DE JONG FLORAL AND SEED CO., PELLA, IOWA 



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Dwarf Nasturtium 



One of our showiest and most popular annuals, 

 forming compact plants, making gorgeous masses 

 of rich colored and brilliant flowers, blooming in 

 succession all through the season; they should be 

 grown in rather poor soil. Half-hardy annuals. 

 DWARF CHAMELEON. This strain is very 

 dwarf, and as a bedding plant is unrivaled. The 

 flowers are carried well above the foliage. Per 

 oz. 20 cts., pkt. 5 cts. 

 NEW LILLIPUT. A distinct new class. This sort 

 contains all the rich velvety and soft color va- 

 riations of the Nasturtium family. Per pkt. 5 

 cts. 



QUEEN VARIEGATED. After years of selecting 

 a fine variegated leaved type of this popular 

 annual has at last been fixed. No two leaves 

 are alike. The variegated foliage combines with 

 the different colored flowers make a showy and 

 effective contrast never before obtained in Nas- 

 turtiums. They form dwarf dense bushes. 

 Mixed colors. Per pkt 5 cts. 



Madame Gunther's Nasturtium 



Madam Gunther's 

 Hybrids 



These new Hybrids of Madame Gunther flower 

 earlier and are covered from spring to fall with 

 large, substantial flowers of the most brilliant 

 shades. They are remarkable for their wide 

 range of colors, embracing rose, pink, salmon, 

 r-urple, velvety dark maroon, light yellow and 

 deep orange in self colors, as well as striped and 

 blotched in the most fanciful manner. So orna- 

 mental is this new strain that it deserves a 

 place in every garden, either for climbing or 

 trailing from vases, over rock-work, etc. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts. 



FINEST MIXED DWARF. Many varieties and 

 colors per oz. 15 cts., pkt. 5 cts. 



DE JONG'S SUPERB MIXTURE. Nasturtiums are 

 most admirably adapted to beds and borders. 

 In this Superb Mixture, we have combined all 

 the best Giant Flowering and named sorts, and 

 it will give a large variety of colors. When in 

 full bloom are gorgeous and cannot be sur- 

 passed for remarkable brilliancy, richness and 

 the most varied combination of colors ever pro- 

 duced in any other mixture. It cannot fail to 

 give satisfaction to the most critical grower. 

 Per pkt. 10 cts., 2 pkts 15 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



Tall Nasturtium 



The Tropaeolum Majus, or Tall Nasturtiums, 

 are among the easiest grown and prettiest of 

 ch'mbers. They bear hot, dry weather very well, 

 and thrive on poor Boil. Very free bloomers and 

 the green seed pods make excellent pickles; 10 ft. 

 Hardy annuals. 



FINEST MIXED TALL NASTURTIUM. Many 

 bright colora. Per oz. 16 cts., pkt. 5 cts. 



Poppies 



Poppy (Papaver) 



A showy and easily cultivated annuals; with 

 large brilliant colored flowers, growing freely in 

 any garden soil, and producing a fine effect in 

 large clumps or mixed beds. Sow early in the 

 spring where they are to remain as they will not 

 bear transplanting; 2 ft. 



NEW TULIP. A glossy new annual poppy, with 

 a beautifully-shaped, large size flower, four 

 inches across, of a most brilliant dark scarlet. 

 The two outside petals are double the size of 

 the inner ones, and each pair forms by itself a 

 round cup of flower, which nearly resembles a 

 tulip. The flower will stand well for several 

 days, and the plant, therefore, always in full 

 bloom. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



THE SHIRLEY. A new strain of marvelous 

 beauty. Delicate rose, pink, carmine, and bril- 

 liant crimson. Many flowers are edged with 

 white, petals have a glassy, silk-like texture. 

 Single mixed. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



FINEST MIXED. This mixture contains seed of 

 all the best double and single varieties, includ- 

 ing some entirely new ones. Will make a 

 grand display. Per pkt. 5 cts. 



Kochi 



BURNING BUSH. Annual. 2 or 3 ft. Makes a 



pyramidical-shaped cypress-like bush with feath- 

 ery, light green foliage, deepening until it be- 

 comes a lovely crimson hue about September. 

 ChildsII. Excellent for hedges along garden 

 walks. Pkt. 5 cts. 



