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H- W. BUCKBEE, BOCSFOBS, H.X.I2TOIS. 



Buckbee Offerings that 

 Have the Rarest Merit 



Beautiful Climbers 



My Great Success the Past Year with Vine Seeds Puts Me in Position to Serve My 

 Customers With the Best That Money Can Buy. These are Surely the "Full of Life" 



Kind That Make Every Buyer Happy 



Japanese 

 Pkt. 6c. 



ADLUMIA — CirrhOSa — Fre- 

 quently called Mountain 

 Fringe, Wood Fringe, Alle" 

 ghany Vine. A beautiful 

 and graceful climber. Har- 

 dv biennial. Heightl5 feet. 

 Pkt. 5c. 

 AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII 

 — Often called the Boston or 

 Ivy. Clings tightly to rock, brick, etc. 



BALLOON VINE — A rapid and graceful climber. Ten 

 der annual, 6 feet high. The flowers resemble small 

 balloons. Pkt. 4c. 



BRYONOPSIS — An ornamental climber bearing green 

 fruit, which changes in color as the season advances 

 to bright scarlet striped with white. Annual, 10 

 feet high. Pkt. 15 seeds 4c. 



CALAMPELIS — Scabra — A beautiful climber from 

 Chili.with delicate foliage and bright orange blossoms; 

 tender perennial 15 feet high. Pkt. 4c. 



CENTROSEMA 



SOMETIMES CALLED 



"LOOK AT ME" 



A hardy perennial -vine 

 that will bloom in June 

 or July from seed sown 

 in April and bears in pro- 

 fusion, inverted pea- 

 shaped flowers from 1 J to 2i inches in diameter, rang- 

 ing in color from a rosy violet to a reddish purple.with 

 a broad-feathered white marking through the center, 

 while the large buds and back of the flower are pure 

 white, appearing as if one plant bore many colored 



flowers. Pkt. 15 seeds 5c. 



CLIMBING BEAN — A very valuable and beautiful 

 climber of very rapid growth. Half hardy annual. 



Scarlet flowered. Pkt. 5c. White flowered, 

 Pkt. 5c. 



CM A TIC ^ell known and universally ad- 

 \^i-tCtn\J\ 1 mired climbers, some of the varie- 

 ties being remarkable for the beauty of their blos- 

 soms. Fine for covering arbors, verandas, etc., as 

 they cling readily to almost any object. Most of the 

 kinds are hardy, herbaceous perennials, but some lit- 

 tle protection in northern latitudes, through winter, 



is advised. Choicest Mixed, Pkt. 5c. 



COEiEA — One of the finest of all climbers, and equally 

 good for out-of-door or for house culture. Pretty 

 foliage and large, bell-shaped flowers. Tender per- 

 ennial. These varieties: 



Scandens — Fine bluish purple. Pkt. 10 seeds 5c. 



Alba— Fine pure white. Pkt, 10 seeds 8c. 



COCCINEA — Indica — A remarkably pretty climber. 

 Ivy-like foliage, bright and luxuriant; never troubled 

 with insects. Hardy annual. Pkt. 25 seeds 6c. 



COLUMBIAN CLIMBER ^nt 



all climbers and used almost exclusively for decorat- 

 ing pillars, etc., at the World's Columbian Exposition, 

 where it was the adnuration of all. It is a fine, rapid 

 grower, of easy culture and always a mass of exquis- 

 ite green, showing no bare spots. Beautiful foliage, 

 large, handsome bell-shaped blossoms in the greatest 

 abundance. Does grandly outside, also a very fine 

 house climber. A well established plant will run 

 from 30 to 40 feet in a season. Grows a::d flourishes 

 everywhere. .Annual, Pkt. 10 seeds 5c. 



CRUEL PLANT — A beautiful and a rapid growing 

 climber, bearing an immense number of pure white, 

 bell-shaped, fragrant flowers. From 15 to 20 feet 

 high. Hardy annual. Pkt. 8c. 



WILD CUCUMBER VINE— The quickest annual 

 climber known. Makes the most mosaic covering. 

 Never suffers from the heat. Profuse in bloom. It 

 will sow itself every year, and comes up in the same 

 place. Pkt. 5c; OZ. 25c. 



CYPRESS VINE ST^^S°%^ 



with delicate dark green feathery foliage and an 

 abundance of bright, star-shaped rose, scarlet and 

 white blossoms, which contrast most beautifully with 

 the graceful foliage. Tender annual. 15 feet high. 

 Pkt, 25 seeds : 



Scarlet, 5c. Rose, 5c. 



White, 5c. Mixed, 4c. 



DOLICHOS — (Hyacinth Bean)— Splendid climber, 

 with abundant clustered spikes of purple and white 

 flowers, which are followed by exceedingly ornamen- 

 tal seed pods; tender annual; 10 to 20 feet high. 

 Mixed. Pkt. 25 seeds 4c. 



GOURDS — ORNAMENTAL MIXED — A tribe 

 of climbers with curiously shaped fruit 

 in various colors. Forms may be wonderfully varied 

 by tying strings around the young fruit or by enclos- 

 ing same in a carved mold while growing. Many of 

 these fruits keep for years, being very hard shelled. 

 Tender annual. Pkt. 25 seeds 5c. ; OZ. 10c. 



HlTMLTLTJS — * strikingly beautiful annual 

 U i> U O c ^j mDer c f exceedingly rapid and 

 or dense growth, attaining a height of 



Japanese Hop is to 20 feet in a few weeks' time. 

 The leaves are a rich green and marked with gray. 

 Annual. 



New Leopard Leaved- 

 Pkt. 12 seeds 8c. 



Japonlcus — Glistening green foliage. Pkt. 20 

 seeds 4c. 



LIN ARIA, or Kenilworth Ivy — A very pretty and 

 well known hardy trailing plant. Flowers are pretty 

 and it is easily grown from seed. Annual. Pkt. 

 100 seeds 3c. 



IPOMCEA — This beautiful flowering vine belongs to 

 the Morning Glory f ami ly, and gives beautiful foliage 

 and varied colored flowers in great profusion all the 

 season. Sure to please and should be included in 

 every order. Buckbee's Rainbow Mixed. Pkt. 

 8c. 



EA 2 



CMOS p 3 



■Beautifully variegated. 



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