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Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa.

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New Tom Thumb Dahlia.
Euphoria Variegata.
Edelweiss.
Eschscholtzia.
Freesia.
Fuchsia.
Gladiolus.
Gailardia.
Geranium.

Double Diadem Pink.--Superb large double flower. Hieroglyphically marked, like the original Chinese pinks, in the middle down to the base of each petal; magnificent in color and variety. Pkt. 7c.

Chinensis.--(Double Chinese Pink)--Finest double mixed. Pkt. 3c.

Laciniatus.--Double fringed, best mixed. Pkt. 7c.

Imperialis.--Double imperial pink. Pkt. 5c.

Mixed Varieties and Colors.--Pkt. 5c.

Barbatus.--(Sweet William)--An old favorite; single mixed. Pkt. 5c.

Crown of Perfection.--The latest introduction and the handsomest of all. Very large and handsome flowers. Pkt. 10c.

Dahlia.

The dahlia is well known, but few are aware that if the seed is sown early in the spring they will bloom the first year. The seed which we have to offer is of the finest strain, and produces magnificent, very double flowers of large size and richest shades. Pkt. 10c.

Single Mixed.--Pkt. 7c.

New Tom Thumb.--A radical departure in the way of dahlias and is really beautiful. The perfect little plants, only twelve to fifteen inches high, are of a bushy habit of growth, and they come into flower very early. Scarcely three months after sowing the seed the plants will be fully developed and covered with showy, pretty flowers, which are produced in constant profusion and great variety the whole summer through. The range of color is something unusual; in many of the flowers the ground is white, with regular zones of magenta, crimson, purple, etc., while in others the ground is yellow or light rose, with charming contrasting variegations. The effect is vivid and striking, yet the blooms may be classed as most refined in their effect. See cut. Pkt. 10c.

Euphorbia.

Variegata.--(Snow on the Mountain)--A large, robust-growing, hardy annual, with very ornamental green foliage striped with white. Pkt. 5c.

Heterophylla.--This novelty is an annual of the easiest culture, forming bushy plants three to four feet high, with glossy green fiddle-shaped leaves, which form at the ends of the branches into large whorls or bracts, among which small green flowers appear in summer, and immediately after the leaves commence to color up. The smaller bracts among the flowers are brilliant orange scarlet, large surrounding leaves soon become blazed with darker, fiery scarlet, so that only a tip of green is left. As these colored bracts almost cover the plant, the effect is indescribably grand. Pkt. 10c.

Edelweiss.

The flowers are pure white, star-shaped, and of a downy texture. This is the true edelweiss of the Alps, well known and so much prized by tourists in Switzerland. Pkt. 15c.

Eschscholtzia.

California poppies. Showy summer flower plants; large saucer-shaped flowers of striking brilliancy in the sunlight. They flower profusely throughout the season.

Single.--Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c.

Double Mixed.--We believe the double form of this flower will prove very satisfactory to all flower lovers. Pkt. 10c.

Freesia.

Refracta Alba.--Bears peculiar clusters of white flowers of the most delicious fragrance, which lasts a long time, even after being cut. Start seeds early, bulbs dry off in summer. Start them growing in the house in October and you will be pleased with them. Easily grown. Pkt. 10c.

Ferns.
Fine mixed varieties. Pkt. 15c.

Fox Glove.
See Digitalis.

Feverfew.
See Matricaria.

Fuchsia.

Hybrida.--Well known greenhouse plants. Easily grown from seed. Finest double and single mixed. Pkt. 15c.

Gladiolus.

A well known flower, easily grown from seed, and we should like to have all our customers try raising them in this way. This seed is of our own growing, from the very best varieties, and will produce an assortment sure to please any lover of flowers. They bloom the second year from seed. Pkt. 8c.

Gailardia.

The blanket flower. Exceedingly beautiful annuals, making very showy plants, one to two feet high. Grown in masses they are especially effective; large flowers, two or three inches across, produced from early summer until frost. Unrivaled for cutting.

Lorenziana.--New double. One of the finest annuals grown for bedding and cutting. Pkt. 8c.

Perfection.--An improvement on the above sort, producing very double flowers as round as a perfect ball in the most varied and pleasing colors. The flowers are borne on long, slender stems and when cut will keep for over a week. Pkt. 10c.

All Varieties Mixed.--Pkt. 3c.

Gourds.

Useful for covering fences, arbors or old trees or stumps, greatly admired for their curiously shaped and colored fruit.

Calabash or Dipper.--Pkt. 5c.

Hercules' Club.--Pkt. 5c.

Nest Egg.--Used largely for nest eggs. Pkt. 5c.

Dish Cloth.--Pkt. 10c.

Sugar Trough.--Pkt. 5c.

All Varieties Mixed.--Includes a great many handsome varieties of odd shapes and colors. Pkt. 5c.

Geraniums.

These favorite plants are easily raised from seed, which will frequently reward the cultivator with charming new varieties. Plants from seed started early in the house, will bloom the first summer in the garden. Seed is saved from the best varieties, mixed. Try it. Pkt. 10c.

Perfected

Sweet Peas.

Nothing is handsomer than a nice hedge of Sweet Peas, and the beauty of it is that the more you pick, the more come. We want all our customers to plant them liberally next spring and so offer this mixture of the best large flowering varieties made up from named sorts at per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 85c.

Fine Mixed.--Per pkt. 2c, oz. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 50c.

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