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Title: 11th annual seed catalogue : "sure to grow" seeds
Identifier: 11thannualseedca1898livi (find matches)
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Livingston's Seed Store; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Horticulture Iowa Catalogs; Nursery stock Iowa Catalogs; Fruit Iowa Catalogs; Vegetables Iowa Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Iowa Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Seed industry and trade Iowa Catalogs
Publisher: Des Moines, IA : Livingston's Seed Store
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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; ■' • • ' '~ •• ■ .' - ■- ,.•.•' ';. _i_ ■ .jin 32 LIVINGSTON'S SEED STORE, DES MOINES, IOWA. LOWER SEEDS! In presenting- our Flower Seed List for the coming- season we offer only the most desirable and satisfactory varieties, those that will yield the largest returns for the least expense and trouble. By all means have at least one well tended flower bed the coming year. Make up your own collection at the following discounts: Send 25 cents and select Packets to the value of 30 cents. Send 50 cents and select Packets to the value of 65 cents. Send $1.OQ and select Packets to the value of $1.30. These.rates do not apply to flower seeds offered by weight. ;ljfiiii;;;ii><ii;j!ii»it;; ;;;t""i;;;i""M;;i I;l I;l I;l I;I"""IIP"",I;I 'I;l"""ip ;;;i:"'i;;;ii»it;;;ii"ii;;;PMii;j;i 'H;;;in'ii;j;i'iiiii;jjg L Our great Introductory Collection, to induce new customers j F to give us a trial order: 12 packets choice Flower Seeds (our j F selection) for 25 cents, stamps or silver. Tell your friends. ~% =Si;;l,„lll;; illh lIliiMllllllliilllll lllli..tllltli..<llll it. -tlllllf •illlin.^illtrii. .illltln .•illlli..,itlll lIlllnlllllllMillIllliillltil
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HSTERS. Large Flowered Rose — Magnificent flowers in shape aijd size, of brilliant colors. Making a beautifui lay during- August and September. Can be relit d upon to product; the finest flowers for exhibition purposes; eighteen inches high. Mixed colors, pkt., 5c. Comet —I Poodlel —A handsome, new and very dis- tinct class of Asters, resembling the Japanese Chrysanthemum in form of flowers. The petals are long and beautifully curved, of a delicate shade of pink, bordered with white, pink and and other colors. Mixed, pkt , 10c. Dwarf Chrysanthemum-Flowered- of very com- pact growth; tipwera lrom three to four inches (FALL ROSES.) Very beautiful and popular plants, growing from 10 to 18 inches high. For profusion of flowers and richness of display the Asters are unrivalled, and constitute the principal adorn- ment of our gardens during the autumn. Sow the seed early in spring, under glass or in pots in the house, and transplant into rich soil, about one foot apart. Half hardy annual. We are very careful to keep our stoc k of Aster seed up to the highest standard. Victoria Prize—Undoubtedly the handsomest Aster in cul tivation. V< ry large, flowers perfectly double and of globular shape, and with petals c< ming out from the center. Plants are of pyramidal form, 1 to 194 feet high. Pure White, Apple Blosscm. Crimson, Light Blue, Dark Blue ana Finest Mixed; each, pkt. 10c; three for 25 cents. Queen of the Market — These bloom about two or three weeks sooner than any other sort. Mixed, pkt., 5c. Dwarf Bouquet — Single plant forms con plete bouquet, pyramidal shape; covers itself with blossoms, often numbering fifteen to twenty flowers and entirely hiding foliage; fine lor edging and small beds. Mixed colors, pkt., 5c. Victoria Needle—Flower very large, quite early, one of the finest. All colors mixed. Pkt., 10c. Crown White Center — The c< nter of each is pure white, with the outer p< talsof bright colors; handsome shape. Mixed colors. Pkt., 10c. Paeory — Flowered Perfection — larpe ard rrrrarkahiy fine flower, with long in cm v< d petals, resembling those of the ) aaony, one of the finest Asters. Pure white, pkt.. 10c. Mixed colors, pkt., 5c. in diameter and very abundant: later than other varieties, therefore valuable for succession ; one foot high. Choi -e mixed, pkt., 5c. MIXED ASTER SEED. Livingston's - Choice Mixed — In* lading all of the above kinds. Pkt.. 10<-; 3 for 25c. Good Mixed rkt., 5c MIGNON, Decidedly one of the finest Asters for Cut Flowers -Resembles the Victoria in form; blooms very freely; very attractive in, the garden, aud la is a long time alter cutting. White, pkt., lUc; Mixed, pkt., 10c.

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