COLE'S FLOWER SEEDS 



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Everia§t!iioFlower§ 



The everlasting flowers are a popular class of 

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

 uable for winter decoration in connection with orna- 

 mental grasses. The flowers generally should be 

 picked before thej' are fully open and bung up in 

 small bunches (not too large, or they will mild:-w) in 

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

 to keep the stems straight. 



ACROCLINIUM 



One of the most beautiful of the Everlasting family, 

 of easy culture, and bears a great number of bright 

 rose or daisy-like flowers. They should be gathered 

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

 open, and dried. Half-hardy annual. 



Per Pkt. 



Fine Mixed, double and single; 1 ft. . . . 4 



AnnoBiUM 



A desirable white Everlasting, with a pretty flower, 

 pure white, therefore being very useful in making up 

 bouquets in svmimer or winter. Hardy annual. 



Alatum Grjndifiorum, Flowers white; 



IS in 3 



QOnPHRENA (Qlobe Amaranth) 



This is higlily 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 



HELICHRY5Un 



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 

 goil, 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 double mixed; 

 2 ft 5 



XERANTHEHUn 



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 



niXED VARIETIES 

 Mixed Everlastings. Our own mixture 



of seed; all the best varieties. A single packet 

 will supply in abundance a great 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 



Having planted your seeds for the last 

 fifteeii years almost exclusively^ ajid they 

 have given us such good satisfaction, that 

 this year we again patronize you, as we 

 think 710 seeds grow like home seeds. We 

 have always received pro7/ipt attention. R. 

 W. Ellis, Mahaska coicnty, Iowa. 



Ornamental Grasses 



Ornamenial 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 befoi-e commencing to turn 

 yellow, and strong looking in appearance. Tie 

 in small bunches and dry the same as Everlast- 

 ings. Per pkt 5 



Wiid Flower Garden 



Mixture of Choice Hardy Flowers. The 



/ have been so pleased with 7ny trial order 

 of your seeds last year that I have got so7ne 

 of 7ny close 7ieighhors to send with me. I 

 plajited your cabbage seed and Jiave never 

 see7i finer cabbages a7id was the 07ily one that 

 had cabbage on account of the drouth, as 

 other seed failed. Onie Bowers, Gree7ie 

 county, Te7i7iessee. 



I have dealt with you firm for the last 

 thirty ycmrs and your seeds are the best I 

 ever had and just as recoiiuiioided . They 

 always co7)ie up and are true to na7/ie. fa7ie 

 Cheney, Mercer county, Missouri. 



introduction of these has proved a most marked 

 success, and becoming more popular every year. 

 The "Wild Garden," for its unusual and varied 

 eft"ects, 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 difterent 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. 30 cts. 



