1897

44. IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA.

[image] I LOVE FLOWERS. DON'T YOU?

FLOWER SEEDS. Our floral beauties come in for their full share of attention, and in fact we have this year given them more time and space than ever before on our grounds. We have in our employ an experienced specialist in this line, who, under our supervision, attends to growing whatever can be grown to advantage in this country, tests all novelties offered in this country or Europe, and is constantly striving, by selection and hybridization, to improve the leading varieties, and make our choice Iowa flower seeds just what we are striving for--the best in the world. All who truly love the beautiful, and prize all things new and valuable in the floral kingdom, will be interested in the following pages, and also in looking over the flower plant and bulb lists. Our flower seeds are all fresh and we know they are unsurpassed. Quality is always the first consideration. Our mixtures are mainly made up by ourselves from named varieties, or from growing a large number of the best named varieties together, and will yield a better assortment than is commonly found. This year we list all the varieties alphabetically together. Annuals, biennials, perennials, climbers and everlastings but mention in the description what class they belong to if they are not annuals. The ornamental grasses are listed separately. This will make it easier to find any sort named. OUR PRICES.--The cost of raising the various sorts of flower seeds varies greatly from such as mignonette, which we can grow a hundred pounds of at but comparatively only a few dollars expense, up to double petunia, which costs us over one hundred dollars per ounce, and some other kinds which are still more expensive. There are but few who care for more than one good sized bed of any sort, therefore we have filled our packets with a sufficient amount and made prices as low as possible, some being only two or three cents each, and we are certain customers will be well pleased with the quantity they contain. DISCOUNTS.--In spite of our very low prices by the packet we still offer flower seeds in packets only to the amount of $1.25 for $1.00. This discount does not apply to collections of seeds nor to seeds by weight or measure. DIRECTIONS FOR SOWING, ETC.--To insure success the conditions and requirements of the several species as to soil, moisture, heat, etc., should be studied and then observed in culture. Below we give a few general directions for their culture, though more complete directions will be found printed on many of the seed packets. The soil best adapted to most flowers is light, rich loam, containing enough sand to make it porous. If there is some clay with it the colors will be brighter. Make the surface as smooth and fine as possible, sow seed in rows, covering each sort of seed in proportion to its size (a good general rule being to cover twice the diameter of the seed) and press the soil down firmly over it. Do not plant any seeds when the ground is wet. Many varieties, such as pansy, verbena, daisy, hollyhock and the fine greenhouse plant seeds, should be sown early in shallow boxes in the house, in soil consisting of equal parts of fine sand and rich, mellow loam, well mixed together and sifted to remove all gravel and lumps. Sow as before directed. Covering the box with glass helps to retain the moisture and keeps the temperature even. Be careful not to keep them too wet, and as soon as they are large enough to handle transplant into boxes from one to two inches apart, where they are to remain until time to transplant to permanent beds. We will always be glad to answer any questions from our customers relative to the cultivation of any kind of plants. NOVELTIES.--Our list contains all of the most desirable novelties, but instead of separating them we have placed them in alphabetical order with the others, and we believe our customers will find it more convenient for them in ordering. We have this year carefully revised all the descriptions, changing some of them after comparing with the flowers in the field, and we believe no more correct or complete list of desirable sorts can be found in any catalogue. A NICE LAWN is easily obtained by sowing our Central Park or Evergreen lawn grass seed. It is vastly cheaper than sodding, and you are not bothered with weeds, which are in the sod. See price in grass seed department. All flower seeds are sent free by mail on receipt of price.

Grandmother's Collection. (Col. No. 7.) Consists of 10 packets of the old-fashioned favorite flowers, our selection of varieties. Many of these are now beginning to come into favor again and will please young and old. Price 25c.

Gem Collection. (Col. No. 8.) Consists of 10 packets of the latest flower novelties. Our selection, but very desirable and everybody will want them. Try this grand collection and you will be pleasantly surprised at the result. Price 50c.

Children's Collection. (Col. No. 9.) Of course the children will want a garden and we desire to encourage them and so offer 6 packets of easily grown flower seeds blooming the first year, our selection of sorts for only 15c.

These collections are put up ready for mailing and cannot be changed or divided. We will furnish all three collections for 85c. They do not duplicate with each other.

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ABRONIA. Trailing habit similar to verbenas, bearing clusters of sweet-scented flowers. Effective for bedding in masses, and very desirable for rock work or hanging baskets. In beds sometimes one plant covers a yard square and is full of bloom. Best colors mixed. Pkt. 3c.

ABUTILON. A handsome greenhouse plant. Fine mixed. Pkt. 25c.

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ADLUMIA. (Mountain Fringe). A beautiful hardy perennial vine, with fern-like foliage of a pale green color, with pretty flesh-colored blossoms. It is also called Alleghany Vine. Pkt. 10c.

ACROCLINIUM. Elegant summer flowering annuals, forming plants about one foot high, bearing quantities of large double flowers of white, rose, etc., 1 to 2 inches across. Splendid everlastings for winter bouquets. Mixed colors. Pkt. 3c.

[image] AGERATUM. MEXICANUM.--Very desirable for bouquets; produces a great many blue flowers, and blooms a long time; largely used by florists; start seed early. Pkt. 4c. ALBIFLORUM.--Like above, only white. Pkt. 5c.

ADONIS. AESTIVALIS.--Brilliant scarlet. Blossoms throughout the season. Foliage is graceful and feathery. Height one foot. Pkt. 3c.

[image] AGROSTEMMA. A very hardy plant introduced from Russia, suitable for border plants. COELI ROSA.--Perfectly hardy plants, producing pretty, pink-like blossoms on long slender stems. Very useful for cutting for bouquets, and pretty in masses in beds. Also known as Rose of Heaven. About 1 1/2 feet high. Deep rose color. Pkt. 3c. ALBA.--White; fine for cemetery. Pkt. 5c.

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ASTERS. The numerous forms of the aster, and the now great variety of rich colors of its perfectly double flowers make it a leading favorite. For a late summer and fall display it has no equal. Give the aster a deep, rich soil, with plenty of mulching, and it will surprise even its friends with its profusion of richly-colored perfect flowers. Plant early as possible. NEW DIAMOND.--(See cut, No. 1.) The flowers are extremely beautiful, 2 to 2 1/2 inches across, and the plants grow 18 to 20 inches high. All the stems and branches are terminated by perfect flowers, the entire plant appearing a mass of bloom. The colors range from pure white to blackish purple, and dark, rich crimson. Pkt. 15c. NEW TRIUMPH.--(No. 2.) The most beautiful and most perfect of all dwarf asters. Each plant forms an elegant bouquet of itself. The individual flowers measure from 2 1/2 to 3 inches across. All petals beautifully in-curved; color is peculiarly rich and brilliant. When beginning to bloom it is a pure scarlet, but when in full bloom it changes to a magnificent satiny deep scarlet. Pkt. 10c. SNOWBALL.--(No. 3.) A beautiful and distinct variety, originating from the "Mignon," introduced some years ago. The flowers are semispherical, as shown in our engraving; of refined and faultless form; pure white, beautifully imbricated and very freely produced, as many as 30 flowers being frequently borne on a single plant. The cut blooms will remain longer in good condition than most other varieties. Well adapted for pot culture. This is a valuable acquisition to the aster family, being a novelty of decided merit. Pkt. 15c. PERFECTION.--(No. 4.) Truffant's Improved Paeony Flowered. A favorite class; thrifty, upright growers; flowers large (4 inches across) and almost perfectly round, with incurved petals; height 18 inches to 2 feet. Our mixture contains many exquisite colors. Pkt. 5c. CROWN.--(No 5.) The center of each flower is white, surrounded by a broad margin of color, such as crimson, rose, violet, etc.; flowers large and freely produced. Height 18 inches to 2 feet. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c.

COMET.--(No. 6.)--The shape of this new variety differs from all others, resembling closely the large-flowered Japanese chrysanthemums. The flowers are from 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 inches in diameter, perfectly double, many handsome colors mixed. Per pkt. 10c. HARLEQUIN.--A new dwarf pyramidal strain of great beauty, with oddly spotted and striped very double flowers of red and blue, the same plant often having a great variety of flowers on it. Every one will be pleased with it, and it will always attract great attention. Per pkt. 10c. VICTORIA.--This is a magnificent sort, 20 inches high, vigorous in growth, pyramidal in habit, very free blooming; flowers double to center; very large. Adapted for either garden or window culture. Very brilliant colors, mixed. Pkt. 10c. DWARF GERMAN.--Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. PYRAMIDAL BOUQUET.--Very fine, mixed colors; each plant forms a bouquet. Pkt. 10c. HEDGE HOG, OR NEEDLE.--Very peculiar, long quilled petals, handsome and sure to attract attention. Pkt. 10c. NEW WASHINGTON.--The largest aster in cultivation, flowers often measuring four or five inches across, perfectly double, fine form, and of many exquisite colors. Plant is pyramidal and very free blooming; mixed colors. Pkt. 10c.

ONE PACKET EACH OF THE 7 GRAND SORTS NAMED ABOVE FOR 50 Cts.

COLLECTION OF ASTERS.--One pkt. each of the 12 varieties named above 85c. ALL KINDS MIXED.--Seeds of most of the varieties in above list. Pkt. 5c.

[image] LITTLE GEM SWEET ALYSSUM.

ROYAL MIXED.--A very choice selection of all the best sorts; none 2d grade. Pkt. 10c.

[image] HARLEQUIN ASTER.

ALYSSUM. SWEET.--Has pretty little white flowers, useful for making up in all kinds of small bouquets. Its fragrance while sufficiently pronounced, is very delicate. Makes a pretty border and is one of the best plants for a basket or pot. Pkt. 3c. LITTLE GEM.--The plants are very dwarf and remarkably uniform in growth; grows only 3 or 4 inches high, and each plant spreads so as to completely cover a circular space 12 to 20 inches in diameter. The plants begin to flower while quite young and soon become one mass of white, remaining in full bloom from spring to fall. Deliciously fragrant. More than four hundred clusters of flowers in full bloom have been counted on a single plant. Pkt. 5c.

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AMARANTHUS. Prized for variety of handsome foliage, whether grown in conservatory or garden. The colors will be more brilliant if planted in moderately rich soil. Should not be planted in the north before May. TRICOLOR.--Leaves yellow, red and green; well known as "Joseph's Coat." Very showy in beds alone. Hardy annual; two feet high. Pkt. 3c. STANLEY.--One of the finest of this showy class of annuals, which produces numerous stalks covered with long, thick panicles of crimson flowers. It commences to bloom shortly after sowing and continues until late in the fall. Height 15 inches. Pkt. 5c. CAUDATUS.--(Love Lies Bleeding.) Produces long, drooping chains of brilliant colored flowers. Pkt. 3c. CRUENTUS.--(Prince's Feather.) Pkt. 3c.

[image] AMARANTHUS.

SALICIFOLIUS.--(Fountain Plant.) Handsome form, beautiful foliage; very desirable for centers of beds, borders or pot culture. Pkt. 7c. MIXED VARIETIES.--Pkt. 5c.

AMPELOPSIS. VEITCHII.--(Boston Ivy.) A good wall plant, clinging to the smoothest surface. Perennial and perfectly hardy. Pkt. 10c.

[image] ANTIRRHINUM.

AMOBIUM. ALATUM GRANDIFLORUM.--Very hardy, everlasting, with pretty, double, white flowers. Useful for bouquets. Pkt. 4c.

ANAGALLIS. Low growing plants with remarkably bright, handsome flowers; mixed varieties. Pkt. 10c.

ANTIRRHINUM. (Snapdragon.) One of the most beautiful and useful border plants, blooming profusely the first season from seed, until after frost. The roots may be carried through the winter with protection, and well repay for the trouble by the abundance of bloom through the entire summer. Our mixtures contain all the new and choice colors, including the beautifully striped, variegated and margined. TALL VARIETIES MIXED.--Pkt. 5c. TOM THUMB.--A collection of the most beautiful, very dwarf varieties; mixed colors. Pkt. 7c.

AQUILEGIA. (Columbine.) Too much praise cannot be given to these elegant, free-flowering, and deservedly popular hardy plants, blooming profusely through the spring into early summer. Hardy perennial. MIXED VARIETIES.--Pkt. 5c. WHITE.--Blooms on Decoration Day. Very desirable for cemetery. Per pkt. 10c.

ARABIS. ALPINA.--Among the earliest blooming plants, and very useful for rock work edgings, carpet bedding, etc. Flower pure white. Plant 9 inches high and a hardy perennial. Pkt. 10c.

ARGEMONE. (Prickly Poppy.) Free blooming; flowers somewhat resemble the poppy. The foliage is large, pretty in form, and of a pleasant light green color. Mixed colors. Pkt. 3c.

[image] ARABIS

[image] CAMELIA-FLOWERED BALSAM.

ASPERULA. AZUREA SETOSA.--A hardy, dwarf growing, little annual producing an abundance of small, light blue, sweet-scented flowers. Fine for bouquets. Pkt. 5c.

BALSAM. Of the most beautiful of our annuals, and under the old names, Lady Slipper and Touch - Me - Not, has always been popular, but by the care and attention given it in the last few years, it has been greatly improved. The flowers are most brilliantly colored, very large and double as the rose; very striking in their rich coloring, ranging from pure white to rich dark crimson. CAMELIA-FLOWERED, MIXED.--Very double, resembling the camelia in form, of unusual size, perfect shape, and our mixture contains all the best colors. You will be greatly pleased with it. Pkt. 10c. MAIDEN'S BLUSH.--A new variety of double balsam, which is of a very delicate and handsome blush color. Pkt. 8c. DOUBLE WHITE.--Very desirable, and largely used by florists. Pkt. 8c. PEERLESS MIXED.--This acme of perfection is made up from the best foreign and American strains, and their beauty is truly marvelous; flowers double as a camelia and of all known colors, and plants are loaded with hundreds of flowers. Pkt. 10c. ALL VARIETIES MIXED.--Pkt. 5c.

[image] REX BEGONIA.

[image] BRACHYCOME.

BEGONIA. SINGLE TUBEROUS-ROOTED.--Finest new single varieties mixed; flowers very large. Pkt. 15c. DOUBLE MIXED TUBEROUS-ROOTED.--Pkt. 25c. VERNON.--Comes absolutely true from seed. The plants grow rapidly and thrive amazingly under our hot summer sun. Per pkt. 15c. REX.--Ornamental leaved varieties. Extra fine mixed. Pkt. 15c. MIXED VARIETIES.--Many excellent flowering varieties. Pkt. 15c.

FOLIAGE BEETS. One of the most effective foliage plants in existence, its leaves producing a wealth of tropical beauty. Its metalic [metallic], lustrous and glistening leaves equal any of the most expensive exotics and conservatory plants. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c.

BRACHYCOME. Also called "Swan River Daisy." Very pretty low growing plants, fine for borders, rustic work or pot culture, covered during summer with a profusion of cineraria-like flowers. Half-hardy annual. Mixed blue and white. Pkt. 5c.

BROWALLIA. ELATA.--Produces very delicate and handsome flowers in great abundance. Mixed. Pkt. 10c.

BALOON VINE. A very pretty and rapid growing climber, succeeding best in a warm situation. It produces a very curious inflated capsule from which it derives its name. Pkt. 5c.

BRYONOPSIS. A pretty climber, with ivy-like foliage and beautifully marked green fruit, which changes to bright scarlet marbled white. Half hardy annual. 15 feet. Pkt. 5c.

CALLIOPSIS. Many of our most showy flowers are slighted because they are common and grow anywhere without trouble or care almost like weeds. One of these is the calliopsis. Were it a new thing just introduced, it would be considered a novelty of rare excellence.

[image] BRYONOPSIS.

MIXED COLORS.--Produces flowers in nearly every shade of yellow, orange, crimson, red and brown. Pkt. 5c. GOLDEN WAVE.--Plant very bushy and compact, reaching 2 feet in height, and covered from July to October with hundreds of beautiful golden blossoms, two inches in diameter, with small dark centers. It is indeed a wave of gold. Pkt. 8c.

CALENDULA. Belongs to the well known marigold family. OFFICINALIS LE PROUST.--Very double, nankeen colored. Fine. Pkt. 5c. METEOR.--A new variety; very fine for pot culture, bearing large light yellow flowers, striped with bright orange. Pkt. 5c. PRINCE OF ORANGE.--Similar to Meteor, but much darker. Pkt. 5c.

[image] GOLDEN WAVE CALLIOPSIS.

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[image] ORIOLE CALENDULA.

ORIOLE.--The extra large double flowers are indescribably rich and glowing in tone, of an intensely bright golden yellow, wonderfully free flowering. Pkt. 10c. FINE MIXED.--Pkt. 3c.

CAMPANULA. SPECULUM.--(Venus' Looking Glass.) Handsome for masses; hardy, free bloomers. Double mixed. Pkt. 5c. CUP AND SAUCER.--A beautiful variety. The bell is nearly four inches in diameter, presenting the form of a saucer, hence its name. The plant is of strong growth, quite as hardy and floriferous as the old blue variety, and is very elegant and handsome when in flower, the blossoms literally hiding the plant. Perennial. Pkt. 10c. MACROSTYLA.--A very curious shaped, handsome large violet flower; remarkably fine. Pkt. 10c.

CANDYTUFT. Universally known and cultivated and considered indispensible for cutting. All the varieties look best in beds or masses; hardy, easy to cultivate, and bloom profusely. Hardy annuals, 1 foot high.

[image] SPECULUM CAMPANULA.

SNOW QUEEN.--A new variety from southern Europe, grows rapidly, blooms early and remaining in full flower for about three months. The Snow Queen grows very regularly--each plant being almost an exact counterpart of every other. Valuable for ribbon beds or borders. Pkt. 8c.

[image] CUP AND SAUCER CAMPANULA.

CORONARIA. (Tom Thumb). Dwarf. Pkt. 5c. DUNNET'S CRIMSON.--A Splendid bright crimson. Pkt. 5c. BEST MIXED.--A mixture of all varieties. Pkt. 3c, oz. 40c.

CALEMPELIS. SCABRA.--A handsome vine producing bright orange flowers in great abundance. Pkt. 5c.

CACTUS. FINE MIXED VARIETIES.--Pkt. 15c.

CANARY BIRD FLOWER. One of the most beautiful of climbers, with delicate, finely cut foliage and curious bright yellow flowers resembling the canary bird in shape and color. Pkt. 10c.

CANNA. Fine foliage plants of a highly decorative character, their handsome leaves combined with their varied and richly colored flowers have an extremely fine effect. They are easily raised from seeds which should be soaked in hot water for several hours.

[image] CANARY BIRD FLOWER.

MIXED VARIETIES.--Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c. CROZY'S MIXED.--Very large flowering sorts. Choice mixed. Pkt. 10c.

[image] SNOW QUEEN CANDYTUFT.

CANTERBURY BELLS. One of the best known and most popular biennials. Produces an abundance of richly colored bloom. SINGLE MIXED COLORS.--Pkt. 5c. DOUBLE MIXED COLORS.--Pkt. 5c.

CELOSIA. (Cockscomb.) One of the most beautiful flowers that can be grown in the open ground. Produce large, ornamental comb-like heads. For summer beds we know of nothing that will produce as showy and brilliant effects. Can be preserved for winter bouquets by cutting off the heads before they are ripe, and drying in the house.

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GIANT EMPRESS.--Very handsome either for pot plants or specimen plants in beds, where they excite the curiosity of visitors more than almost any plant that can be grown. The Empress is the finest and most gorgeous variety yet introduced. It is not uncommon for the heads of this variety to measure over twelve inches in breadth; very bright purple combs and dark bronze foliage. Pkt. 10c. GOLDEN GLOW.--This is one of the most attractive novelties of the season. Plants large and produce many handsome flowers six to ten inches in diameter and of a most attractive bright, rich golden yellow color, different and more velvety than the yellow in any other flower that we know of. Try it. Pkt. 10c.

GLASGOW PRIZE.--A very fine semi-dwarf variety, with large, brilliant crimson comb and very handsome dark foliage. Specimens grown on our place for seed measured 10 to 12 inches in diameter. Start seeds early. Pkt. 10c. JAPONICA.--A very bright crimson variety, large and finely cut. Pkt. 5c. PYRAMIDALIS PLUMOSA.--A very handsome feathered sort. The entire plant is of perfect pyramidal form if given room for development. Flowers are of all shades of scarlet, crimson, yellow and pink. The stalks and leaves are also beautifully veined. Pkt. 7c. ALL VARIETIES MIXED.--Pkt. 5c.

[image] GIANT EMPRESS CELOSIA.

[image] PYRAMIDALIS PLUMOSA.

CENTROSEMA. GRANDIFLORA.--Absolutely new to cultivation but one of the very best in actual merit. It is a hardy perennial vine of rare and exquisite beauty, which blooms early in June from seed sown in April, and bears in the greatest profusion inverted pea-shaped flowers from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches in diameter, and ranging in color from a rosy violet to a reddish purple, with a broad feathered white marking through the center. It will bloom until frost, and if potted will flower freely in the house. One of the most attractive features is the way in which the flowers look up at you in the face. Every imaginative person sees faces in the Pansy, and this is even more suggestive in Centrosema. Therefore "Look at Me," is not a bad name for it. Pkt. 15c.

CACALIA. COCCINEA.--A handsome free flowering little plant owing to the peculiar form of the flower, it is sometimes called Tassel Flower or Flora's Paint Brush. Scarlet. Pkt. 5c.

CINERARIA. HYBRIDA.--Very handsome greenhouse plants; fine mixed. Pkt. 20c. MARITIMA.--Silver-leaved. Pkt. 5c.

CATCHFLY. A very pretty and showy little plant. Mixed colors. Pkt. 2c.

CLEOME. PUNGENS.--(The Giant Spider Plant.) Growing vigorously four or five feet high, flowering profusely and a perpetual bloomer and of a bright rose color. It is also one of the very best honey producing plants. Pkt. 5c.

CLIANTHUS. DAMPEIRI.--A beautiful shrubbery climber, grown mostly under glass, but does well out of doors in summer time. Flowers brilliant scarlet, growing in clusters. Pkt. 15c.

[image] GRANDIFLORA CENTROSEMA.

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[image] DOUBLE CENTAUREA.

CENTAUREA. CYANUS.--Called Ragged Sailor, Corn Flower, Blue Bottle, Bachelor's Buttons and Bluet. A very old favorite garden annual, flowering freely in almost any situation; height, 2 to 3 feet. Mixed colors. Pkt. 3c. CYANUS DOUBLE.--A most charming sport from the above, well shown in our illustration. Flowers very large and globular. A continuous bloomer, and becoming quite popular. Our mixture contains a great variety of colors. Pkt. 10c. MOSCHATA.--(Sweet Sultan.) Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c. MARGUERlTE.--All who saw this grand new variety on our trial grounds the past season united in pronouncing it one of the handsomest novelties ever brought out. It is named after the lovely Queen Marguerite of Italy. Plants grow about eighteen inches high and are of the easiest culture. The large flowers are of the purest white, deliciously scented, exquisitely lacinated, and freely produced on long stems which render them invaluable for cutting. The illustration does not do the flower justice, and gives but a faint idea of its exquisite unique beauty. Entirely different from all other flowering plants and sure to attract attention. Pkt. 10c.

[image] COPYRIGHTED 1892 BY W.A.B.&Co. MARGUERITE CENTAUREA.

CARNATION. The finest of the dianthus or pink family; very fragrant. Our seed is unsurpassed. MARGUERITE.--A decided novelty. The plants are of healthy and vigorous growth, and the flowers are produced in the greatest profusion. They run through quite a variety of colors, white, scarlet, carmine, rose, striped, purple, violet, salmon, etc. Seed sown under glass in March and transplanted to the open ground in May will commence flowering in August and will give an endless supply of their beautiful blossoms for a long time. The flowers are exceedingly brilliant in color, and the calyx does not burst. About 80 per cent of the plants will come full double. Pkt. 10c. DOUBLE EXTRA MIXED.--Pkt. 15c. SELFS MIXED.--The one color sorts. Pkt. 10c. PERPETUAL, OR TREE.--Pkt. 25c.

COLEUS. One of the most popular foliage plants. It is very decorative in the flower border, and easily grown from seed, which frequently produces new and distinct varieties. Half hardy perennial. Pkt. 15c.

COCKSCOMB. (See Celosia.)

[image] COLEUS.

COBOEA SCANDENS. One of the most magnificent climbers, prized for its rapid growth (often twenty to thirty feet) and an abundance of beautiful blue flowers. The seed should be planted edgewise in moist earth--a pot or box is best--and water sparingly till plants are two or three inches high. Pkt. 10c. WHITE.--New and elegant. Pkt. 10c.

CHRYSANTHEMUM. One of the prettiest annuals grown. The colors have the appearance of being laid on with a brush, and for this reason they are frequently called "painted daisies," and are indeed charming. Sow seed early in open ground and and they will bloom profusely all summer. NEW DOUBLE ANNUAL.--A valuable and most unique novelty. They are extremely variable and it is impossible to describe the beautiful forms which have been produced, as conveyed by our engraving. A great variety of colors, markings and pencilings. Although mostly very double, there will be an occasional semi-double, or even single, but these are almost equally charming. Pkt. 10c.

[image] CLARKIA.

INDICUM POMPON.--Double mixed. This is the most popular greenhouse variety. Very showy and desirable for fall and early winter blooming. Plants potted in the fall make a continuous bouquet for many weeks. Pkt. 10c. MIXED VARIETIES.--Includes all the best. Pkt. 5c.

CLARKIA. A very desirable hardy annual for bedding purposes; growing freely and blooming profusely in any common garden soil. Fine mixed. Double and single. Pkt. 3c.

COSMOS. A magnificent race of plants growing about 4 feet high, and in fall literally covered with graceful flowers resembling single dahlias, but better for cutting. About 2 inches in diameter; rose, purple, flesh color, and pure white. As a cut flower for vases or personal wear, its grace and beauty is unequaled. Easily raised from seed; if sown early, blooms the first season. All colors mixed. Pkt. 10c.

[image] MARGUERITE CARNATIONS.

CUPHEA. PLATYCENTRA.--(Cigar Plant.) Greenhouse plant, also makes a handsome border. Flowers of bright scarlet, tipped with black and white. Pkt. 15c. PURPUREA.--Fine mixed. Pkt. 5c.

DOLICHOS. LABLAB.--(Hyacinth Bean)--An excellent climber for fences and exposed places; 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. Showy for back grounds and borders, and are beautiful when planted among shrubs. They thrive in any ordinary garden soil. Fine mixed colors. Pkt. 3c.

The Ladies Say. We have used your seed several years and find no others equal to them. Your seed has come to stay. MARY BOYER, Walton, Ky. Seeds received in good shape. Thanks for exrtras. JENNIE MILLER, Atchison, Kan.

[image] NEW DOUBLE ANNUAL CHRYSANTHEMUM.