COLE'S NOVELTIES 



Howard's New Star 

 Petunia 



The Floral Novelty of 1902 



The introducer says: "For a period of over 20 

 years we have made it a study to improve the single 

 flowered petunias. By a long course of selection and 

 breeding, our efforts have been successful in develop- 

 ing a strain of petunias that for richness of color, 

 beautiful markings, pleasing form of the flowers, 

 have won the distinction from expert judges of being 

 j the most beautiful petunias in the world." 



Their ground color is a dark crimson maroon, with 

 a rich velvety texture, justly pronounced equal to 

 that of the pansy. From the center starts the points 

 of a five rayed star, as shown in the illustration. This 

 star is a very light bluish pink, some almost white, 

 which deepens in color as it reaches the margin and 

 finally blends with the maroon ground color. 



The plants are free growers, of medium size, branch- 

 ing freely, and are remarkable prolific bloomers, sin- 

 gle plants often ha-ving 100 or more fully expanded 

 flowers at a time, size of flowers about 2^4 inches in 

 diameter. Price per pkt. 10 cts. 



"JUPITER," King of Nasturtiums 



New Giant Flowered Climbing Nasturtium. "As beautiful as an Orchid," has been remarked of 

 this magnificent flower, the precursor of a new race of giant Nasturtiums. The plants are strong 

 and vigorous with . dark green foliage. The great, rich, pure yellow flowers measure 3% inches across 

 The petals are large, they overlap and are exquisitely and deeply crinkled like crepe. They are pro- 

 duced in great numbers and have a most striking effect. Their fine color, long stems, and great 

 size make them fine for cutting, resembling orchids in their rich beaut}-. A good and distinct nov- 

 dty. Price per pkt. 10 cts., 3 for 25 cts., oz. 35 cts., lb. ?1.25. 



COSMOS, New Early Flowering 



COSMOS are unquestionably very handsome flow- 

 ers, and have become general favorites. They have 

 been appropriately called "The Glory of Autumn." 

 There has been one objection to their giving gen- 

 eral satisfaction, and that is their late flowering 

 habit, and sometimes an early severe frost catches 

 them before they are in full bloom. This objec- 

 tion has been overcome in this new strain of EAR- 

 LY FLOWERING COSMOS. This is catalogued un- 

 der different names, as "Early Summer Flowering'* 

 and "Early Dawn Cosmos." But they are all one 

 and the same variety. Seed sown in our garden 

 the beginning of May, commenced to show a few 

 flowers in the beginning of July, and during August 

 and September were covered with flowers. The 

 plants are dwarfer than the late flowering Cosmos, 

 forming bushes from 4 to 5 feet high. The 

 plants have fine, feathery, light green foliage flow- 

 ers are produced on long stems, and are very hand- 

 some for cut flowers and bouquets, as they will 

 last a week after cutting. The colors are white, 

 crimson and rose or pink, which we offer in this 

 mixture of home grown seed. Price per pkt. 5 cts. 



