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Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa.
LANTANA.—Greenhouse perennial; makes a fine bedding or pot plant; easily grown from seed. Best mixed colors, Pkt. 15c.
LINUM, (Scarlet Flax,)—Pkt. 3c.
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LOBELIA.—Handsome trailing plants; profuse bloomers; elegant for baskets, vases and borders. All sorts mixed. Pkt. 6c.
LUPINUS.—Commonly called Sun Dials; flowers of very bright colors, produced in spikes. A fine bedding plant. Mixed varieties. Pkt. 5c.
LYCHNIS, Haageana Hybrida.—Very desirable hardy perennials, blooming the first year if sown early. Fine mixed. Pkt. 8c.
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MARIGOLD.—These have been greatly improved within the past few years, and are now popular garden flowers. The flowers of some varieties are perfectly double, distinctly margined, spotted and striped. The following mixtures contain all the very best varieties:
African.—Double mixed, largest. Pkt. 4c.
French.—Double mixed. Pkt. 4c.
Dwarf French.—Double mixed, best. Pkt. 5c.
MARTYNIA.—See novelties. Pkt. 10c.
MATRICARIA, Capensis (Double Feverfew)—This may be called everybody’s favorite. A splendid bedding plant, and one of the best to pot for winter flowers; pure white. Pkt. 5c.
Golden.—(See Pyretherum.)
Exima Nana. Fl. Pl.—Small, compact, perfectly round plants about four inches high. Covered from July until winter with double white flowers, borne on long slender stems excellent for edgings or borders. Pkt. 7c.
MAURANDIA.—Pretty for baskets, window vases and indoor decorations. Fine mixed. Per pkt. 10c.
MIMULUS—Moschatus (Musk Plant.) Pkt. 10c.
Tigrinus—Tigered and spotted varietics [varieties]; very fine. Pkt. 10c.
Duplex—Beautiful double (Hose in Hose), tigered and spotted varieties. Pkt. 10c.
MIGNONETTE.—Well known sweet scented little flower; fine for borders or masses.
Sweet Scented.—The old favorite. Pkt. 2c., oz. 20c.
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Matchet.—An entirely new and distinct sort of great merit. It is of dwarf and vigorous growth, and throws up numerous stout flower stalks, terminated by massive spikes of deliciously scented red flowers. One of the very best sorts for pot culture. Pkt. 7c.
Gabriele—A handsome new variety, the tallest of any. Strong, robust habit, bearing large spikes of red flowers. Very distinct. Pkt. 8c,[.]
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Miles’ White Spiral—Grows two or three feet high, perfectly erect, spikes of bloom often measure twelve inches long. It is very showy in growth, and the grand spikes of bloom can be seen for a long distance, and at tracts the attention of everybody. Pkt. 5c.
Golden Queen—A very distinct new variety, with bright golden flowers. Pkt. 3c.
MIRABILIS, Jalapa— (Marvel of Peru)—An old favorite with bright foliage and fragrant flowers of desirable colors. Seed should be planted in the open ground where the plants are desired. Flowers open in the afternoon, hence the name “Four O’clock.”
Longiflora—White, exceedingly sweet-scented; flower tube three or four inches long. Pkt. 5c.
Tom Thumb. White—A new, very dwarf variety, completely covered with pure white flowers. Pkt. 5c.
Mixed Colors and Varieties—Pkt. 3c.
MUSA ENSETE—See Novelties. Pkt. 20c.
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ELEGANT NASTURTIUMS.
These may well be classed among our most showy and handsome annuals. They are of very easy culture, and make a continuous show of bloom. Excellent for corsage bouquets. The following are the best varieties, which all should try:
Cloth of Gold—Entirely unlike all other nasturtiums, the foliage of this new variety is a clear bright yellow. The plant is of dwarf, compact habit, very beautiful, even before coming into bloom, while the deep scar let flowers intermingled among the yellow leaves add much to its beauty, Pkt. 7c; oz. 35c.
Lady Bird—Of dwarf, neat compact habit of growth, and its striking flowers are produced in profusion all summer. Rich golden yellow. each petal barred with a bright vein of bright ruby crimson. Per pkt. 7c; oz. 30c.
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Empress of India—Of dwarf, bushy habit, the leaves a dark, purplish blue color, making a suitable background for the brilliant crimson-scarlet flowers, which stand out in bold relief. Its profusion of bloom and dazzling richness of color are remarkable. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c.
King of the Blacks—A very handsome climbing variety, with flowers of a very rich dark brown almost black. Pkt 10c; oz. 40c.
Napoleon III—A beautiful climbing variety, with golden yellow flowers, striped with rosy scarlet, Pkt. 7c; oz. 30c.
Aurora—This magnificent variety of new color is a valuable addition to our grand list of Dwarf Nasturtiums. The plant forms a perfect globe, and is literally covered with flowers, completely hiding the foliage when in full bloom. The flower is of a deep chrome yellow, the upper petals showing lighter reflexes, while the two lower petals are blotched with purplish carmine and marked with bright carmine veining. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c.
Chameleon—The flowers of this new Tom Thumb Nasturtium are in color crimson, bronze and gold, bordered and flamed, changing in hue almost daily, hence named “Chameleon.” In habit compact and graceful, a profuse bloomer, and an excellent pot plant. Pkt. 7c; oz. 35c.
Geant des Batailles—A climber with brilliant flowers. Pkt. 5c:[;] oz. 20c.
Crystal Palace Gem—Dwarf; sulphur color, spotted with maroon; very handsome. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c.
Tall Varieties Mixed—Pkt. 3c; oz. 15c.
Dwarf Varieties Mixed—Pkt. 3c; oz. 15c.
Imperial Collection of Nasturtiums—This includes a dozen of the dwarf varieties, selected from both American and foreign growers; this when planted in beds, produces a mass of colors. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c.
One packet each of the above 12 varieties for 50 cents.
MYOSOTIS—(Forget-me-nots)—Perennials; bloom first year from seed. Pretty plants with neat little star shaped flowers.
Alpestris—Mixed colors, Pkt 5c.
Palustris—True Forget-me-no [Forget-me-not] blue. Pkt. 10c.
Victoria—A novelty, and the best variety for pot culture, dwarf, globular habit; beautiful sky blue flowers with double center. Pkt. 10c.
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