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Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa.

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Imperial Nasturtiums Mixed.
Iowa Seed Co.'s Single and Double Petunias.
Empress of India.
Perilla.
Double Portulaca.
Primula.

Collection
of Dwarf
Nasturtiums

One packet each of the 8 named varieties for 35c

Nasturtiums.

These may well be classed among our most showy and handsome annuals. They are of very easy culture, and make a continuous show of bloom. Excellent for corsage bouquets. The following are the best varieties, which all should try:

Cloth of Gold.--Foliage is a clear bright yellow. The plant is of dwarf, compact habit, flowers scarlet. Pkt. 7c, oz. 30c.

Lady Bird.--Of dwarf, neat compact habit of growth. Flowers rich golden yellow, each petal barred with a bright vein of bright ruby crimson. Pkt. 7c, oz. 30c.

Empress of India.--Of dwarf, bushy habit, the leaves of a dark, purplish blue color, making a suitable background for the brilliant crimson-scarlet flowers. Its profusion of bloom and dazzling richness of color are remarkable. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c.

Aurora.--A magnificent variety of new color. The plant forms a perfect globe, and is literally covered with flowers, completely hiding the foliage when in full bloom. The flower is of deep chrome yellow, the two lower petals blotched with purplish carmine and marked with bright carmine veining. Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c.

Chameleon.--The flowers of this new Tom Thumb nasturtium are in color crimson, bronze and gold, bordered and flamed, changing in hue almost daily, hence named "Chameleon." Pkt. 7c, oz. 35c.

Crystal Palace Gem.--Dwarf; sulphur color, spotted with maroon; very handsome. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c.

Pearl.--A most charming dwarf white variety. Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c.

King Theodore.--The darkest color known in nasturtiums--deep scarlet-maroon. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c.

Imperial Mixed--Includes about twenty of the dwarf varieties, selected from both American and foreign growers; this when planted in beds, produces a mass of colors. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c.

Dwarf Varieties Mixed.--Pkt. 3c, oz. 15c.

Climbing Nasturtiums.

King of the Blacks.--A very handsome climbing variety, with flowers of a very rich dark brown, almost black. Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c.

Napoleon III.--A beautiful climbing variety, with golden yellow flowers striped with rosy scarlet. Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c.

Geant des Batailles.--A climber with brilliant flowers. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c.

Tall Varieties Mixed.--Pkt. 3c, oz 15c.

Oenothera. (Evening Primrose.)

An interesting half-hardy annual, opening its flowers toward evening with a snap that is sure to attract attention, especially of the children. Mixed colors. Pkt. 8c.

Oxalis.

Handsome basket plant, summer or winter; fine for rockeries. Pkt. 10c.

Notice the Gem Bulb Collection on page 87.

Petunias.

Surely there is no garden complete without a bed of elegant petunias. They commence flowering early, and continue a mass of bloom throughout the whole season until killed by frost; easily cultivated, requiring rich soil and a sunny situation. Of late years the single striped, mottled and double varieties have been greatly improved, and the above cut gives but a faint idea of their great variety and beauty. The double varieties require more care and should be started in the house.

Grandiflora Mixed.--Very large, elegant flowers; a great improvement and fully twice the size of the old sorts, with the most beautiful shades of crimson, white, rose, maroon, etc., blotched, striped, veined, bordered, marked and fringed. Pkt. 15c.

Double Inimitable.--A splendid mixture. Our seed is Benary's best, and will produce a large percentage of fine double-flowering plants. Pkt. 25c.

Single Fringed.--A choice mixture of the handsome fringed sorts. Pkt. 15c.

Nana Compacta Multiflora.--Forms dense little bushes five to eight inches high, studded with regularly striped flowers. Very effective, either in masses or in pots. Pkt. 10c.

Giant Fancy Flowering.--A grand new strain and the most beautiful of all. Flowers of immense size and of a great variety of markings and veinings of the most charming colors. If you like beautiful petunias, don't fail to include this in your order. Pkt. 20c.

Fine Mixed.--The best of the older sorts, carefully mixed. Contains some extra fine striped and blotched varieties. Pkt. 5c.

Perilla.

Nankinensis.--Has a broad, serrated leaf, of purplish mulberry color, and eighteen inches or more in height. Very desirable for the center of a bed of ornamental-leaved plants, and also for a low screen or hedge. Pkt. 8c.

Portulaca.

Grandiflora Single Mixed.-- This old favorite is brightest in the hot, dry weather when other flowers are drooping. They are of almost every conceivable shade of color, and will make one of the brightest spots in the garden. Large flowered. A splendid mixture. Pkt. 4c.

Double Mixed.--Very handsome, double as a rose, and contains a color and shading unknown in the single. Our seed is extra choice and will produce sixty to seventy-five per cent of flowers as double as the most perfect rose. Pkt. 10c.

Primula.

Sinensis.--(Chinese Primrose.) -- Well known and popular winter bloomers. Splendid mixed colors. Pkt. 25c.

Best Double Mixed.--Pkt. 50c.

Fimbriata Mixed.--Fringed. Pkt. 40c.

Elatior.--(Polyanthus)--Pkt. 10c.