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Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa.
GLECOMA, Hedaracea.—(Variegated Ground Ivy.)—The foliage of this charming novelty is bright green, marked with pure white, and has a refreshing fragrance similar to mint. It grows very rapidly, and is so graceful and beautiful that no plant can equal it for festooning or drooping from hanging basket or vase. It is also useful for planting in the open ground, and will be largely used in cemeteries, as it is entirely hardy, graceful and ornamental, and makes a close, dense mat on the ground. As it is so very useful, we have grown an immense stock, and offer it at very reasonable prices. Good, strong plants, each, 15c.
GENISTA, Canariensis.—The plant which, though not new, has become very fashionable in New York the past year or two, well grown paints [plants] selling at from five to fifteen dollars each. Few plants are more deserving of popular esteem. The flowers are pure golden yellow and literally cover the plant when well grown, suggesting the title of “Fountain of Gold.” Each, 15c.
GAZANIA, or Peacock Flower.—Large, showy flowers; color, deep orange, with almost black center. Is very ornamental. Each, 15c.
GRASS PINKS.—The hardy and pretty clove scented flowers which our grandmothers loved. Either pink or white. Each, 15c.
HOYA Carnosa.—(Wax Plant.)—The well known house climber, with thick, fleshy leaves and curious waxy flowers, from which drop a sweet, honey like juice. The blooms last a long time in perfection. It makes an excellent plant for a warm sitting room, as it grows well without light, standing the extreme heat and cold better than most plants. Each, 25c.
Variegated—Mottled green, white and pink. 30c.
HYDRANGEA.—Well known favorite plant with large heads of flowers; very desirable for bedding.
Hortensis.—Bright pink. Each, 15c.
Thomas Hogg.—Pure white. Each, 15c.
Paniculata Grandiflora.—Tens of thousands of these noble summer and autumn flowering shrubs have been sold the past few years, and the demand is still good. They are abselutely [absolutely] hardy grown in any soil, and bloom the same year they are set out. They flower abundantly, bearing hundreds of immense panicles of bloom, white at first and turning to rose in autumn. To make a fine specimen, the soil should be as carefully prepared as for any fine shrub. An annual hortening [shortening] of the branches tends to increase the size of the flowers. Each, 25c.
HIBISCUS, Sinensis Fulgidis.—The flowers are very large size, five inches in diameter, and of an intense carmine scarlet, paler and somewhat rose-tinted toward the base. Each, 15c.
Rubra, fl. pl.—A splendid double variety, having large, bright red flowers. Blooms freely. Each, 15c.
HELIOTROPE.—General favorite on account of their delightful fragrance. No plant succeeds better for summer flowering. and they are also equally adapted for winter blooming, being constantly in bloom. No garden is complete without them.
Mad. Blonay.—The best nearly pure white heliotrope in cultivation. Dwarf; very free bloomer. Each, 10c.
President Garfield.—Has fine large trusses of deep purple flowers. Each, 10c.
IVIES, English.—No vine excels this. Each, 15c.
German.—Grows very fast. Each, 10c.
LANTANAS.—One of the best summer flowering plants, for our climate; equally fine for dry or wet weather, sun or shade. There are few bedding plants that bloom more continuously or afford a greater variety of color. When grown with a single stem and trained as standards, with fine bushy tops and straight stem, they present an effect that is surpassed by few plants. Ten varieties. Each, 15c.
SANSEVIERA, Zelanica.—A singular plant, eminently adapted for decorative purposes in parlors, etc. Dark green, beautifully striped crosswise with white. flowers creamy white. Each, 25c.
“LION’S TAIL.”—(Leonotus Leonorus.)—Most valuable plant either for sitting room or the conservatory. The drawing conveys but a meagre [meager] idea of it, as the spikes are upward of a foot in length and of a most vivid orange color, which, next to blue, is the rarest color we have among flowers. All lovers of flowers should have one or more of these strangely curious and attractive plants. Each,15c.
MUSA, Ensete.—(Abyssinian Banana.)- This is one of the grandest and most picturesque of the banana family; as a solitary plant or in groups on the lawn, it has a very majestic tropical effect. The leaves are very long and broad, of a beautiful green with crimson midrib in striking contrast. With an occasional application of liquid manure and frequent watering the plant will attain a height of over ten feet the first summer. The rapidity of its growth is astonishing. Each, $1.00.
MAURANDIA.—Graceful climbers for window or conservatories, or for open ground in summer; admirable to hang from vases, cover stumps and low trellises, flowering freely. Each, 10c.
HELIANTHUS, Multiflorus.—(Hardy Double Golden Sunflower)—A beautiful hardy plant, growing to the height of three to four feet; flowers of a rich golden yellow. Very double and as large as a medium sized Dahlia. Much prized as corsage flowers. It begins to bloom in July and continues until frost. No matter how small a plant is when set out in the spring, it will in a short time grow to a large bushy plant, loaded with bloom. Each, 20c.
Our Cemetery Plant Collection.
This collection is prepared expressly for planting in the cemetery, and will produce a constant show of white flowers throughout the summer and autumn.
1 White Heliotrope, 1 White Ageratum, 1 Double Feverfew, 1 Lily of the Valley, 1 Double White Violet, 1 Forget-Me-Not, 1 White Tea Rose, 1 Double White Carnation, 1 White Chrysanthemum, 1 Double White Geranium, 1 Hardy Polyantha Rose, Little Pet, 1 Achillea Alba, 1 Sedum Albida, 1 Sweet Alyssum and 1 White Verbena. Total, 15 plants, all labeled, for $1.00.
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[image caption: GLECOMA.]
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[image caption: HELIOTROPE.]
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[image caption: LION’S TAIL.]
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[image caption: MUSA ENSETE.]
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