fi. W. Bl/OKBEE, KOCKPOBD, ILLINOIS. 



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N the course of the work incident to preparing this, my 

 thirty-fifth annual message to my friends and patrons, 

 and looking back over the long period during which 

 they have stood steadfastly by me, the only regret 

 experienced is that I am unable to put my gratitude into proper and fit- 

 ting words. I feel, however, that what measure of success has been achieved comes 

 through the two great source*: 



(1) Genuine merit of the Buckbee Full of Life §eeds. 



(2) And what is still more important, the Keen Discernment of the Seed 

 Buying Public, which has placed the stamp of its approval upon the Buckbee Full of Life Seeds. My policy has 

 ever been to do my own experimenting, and not to ask my friends to do it for me. Buckbee's Seeds are tested by an expert. 

 His word is "law. If he should order any seeds rejected they would be rejected, and at once. So that no matter what experience 

 others may have, those who buy Buckbee's Full of Life Seeds can rest easv in the assurance that they are getting the Best Seeds 



Their Money Can Buy. That assurance is founded on Thirty-five Years of Successful Seed Selling. The record speaks for itself. My 

 endeavors for the future will all be directed toward keeping the reputation of Buckbee's Full of Life Seeds up to the extremely high standard 

 I set when I launched mv business. Mv effort is to please my customers. The only way to do that is to make their money buy more and 

 better seeds than it can buy anywhere else. 



My equipment for handling the large and rapidly growing volume of business is unequaled. My mammoth new seed warehouse, with its 

 accessories, stands without a rival. 



As it has been in all the past, Liberality will continue to be a watchword in the Buckbee business. This will embrace the size of my packages' 

 the v:due of my premiums, my business dealings in general. The truth will be told about my seeds and plants. I .have put into this catalogue 

 the very lowest prices at which first-class seeds and plants can possibly be sold. Those prices and the Buckbee Quality, the Full of Life Qual- 

 ity, are certain to please. I want your orders no matter how small. The larger you make them the better you and I will be pleased, for you cannot 

 make any mistake if you buy Buckbee Full Of Life Seeds. Tell your friends and neighbors about Buckbee's Seeds and Plants, and not only do 

 them a kindness, but give yourself the benefit of our liberal Premium Offer. 



There is something of interest and value to every one on every page of this catalogue. 



Let me thank you heartily, again, for your patronage in the past and to request you to give your 

 continued support and influence to the Blickbee Full Of Life method of doing business — the method 

 that means a "Square Deal" always, and which challenges successful competition. Yours for success, C"*' 



RARE PREMIUMS 



Given "With Every Seed Order Amounting 

 to 50c. or Over, Or With Every Plant 

 Order Amounting to $1.00 or Over. 



In addition to the low prices and special offers abounding throughout my Seed and Plant Guide for 1906, and besides the several hun- 

 dreds of thousands of novelty presents which I annually distribute with all orders amounting to 25 cents or more, I make these special 

 inducements of Rare Premium Offers to build new business and give my customers an opportu- 

 nity to test at no cost to themselves my new Full of Life Seed and Plant Products a year in 

 advance of the general public. I cannot offer them in my catalogue because of scarcity of stock. 

 These Seeds and Plants Will Not be Sold Separately, being distributed only on general 

 RI iT^S'S^lr'c orders. Should any of my customers want more of these advance novelties for trial than the amount 

 DUv&PuES of their order entitles them to select free, additional varieties can be ordered at the rate stated for 

 each variety. But not more than two packets or plants of any one variety will be supplied, except on 

 Club Orders for separate planters. 



With All Seed Orders Amounting to 50c. ^crSpuTu^nHbl^ipaSef Rare Seed Bargains 



With a dollar order, any two; with a dollar and a half order, any three; with a two dollar order, any four, and so on. One packet 

 free (if selected and named in the order) for each fifty cents worth of Seeds purchased. 



"TT f\ T > T f "p 1 f Please understand that it is necessary for you to state very plainly in each and every order just which "Rare Premium" 

 *»V . y ou j es i rei otherwise I shall take it for granted that you do not care for any of them. 



BEET — Round Red — Earliest variety grown Pkt. 25c 



CABBAGE — Early Market — Ready for use in sixty days. . .Pkt. 25c 



CAJ1ROT — Yellow Jacket — Best table variety Pkt. 25c 



CUCUMBER — Small Pickle — An ideal short.green variety . Pkt. 25g 

 LETTUCE— Dewdrop — Curly leaf variety of great promise Pkt. 25c 

 WATER MELON— The Rockford — Fine for table and 



shinping Pkt. 25c 



RADISH— Long Red — Fourteen-day turnip variety Pkt. 25c 



TOMATO— Peerless — Upright grown, very prolific Pkt. 25c 



ASTER — New Mixed — Latest novelty shades Pkt. 25c 



MIGNONETTE— Golden Beauty — Very fragrant Pkt. 25c 



COSMOS — Western Favorite — Best mixture ever offered.. Pkt. 25c 

 NASTURTIUM — Dwarf Gems — Over 25 distinct colors. . .Pkt. 25c 

 PANSY — Rockford's Best — Large flowers.delicatemarkingsPkt. 25c 



POPPY — New Queen — Comprising many new shades Pkt. 25c 



SWEET PEAS— White Pearl— Large flower, pure white. . Pkt. 25c 



With All Plant Orders Amounting to $1.00 



Any two plants with a Plant Order of $2.00; any three for $3.00; the four with a Plant Order of $4.00 or more, 

 are splendid. Every specimen is a perfect gem. One free with every dollar's worth of plants purchased. 



you may select any 

 one of the following 



Rare Plant Premiums 



These new plants 



ROSE — The Princess — One of the finest of all ever-bloomers, 

 being constantly in bloom. Hundreds of flowers and buds produced 

 and counted upon a single plant. Color a most beautiful rich glowing 

 pink, extremely fragrant. Worth 50c; price 25c. 



FUCHSIA— May Blossom — The buds look like a floral wedding 

 hell, and when in full bloom they are perfection in coloring. 5,000 

 flowers counted on a single plant. Worth 50c; price 25c. 



CARNATION — Innocence — Flowers of large size, white as the 

 driven snow and very fragrant. Three hundred buds and blossoms 

 often counted upon a single plant of this wonderful ever-blooming car- 

 nation. Worth 50c; price 25c. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM— Loveliness — Mammoth free blooming, 

 glistening golden yellow; flowers often measure 11 to 12 inches in 

 diameter. Worth 50c; price 25c. 



H. W. BUCKBEE, Rockford, 111., U. S. A. 



FOREST CITY GREENHOUSES 



ROCKFORD SEED FARMS 



IF TWO COPIES OF THIS GUIDE COME TO YOU KINDLY HAND ONE TO A SEED OR PLANT-BUYING FRIEND 



