H. W. BUCK.3EE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 



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'Beautiful Climbers. 



I have had wonderful success with my vine seeds this year, 

 stock seed is exceptionally choice. The seed is "Full of Life 

 best seed that money can buy. The space is too limited to per: 

 illustrating of all the varieties listed. They are all desirable, 

 is not a "cull" among them. Every variety possesses the well 

 Buckbee Merit. 



ADLUMIA — Cirrhosa — Frequently called Mountain Fringe, Wood 

 Fringe. Alleghany Vine. A beautiful and graceful climber. 

 Hardv biennial. Height 15 feet. Pkt. 5c. 

 AMPEL0PS1S VEITlHII — Often called the Boston or Japanese 



Ivy. Clings tightly to rock, brick, etc. Pkt. 6c. 

 BALLOON VINE— A rapid and graceful climber. Tender 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 scar- 

 let striped with white. Annual 10 feet high. Pkt. 15 seeds 4c. 

 CALAMPELIS— Scabra— A beautiful climber from Chili, with 

 delicate fouasre and bright orange blossoms, tender perennial 

 15 feet high. Pkt 4c. 

 CANARY BIRD FLOWER— (See page 92.) 



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 profusion, inverted pea- 

 shaped flowers from 1)4 to 2% inches in diameter, ranging 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. 



CLEMATIS. 



Well known and universally admired climbers, some of the 

 varieties being remarkable for the beauty of their blossoms. 

 "s [ Fine for covering arbors, verandas, etc., as they dtthg readily 

 to almost any object. Most of the kinds are hardy, herbaceous 

 perennials, but some little protection in northern latitudes, 

 through winter, is advised. Choicest Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 

 COBAEA— One of the finest of all climbers, and equally good for 

 out-of-door or for house culture. PreGty foliage and large, 

 bell-shaped flowers. Tender perennial. 

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

 Alba -Fine pure white. Pkt. 10 seeds 8c. 

 riii C0CC1NEA— Indica -A remarkably pi-etty climber. Ivy-like 

 foliage, bright and luxuriant ; never troubled with insects. 

 Hardy annual. Pkt. 25 seeds 6c. 



COLUMBIAN CLIMBER. 



The most superb of all climbers and used almost exclusively 

 for decorating pillars, etc., at the World's Columbian Exposi- 

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

 grower, of easy culture and always a mass of exquisite green, 

 showing no bare spots. In addition to its beautiful foliage, it 

 produces large and handsome bell-shaped blossoms in the great- 

 3st abundance and of the most varied beauty. You cannot af- 

 ford to be without this beautiful climber. Although it does 

 randly outside, it is also a very fine house climber, and will do 

 exceptionally well running over windows, etc. A well 

 established plant will run from 30 to 40 feet in a season. It 



grows and flourishes 

 everywhere, and you 

 should give it a trial, 

 as it will not fail giving 

 you complete satisfac- 

 tion. Annual. Pkt. 10 

 seeds 5c. 



CRUEL PLAN T— A 

 beautiful and a rapid 

 growing climber, bear- 

 ing an i mmense number 

 of pure white, bell- 

 sbaped, fragrant flow- 

 ers, and derives its 

 name from the fact that 

 various insects in suck- 

 ing honey of its blos- 

 soms are caught fast 

 and securely held until 

 they are dead. From 15 

 to 20 feet high. Hardy 

 annual. Pkt. 8c. 



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WILD CUCUMBER 



The quickest annual 

 climber known. Makes tne 

 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. Y(°w MB l%tAB^ 



(Ipomoea Quamoclit. ) " ~ 



A most beautiful climber, 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. 



D0LICH0S — (Hyacinth Bean) — Splendid climber, with abun- 

 dant clustered spikes of purple and white flowers, which are 

 followed by exceedingly ornamental seed pods ; tender annual ; 

 10 to 20 feet high. Mixed. Pkt. 2 5 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 enclosing same in a carved mold 

 while growing, thus stamping on its surface any desired figures 

 or letters that may be carved on the mold. Always sure to at- 

 tract the attention of children, who love to play with the 

 pretty and oddly crooked fruits. Many of these fruits keep for 

 years, being very hard shelled. The vines grow very rapidly 

 and are fine to cover old fences, trellises, etc. Tender annual. 

 Pkt. 2 5 seeds, 5c. ; oz. 10c. 



HUMULUS. 



New Leopard Leaved Japanese Hop — A strikingly beautiful 

 annual climber of exceedingly rapid and dense growth, 

 attaining a height of 18 to 20 feet in a few weeks' 

 time. The leaves are a rich green, blotched and marked with 

 gray. Annual. Pkt. 12 seeds 8c. 



Japonicus — One of the most rapid climbers grown. Seed 

 can be sown in the open ground in spring and will attain 

 enormous dimensions very quickly. Annual. Pkt. 20 seeds 

 4c. 



LINARIA, or Kcnilworth 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. 



IPOMOEA— This beautiful 

 the Morning Glory fam- 

 ily, and gives beautiful foli- 

 age and varied color flowers in 

 great profusion alt the season. 

 Sure to please and should be in- 

 cluded in every order. Buck- 

 bee's Rainbow Mixed. Pkt. 8c. 



flowering vine belongs 



The Choicest and Rarest Plants are Grown from Seed-Buckbee's are the Best. 



