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DE JONG FLORAL AND SEED CO., PELLA, IOWA 



ORNAMENTAL 

 GRASSES 



MIXED ANNUAL VARIETIES. All our cus- 

 tomers should grow some of these to use with 

 the Everlasting Flowers in making up win- 

 ter bouquets. They also produce a beautiful 

 and pleasing contrast with flowering plant? 

 and to use for making graceful summer bou- 

 quets. 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 Everlasting 

 Flowers. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Ornamental Grasses 



HELICHRYSUM (Everlasting.) Sometimes called 

 Straw Flower. Large full, double daisy-like 

 flower heads with prominent centers and stiff 

 overlaping scales, produced in various shades 

 of bright yellow and scarlet on stems of good 

 length. Desirable as dried specimens and for 

 use in making winter bouquets. For this pur- 

 pose the flowers should be gathered when on 

 the point of expanding. Sow early in spring; 

 thin to one foot apart each way. Hardy an- 

 nual; two to two and one-half feet high. Mon- 

 strosum, fl. pi., mixed. Largest double flowers. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts. 



SHASTA DAISY 



The Shasta Daisy offered by Mr. Luther 

 Burbank of California, is one of the most mar 

 velous productions in the flower line that has 

 ever been brought to the notice of the flower 

 loving public. 



Its first qaulification is hardiness; it can be 

 grown out of doors by anybody where it is not 

 cold enough to kill oak trees. They are peren- 

 nial, blooming better and more abundantly each 

 season ; they are not particular as to soil. They 

 bloom for several months, in mild climates near- 

 ly all the year. The flowers are extremely large 

 and graceful, averaging about four inches in di- 

 ameter, with petals of the purest glistening 

 whiteness, and are borne on single long, stiff, 

 wiry stems. The blooms when cut remain fresh 

 for a long time and no other flower can com- 

 pare with it in usefulness for bouquets. Price 

 per pkt. 10 cts. 2 pkts. 15 cts. 



Will send you another order for your most re- 

 liable seeds. It always means a splendid garden 

 for us when we order from such a reliable firm as 

 Cole's. Ihave used your seeds for over twenty 

 years and can speak in the greatest praise for 

 them. — Lewis Baker, Woodbury County, Iowa. 



DHATC FOR SPRING 

 S\\J\J> 1 O PLANTING 



BULBS AND 



Oxalis — Summer 

 Flowering 



Valuable for edging walks, flower beds, etc. 

 Bulbs planted 3 inches apart form rounded 

 rows of delicate foliage, about 1 foot high, 

 which produce flowers in endless succession. 

 Plant about first of May, one inch deep. Take 

 up bulbs in the fall and store in dry cellar. 



LASIANDRA. Rosy pink. 15 cts. doz.; per 

 100, $1.00. 



DEIPPA. Rosy White. 15 cts. doz.; per 100 

 $1.00. Yellow 15 cts. doz. 



Carinas 



CANNAS. The canna, with its tropical foliage 

 and brilliant showy flowers, is most effective 

 when planted in masses of one variety. In 

 group planting, care should be taken that the 

 taller-growing varieties are placed back of the 

 shorter growing ones. They bloom from early 

 summer until frost, like a sunny location, and 

 are easy to cultivate. They respond quickly 

 however, to liberal treatment. The large 

 blooming type, color red, yellow, pink. Bulbs 

 postpaid, each 15 cts. 



Maderia Vine 



Sometimes called Mignonette Vine. Tuber- 

 ous rooted climber, with glossy green leaves, 

 of rapid growth, bearing graceful racemes of 

 celiciou?ly fragrant white flowers; very usesful 

 for screens, trellis, or for pots in the house. 

 Plant about the middle of May. 



Each 6 cts., 3 for 15 cts., per dozen 50 cts. 



