DE JONG FLORAL AND SEED CO., PELLA, IOWA 



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PETUNIAS 



Double and Single Petunias 



No class of flowers better repay the care they 

 receive than the Petunias; easily raised from the 

 seed; the richness of color and abundance for 

 bedding plants. Every garden should have a bed 

 of these magnificent flowers, a gay mass of bloom 

 from June to hard frost. Hardy annual. 



HYBRIDA MIXED. A fine variety, with large 

 flowers, many are striped and blotched. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts. 



FINE MIXED. Best of the older sorts, many 

 colors. Per pkt. 5 eta. 



GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA. A gigantic strain of 

 great beauty ; flowers often 4 to 5 inches 

 across. Most of the flowers are exquisitely 

 ruffled or fringed and of every conceivable 

 shade of crimson, pink, lavender, pure white, 

 and the most grotesque and beautiful combina- 

 tions; some with charming deep throats of yel- 

 low, white, black, green or maroon. Per pkt. 

 15 cts. 



FINEST DOUBLE. The seed we offer is care- 

 fully fecundated with the best double flowers. 

 Sure to produce a good percentage of splendid 

 large double flowers ; perfectly magnificent. Per 

 pkt. 15 cts. 



HOWARD'S STAR. Crimson maroon with a 

 clearly defined five-point star in center of 

 flower. Fine for bedding, baskets, vases, etc. 

 Per pkt. 15 cts. 



ROSY MORN. Fine bedder. Clear rose color 

 bloom, free blooming all summer. Pkt. 5 cts. 



BALCONY PETUNIA. Dark blue shades used in 

 porch boxes and baskets. Pkt. 10 cts. 



I planted a bed with Cole's Superb Pansies in 

 the year 1906. They were the finest bed of Pan- 

 sies in the neighborhood and were the admiration 

 of every one passing along the road. — Miss Ella 

 Bushnell, Iowa Co., Iowa. 



PHLOX-ANNUAL 



Phlox — Large Flowerins 



Phlox — Drummondi 



Superb plants, prized for the profusion of their 

 richly colored flowers of many hues, their long 

 duration in bloom, and the grand effect they pro- 

 duce in clumps or masses. We invite particular 

 attention to the Large Flowering as especially 

 fine. Easy of culture: 18 in. Hardy annual. 



ALBA. Pure white. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



COCCINEA. Brilliant scarlet. Per pkt.. 6 cts. 



ROSEA. Beautifully rose colored. Per pkt. 6 

 cts. 



LARGE FLOWERING EXTRA CHOICE MIXED. 



The most beautiful of the phloxes. Our mix- 

 ture contains a large variety of the finest and 

 most brilliant colors. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



DOUBLE MIXED. This variety is a profuse 

 blcomer, and of great value for bouquets. They 

 are of recent introduction and are especially 

 desirable for cut flowers, lasting much better 

 than the single sorts. To produce the best re- 

 sults they should be grown in a light soil. 

 About 80 per cent of the seed sown will be 

 double. Per pkt. 10 cts. 



STAR OF QUEDLINBURG. A very striking nov- 

 elty. The center of the petals, five in number 

 runs into a point, thus giving the flowers a 

 regular star-like form. The plant grows about 

 IS inches high, of compact habit, and bears 

 large umbels of flowers, of many brilliant col- 

 ors, and the edges of the petals bordered with 

 broad white margins. Per pkt. 6 cts. 



Salvia (Flowering Sage) 



The Salvia is one of the most beautiful of all 

 flowers; the brilliant spikes of the scarlet flow- 

 ers produce for months a dazzling effect. Of 

 easy culture and fine for massing and bouquets. 

 Half-hardy annual. 



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, last- 

 ing until late in the fall; 2 ft. Per pkt. 10 



Ct3. 



COCCINEA SPLENDENS. (Small Flowering 

 Scarlet Sage). Spikes or scarlet flowers; 2 

 ft. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



