SELECT LIST OF FLOWER SEEDS. 



The 07<linary grades vf nower seeds, can he and are sold at a very low price; they are grown and harvested in largecrops. much likegrain. Tliey 

 are produced cheaply, sold cheaply and are, in fact, cheap in every seme of the word: and he who sows them has no rii/ht to complain at their poor 

 quality. They cannot possibly be anything else. Seed of high quality can be produced only by thorough, careful, painstaking 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. Tlie very best varieties bred up to an unequal mark of perfection, has made our 

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

 superiority. 



FOR ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL CLIMBERS-See paees S4 to 8S icclusive. 



FOR FLOWER SEEDS FOR WINDOW AND GREENHOUSE CULTURE-See pages 89 to 91 inclusive 

 FOR THE CREAM OF HARDY PERENNIALS_see pages 92 to 94 inclusive. 

 FOR EVERLASTING FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL GRASSES-See page 95. 



ANNUALS See pages 70 to 83. For the best summer display the garden is dependent upon that class of flowers know as Annuals, which are 



grown from seed sown every Spring. With a view to ottering our customers only the very best varieties, those which cannot fail tc 

 prod uce 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 inerits. 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 desir- 

 able. We might offer one hundred varieties of Asters or fifty varieties of Balsams. Phloxes, Poppies, etc., but there would be no advantage in so doing 

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



■CULTURE. -^^ ^"^^ 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 io 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 tlie summer, espec- 

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

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



ABRONIA. 



ADONIS. 



Chinning and beautiful trailing plant for vase 

 and rock -ivoi-k ; pretty for beds. Bears large 

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



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

 annual of easy growth. Nice for beds and bord- 

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



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. 



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. 



AGERATUn. 



AGROSTEMMA. 



ALONSO A Ofte-a called "Mask Flower," It is constant- 

 * ly covered ivith 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. 



^LJ^JfJjyj^^ — 2 — You should not fail ordering this beautiful 

 new and very rare variety, magnificently grand 

 to an unlimited dee-ree, 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. 



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

 i 1. so as to completely cover a circular space 12 tc 

 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 miniature spikes of 

 deliciouslv fragrant flowers. Very useful for bouquets. 



LITTLE GEM.— Pkt. 150 seeds. 4c. 



SWEET— Pkt. 200 seeds, 3c. 



AMARANTHUS"^-^^^'^'-^^'^^ foliage plants, invaluable 

 ^ for massing where striking contrasts in 



color are desired. Succeed best on light fairly rich soil. Seeds 

 may be sown out doors after settled warm weather. Choice 

 Biixed, pkt. 75 seeds, 3c. 



ASPERULA. 



This is one of the most popular of pretty 

 annuals. The plant is of a handsome, dwari 

 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. 



A M^HITC A — 3 — A hardy annual of more than ordinary 

 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. 



ANTIRRHINUM 



— t)- See page 94. 



OR SNAP DRAGON. ANEMONE. 



shades. 



-4- Among the earliest and brightest of spring 

 flowers. The colors run through several 

 Hardy annual. Fine mixed, pkt. oc. 



