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IOWA SEED COMPANY, DES MOINES, IOWA. 51.

[image] CAPRICE NASTURTIUM.

CAPRICE NASTURTIUM.
A profuse blooming, extra large flowered, climbing variety with beautiful dark foliage. The flowers are wonderfully rich and brilliant in markings--showing many combinations of coloring. It is appropriately named Caprice from its remarkable character of frequently having most varied colored flowers on a single plant. Sometimes more than a dozen different colors or shades of flowers will be produced on a plant at the same time, from a very light creamy yellow, through all shades of yellow and red to a dark, velvety maroon. Per pkt. 10c, oz. 35c.

IVY LEAVED NASTURTIUM
This unique and most beautiful climbing Nasturtium is different from all others both in foliage and flower. The plants are of running growth with star-like pointed leaves of rich green, veined with white. The flowers are of medium size, intense glowing scarlet in color, and of most distinct form. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c.

CURIOUS CACTI.
Almost everyone who keeps house plants likes to have a few nice cactus. We furnish seed collected from the choicest varieties in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, California, and Old Mexico, as well as some foreign varieties and mixed together. Plant seed in a box of clean sand. Per pkt. 10c.

PENTSTEMON GLOXINOIDES.
We have always thought highly of the Pentstemon but when we saw this variety growing near Hartz Mts. in Germany we were delighted and purchased the stock at once. It is a hardy perennial and if sown early will bloom the first year. Of graceful growth, with many spikes of Gloxinia-like flowers, 2 inches across; brillant [brilliant] colors; blooms from June till October. Give rich soil and good culture. Packet 10 cents.

AFRICAN WATER LILIES.
These have been quite popular during the past few years. They are easily grown and bloom in three or four months from the time of sowing seed. For persons having no pond, sink half barrel in ground. Directions sent in packet. Mixed colors, red, white, blue, pkt. 10c.

BIRD OF PARADISE FLOWER.
This plant properly known as Poinciana Gillesi, may be considered one of the wonders of nature, as it is of such curious and strange form. It is a rare plant and we presume but few of our customers have ever seen it in bloom. It attracted much attention on our place last summer. The flowers are large, about 2½ inches in diameter and are produced in very large trusses. They are of a rich golden yellow color, but the most attractive part is the large pistils, which are of beautiful bright crimson color and spread out in fan-shape. If the seed is started early, it will produce a profusion of blooms the first year. Per pkt. of 10 seeds 10c.

DOROTHY ECKFORD SWEET PEAS.
This is by far the largest and grandest specimen of a white sweet pea yet introduced. It has the hooded or shell shaped form, giving it a most graceful appearance, and in color is the purest white, not having the slightest tinge of any other coloring. The flowers are borne on exceptionally long stout stems and the plant itself is stocky, short jointed and produces an enormous mass of bloom. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, ¼ lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

NICOTIANA SANDERAE.
A grand novelty never before offered and one which will delight all flower lovers. The old Nicotiana Affinis has always been a favorite on account of its pure white flowers and delightful fragrance and the Sanderae is much like it except that it is of a beautiful rosy carmine color and blooms more freely. Grows about two feet high, branches freely and is fairly loaded with flowers which are open all day instead of being a night bloomer like some other sorts. Sow seeds early in the house and transplant in May to the open ground. Pkt. 25c.

[image] BIRD OF PARADISE FLOWER.

CLITORIA.
TERNATEA.--A beautiful perennial plant which is suitable for pots or the garden, and which blooms freely the first season from seed; blossoms shaped like Sweet Peas and of a dark, rich indigo blue with a white center. Pkt. 10c.

IMPATIENS SULTANI.
Also called Sultan's Balsam. One of the prettiest plants for pot culture and also out door planting in a half-shaded situation. This mixture contains many new shades of "cerise," dark violet, pink and carmine-rose. They produce a profusion of bright, waxy looking flowers. Pkt. 10c.

[image] NEW IOWA RASPBERRY.

Three Grand Fruits for 1905.
It requires very little space to produce sufficient fruit to supply a family and there is no crop which pays better. Why not give these grand new varieties a trial this season?
THE NEW IOWA RASPBERRY.--We are pleased to introduce this year this magnificent new variety which originated near Storm Lake, and because of its sturdy, vigorous growth and great productiveness we consider it worthy of the proud name it bears. It is perfectly hardy, standing well the extremes of both summer and winter. It is of rather dwarf growth with remarkably strong canes which are thornless. It begins bearing very early in the season, having produced the first ripe fruit in the comparative test with twenty other varieties, and also produced the heaviest crop which we ever gathered from the same number of plants. Continues in fruit until very late. Quality is pronounced the best of all red raspberries. Price 25c each; $2.00 per dozen, postpaid.
Mr. A. Calkins, of Buena Vista County, Iowa, says: "It has proved hardier than any other raspberry either black or red. I picked 360 quarts one day from ten rows twenty rods long, and it continues in bearing throughout a long season." M. J. Graham, of Dallas County, says: "It is the earliest, the latest, the largest and best red raspberry of which I have had any knowledge.
WM. BELT STRAWBERRY.--If you only knew the enjoyment you would have from a bed of strawberries we are sure you would delay no longer. A bed 6x10 feet will accommodate two dozen plants. In a comparative test with a large number of varieties this has given the very best satisfaction. It originated with M. Crawford, the strawberry specialist of Ohio. It is a superb berry for the family garden. Doz. 50c, 2 doz. 75c, 100 $2.00 by mail postpaid; by express, not prepaid, 100 $1.50.
Mr. Crawford says of this variety: "The plant is one [of] the largest, a luxuriant grower; has a perfect blossom and is very productive, more so than the Bubach. In productiveness, size, beauty and quality the Wm. Belt will scale higher than any other variety I ever raised." Dr. Van Fleet, of the Rural New Yorker, calls the Wm. Belt about the best all-around berry grown on their farm.
THE McPIKE GRAPE.--We have been watching this grand new sort for several years and have talked with many practical grape growers who have been testing it in a commercial way and they all unite in pronouncing it the most valuable black variety ever offered. It originated in Illinois and is a seedling of the Worden and a great improvement on that well known variety being both larger and better. It is earlier than the Concord, bunches large, even and compact, berries even in size, covered with a beautiful bloom, blue-black in color, ripens uniformly and has generally the appearance of the Worden. The berries are of mammoth size, being three inches in circumference, and of superb quality--by far the best grape grown. It has proved to be perfectly hardy, and has taken premiums at the Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri state fairs. If you plant only one variety of grapes this year, the McPike should be that one. We recommend it. Each 50c, doz. $4.00 postpaid.

BE THE FIRST IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO GROW THESE NEW VARIETIES OF FLOWERS.