SELECT LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS. 



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. Tht}f 

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

 guality. They cannot possibly be anything else. Seed of high quality can he produced only by thorough, careful, painstahing 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 and 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 

 feeds know7i 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 

 tuperiOTity. 



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



FOR FLOWER SEEDS FOR WINDOW AND GREENHOUSE CULTURE-See pages 96 to 98 inclusive. 



FOR THE CREAM OF HARDY PERENNIALS-See pages 99 to 102 inclusive. 



FOR EVERLASTING FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL GRASSES-See page 103. 



ANNUALS- 



For the best summer display the garden is dependent on tiiis class of Bowers known as Annuals, which are grown 

 'from seed sown every Spring. With a view to ofifering 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 ai)d all which are really and generally desirable. We 

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

 ether hand it would be a decided disadvantage, for our customers might therefore fail to select the right kinds. 



CI II TITPP- 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 

 ^'-'^ • «-"<c;~'°and transplanted to the garden when danger of frost is over. .\ rather light arid 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, 

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

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



A I YgCIjri —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 'tUl killed by the frost in the 

 fall — being densely studded with beautiful minature spikes of 

 deliciouslv fragrant flowers. Very useful for bouquets. 

 LITTLE GEM— Pkt. 150 seeds, 4c. 

 SWEET— Pkt. 200 seeds, 3c. 



»re effective. 



A RDQMI 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 Often called "Pheasant's Eye." Very hardy 

 annual of easy growth. Nice for beds and bord- 

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



AQCD A'piTri Very profuse and constant bloomers. 

 ^ • Hardy 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. 



AQROSTEnriA. 



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 Of^s^ 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. 



-You should not fail ordering this beautiful 

 new and very rare variety, magnificently 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. 8c. 



ALLIUn. 



ANTIRRHINUM 



—6— See page 101. ' 



OR SNAP DRAGON. 



AriADAIMTHim —5— Beautiful foliage plants, invalu- 

 r^i irnvrvi-"! I HKJJ. able for massing where striking con- 



ti-^'^s in color are desired. Succeed best on light fairly rich soil. 



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. 



AMr'HITCA — 3 — A hardv annual of more than ordinary 

 i-ii w 1 1 . ijgamy ingrows about twofeet 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 flner 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 

 suminer. Pkt. 100 seeds, 3c. 



A M pj J*l (~) M p -4 — Among the earliest and britrhtest of spring 

 ^' flowers. The colors run through several 

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



