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Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Gladiolus.
Auratum Lily.
Pearl Tuberose.

Choice Gladiolus.

These are a specialty with us, and our fields devoted to them make a most magnificent sight each year, appearing at a distance a mass of bright colors. It is the most desirable of all bulbs, and claimed by many who are well acquainted with their varied beauty to be the flower of flowers. Our bulbs will produce immense spikes of bloom.

Royal Queen.--We do not hesitate to call this by far the finest and largest flowering variety of gladiolus ever introduced. The bulb, or corm, is usually very large, producing a strong, stiff flower stalk about three feet high. The flower spike is very long and well filled out on all sides. The flowers are of a clear, pearly white ground, striped and splashed with a rich carmine, shading to a rosy purple, most beautifully blotched and marbled, and of a delicate velvety texture. It is not affected by the heat and blooms freely. The flowers measure four inches in diameter when in cup form, or six inches spread and are held upright on the spike. If you want something extra fine don't fail to try the Royal Queen. Each 20c, 3 for 50c.

Grace.--A beautiful new variety of pure clear salmon color, bright violet center. Each 10c, 3 for 25c.

Carrie.--Another new variety which originated on our grounds. A good sized spike and flower and the nearest purple known in gladiolus. Each 10c, 3 for 25c.

Childsi.--A very peculiar new class of gladiolus comprising a great variety of new colors and markings. Each 10c, 3 for 25c.

Meyerbeer.--Rose scarlet, amaranth red blotch. Each 10c, 3 for 25c.

Salmon Pink.--A handsome new variety of pure salmon pink color. Attractive. Each 10c, 3 for 25c.

Arsinoe.--Fine satiny rose with bright carmine. Brenchleyensis.--Deep vermilion scarlet. Ceres.--Beautiful blush white, marbled and striped with rose and carmine. Eugene Scribe.--Light pink, glazed with carmine. Isaac Buchanan.--Best of yellow varieties. Leander.--Flowers of a soft and delicate lilac color, shaded and spotted with carmine and has a distinct white band in each petal. Norma.--The best white variety. Ophir.--Dark yellow, mottled with purple. Princess of Wales.--White, blazed with carmine and rose, stained with deep carmine. Africane.--Dark slate brown on scarlet ground streaked with salmon and pure white. Carnation.--Fleshy white, tinged carmine, blotched with purple. Pyramide.--Bright orange rose, extra fine. Rosita.--Delicate creamy rose, marbled with cherry. Lemoini.--Upper petals creamy white, tinted salmon red; lower ones spotted with deep purplish crimson, bordered with bright yellow. Marie Lemoini.--Upper divisions of a pale creamy color, flushed salmon lilac, the lower divisions spotted purplish violet, deep yellow border. Any of these varieties 5c each, 50c per dozen.

Lemoini Mixed.--Each 5c, doz. 50c.

Pink, Striped and Variegated Varieties.--Each 5c, doz. 50c.

Red Varieties Mixed.--Each 5c, doz. 40c.

Light and White Varieties Mixed.--Each 5c, doz. 50c.

Choice Yellow Varieties Mixed.--Each 5c, doz. 50c.

Fine Mixed.--Contains a nice assortment. Each 3c, doz. 25c. By express, $1.50 per 100.

Choicest Mixture.--Made up mainly from best named varieties. Each 5c, doz. 40c.

Collection of Gladioli.--Six choice named varieties, our selection of sorts, but all labeled, containing an assortment of colors. Also one packet of gladiolus seed of our own growing, carefully hybridized so as to produce new varieties; will bloom second year; all for 25c postpaid.

Maderia, or Mignonette Vine.--Ornamental climber of very rapid growth. Each 3c, doz. 30c, 100 by express $1.50.

Freesia, Refracta Alba.--Small bulbs bearing peculiar clusters of white flowers of the most delicious fragrance, which last a long time even after being cut. Each 3c, doz. 20c.

Cyclamen, Giganteum.--One of the finest plants in cultivation for winter blooming. The colors vary from the purest white to the brightest crimson and purple, some flowers beautifully spotted. Each 20c.

Iris. (Fleur-de-Lis.)--One of the most satisfactory of flowers for garden culture, as the [they] are hardy and require very little care after once set out, and will produce a mass of flowers year after year.

Kaempferi.--Marvels of beauty and stateliness. Think of a plant sending up a dozen flower spikes, each spike bearing two to four blossoms eight or ten inches across, and of the most delicate and beautiful colors, markings and combinations. Think of a bed of all colors--white, indigo, violet, lavender, mauve, sky blue, royal purple, blush, yellow, etc. Your imagination can conceive of nothing grander, and they are even more grand than your imagination can portray. The king of hardy perennial plants. Once planted in your garden they are a joy for a lifetime, blooming profusely in June and July. Either double or single, mixed. Each 15c, 2 for 25c, doz. $1.25.

Pumila.--Dwarf, early flowering, light blue, purple and yellow mixed. Splendid for edgings. Doz. 30c; 100 $2.

German.--The true "Fleur-de-Lis," the national flower of France; perfectly hardy; grow and bloom luxuriantly anywhere, particularly in moist situations. Mixed colors. Each 10c, 3 for 25c.

Paeonies.

These are very beautiful, showy and easily cultivated plants, blooming from the beginning of May to the end of July. They should have a place in every garden. We offer best sorts, mixed colors. Each 25c, doz. $2.50.

Lilies.

No class of plants capable of being cultivated out of doors possess so many charms; rich and varied in color, stately and handsome in habit profuse in variety, and of delicious fragrance. They thrive best in dry, rich soil, where water will not stand in winter.

Coral Lily.--The flowers are a brilliant crimson, and have a peculiar waxy or coral-like appearance, quite distinct from all other flowers. Each 15c, 3 for 40c, doz. $1.50.

Candidum.--The pure white garden or Easter lily; flowers snow white; hardy and free blooming. Each 10c, 3 for 25c.

Auratum, or Japanese Gold Banded Lily.--This is justly entitled to the name often given it--The Queen of Lilies--and it is decidedly the most beautiful of all lilies. The immense flowers are deliciously fragrant. The large white petals are thickly spotted with chocolate crimson and have a bright golden yellow band through the center of each. This magnificent lily succeeds well everywhere. Each 20c, 3 for 50c.

Speciosum Album.--Large, pure white flowers of great substance, beautifully recurved. For garden or pot culture. Each 15c, 3 for 40c.

Speciosum Roseum.--Pure white ground stained and spotted rose. Very beautiful. Each 15c, 3 for 40c.

Harrisii.--(The Bermuda Easter Lily.) Immense, pure white trumpets with a very delicate pervading fragrance. Each 20c, 3 for 50c.

Lemon Lily.--It is not a true lily as the bulb is of different shape. The flower is about 3 inches in diameter. The color is entirely different from all other sorts, being a clear lemon yellow. Delightful lemon fragrance. Each 20c, 3 for 50c.

Yucca, Filamentosa.--A tropical looking plant, with long narrow leaves that remain green the entire year. It grows in clumps and throws up a flower stalk from three to four feet in height from which hang from one to two hundred creamy white, bell-shaped flowers. Strong two year plants. Each 25c, 3 for 65c. One year plants, 15c.

Tuberose, Excelsior Pearl.--A greatly improved variety, having short stem and long spike filled with beautiful, large, perfectly double flowers of most delicious fragrance. Spikes frequently bear 30 to 50 flowers, remaining in bloom for a long time. They are always wax-like, pure white, and are unsurpassed for buttonhole bouquets. Don't fail to order a few. Choice bulbs, postpaid, each 5c, doz. 35c.

Winter Blooming Bulbs.

Some of the most beautiful and fragrant of all the flowers grown belong to this class, such as the Hyacinth, Tulip, Narcissus, Crocus, etc. Our bulbs, which are grown by one of the best bulb growers in Holland, arrive in this country about Sept. 15. Send for fall catalogue.