiglossis 



SALPIGLOSSIS (Velvet Flower) 



Flowers resembling the petunia in shape and size; 

 but singularly marked and beautifully penciled. Of 

 the easiest culture and such beauty that it deserves 

 a place in eveiy garden. It is very free flowering 

 and makes a grand show for months. Hardy an- 

 nual. 



Finest Mixed, of all shades and colors; 

 18 in 6 



5cabiosa 



SCABIOSA (nourning Bride) 



A class of popular, showy plants, with elegant 

 fragrant flowers of different colors and shades; their 

 flowers are borne on long stems, making them very- 

 suitable for cut flowers or bouquets. Fine for bed- 

 ding, mixed borders, etc., blooms profusely until 

 frost. Hardy annual. 



Snowball. The flowers are large, of pur- 

 est white and very double. This plant comes 

 quite true from seed and is sure to be liked for 

 vases and bouquets 4 



Dwarf Double, Mixed. Of compact habit, 

 profusely bearing globe-shaped double flowers of 

 great beauty 4 



SCHIZANTHUS 



A splendid class of plants, combining elegance of 

 growth with a profusion of rich and various colored 

 flowrrs. Fine for the flower garden; of easy culture. 

 Half-hardy annuals. 



Fine Mixed, all colors; 2 ft 3 



TORENIA 



Charming plants for pot culture, vases or hanging 

 baskets. They succeed well in the open ground in 

 summer; are free bloomers, and the flowers of great 

 beauty. Tender annual. 



Fournieri. Lovely velvet blue flowers, 

 with three large spots of darkest blue and a 

 bright yellow tnroat 8 



VINCA (Periwinkle) 



Free blooming plants of great beauty, with shin- 

 ing green foliage and handsome flowers, either 

 adapted for bedding or pot culture for winter bloom- 

 ing. Tender perennial. 



Fine Mixed; 2 ft 4 



7^^e seeds I sent fot last year were all 

 right, especially the Primroses. Oh ! they 

 were very beautiful. My neighbors all 

 wanted to know where I obtained my seed. 

 Mrs. Mary J. Conrad, 



Lewis Co., Washington 



