Cole's Seed Store, Pella, Iowa 



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Salvia Boulire 



Salvia (Flowering Sage) 



Tlie Salvia is one of the most beautiful of 

 all flowers; tiie brilliant spikes of the scarlet 

 Howors produce for months a dazzling effect. 

 Of easy culture and fine for massing and 

 bouquets. Half-hardy annual. 



NEW DWARF, or BONFIBZ!. (Large Flow- 

 ering Scarlet Sage). A splendid new sort 

 blooming much earlier than old varie- 

 ty. The plants are dwarfer and more com- 

 pact in habit, while the flowers are larger 

 and more numerous and are of the bright- 

 est scarlet imaginable, lasting until late 

 in the fall; 2 ft. Per pkt. 10 cts. 



COCCINEA SPI.ENDENS. (Small Flowering 

 Scarlet Sage). Spikes or scarlet flowers; 

 2 ft. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Verbena 



A well-known favorite, and are valuable for 

 bedding on account of their low trailing hab- 

 it, and the dazzling brilliancy of their beau- 

 tiful flowers; blooms freely the first season 

 from seed, and are more healthy and make 

 larger and hardier plants than if grown from 

 cutting; refiuires a very 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 dis- 

 turbed as little as possible. Half-hardy pe- 

 rennials. 



H-TBBIDA COMPACTA, or TOM THUMB. 



The plants f(jrm 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 va- 

 riety of color, ivr i)kt. 10 cts. 



MAMMOTH, or Z.ARGE FI.OWEBINa. Flow- 

 ers of this Mammotli Variety, when well | 

 grown, are frfquently larger than a sil- 

 ver quarter. Plant more vigorous than the 

 ordinary variety, and far excel them in 

 dazzling richness and variety of colors. 

 The distinct white eyes add greatly to 

 their striking and beautiful appearance. 

 Per pkt. 10 cts. 



AZiBA. Pure white; a desirable variety for 

 florists or for the cemetery. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Zinnia (Youth and Old Age) 



Plants of great beauty, of branching hab- 

 it, and splendid brilliant colored double flow- 

 ers, rivaling in beauty and form double Dah- 

 lias. Bloom in great profusion and with in- 

 creased splendor from June until cut by 

 frost; begins to bloom when quite small. 

 Easy of culture; thrives in any good soil. 

 Half-hardy annuals. 



DOUBtJB CHOICE MIXED. Finest large 

 flowering varieties; 2 ft. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



SOUBIiE WHITE. Comes true from seed, 

 perfect in shape. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



STRIPED ZEBRA. Double flowers, distinct- 

 ly striped, of perfect shape. The largest 

 per cent are striped, the self-colored are 

 also fine; best mixed. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



TOM THUMB. These Dwarf Double Zin- 

 nias produce compact dwarf bushes, vary- 

 ing 6 to 12 inches in height and from 6 

 to 14 inches in diameter, coming mostly 

 true from seed. The little plants are cov- 

 ered with the handsome double flowers of 

 many bright and rich colors. Such dwarf 

 and compact plants attract great attention 

 when grown in beds or borders. Plants 

 are very free flowering, and continue in 

 bloom until destroyed by frost. Per pkt. 

 5 cts. 



Tom Tliumto Verbena 



TITSTE 



pkt. 



MIXED. 



5 cts. 



Many colors mixed. Per 



We have obtained seeds from your house for 

 over thirsty years. Are well pleased with them. 

 They have always grown and given good satisfac- 

 tion. — Mary E. Coryell, Oreen County, Wis. 



