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IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 11.

A FEW FLORAL NOVELTIES.

GIANT TRIMARDEAU PANSIES.

An altogether distinct and beautiful new class of Pansy, the flowers of which are of very large size; some have measured four inches in diameter - in fact, larger than anything hitherto attained in the genus. Each flower is marked with three large blotches or spots, and stands well above the foliage; the plants may be expected to produce the same endless variety and beautiful shades of color that are found in other classes of this popular plant. They continue to bloom profusely throughout the season. Colors are very rich and beautiful. All should try it. Per pkt. 35 cts.

EDELWEISS.
This is the famous and true "Edelweiss" of the Alps, found growing there in the most inaccessible spots among the rocks, and gathered by tourists and others at great risk of life. The flower is considered the proper present for a bride from her fiance on her wedding morn. The flowers are of downy texture, pure white and star-shaped, and easily cultivated. Per pkt. 20 cts.

ABUTILON--THOMPSONI PLENA.
A very handsome new variety with perfectly double flowers, that resemble in form a double Hollyhock, of rich deep orange color, shaded and streaked with crimson. Leaves are beautifully mottled, golden yellow. Form is shown by the accompanying illustration. Plants postpaid 25 cts. each.

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GIANT TRIMARDEAU PANSIES.

IPOMEA NOCTIFLORA-Moon Flower or Evening Glory.
This plant has attracted much attention throughout the country. Although not a new variety, it has become popular recently. One lady says that it was trained on strings to a balcony twenty-five feet high and forty feet wide, and that from August to November it was covered nightly, and in dull days, with its white moon-like flowers from five to six inches in diameter. It has also a rich Jessamine-like odor at night. Another correspondent from Richmond, Va., writes that "he

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ABUTILON-THOMPSONI PLENA.

set out a plant about May 15th, at the foot of a large dead tree, and by the end of August it had completely covered the tree (forty feet high) and was hanging in festoons of lovely white flowers from every branch." Plants postpaid, 25 cts. each.

"LION'S TAIL." (Leonotus Leonuris.)
It blooms from September to December, and if successive propagations are made of it late in spring it can be got to bloom during the winter months, and it is a most valuable plant either for the sitting room or conservatory. The drawing conveys but a meagre idea of it, as the spikes are upwards 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 postpaid 25 cts.
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LION'S TAIL.