Like the Pansy, the Aster and the Petunia, the Verbena is a favorite with 

 everybody, and one of the most universally popular of all flowers, both for the 

 garden and for pot culture. For constant and profuse flowering, and for bril- 

 liancy and beauty of colors it has few equals. Start seed early under glass, if 

 possible, that good strong plants may be had for transplanting to the garden. 

 They will commence blooming in June and continue until after severe frosts, 

 and during this entire time nothing in the garden will attract more attention 

 than the bed or clump of Verbenas. In August cuttings may be taken from 

 some of the best ones and potted up for winter blooming. 



BUCKBEE'S COSMOPOLITAN VERBENAS. 



A Packet of Verbena Seed 

 contains from loo to Zoo 

 or more seeds. 



The most magnificent strain offered, producing uniformly magnificent 

 large trusses with flowers of unusual size. The individual blossoms are fre- 

 quently as large as a silver half dollar. Take a silver coin and try to cover 

 any of the single flowers of the corymb illustrated herewith, and you will 

 realize how magnificent in size are the single florets, as the illustration has been ac- 

 curatelv reproduced from photograph, natural size. Famous as the finest strains of 

 Verbenas known. We grow five acres of these superb flowers, and we know what 

 we are talking about when we say they are the finest of all Verbenas. The plants 

 are vigorous and short jointed, and perfect sheets of bloom. The tinisses are very 

 large, the flowers of mammoth size, perfect form, and embrace the richest and most 

 velvety colors They are also delicately sweet scented. The range of color is great 

 and shades are mostly very delicate and dainty. In coloring they are in fact per- 

 fectly exquisite, there being very little of the old blue or purple colors among them. 

 In their place we have delicate blushes, lavenders, pinks, velvety indigoes, intense 

 scarlets, whites, mottled, striped, variegated, etc., in fact a thousand different 

 colors and combinations. 

 BUCKBEE'S COSMOPOLITAN WHITE— Pkt. 150 seeds 10c. 



BUCKBEE'S COSMOPOLITAN SCARLET— Pkt. 150 seeds 10c. 



BUCKBEE'S COSMOPOLITAN BLUE— Pkt. 150 seeds 10c. 

 BUCKBEE'S COSMOPOLITAN ROSE— Pkt. 150 seeds 10c. 



BUCKBEE'S COSMOPOLITAN PINK— Pkt. 150 seeds 10c. 



BUCKBEE'S COSMOPOLITAN STRIPED— Pkt. 150 seeds 10c. 

 I MIXED — Pkt. 150 seeds 10c, three pkts. 25c, % oz. 75c, oz. $2.50. 



SPECIAL OFFER —Will send One Liberal Packet Each of the 7 Varieties of Buckbee's Cosmopolitan Verbenas for only SOc. 



Verbenas in quantity are more easily obtained from seed than from cuttings, and the plants are more healthy 

 and vigorous in growth, while they are also fragrant, particularly the white and light colored varieties. Sown 

 in spring, they flower quite early in the season, and each plant, in good, rich soil, will cover a space three to four feet in diameter, 

 producing, if the flowers are cut as soon as they begin to fade, a mass of bloom until killed by frost. 



GOLDEN BEDDER— A striking variety, with 

 bright scarlet blossoms and golden yellow 

 foliage. Pkt. 8c. 

 ITALIAN STRIPED— Very showy striped flowers 

 of many bright colors. Pkt 6c, ^ oz. SOc, oz. 

 S1.50. 



PRIMROSE— A great advance toward the cov- 

 eted yellow Verbena. Soft, pale yellow or 

 Primrose. Verv pleasing-. Pkt. 10c. 

 PURE WHITE (Oftencalled Ocean Crest. Sea Foam 

 or Canaidissiraa) — A fine strain of large flower- 

 ine, pure white hvbrid Verbenas. Pkt. 6c, 

 ozrsOc, oz. $1.50." " 

 SCARLET DEFIANCE— True, brightest scarlet, 

 intensely rich and striking, by far the finest 

 • varietvbf this splendid class. Pkt. 6c, )^oz. 

 SOc, oz" .$1.50. 



VERBENAS. 



VERBENA HYBRIDA, Choicest Prize Mixed— From 

 a most superb collection of named varieties. 

 Very large in flower and corymbs, and 

 of the richest and irtost brilliant colors, this 

 is one of the finest strains of Verbena Hy- 

 brida in cultivation today. The seed has 

 been saved not only from a large collection of 

 many bright and pleasing self colors, but also 

 from the h.^est varieties of the auricula-eyed 

 type. Pkt. 5c, % oz, SOc, oz. -SI. 50. 



HYBRIDA, Fine Mixed- A very good strain, and 

 fully equal to that offered by many dealers at a 

 greatly advanced price. Pkt. 3c, M oz. 40c, oz. 

 11.00. 



AURICULA-FLOWERED— Splendid flowers of large 

 size and bright colors, each with large white 

 eye. Pkt. 6c. 



BLUE KING — Grand new variety of a beautiful 

 blue shade ; fine size. A prime favorite with all 

 lovers of this delisrhtful class of plants. Pkt. 6c. 



BLUE WITH WHITE EYE— Large blue flowers, 

 each with large white eve ; verv showv. Pkt. 6c. 



DARK CLOUD— A French'variety, of a rich black- 

 blue color, lighted by a white center. Fine. 

 Pkt. 6c. 



FORDHOOK FAMOUS— Mammoth Verbena. The 

 best strain, both as to size of flowers and variety 

 of colors. Our seed is original from seed se- 

 cured from the introducers, and can be relied on 

 to produce excellent flowers of all colors. Pkt. 

 8c. 



This elegant, fragrant plant 

 is easily grown from seed and 

 succeeds everywhere. Have a 

 good bed of it in the garden 

 over summer, so that you can 

 cut its fragrant foliage and flow- 

 ers to make up with bouquets. 

 Pkt. 50 seeds, 4c. 



GRAND SPECIAL OFFER. 



For only $100 I will send One' Packet Each of tbe 

 21 Varieties of VERBENAS offered on this page. 



L. KRUSE, Goose Lake, la. : 



'^Everything has always grown well from the 

 seeds purchased of you. Many tlianks for extras. 



VERBENA ODORATA. 



This lovely Verbena possesses three great points of merit over other varieties, 

 and they are such important ones that it will become a necessity to ever garden 

 First, it is so hardy seed can be sown in the open ground early in the spring, 

 where they will quickly germinate, grow rapidly, and in a few weeks be in 

 bloom and give a great profusion of beautiful blossoms all summer. No gar- 

 den flower is easier grown, for it is as sure to thrive as a Poppy or pig-weed. 

 Second, the blossoms, instead of being in clusters like other sorts, run up into 

 spikes usually three or four inches long, as shown in cut. Third, it is very 

 sweet scented We have probably said enough to make everyone 

 want it, but we have yet to say that the flower is pure white, the 

 plant short jointed and dwarf, not covering nearly as much ground 

 as other sorts, and it is a perfect mass of bloom all summer. It 

 always comes perfectly true from seed. Pkt. 200 seeds 10c. 



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