Identifier: colesgardenannua1892cole Title: Cole's garden annual Year: 1892 (1890s) Authors: Cole's Seed Store Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection Subjects: Vegetables Seeds Catalogs Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Catalogs Garden tools Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs Publisher: Pella, Iowa : Cole's Seed Store Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Text Appearing Before Image: . The flowers havelarge white clusters; usually bordered withblue, crimson, carmine and scarlet, produc-ing a striking and beautiful effect; mixed,18 in 5 Reids Quilled. Very handsome, double, andremarkable for their quilled and globularflowers; mixed, 18 in 5 Dwarf Bouquet A most charming class, ofcompact habit, only six to 8 inches high.Each plant is covered with handsome flow-ers, ana looks like a bouquet set in theground, 14 colors mixed , 10 New Dwarf Shakespeare. A dwarf Aster ofwonderous beauty The plants form a com-pact bush, covered with very double andimbricated flowers, and keep in bloom along time; mixed, 6 in 5 Dwarf Chrysanthemum-flowered. A newclass, and desirable on account of its largeand perfect flowers, great beauty and lateblooming; mixed, 10 in 5 New Schiller. A dwarf bouquet Aster, of pe-culiar habit and great beauty; each individ-ual plant will make a show for itself; verydouble and a profuse bloomer; mixed, 15in. 5Fine Mixed, embracing a great many varieties. 5

Text Appearing After Image: BALSAMS. (Ladys Slipper or Touch-me-not.) These are old favorites with every one owingto their handsome double flowers, brilliant col-ors and stately growth. To produce very doubleflowers, they must be transplanted into rich soil,15 inches apart, in a sunny position, and fre-quently watered. Cutting out some of the sidebranches is also advisable, especially with thestrong and bushv growing varieties. Half-hardyannuals. Perpkt.Double White Perfection This is a finestrain of Double White Balsam. Double asa Oamelia; per-fect form; purewhite; continuesa long time inbloom. Invalu-able for cut-flow-ers during thesummer months. 10Solferino. Double,striped, streakedwith lilac andscarlet on satinwhite ground;very beautiful, 18 in 5 Camelia-flowe red,double, verychoice, spottedand variegatedwith white, mixed 10 Mixed. Fine va-BALSAiia. rieties mixed.. 5 BEGONIA. A beautiful tribe of plants, of branching habit,and resplendent the whole summer with theirbeautiful bright and elegant drooping flowe

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