. 29th annual catalogue. Nursery stock Iowa Des Moines Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. ROCKET—Mixed col- DATURA. A large, strong. ICE PLANT. ROCKET LARKSPUR, growing plant, with trumpet-shaped flowers and bearing blooms of large size. CORNUCOPIA.—A magnificent novelty of striking beauty. The plant is about three feet high. The stems, of dark purplish ma- roon. The flowers average eight inches long by five inches across the mouth, are formed of two to three flowers growing one within the other, the in


. 29th annual catalogue. Nursery stock Iowa Des Moines Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. ROCKET—Mixed col- DATURA. A large, strong. ICE PLANT. ROCKET LARKSPUR, growing plant, with trumpet-shaped flowers and bearing blooms of large size. CORNUCOPIA.—A magnificent novelty of striking beauty. The plant is about three feet high. The stems, of dark purplish ma- roon. The flowers average eight inches long by five inches across the mouth, are formed of two to three flowers growing one within the other, the interiors being glistening French white, contrasting beautifully with the mottled royal purple exteriors. Delight- fully fragrant. Pkt. 8c. NIGHTINGALE.—A very profuse large flowering sort of satiny white, very hand- some flowers four or five inches in diameter and 8 to 10 inches long. Pkt. 5c. DOUBLE VARIETIES MIXED —Pkt. 3c. LOBELIA. Handsome trailing plants, profuse bloom- ers: elegant for baskets, vases and borders. All sorts mixed. Pkt. 6c. LEMON VERBENA. Everybody knows the Lemon Verbena and all should have a few specimens of it' for its fragrant foliage is so fine to use in bouquets and floral work. Pkt. 10c LANTANA. Greenhouse perennial; makes a Tne bed- ding or pot plant; easily grown from seed. Best mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. MAURANDI A. Delicate climbers for windows or con- servatories, or open ground in summer. Admirable to hang from vases, to cover stumps and low trellises,flowering freely: height 6 to 10 feet. Mixed colors. Pkt. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Iowa Seed Co. (Des Moines, Iowa); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Des Moines, Iowa : Iowa Seed Company


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