59

OverviewTranscribeVersionsHelp

Facsimile

Transcription

Status: Complete

Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa.
57

[images]
Scabiosa.
Sensitive Plant.
Smilax.
Salpiglossis.
Sweet Peas.
Perpetual White Stock.

Salvia.

Splendens.--One of the most brilliant of flowers; it thrives in any light, rich soil; often called Flowering Sage. Free bloomers. A brilliant scarlet. Very fine. Pkt. 10c.

Mixed Varieties.--All colors. Pkt. 5c.

Scabiosa.

(Mourning Bride.) One of the best of free-flowering hardy annuals of very handsome colors. Best double dwarf mixed. Pkt. 4c.

Spraguaea.

Umbellata.--Is really a very attractive little flower, desirable for bouquets. Flowers in dense umbels, on leafless stems, six inches or more in length; blossoms are pink and nearly everlasting. Sow seed under glass or in a sheltered place. Pkt. 10c.

Sensitive Plant.

A very pretty and curious plant, the leaves closing when touched. The seeds start slow, and it is best to start them in boxes, cover shallow and see that they do not dry out; it makes a good house plant for winter, and always pleases the children. Pkt. 5c.

Sedum.

Well suited for baskets and rockeries; blooms freely; many varieties mixed. Pkt. 5c.

Scarlet Runner Bean.

A handsome climber with flowers and pods of dark scarlet, and suitable for wearing as corsage bouquets. It is quite ornamental as well as being of much value as a vegetable, the beans being equal to the Lima in flavor. Pkt. 5c.

Smilax.

Much used for winter decorations; the seeds start slowly and should be planted in loose, rich soil and kept moist and warm. Pkt. 8c.

Salpiglossis.

One of the most beautiful of flowering annuals, forming strong, bushy plants about 18 inches high and bearing throughout the season large flowers 3 to 4 inches across, of many beautiful colors.

New Variveined.--Much larger than the common Salpiglossis. The surface is soft and velvety and the wealth of color marvelous. The colors range from pure white to dark yellow, dark red and purplish black, including light and dark blue, velvety plum color, maroon, crimson, dark brown, golden and lemon yellow, white, dark purple, black, brilliant scarlet, etc., with all the shades between beautifully veined and mottled; blooms all summer and till severe frost. Pkt. 10c.

Sweet Peas.

May well be called America's favorite, as it is such a popular and easily grown flower that rich and poor alike can enjoy its fragrance and beauty. They are hardy, free from insects, and disease, and if cut freely, as soon as they begin to fade, will continue to bloom throughout the season. One ounce will sow a row thirty feet long and will make a lovely hedge. One secret in successful sweet pea culture is to plant early and deep, not less than four inches.

Alba Magnifica.--One of the clearest of the whites. Strong grower and fine bloomer. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c.

Blanche Ferry.--Resembles the Painted lady, but the flower is much larger, of better and more decided shades, and blooms more freely. Very fragrant and unsurpassed for corsage bouquets. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c.

Painted Lady.--Very pretty, delicate pink and white. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c.

Queen of the Isles.--Large flowers, handsomely striped with both blue and red on a white ground; very fine. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c.

Duchess of Edinburgh.--Very beautiful; standard light scarlet, splashed with crimson, edge white, wings tipped rose. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c.

Queen of England.--Pure white. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c.

Black.--Very dark brownish purple. The nearest approach to black. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c.

Senator.--Chocolate and creamy white, handsome. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c.

Boreatton.--A very fine dark variety, with immense, bold, attractive flowers, borne in great profusion. Color, red, mahogany and maroon. Very beautiful. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c.

Invincible Scarlet.--Large and brilliant scarlet. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c.

Mrs. Gladstone.--Flowers large of perfect form and of most delicate and beautiful blush pink. One of the most elegant and beautiful flowers in the list. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c.

Primrose.--Pale primrose yellow. One of the most beautiful; blooms a long time and is exquisitely fragrant. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c.

Splendor.--Well named and one of the grandest on the list. Most brilliant crimson rose; a dazzling color; often double. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c.

Emily Henderson.--A beautiful absolutely pure white; flowers are extra large, and stand up boldly without reflex or curl; plants robust, compact and branching, producing such an abundance of flowers that the plants appear as if covered with snow. From one plant, specially cultivated, has been cut in one season the seemingly incredible number of 1,035 sprays of bloom. Very early, and continues a veritable "cut-and-come-again" to the end of autumn. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 40c.

Imperial Blue.--Color ultramarine blue, claret and purple; one of the handsomest. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c.

Purple Prince.--Maroon standards, shaded with bronze and purple wings. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c.

Butterfly.--White, laced with lavender blue. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c.

Cardinal.--Intense cardinal crimson, large and fine. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c.

Orange Prince.--Pink and orange, flushed with scarlet; distinct and handsome. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c.

Countess of Radnor.--One of the handsomest. Standard rich lavender mauve, wings lighter. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c.

Blushing Beauty.-- Exquisitely soft, fleshy rose color; beautiful clusters on long stems. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c.

Venus.--Salmon buff, delicately shaded rosy pink; a charming flower. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c.

Perfected Mixed.--Graceful form, charming color, exquisite fragrance, aud simple loveliness. This mixture contains all of the most choice new varieties and some of the old favorites. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 85c.

Eckford's New Hybrids.--A strain of mixed sweet peas comprising many beautiful new varieties of bright colors, flowers unusually large. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c.

Fine Mixed.--A good assortment. Pkt. 2c, oz. 5c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 50c.

Collection.--One packet each of above 25 varieties for 85c.

Stocks.

Large Flowering Perpetual White.--Of strong growth, fine branching habit, and, if sown eary, will bloom from May until November. Flowers very large and pure white, and the more often they are cut the better they like it. Deliciously fragrant. Pkt. 10c.

Large Flowering Dwarf German.--Fine mixed. Pkt. 5c.

Notes and Questions

Nobody has written a note for this page yet

Please sign in to write a note for this page