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IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 61.

[image] ANTIRRHINUM.

ANTIRRHINUM.--(Snapdragon.)
One of the most beautiful and useful border plants, blooming profusely the first season from seed, until after frost. Our mixtures contain all the new and choice colors, including the beautiful striped, variegated and margined.
TALL VARIETIES MIXED.--Pkt. 3c.
TOM THUMB.--A collection of the most beautiful, very dwarf varieties. Pkt. 5c.
GIANT FLOWERED.--A most beautiful new class having all the finest colors and markings. Immense spikes and flowers. Pkt. 10c.

BEGONIA.
Seeds should be sown on top of the soil in a box, pressing soil evenly with a block. Cover box, with a glass and give partial shade until up.
VERNON.--Comes absolutely true from seed. The plants grow rapidly and thrive amazingly under our hot summer sun. Pkt. 10c.
REX.--Ornamental leaved varieties. Extra fine mixed. Pkt. 15c.
MIXED VARIETIES.--Many excellent flowering varieties. Pkt. 15c.
ERFORDIA.--A little beauty as well as a most distinct novelty. It is a most profuse bloomer from early summer until late autumn. The color of the flower is a lovely soft pink throughout. The leaves and leaf stalks are of a coppery bronze of a rich shade. Pkt. 10c.
TUBEROUS-ROOTED.--Of great value for summer decoration. They are covered the whole summer with bright and elegant flowers; blooming the first season from seed, if sown in February or March, in a temperature of 60 degrees. Single and double mixed. Pkt. 15c.

[image] REX BEGONIA.

BRACHYCOME.
Also called "Swan River Daisy." Very pretty low growing plants, fine for borders, rustic work or pot culture, covered during summer with a profusion of cineraria-like flowers. Half-hardy annual. Mixed blue and white. Pkt. 5c.

BALSAM.
One of the most beautiful of our annuals, and under the old names, Lady Slipper and Touch-Me-Not, has always been popular, but by the care and attention given it in the last few years, it has been greatly improved. The flowers are most brilliantly colored, very large and double as the rose; very striking in their rich coloring, ranging from pure white to rich dark crimson. The packets contain about 50 seeds.

[image] PEERLESS MIXED BALSAMS.

CAMELIA-FLOWERED, MIXED.--Very double, resembling the camelia in form, of unusual size, perfect shape, and our mixture contains all the best colors. You will be greatly pleased with it. Pkt. 5c.
WHITE DOUBLE.--Very desirable and largely used by florists. Pkt. 8c.
PEERLESS MIXED.--This new mixture is made up from the best foreign and American strains and their beauty is truly marvelous. Flowers are double as a camelia and of all known colors, and plants are loaded with hundreds of flowers. Pkt. 10c.
All Varieties Mixed.--A nice mixture of the older sorts. Pkt. 4c, oz. 25c.

CALLIOPSIS Or COREOPSIS.
Many of our most showy flowers are slighted because they are common and grow anywhere without trouble or care, almost like weeds. One of these is the calliopsis. Were it a new thing just introduced, it would be considered a novelty of rare excellence.
LANCEOLATA--New Golden Coreopsis.--One of the most showy hardy perennials grown, forming tall plants two or three feet high, and bearing in great profusion for a long period during the summer, large flowers of bright golden yellow. Unequaled for cutting. Grows anywhere. Pkt. 10c.
GOLDEN WAVE.--Plant very bushy and compact, reaching two feet in height, and covered from July to October with hundreds of beautiful golden blossoms, two inches in diameter, with small dark centers. It is indeed a wave of gold. Pkt. 8c.

[image] ORIOLE CALENDULA.

MIXED COLORS.--Produces flowers in nearly every shade of yellow, orange, crimson, red and brown. Pkt. 5c.

CALENDULA.
Belongs to the well known marigold family.

[image] LANCEOLATA CALLIOPSIS.

METEOR.--A new variety; very fine for pot culture, bearing large light yellow flowers, striped with bright orange. Pkt. 5c.
OREOLE.--The extra large double flowers are indescribably rich and glowing in tone, of an intensely bright golden yellow; wonderfully free flowering plant. Pkt. 5c.
FINE MIXED--Many nice varieties. Pkt. 3c.

CANARY BIRD FLOWER.
One of the most beautiful climbers with delicate, finely cut foliage and curious bright yellow flowers resembling the canary bird in shape and color. Pkt. 5c.

CANNA.
Unquestionably one of the finest of bedding plants for the American climate. Their handsome leaves combined with their varied and richly colored flowers have an extremely fine effect. They are easily raised from seeds which should be soaked in hot water for several hours. Our seed is a mixture of the finest large flowering sorts. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 25c.

CANDYTUFT.
Considered indispensable for cutting. All the varieties look best in beds or masses; hardy, easy to cultivate, and blooms profusely. Hardy annuals, one foot high.

[image] CANARY BIRD FLOWER.

GIANT EMPRESS.--One of the finest varieties in cultivation. It is intermediate in height between the old Rocket and the newer Tom Thumb sorts. The plant is of very branching habit, and when fully grown and covered with its pure white flowers resembles a floral candelabra. Pkt. 7c.
SNOW QUEEN.--An extra fine dwarf pure white variety, grows rapidly, remaining in full flower for about 3 months. Pkt. 5c.
BEST MIXED.--A mixture of all varieties and colors. Pkt. 3c, oz. 40c.
SEMPERVIRENS.--Profuse white blooming perennial, adapted for rockeries, baskets, etc., coming in flower early in the spring. Pkt. 10c.

[image] GIANT EMPRESS CANDYTUFT.