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Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa.

APIOS. Tuberosa.—This is one of the grandest and most beautiful climbing vines in cultivation. It grows very quickly, and attains a great height, making, with its dense foliage and beautiful flowers, a most attractive screen, It blooms most profusely, bearing lovely clusters of rich, deep purple flowers, possessing a strong, delicious violet fragrance. The bulbs are perfectly hardy and need not be taken up over winter. Each, 5c., three for 10c., doz., 30c.
AMARYLLIS, Formosissimi (Jacobean Lily.)—Dark velvety crimson. Bulbs may be potted any time in spring. They bloom year after year. Each, 20c.
Atamasco.—The flowers are upright with broad petals, either pink or white. Each, 10c.
Johnsonii.—Strong, vigorous growth, bearing from three to six brilliant red flowers on each stem. The petals are striped with white, rendering the flower very attractive. Very fragrant. Each, 50c.
Treatea.—The beautiful Fairy Lily. Each, 10c.
CRINUM KIRKI.—This magnificent bulb frequently attains the size of six to eight inches, and produces flowers of the greatest beauty. Its leaves are wavy edged and radiate in the form of a rosette. Usually two flower stalks, each two or more feet tall, and of dark purplish color, are sent up at the same time, each bearing a large umbel, consisting of a dozen or more large, lily-like flowers of the greatest beauty and fragrance. The petals are broad and pure white, with a deep reddish purple stripe down the center of the outside of each, showing through faintly on the inside. A plant which will create a sensation anywhere when in bloom, Fine, extra large bulbs (such as are usually sold at from $3.00 to $5,00 each), $1.00 each; three for $2.50, post-paid; smaller bulbs, 75c. each.
CINNAMON VINE.—This beautiful climber possesses the rare quality of emitting from Its flowers the delightful odor of cinnamon, and very appropriately called the “Cinna mon Vine.” Perfectly hardy, the stem dying down every autumn, but growing again so rapidly as to completely cover any trellis or arbor very early in the season. It is propagated from small bulblets, which will make from ten to twenty feet of vine, and with its beautiful heart-shaped leaves, bright green, peculiar foliage and clusters of delicate white flowers sending forth a delicious cinnamon odor, render it one of the most desirable climbers in cultivation. The accompanying cut well represents its beauties. We can furnish the large tubers by mail, postpaid, for 10c. each, three for 25c.; bulblets, four for 10c., or 25c, per dozen.
SPOTTED CALLA.—The leaves of this beautiful Calla are deep green, with numerous white spots, which gives the plant a magnificent appearance. They grow freely in any soil. Can be planted out in the spring like a Gladiolus, and blooms well during the summer. The flowers are pure white with a black center, and are very beautiful. See accompanying illustration [illustration]. Each, 25c.; three for 60c.
CHINESE SACRED LILY—Very handsome. The flower is white, with a yellow tinted cup, a truss from three to seven, borne on a stem-sometimes single and double on the same stalk. Is very easily grown in water. The bulbs are very large, with from three to six various-sized offsets, and nearly every offset bears a flower stalk. Usually grown in a bowl of water. We can furnish them until the last of March, when the supply is usually exhausted, and we do not have more until fall. Each, 20c.
RESURRECTION PLANT—Dry and dead looking, but opens up to a bright, living plant when placed in a saucer of water. Each, 10c.
ASTILBE, or Spiræa Japonica—A very pretty plant with glossy foliage and deliaate [delicate] feathery trusses of small flowers which are really elegant for cut flowers. Strong plants, each, 15c.; three for 40c.
MONTBRETIA, Crocosmiæflora—This is the best of all Montbretias, very hardy and really frost proof, as it remains in bloom nearly a month after most other flowers are killed by frost. It is a plant of great beauty, bearing long spikes of large, brilliant flowers—bright orange sprinkled with purple spots. Of vigorous growth and very free blooming, this handsome Montbretia should be in every garden. Each 10c., 3 for 25c.
PÆONIES.—These are very beautiful, him showy and easily cultivated plants, bloom ing from the beginning of May to the end of July. They should have a place in every garden. A selection will give a continuous bloom for three months. We offer the best sorts, varying from pure white, straw color, salmon. flesh color and blush to lilac and deep rose. Each, 30c.; $2.50 per 10.
BOCCONIA CORDATA.—We also send out tubers of the Heart Leaved Bocconia of North Asia. It is desirable for a bed on the lawn. Its sub-tropical leaves and grand spikes of white flowers give it an interest. It is also found useful as a bee plant. Each, 40c.; $3.00 per 10.

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[image caption: CRINUM KIRKI.]

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[image caption: SPOTTED CALLA.]

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