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IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 77.

SINGLE GERANIUMS.

HALL CAINE.--Fine large trusses produced in great profusion, held high above the foliage; individual florets immense, 2½ to 3 inches in diameter; color, bright cherry red; the habit is dwarf and compact, and exceptionally valuable as a pot plant for exhibition purposes. Each 15c.
FLEUR POITEVINE.--Extra large single flowers, brilliant rosy carmine, marked and striped with pure white, center orange scarlet. Each 10c.
WONDER.--One of the finest French novelties and a wonderful bloomer. Flowers are most intense dazzling scarlet and are borne in great trusses of enormous size, measuring from 18 to 20 inches in circumference, with single florets measuring 7 inches in circumference. Each 10c.
CARMEN SYLVA.--The grandest single pure white geranium in existence. It is of vigorous, healthy growth and blooms profusely, the plant being loaded with immense trusses of bloom which do not turn pink even in severe weather. Each 15c.
COLUMBIAN.--Brilliant scarlet with large, strong trusses; it may be classed as one of the freest bloomers in cultivation. Each 10c.
MRS. J. M. GARR.--One of the finest single white bedders. The plants are a mass of bloom all summer. Each 10c.
RENOMMIE LYONAISE.--Center of florets white, surrounded by a rose and broad scarlet border, giving it a very brilliant effect. Each 15c.
CHAMPION.--Has elegant large flower, of carmine crimson. Each 10c.

ALICE OF VINCENNES.--A charming novelty which has a border of intense scarlet forming a band around the body color of rosy pink, heavily veined with scarlet; center white. Each 15c.
ANDREW LANG.--Glowing scarlet, with white blotch on upper petals, center of flower surrounded by aureole of rich carmine, trusses immense and borne in greatest profusion. Each 15c.
BLACK PRINCE.--Very dark, rich velvety crimson. The nearest black known in single geraniums. Each 10c.
ELECTRIC.--Very large flower of most brilliant scarlet color with distinct white eye. Each 10c.
MARQUIS DE CASTELLANE.--Flowers are very large, perfect in form and borne in large trusses. The color varies from a brilliant cerise to a bright cherry red, with brilliant carmine shadings. Each 15c.
SOUVENIR DE MIRANDE--One of the handsomest and most satisfactory of all. It has nicely formed, round florets, upper petals cream white, with distinct salmon rose border; lower petals salmon rose, streaked with pure white; very free flowering and produces fine trusses of magnificent blooms. Each 10c; doz. $1.00.

[image] AUREOLE.

AUREOLE.--(Mad. Bruanti.)--A fancy flowered sort of remarkable colors. Plant is loaded with blooms and each floret is large, center being white, beautifully veined with carmine lake, radiating into a handsome aureole, each petal being bordered with bright solferino. Fine pot plant and constant bloomer. Each 15c.

[image] SOUVENIR DE MIRANDE.

IVY LEAVED GERANIUMS.
EDEN MARCHI.--Handsomest of the ivy leaved sorts. Has enormous sized flowers; color, beautiful salmon rose, slightly shaded violet. It is an improvement on the Charles Turner. Is a strong, free grower, producing flowers at almost every joint which are full double and perfect in form. Each 15c.
CHARLES TURNER.--Very double, and is without doubt one of the handsomest ivy geraniums ever introduced; florets two and a half inches across. The color is a deep, bright pink, approaching scarlet in color. Each 10c.
VARIEGATED IVY GERANIUM.--This is quite a novelty and will attract attention anywhere. Leaves handsomely variegated, pure white and dark green; frequently also margined with pink. Each 20c.
JEAN DE ARC.--Very large and finest white in existence; Perfectly double, white as snow; flowers literally cover the plant when in full bloom. Each 10c.
P. CROZY.--A hybrid between the Zonales and Ivies. Color soft, bright scarlet with veinings of maroon. Each 10c.
GARDEN'S GLORY.--Fine, bright scarlet, large bold, full flowers; constant bloomer; one of the very best. Each 10c.
Set of Six Ivy Leaved Sorts for 60c.

OTHER PLANTS:
CAREX.--Japonica Variegata.--An ornamental Japanese grass which is extremely useful as a house plant, of easy growth, standing the dry atmosphere of heated rooms with impunity, and at the same time hardy if placed out in the garden. Leaves striped with white. Each 15c.
ASTILBE JAPONICA.--Hardy everywhere, growing about two feet high, in compact shape, with handsome foliage, from above which rise [raise?] its panicles of small, feathery white blossoms, the embodiment of grace and delicacy. Can be bloomed readily in winter. Give the plant a half-shaded position. Each 15c.
ANEMONE.--Whirlwind.--This beautiful Japanese Anemone has proved one of the finest hardy fall-blooming plants in cultivation, growing to a height of three feet, and holding up on stiff stems double flowers from two and one-half to three inches across, of pure white, and heavy waxy texture. A large bed of this is worth going miles to see, and the large, graceful flowers are unexcelled for cutting. Each 15c.
Queen Charlotte.--Similar to above but earlier and of beautiful shell pink color. An early flowering pink Anemone. Each 15c.
DOUBLE DAISY.--Very double; pure white and pink flowers. Blooms freely and makes a fine plant for growing in beds alone or with pansies. Each 10c, doz. 75c.
KOCHIA SCOPARIA--Beautiful feathery appearing plants for hedges or lawn specimens. By mid-summer it attains a height of about 3 feet, and is of light green color; on the approach of autumn the whole plant becomes a deep red; a splendid plant for forming a hedge for the summer. Each 10c, doz. 75c.
CAMPANULA.--Assorted colors. Each 10c, doz. $1.00.

[image] IVR [IVY] GERANIUM--EDEN MARCHI. (One-half natural size.)

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