H. "W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFOBD, ILLINOIS. 



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Buckbee's Annuals 



FAMILY FAVORITES THAT ARE EASILY GROWN B 



ROSE - (New Dwarf 

 Multiflora, also 

 called Baby and 

 Fairy Rose.) 



Roses from seeds the 

 first year. The plants 

 bloom in three months 

 after sowing, so that 

 seed sown in February 

 in the house may be 

 had in bloom in June 

 in the open ground, 

 where they continue to 

 bloom throughout the 

 season, giving about an 

 equial proportion of sin- 

 gle, semi-single and 

 double flowers borne in 

 clusters. The plants 

 are dwarf and bushy, 

 growing only about one 

 foot high, and very 

 pretty in solid beds and 

 borders. They are very 

 ha r ly and mavbe treat- 

 ed as annuals. Pkt. 



10c; 3 Pkts. for 25c. 



SENECIO ELEGANS 



A beautiful free flowering annual. Has dense 

 heads of bloom and is of a very compact and regular habit of growl' 1 

 The flowers are of a fine lustrous purple red, bright crimson, rose colored 

 anil pure white, perfectly double and imbricated. Pkt. 100 seeds 3c. 

 SOLANXJM, or Jerusalem Cherry 

 Ornamental fruit-bearing plants, useful for conservatory or draw- 

 ing room decorations. Tender perennial, IK feet high. Pkt. 50 seeds 

 4c. 



SANVITALIA (Procumbens, Double) 



Very pretty, dwarf trailing plants. Double flowers of a brilliant 

 golden yellow, resembling a miniature double Zinnia. Hardy annual. 

 Pkt. 4c. 



SUNFLOWER, or Helianthus 

 New Double Multiflora. Unlike Any Other. 

 Handsome Plant. Many Mammoth Flowers. 



The plant is pyramidal in shape and the handsome flowers are pro- 

 duced at the base of each leaf. Flowers are very double, full centered 

 and surrounded by a fringe of broad single petals. Pkt. 5c. 



Finest Mixed — Adapted by stately growth for a background to 

 a lawn or a screen to hide unsightly places. The seed is often used for 

 feed and oil. Hardy annual. Pkt. 25 seeds 4c; oz. 10c. 



STATICE SUWAROWI 



One of the showiest annuals that we possess. Color, bright rose, 

 with a crimson shade. Pkt 100 seeds 4c. 



SALPIGLOSSIS 



Very showy bedding or border plant 

 with richly colored .erect, funnel-shaped 

 flowers. The colors are beautifully 

 marbled and penciled, purple, scarlet, 

 crimson, yellow, buff, blue and almost 

 black. Bloom from August to Octo- 

 ber. Half hardy annual. L| to 2 feet 

 high. Pkt. 150 seeds 4c. 



SENSITIVE PLANT 

 An interesting and curious plant, 

 with globular heads of pink flowers. 

 Tender annual .height H feet. Pkt. 4c. 

 SCABIOSA, or Mourning Bride- 

 Often cr lied Sweet Scabius. The 

 stock we offer is a wonderful improve- 

 ment over the old and common strains, 

 the plaDts produce a profusion of 

 large double flowers of striking shades 

 of color, which are very useful in mak- 

 ing bouquets. Hardy annual. 



Double Dwarf Mixed, Pkt. 75 

 Sgeds 4c. 



Double Tall Mixed, Pkt. 75 

 seeds 4c. 



SCmZANTHUS, or Butterfly 

 Flower 



Elegant and very free blooming an- 

 nuals of much interest and beauty, and 

 when full grown rival in singularity of 

 colors and markings the Orchids. 

 Large flowers spotted with crimson, 

 lilac, purple and yellow, and the petals 

 are cut in picturesque manner. In 

 pots in the conservatory or house few 

 plants are more attractive; also ele- 

 gant in a bouquet or vase, and fine for bedding, 

 seeds 4c. 



SHELL FLOWER, or Molucca Balm 



Although robust and easily grown everywhere, this interesting annual from 

 Syri i is but little known and annually excites much attention when growing 

 on our Seed Farms. Flower is very curious. Its large shell-like calyx is green 

 and veined; corolla white, striped with purple. When cut it emits a fra- 

 grance like balm. Pkt. 25 seeds 5c. 



TEA PLANT 



A handsome half hardy shrub, bearing white flowers from November until 

 spring. A native of China, and grows from two to six feet high. The plant 

 from whose leaves is made the favorite beverage "Tea." Pkt. 10c. 



TORENIA 

 (Fournieri, or Angel's Wings.) — A fine 

 annual, with large sky-blue blossoms, with 

 three spots of indigo blue and a yellow stain in 

 the center. Darkest spotted varieties. Pkt. 

 150 seeds 5c. 



White Wings — A very fine annual, un- 

 usually attractive. Flowers white with some- 

 times a tinge of bluish yellow throat. Pkt. 

 150 seeds 5c. 



TREE CYPRESS 



A handsome plant with fine feathery foliage 

 'somewhat like that of the Cypress Vine, with 

 long spikes of beautiful flowers. Half hardy 

 biennial. Pkt. 4c. 



TRICHOL-ENA, Rosea 

 Most beautifully tinted, hardy annual, or- 

 namental grass; 12 inches high. Pkt. 4c. 



VALERIAN (Greek) 



Standard border plant, often called Jacob's 

 Ladder. Flowers blue, stalks upright. Per- 

 fectly hardy perennial. Pkt. 4c. 



TEN WEEKS STOCKS 

 Choice Mixed, Pkt. 150 



STIPA PENNATA, or Feather 

 Grass 



An exceedingly graceful sort. Half- 

 hardy perennial; 12 inches high. 

 Pkt. 4c. 



STOCKS 

 (Ten Weeks.) — New largest flow- 

 ering globe pyramidal Stock. A mag- 

 nificent race, with immense spikes of 

 perfectly double flowers, the individ- 

 ual bloom often measuring from 2 to 

 2h inches in diameter. The large 

 double flowers are produced in great 

 profusion, the spikes being compactly 

 pyramidal in shape and the plant of 

 neat habit of growth. They are great- 

 ly prized for cut flowers on account of 

 their fragrance and diversity of colors. 

 Choicest Mixed, Pkt. 50 seeds 5c. 



White Perpetual. — (Princess 

 Alice, or Cut and Come Again.) — 

 Of strong growth and fine branching 

 habit. Grows to the height of 1 feet, 

 and if sown early will produce un- 

 interruptedly a great abundance of 

 bloom from June until November. 

 The individual flowers are uncommon- 

 ly large, of fine rosette-like shape, and 

 the purest possible white. The flowers 

 appear on each shoot, and the oftener 

 cut the better they like it. Pkt. 50 

 seeds 5c. 



SALVIA, or Scarlet Sage 



One of the grandest plants in cul- 

 tivation, a bed of them surpassing the 

 finest scarlet geraniums in brilliancy 

 and continuous bloom, the flower spikes often measuring 10 to 12 

 inches in length, and there are as many as two hundred spikes on 

 a well grown plant. From the time they first begin to flower the 

 plants are never out of bloom until killed by frost. Easily grown; 

 constant delight to everyone. Pkt. 25 seeds 5c. 



SHELL FLOWER 



SALVIA 



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