. DeJong Floral and Seed Co. Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Catalogs; Nursery stock Iowa Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Iowa Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Iowa Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Iowa Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Iowa Catalogs; Gardening Iowa Equipment and supplies Catalogs. DE JONG FLORAL AND SEED CO., PELLA, IOWA 31 Flower Seed The soil best adapted to most flowers is light, rich loam, containing enough sand to make it porous, and never plant any seeds when the ground is wet. BRIEF DIRECTIONS FOR SOWING, Etc., will be printed on each packet of Flower Seed, and by following them any person, without the
. DeJong Floral and Seed Co. Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Catalogs; Nursery stock Iowa Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Iowa Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Iowa Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Iowa Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Iowa Catalogs; Gardening Iowa Equipment and supplies Catalogs. DE JONG FLORAL AND SEED CO., PELLA, IOWA 31 Flower Seed The soil best adapted to most flowers is light, rich loam, containing enough sand to make it porous, and never plant any seeds when the ground is wet. BRIEF DIRECTIONS FOR SOWING, Etc., will be printed on each packet of Flower Seed, and by following them any person, without the least experience, will have fair success in the culture of Flow- ers. FOR EARLY BLOOM. Flowering soon after the seed is sown, we would recommend Alyssum, Candytuft, Calliopsis, Larkspur, Migonette, Petunia, Phlox and Double Poppies. FOR LATE FLOWERS. Nothing can surpass Aster, Ageratum, Adonis, Marigold Salvia, Portu- laca, Pansy and Verbena. • FOR A SHOWY BED. You need nothing better than Balsam, Dianthus, Phlox, Petunia, Dahlia and Zinnia. ANNUALS In this department we include not only Annuals that bloom and die the first year, but also those Perennials that flower freely the first year from seed. Upon this class of plants the flower garden is dependent for many of the brightest, most showy and beautiful flowers. Abutilon (Fiowering Maple) Beautiful plants for greenhouse and window cul- cure, blooming almost continuously ; also succeed- ing well in the open ground in summer. Flowers bell shaped, 1 to 1 % inches across. Fine mixeds 2 feet. Per pkt. 10 cts. Adonis A class of showy, hardy annuals, of easy culti- vation, growing about one foot high, with pretty foliage and cup-shaped flowers of an intensely deep blood red color, and of long duration in bloom; sometimes known as "Pheasant's Eye". AESTIVALIS (Flos Adonis), scarlet; 1 foot. Per pkt. 5 cts. Ageratum Valuable plants for large bed of borders, and very useful where cut flowers are in demand; in bloom the wh
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