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H. W. BUCKBEE, BOCEFOBD, ILLINOIS. 



LIKE the pansy, the aster and the petunia, the Verbena is a favorite 

 with everybody, and one of the most universally popular of all flowers 

 both for the garden and for pot culture. For constant and profuse 

 flowering, and for brilliancy and beauty of colors it has few equals. 



BUCKBEE'S CELEBRATED 

 COSMOPOLITAN MIXED 



Undoubtedly the Most Magnificent Strain Ever Offered. Uniformly Large 

 Trusses. Individual Blossoms as Large as a Silver Half-Dollar 



We grow five acres of these superb flowers, and we know what we are talking about 

 when we say they are the finest of all Verbenas. The plants are vigorous and short jointed, 

 and perfect sheets of bloom. The richest and most velvety colors. Delicately sweet scented. 

 Range of color great and shades mostly very delicate and dainty. Coloring perfectly ex- 

 quisite, there being very little of the old blue or purple colors among them. In their place 

 we have delicate blushes, lavenders, pinks, velvety indigoes, intense scarlets, whites, mot- 

 tled, striped, variegated, etc. — in fact, a thousand different colors and combinations. 



Flit. ISO seeds 10c; 3 pkts. 25c; \ oz. 75c; 1 oz. $2.50. 



COSMOPOLITAN NAMED 



Cosmopolitan Rose — Pkt. 150 seeds 7c Cosmopolitan White — Pkt. 150 seeds 7c 

 Cosmopolitan Pink— Pkt. 150 seeds 7c. Cosmopolitan Scarlet — Pkt. 150 seeds 7c 

 Cosmopolitan Striped — Pkt. 150 seeds 7c. Cosmopolitan Blue — Pkt. 150 seeds 7c. 



BEAUTY 

 VERBENAS 



RI Tfl^RFIP'^ Verbenas in quantity are 

 DUvlvDCC O more easily obtained from 

 seed than from cuttings, and 

 the plants are more healthy 

 and vigorous in ™rowth, 

 while they are also fragrant, 

 particularly the white and 

 light-colored varieties. Sown in spring, they flower 

 quite early in the season, and each plant, in good, 

 rich soil, will cover a space of 3 to 4 feet in diameter, 

 producing, if the flowers are cut as they begin to 

 fade, a mass of bloom until killed by frost. 



VERBENA HYBRID A — CHOICEST PRIZE 

 MIXED. 



From a most superb collection of named varieties. 

 Very large in flower and corymbs, and of the richest 

 and Most brilliant colors. Seed saved from a large 

 collection of bright and pleasing self colors, and 

 from the finest varieties of the auricula-eved type. 

 Pkt. 5c. J I cz. 50c; oz. $1.50. 



HYBRID A — FINE MIXED. 



A very good strain, and fully equal to that offered 

 by many dealers at a greatly advanced price. Pkt. 



3c; 1 6z. 40c; oz. $1.00. 



Auricula Flowered — Splendid flowers of large 

 size and bright colors, each with large white eye. 



Pkt. 5c 



Blue King — Grand nrew variety of a beautiful blue 

 shade; fine size. A prime favorite with all lovers 

 of this delightful class of plants. Pkt. 5c. 



Blue with White Eye — Large blue flowers, each 

 with large white eye; very showy. Pkt. 5c 



Dark Cloud — A French variety of a rich black blue 

 c lor, lighted by - white center. Fine. Pkt. 5c. 



Fordhook Famous — Mammoth Verbena. The 

 best strain, both as to size of lowers and variety 

 of colors. Our seed is originally from seed se- 

 cured from the introducers and can be relied on 

 to produce excellent flowers of all colors. Pkt. 

 7c. 



Golden Bidder— A "triking variety, with bright 

 scarlet blossoms and r Idcn yellow foliage. Pkt. 

 5c. 



Italian Striped — Very showy striped flowers of 

 manv bright colors. Pkt. 5c; i OZ. 50c; OZ. 

 $1.50. 



Primrose — A great advance toward the coveted 

 yellow Verbena. Sofi, pale yellow or primrose. 

 Very pleasing. Pkt. 5c 



Pure White (jften called Ocean Crest, Sea 



Foam or CandidiSSima) — A fine strain of large- 

 flowering, pure white hybrid Verbenas. Pkt. 

 5c; 5^ oz. 50c; oz. $1.50. 

 Scarlet Defiance — True, brightest scarlet, intense- 

 ly rich and striking; bv far the finest variety of 

 this splendid class. Pkt. 5c; 1 OZ. 50c; OZ. 

 $1.50. 



This elegant, fragrant plant is 

 easily gro.vn from seed and suc- 

 ceeds everywhere. Have a good 

 bed of it in the garden over sum- 

 mer, so that you can cut its fra- 

 grant foliage and flowers to make 

 up with bouquets. Pkt. 50 

 seeds 5c. 



VERBENA 0D0RATA— (Sweet Scented) 



NO GARDEN FLOWER MORE EASILY GROWN. 

 Perfect Mass of Bloom All Summer. 



This lovely Verbena possesses three great points of merit over other varie- 

 ties. First, it is so hardy; seeds can be sown in the open ground early in the 

 spring, where they will quickly germinate, grow rapidly, and in a few weeks be in 

 bloom and give a great profusion of beautiful blossoms all summer. Second, the 

 blossoms, instead of being in clusters like other sorts, run up into 

 spikes usually 3 or 4 inches long, as shown in cut. Third, it is very 

 sweet scented. The flower is pure white, the plant short jointed and 

 dwarf, and it always comes perfectly true from seed. Pkt. 

 200 seeds 10c 



THERE ARE NO OTHER FLOWER SEEDS LIKE BUCKBEE'S. THE "FULL OF LIFE" KIND 



