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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL 



Salvia Bonfire 



SALVIA (Flowering Sage) 



The Salvia is one of the most beautiful of all flow- 

 ers; Hie brilliant spikes of the scarlet flowers pro- 

 duce for months a dazzling effect. Of easy culture 

 and fine for massing and bouquets. Half-hardy an- 

 nual. 



New Dwarf, or Bonfire. (Large Flower- 

 ing scarlet Sage). A splendid new sort bloom- 

 ing much earlier than old variety. The plants 

 are dwarfer and more compact in habit, while 

 the flowers are larger and more numerous and 

 are of the brightest scarlet imaginable, lasting 

 until late in the fall; 2 ft 10 



Coccinea Splendens. (Small Flowering 



Scarlet Sage). Spikes of scarlet ficwers; 2 ft.... 5 



VERBENA 



A well-known favorite, and is valuable for bedding 

 on account of their low trailing habit, and the daz- 

 zling brilliancy of their beautiful flowers; blooms 

 freely tlie first season from seed, and are more healthy 

 and make larger and hardier plants than if grown 

 from cuttings; requires a verj- rich, mellow soil. 

 The seeds sprout very unevenly, and some will not 

 be started at the time others must be removed, hence 

 the soil should be disturbed as little as possible. 

 Half-hardy perennials. 



Hybrida Compacta, or Tom Thumb. The 



plants form almost circular bushes of about two 

 feet in diameter, throwing up in a singularly 

 compact manner, on stiff and erect stems, a great 

 number of flowers. The mixture contains a great 

 \ariety of color 8 



Mammoth, or Large Flowering. Flowers 

 of this Mammoth Variety when well 



grown l): ing frequently larger than a silver quar- 

 ter. Plant more vigorous than the ordinary var- 

 iety, and far excel them in dazzling richness and 

 variety of colors. The distinct white eyes adds 

 greatlv to their striking and beautiful appear- 

 ance 10 



New Italian Striped. Brilliant colors, 



striftcd (in \arious colored grounds, best mixed.. 5 



Alba. Pure white; a desirable variety 



for fifirists or for (he cemetery 5 



Fine Mixed. Many colors mixed 5 



/ have other seedsmen catalogues offeHng 

 cheap seed, but I know that your seeds are 

 s^ood ajid will send to you as^ain for more. 

 J. M. Powell, Monroe county, Iowa. 



Tom Thumb Zinnia 



ZINNIA (Youth and Old Age) 



Plants of great beauty, of branching habit, and 

 splendid brilliant colored double flowers, rivaling in 

 beauty and form double Dahlias. Bloom in great 

 profusion and with increased splendor from June 

 until cut by frost; begins to bloom when quite 

 small. Easy of culture; thrives in any good soil. 

 Half-hardy annuals. 



Double Choice Mixed. Finest large flow- 

 ering varieties; 2 ft 5 



Double White, comes true from seed, 



perfect in shape 5 



Striped Zebra. Double flowers, distinctly 



striped, of perfect shape. The largest per cent 

 are striped, the self-colored are also fine; best 

 mixed 5 



Curled and Crested. These new, odd and 

 charming Curled and Crested Zin- 

 nias are of perfect form, large, round, 



full and double, the petals being twisted, curled 

 and crested into the most fantastic and graceful 

 forms; best mixed 5 



Tom Thumb. These Dwarf Double Zin- 

 nias produce compact dwarf bushes, varying 6 

 to 12 inches in height and from 6 to 14 inches 

 in diameter, coming mostly true from seed. The 

 little plants are covered with the handsome dou- 

 ble fFowers of many bright and rich colors. Such 

 dwarf and compact plants attracts great attention 

 when grown in beds or borders. Plants are very 

 free flowering, and continue in bloom until de- 

 stroyed by frost 5 



Tom Thumb Verbena 



