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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL 



Everlasting Flowers 



The everlasting flowers are a popular class of 

 plants, with their rich, brilliant colors, are very val- 

 uable for winter decoration in connection with orna- 

 mental grasses. The flowers generally should be 

 picked before they are fully open and hung up In 

 small bunches (not too large, or they will mildew) in 

 a dry, airy, shady place, with the flowers downward 

 to keep the stems straight. 



ACROCLINUM 



One of the most beautiful of the Everlasting family, 

 of ea^y culture, and bears a great number of brignt 

 rose or daisy-like flowers. They should be gathered 

 the first day they are open, or even before they fully 

 open, and dried. Half-hardv annual. 



Per Pkt. 



Fine Mixed, double and sing'le; 1 ft 4 



AMMOBIUM 



A desirable white Everlasting, with a pretty flower, 

 pure white, therefore being very useful in making up 

 bouquets in summer or winter. Hardy annual. 

 Alatum Grand iflorum, Flowers white, 



18 in 3 



GOMPHRENA (Globe Amaranth) 



This is highly prized for the garden, for it makes 

 a good summer hedge, and is indispensable for win- 

 ter bouquets. Their flowers should not be cut until 

 fully developed, and of full size, near the end of 

 summer. Half-hardy annual. 

 Fine Mixed, all colors; 18 in 4 



HELICHRYSUM 



This is a very beautiful and valuable Everlasting; 

 it is very effective in the flower garden, and is in- 

 dispensable for winter bouquets; flowers large and 

 of bright and striking colors. Will succeed in any 

 soil, and favorites with every one. Cut just before 

 the flowers fully expand. Even the buds are hand- 

 some, and make up beautifully. Hardy annuals. 

 Monstrosum Mixed, finest doulDle mixed; 



2 ft 5 



PXERANTHEMUM 



A beautiful easy growing annual. Very desirable 

 on account of the abundance and long duration of 

 the flowers. The flowers are produced on long stems 

 and retain their color when dried, making them 

 more valuable for winter bouquets. Hardy annual. 

 Fine Mixed, all colors; 1 ft 5 



MIXED VARIETiES 



Mixed Everlastings. Our own mixture 



of seed; all the best varieties. A single packet 

 will supply in abundance a groat variety of the 

 most attractive Everlasting Flowers. No more 

 welcome present can be given to a visitor when 

 looking through the flower garden than a small 

 bouquet of these imperishable flowers 5 



Ornamental Grasses 



Mixed Annual Varieties. All our custom- 

 ers should grow some of these to use with the 

 Everlasting flowers in making up winter bouquets. 

 They also produce a beautiful and pleasing con- 

 trast with flowering plants, and to use for mak- 

 ing graceful summer bouquets. They are easily 

 grown in any soil. Grasses require to be cut 

 when they are green before commencing to turn 

 yellow, and strong looking in appearance. Tie 

 in small bunches and dry the same as Everlast- 

 ings. Per pkt 6 



Wild Flower Garden 



Mixture of Choice Hardy Flowers. The 



introduction of these has proved a most marked 

 success, and becoming more popular every year. 

 The "Wild Garden," for its unusual and varied 

 effects, cheapness, and the small amount of labor 

 necessary for its construction, has no rival. The 

 "Wild Garden Seeds" are a mixture of the dif- 

 ferent hardy flowers, thus insuring, on account of 

 the different seasons of bloom, something new al- 

 most every day. This mixture can be used to good 

 advantage, with little expense and labor for the 

 "Children's Garden." There is great need for a 

 plot in the garden that the little ones can call 

 their own, where sweet flowers of easy culture can 

 be grown for their own special enjoyment, as this 

 will cultivate a love for the beautiful in nature. 

 They are also very useful to sow along roadsides, 

 fences and untidy spots of ground. Sow thinly. 

 Per pkt. 5 cts., 6 pkts. 25 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



Hyacinth Bean (DoIichos'Lablab) 



A splendid climber, of quick growth, will in a short time cover with thick, dense and handsome 

 foliage, arbors, trellis or fences. The large spikes of p?a-like flowers are abundant, standing well out from 

 the foliage and very prett.v. The flowers are succeeded by showy, creamy-white and deep crimson pods. 

 The two distinct vaVieties 'lately introduced from Japan, DAYLIGHT, with creamy-white flowers and 

 DARKNESS, with deep violet flowers are the handsomest and are the strongest growers and bloom more 

 abundantly than the older variety. They come in bloom very early and continue to flower until frost. 

 This elegant climber will no doubt give satisfaction to nearly everybody; 10 feet. Mi.xed color*. Per 

 pkt 6 eta., oz. 10 cts. 



