SELECT LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS. 



The ordinary grades of flower seeds, can be and are sold at a very low price; they are grown and harvested in large, crops, much like grain. Th«y 

 are produced cheaply, sold cheaply and are, in fact, cheap in every sense of the word; andhe who sows them has no right to complain at their pour 

 quality. They cannot possibly be anything else. Seed uf high quality can be produced only by thorough, careful, painstcising and expensive 

 methods. We do not offer our customers the ordinarily commercial grades of seed. Our stocks are special strains of special varieties bred up to the 

 highest mark of perfection ond selected with great care, and for this reason we grow and offer but a limited number of varieties — only those which 

 are of the greatest merit and sure to give satisfaction everywhere. The very best varieties bred up to an unequal mark of perfection, has made our 

 seeds known the world over as the finest to be had. A visit to our Rockford Seed Farms during the summer months will convince anyone of their 

 superiority. 



FOR ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL CLIMBERS-See pages 90 to 95 inclusive 



FOR FLOWER SEEDS FOR WINDOW AND GREENHOUSE CULTURE-See pages 96 to 9S inclusive. 



FOR THE CREAM OF HARDY PERENNIALS-See pages 99 to i02 inclusive. 



FOR EVERLASTING FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL GRASSES-See page 103. 



ANNUALS" 



For the best summer display the garden is dependent on tliis class of Howers known as Annuals, which are prown 

 °from seed sown every Spring. With a view to offering our customers only the very best varieties, those which cannot fail to produce 

 good results in every part of the country, we have for years carefully grown tested and selected, to a certain extent, sorts which possessed superior 

 merits. The list here presented is the result of our labors. It contains the very best of all sorts and all which are really and generally desirable. We 

 might offer one hundred varieties of Asters, or fifty varieties of Balsams, PhlosSs, Poppies, etc., but there would be no advantage in so doing. On the 

 other hand it would be a decid ed disadvantage, for our customers might therefore fail to select the right kinds. 



C\ II TI TDP As a rule annuals may be sown in the ground about corn-planting time, or they may be started in the house or in hot beds earlier 

 '-^ •^'^'^'"and transplanted to the garden when danger of frost is over. A rather light and moderately rich soil, thoroughly spaded, is most 

 desirable. Do not grow the plants too thick. Keep the weeds down and the surface of the soil well stirred with a hoe or rake during the summer, 

 especially if the weather is dry. Very pretty effects are produced by massing different colors. Straight or circular rows of different colors side by side 

 are effective. Yet in Asters, Phloxes, Poppies, Zinnias, Verbenas, etc., a mixture of all colors is always showy and pleasing. 



A I VCCIjri — 1 — The plants are very dwarf ; each spreads 

 so as to completely cover a circular space 12 to 

 20 inches in diameter. They soon become one mass of white, re- 

 maining in full bloom from spring 'till killed by the frost in the 

 fall — being densely studded with beautiful minature spikes of 

 deliciously fragrant flowers. Very useful for bouquets. 

 LITTLE GEM— Pki. 150 seeds, 4o. 

 SWEET— Pkt. 200 seeds, 3c. 



A DOQMI A Charming and beautiful trailing plant for vase 

 ^ and rock work; pretty for beds. Bears large 



trusses of Verbena-like, sweet scented, rosy lilac flowers. Pkt. 4c. 



ADONIS. 



ers. 



Often called "Pheasant's Eye." Very hardy 

 annual of easy growth. Nice for beds and bord- 

 Flowers freely. Foliage graceful and feathery. Pkt. 3c. 



AQCO A'T'irri Very profuse and constant bloomers. 

 ^ 1 vji . jjardy annuals growing from six to sixteen 

 inches high and bearing clusters of round tassel shaped blossoms : 

 excellent for cut flowers and in borders. Best Mixed, pkt. 3c. 



AGROSTEnnA. 



This flower is the favorite annual for 

 beds and borders, with showy flowers, 

 borne freely. They are popularly known as the Crown of the 

 Field," "Rose of Heaven,'' "Flos Jovis" and "Rose Champion.'' 

 Finest mixed. Pkt. 2c. 



ALONSOA Often called "Mask Flower." It is constant- 

 ly covered with beautiful flowers throughout 

 the season. They make very nice plants for the house in the 

 winter if taken up in the fall. Finest mixed, pkt. 2c. 



A I I 1 1 1 n — ^ — Yon should not fail ordering this beautiful 

 ■"^^ new and very rare variety, magniflcently grand 



to an unlimited degree, constantly covered with large numbers 

 of exquisitely beautiful flowers, which are exceptionally valuable 

 for bouquet work. 

 THE BRIDE — Don't fail to try it. Very easily grown. Pkt. Sc. 



ANTIRRHINUM 



—6 — See page 101. 



OR SNAP DRAGON. 



AflARANTHUS. 



—5 — Beautiful foliage plants, invalu- 

 able for massing where striking con- 

 trasts in color are desired. Succeed best on light fairly ricn soU. 

 Seeds may be sown out of doors after settled warm weather. 

 Choice mixed, pkt. 75 seeds, 3c. 



A5PERULA. 



This is one of the most popular of pretty 

 annuals. The plant is of a handsome, dwarf 

 growth, and very much admired for its exquisite beauty for bed- 

 ding purposes, etc. It is also noted for its profusion of flowers. 

 Choicest mixed, pkt. 2c. 



AM^'I-IITCA — 3 — A hardy annual of more than ordinary 

 nu^r\, beauty. It grows about two feet high, branch- 

 ing freely and bearing a profusion of the most lovely flowers, 

 similar in all respects to the Forget-me-not, though the blooms 

 are much larger and of finer color. Its color is of a deep, clear, 

 brilliant blue with a pure white eye ; one of the rarest and most 

 lovely shades of that color. It blooms early and continues all 

 summer. Pkt. 100 seeds. 3c. 



A Mp rir\M pj -A — Among the earliest and briffhtest of spring 

 ^^^•-"^ flowers. The colors run through several 



shades. Hardy annual. Fine mixed, pkt. 5c. 



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