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Iowa Seed Company[,] Des Moines, Iowa. ... 43

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[Image: Drawing of a clump of flowers, enlarged single bloom, Caption-Grass Pink.]

Grass Pinks.
The hardy and pretty clove-scented flowers our grandmothers loved. Their fragrance is quickly noticed by any one passing by the yard where they are grown, before seeing the flowers. There has been quite a call for these among our customers, and for several years we have tried to obtain seed of this old garden favorite and have at last succeeded in obtaining a fine crop of seed. The flowers range from pure white to a dark pink, most of them, however, being a clear, delicate pink color. A hardy perennial very desirable for borders. Per 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. The seeds come up irregularly, some come up in a few days and others in many days, perhaps weeks. The plants grow rapidly, and are strong and thrifty. Packets contain about 40 seeds.
Choice Single And Double.-Seed saved from the best varieties, mixed. Try it. Pkt. 10c.
[Image: Drawing of a large geranium bloom, Caption-Geraniums.]
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 best varieties, and will produce an assortment sure to please any lover of flowers. Bloom the second year from seed. Pkt. 8c.
[Image: Drawing of two stalks of gladiolus in bloom, Caption-Gladiolus.]
Hibiscus.
A branching plant of the easiest culture, with rather pretty foliage, and large exeeedingly showy blossoms. Hardy annual. 2 feet high.
Crimson Eye.-A robust grower, with dark red stems and foliage. Flowers of immense size, often measuring 20 inches in circumference, pure white, with a large spot of deep velvety crimson in the center. Blooms first year from seed sown in the open ground. Succeeds anywhere. Pkt. 10c.
Golden Bowl-Produces enormous flowers 5 to 6 inches across, of soft canary color with a large black center. Pkt. 5c.
Hollyhock.
No garden flower is more showy or admired. The plants are stately in appearance, the flowers brilliant in color, and delicate in texture. Blooming plants can be raised the first year as easily as plants of zinnia or marigold. All that is necessary is to start the seeds in a box in the house in February or March. About May 1st transfer to a permanent place in garden where they will produce elegant spikes of flowers in August and September, and blossom freely the second year also. Our seed is the best obtainable.
Double Pure White.-Large, clear, pure white flowers about three inches in diameter. They are as handsome as camelias in cut flower work, and are highly valued by florists. Pkt. 10c.
Chater's Superb Mixed.-An unequaled mixture of seventeen prize varieties, including all colors and shades known. Pkt. 10c.
Fine Mixed.-Contains a good variety. Pkt. 5c.
[Image: Drawing of blooming branches of hollyhock, Caption-Hollyhock.]
Gailardia.
The Blanket Flower. Exceedingly beautiful annuals, making very showy plants, one to two feet high. Grown in mass they are especially effective; large flowers, two or three inches across, produced from early summer until frost.
Perfection Mixed.-An improved 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. 5c.

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[Image: Drawing of a stem in full bloom, Caption-Heliotrope.]
Heliotrope.
A great favorite with all lovers of flowers for their beauty and fragrance; are well suited for beds or borders, where they will bloom in summer, and may then be carefully potted and cut back for winter blooming. All should try raising these from the seed and obtain a nice variety. Mixed varieties. Pkt. 5c.
New Mammoth.-A grand new variety producing immense clusters of flowers. Per pkt. 10c.
Ice Plant.
A handsome and curious plant for hanging baskets, rock work and vases. The leaves and stems appear as though covered with ice crystals. The whole plant is peculiarly brilliant in the sunshine. The flower is white. Pkt. 5c.
[Image: Drawing of two stalks with blooms, Caption-Ice Plant.]
Larkspur.
An old and well known hardy annual. The flowers are borne in compact spikes and are showy and desirable for any situation. Sow early in open ground.
American Banner.-The handsomest flower in the entire catalogue. It is the only flower we know of which combines the national colors, red, white and blue, in each flower. Plants grow to a height of about two feet, and are fairly loaded with long spikes of double striped and blotched flowers. Pkt. 10c.
Dwarf German Rocket.- Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c.
Tall German Rocket.-Mixed colors. Pkt. 3c.
[Image: Drawing of a plant with tightly clustered blooms and an enlarged blossom, Caption-Rocket Larkspur.]
Datura.
A large, strong growing plant, with trumpet-shaped flowers and bearing blooms of large size.
Cornucopia.-A magnificent novelty of striking beauty. The plant is about three feet high. The stems, of dark purplish maroon. The flowers average eight inches long by five inches across the mouth, are formed of two to three flowers growing one within the other, the interiors being glistening French white, contrasting beautifully with the mottled royal purple exteriors. Delightfully fragrant. Pkt. 8c.
Nightingale.-A very profuse large flowering sort of satiny white, very handsome flowers four or five inches in diameter and 8 to 10 inches long. Pkt. 5c.
Double Varieties Mixed.-Pkt. 3c.
Lobelia.
Handsome trailing plants, profuse bloomers; elegant for baskets, vases and borders. All sorts mixed. Pkt. 6c.
Lemon Verbena.
Everybody knows the Lemon Verbena and all should have a few specimens of it for its fragrant foliage is so fine to use in bouquets and floral work. Pkt. 10c.
Lantana.
Greenhouse perennial; makes a fine bedding or pot plant; easily grown from seed. Best mixed colors. Pkt. 10c.
Maurandia.
Delicate climbers for windows or conservatories, or open ground in summer. Admirable to hang from vases to cover stumps and low trellises, flowering freely; height 6 to 10 feet. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c.
[Image: Drawing of a plant, thickly stemmed, with blooms, Caption-Lobelia.]

[Image: Drawing of three blooms, Captions-Marigold.]
Marigold.
These annuals are old favorites in our gardens, but have been greatly improved recently in size and doubleness of flowers. Are very effective for groups and masses.
African.-Double mixed, largest. Pkt. 2c.
Dwarf French.-Double mixed, best. Pkt. 3c.
Legion Of Honor.-Now don't say "It is only a marigold," and pass it by, for this is the prettiest of all, and in fact, few would take it to belong to that family. It is dwarf, compact and of pyramidal growth with dark green, fern-like leaves. The blooms are of medium size, rich golden yellow with the center of each petal broadly marked with velvety crimson brown. Per pkt. 5c.
Liliput.-This new variety is the finest dwarf double variety in existence and quite desirable for bedding. Pkt. 10c.