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Title: 30th annual catalogue
Identifier: CAT31284754 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Iowa Seed Co. (Des Moines, Iowa); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Iowa Des Moines Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Des Moines, Iowa : Iowa Seed Company
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Iowa Seed Company, Des Moines, Iowa. 71
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If we could have but one flower for our garden, that one would be the Phlox. Its brilliant shades of color, ranging from clear white to brilliant scarlet make an almost dazzling show: continually in bloom. All varieties which we offer except the common mixed are of the large flowering or granditlora class, FIREBALL.^(Cut No. l.) Brilliant, dazzling scarlet: very handsome dwarf, compact growing. Pkt. 5c' STRIATA-—(No. 2.) Bright, rich scarlet, sharply striped with white. Pkt. 5c. STELLATA CARMINE A—(No. 3.) Very handsome carmine flowers, with pure white :-tar-iiKe eye. Pkt. 5c. GRANDIFLORA ALBA—(No. 4.) Pure white, very large. Pkt. 5c. CUSPIDATA OR STAR.—(No. 5.) The growth is more dwarf and compact than the common. The pointed center teeth of the petals (five in number) are long and project like little spines, one-quarter to one-third inch long. Tnus the flowers appear to have a splendid, regu- lar star-like form, whose beauty is improved by the broad, white mar- gins, which border the edge of the petals. Pkt. 10. SUNRISE--(No. 6.> Beautiful, rosy crimson, shaded carmine, with light center. Pkt. 5c. FRINGED MIXED.—(No. 7.) Very handsome. The flowers are of the most velvety colors and handsomely fringed. Pkt. 7c. JUBILEE.—(No. 8.) A decided novelty, being an entirely new color in Phlox, a bright yellow; or strong, bushy, erect habit, each plant pre- senting a mass of dazzling flowers, each of which is nearly the size of a twenty-uoliar gold command of perieou form. Pkt. 10c. RADOWITZII,—(No. 9.)—Handsome flowers of rose, crimson, violet, etc., striped with white. Pkt. 5c. DOUBLE PEARL. A grand variety introduced by us in 1888. B^ constant selection each year we have improved it so that almost every plant produces handsome, double, pure white flowers. It is very pret ty, and will prove a splendid acquisition for bouquet work. Pkt. lUc. GRANDIFLORA MIXED.—This special large flowering strain has been selected with great care for many years until we now have an ideal flower, of immense size and for beauty of colors they are unsur- passed. They produce a great profusion of large trusses of flowers, and if cut freely will continue a mass of bloom until severe freezing weather. The colors ranee from the purest white to nearly blaek, in- cluding all shades of pink, red, violet, crimson, purple, yellow, blue, scarlet and brown, striped and blended in an indescribable manner, some of the flowers are very nearly as large as a half dollar. Pkt. 8c. , MIXED VARIETIES.—A mixture of the common varieties. Pkt. 5 c Phlnv Prtll^r»tinn One racket each of the above varieties, I IIIUA VsU I i £WUUll. making a grand assortment for only 50c. PERENNIAL MIXED.—Splendid hardy plants which bloom contin- uously after the second year. Pkt. 5c. I have used your seed for a number of years and have always had good results.—Mrs. Ernest Koepke Eagleton, Wis.

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