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Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa.
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[entry continues from previous page] glass in well rotted compost and sand. Mixed colors. Best strain. Pkt. 25c.
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DAHLIA—The Dahlia is well known, but few are aware that if the seed is sown early in the spring they will bloom the first year. The seed which we have to offer is of the finest strain, and produces magnificent, very double flowers of large size and richest shades. Pkt. 10c.
Single Mixed—pkt. 10c.
DAISY—Popular perennials, blooming the first year from seed; very handsome for borders or pots; best double mixed. Pkt. 8c.
New Giant Snowball—See Novelties. Pkt. 15c.
DIANTHUS—Deservedly popular, coming into bloom early and continuing throughout the season. The fragrance, beauty and bright coloring of their flowers are universally admired; easily cultivated and many of the varieties withstand our severe winters without protection, and produce better flowers the second year than the first.
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Mourning Pink—A magnificent new variety, with very double, large flowers, of a peculiar dark color. The ground color of the flowers is a very dark mahogany, almost black, each petal edged with a clear-cut margin of pure white. Pkt. 10c.
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Heddewigi—Finest selected single mixed, undoubtedly one of the most showy of the Pink family. Pkt. 5c.
Double Diadem Pink—Superb large double flower. Hieroglyphically marked, like the original Chinese Pinks, in the middle down to the base of each petal; magnificent in color and variety. Pkt. 7c.
Chinensis (Double Chinese Pink)—Finest double mixed. Pkt. 3c.
Laciniatus—Double fringed, best mixed. Pkt. 7c.
Imperialis—Double Imperial Pink. Pkt. 5c.
Mixed Varieties and Colors.[—]Pkt. 5c.
Barbatus (Sweet Barbatus (Sweet William)—An old favorite; hardy perennials; single mixed. Pkt. 5c.
DATURA FASTUOSA—A large, strong-growing plant, with trumpet-shaped flowers, the bearing blooms six inches in length. Best double mixed. Pkt. 5c.
DELPHINUM CHINENSIS (Perennial Larkspur)—Well known and very desirable border plants, producing their flowers on long spikes. It is one of the best perennials grown. Will bloom first year if sown early out of doors. Eight beautiful colors mixed. Pkt, 5c.
DIGITALIS (Fox Glove)—Hardy perennials; bloom the first year; fine mixed. Pkt. 3c.
DOLICHOS, Lablab (Hyacinth Bean)—An excellent climber for dry, exposed places; mixed. Pkt. 5c.
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EDELWEISS—This is the famous and true “Edelweiss” of the Alps. The flower is considered the proper present for a bride from her fiance on her wedding morn. The flowers are of downy texture, pure white and star shaped, and easily cultivated. Pkt. 15c.
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ESCHSCHOLTZIA (California Poppies)—Showy summer flower plants; large saucer-shaped flowers of striking brilliancy in the sunlight; they flower profusely throughout the season. All colors mixed. Pkt. 5c.
Double Mixed—We believe the double form of this flower will prove very satisfactory to all flower lovers. Pkt. 10c.
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UPHORBIA [EUPHORBIA, Variegata (“Snow on the Mountain”)—A large, robust-growing hardy annual, with very ornamental green foliage striped with white. Pkt. 5c.
Heterophylla—See Novelties. Per pkt. 15c.
FEVERFEW—See Matricaria.
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FUCHSIA, Hybrida—Well known greenhouse plants. Easily grown from seed; finest double and single mixed. Pkt. 15c.
FERNS—Fine mixed varieties. Pkt. 15c.
FOX GLOVE—See Digitalis.
GOURDS—Useful for covering fences, arbors or old trees or stumps; greatly admired for their curiously shaped and colored fruit:
Calabash, or Dipper—Pkt. 5c.
Hercules’ Club—Pkt. 5c.
Nest Egg—Used largely for nest eggs. Pkt. 5c.
Dish Cloth—Pkt. 10c.
Sugar Trough—Pkt. 5c.
All Varieties Mixed—Includes a great many handsome varieties of odd shapes and colors. Pkt. 5c.
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FREESIA, Refracta Alba—Bears peculiar clusters of white flowers of the most delicious fragrance, which last a long time, even after being cut. Start seed early, bulbs dry off in summer. Start them growing in the house in October and you will be pleased with them. Easily grown. Pkt. 10c.
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GAILARDIA—A showy bedding plant, producing an abundance of brilliant flowers through the whole summer and fall. Best mixed, all varieties. Pkt. 3c.
Lorenziana—New double, one of the finest annuals grown for bedding and cutting. Pkt. 8c.
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GLADIOLUS—A well known flower, easily grown from seed, and we should like to have all our customers try raising them in this way. This seed is of our own growing, from the very best varieties, and will produce an assortment sure to please any lover of flowers. They bloom the second year from seed. Pkt. 8c.
French Le Moinei—Choice. Per pkt. 10c.
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