88 Roili™i)'EEDFM5'^H.W.BUCKBEE^HROCKFOro,lLlINOIS/^^ 



Crab's-Eye Vine, or 

 Weather Plant. 



Coleus Hybridus 



COLEUS, Hybridus 



One of the best known and most universally 

 admired ornamental foliage plants, in an end- 

 less variety of colors and shadings. Coleus seeds 

 germinate easily, and success is as sure as with 

 an ordinary annual. 



EXTRA FINE MIXED HYBRIDS— Finest and 

 showiest varieties. Pkt. 6c. 



CRAB'S-EYE VINE OR 

 WEATHER PLANT 



This beautiful plant has during the last few 

 years created a great sensation throughout the 

 world. 



If the leaves stand upward the sky wUl be 

 cloudless. K they stand out straight, change- 

 able weather is indicated. When the leaves 

 hang straight downward water may be expected 

 to faU in torrents. A local storm is indicated by 

 the curling together of the leaves. 



Bears clus ers of bright yellow flowers, fol- 

 lowed by hunches of pods, which, when dry, 

 burst open, disclosing briUiant red seeds with 

 black eyeS; used for making beads and other 

 ornaments 



Seeds are of good size and sometimes slow to 

 germinate, should be soaked in luke warm water 

 before planting. Pkt 6c. 



Columbian Climber. 



COCKSCOMB (Celosia) 



The old Cockscomb of our mother's 

 garden, but vastly improved of late 

 years. Its huge combs, from six inches 

 to a foot across, are of the most fiery gor- 

 geous colors, are very fine aU the late 

 Summer and Autumn, and our best 

 parks make use of thousands of them for 

 Autumn bedding. Start in heat and 

 transplant in open ground after danger 

 of frost is over. As pot plants they are 

 fine. 



DW ARF QUEEN— This is the best dwarf 

 growing Cockscomb; plants, about 

 eight inches high, heads ten to twelve 

 inches across. They grow very uni- 

 formly. Color, a rich, ruby red, of 

 extreme brilliancv. Pkt. 4c. ; i oz. 50c. 



OSTRICH PLUME— A new Cockscomb 

 which bears feathery plumes of bloom, 

 more like ostrich feathers or Pampas 

 grass than anything else. These mag- 

 nificent plumes are one to two feet in 

 length, and of all colors from sulphur 

 yellow to deep rich crimson, rose, pink, 

 scarlet, yellow, orange, etc. A plant 

 in bloom is one of the very brightest 

 and showiest of all garden annuals. 

 All Colors Mixed. Pkt. Sc. ; i oz. 50c. 



Cockscomb, Ostrich Plume. 



Mrs. Kate Nelson, I'tica, Seward 

 Co., Neb. writes: — My Carnations 

 and Perpetual Roses received from 

 you, are the admiration of all. In 

 response to enquiries I tell them 

 thev are from "Buckbee's." 



CENTROSEMA 



Sometimes called "Look at Me" — -ATiardy pe- 

 rennial vine that wiU bloom in June or July 

 from seed s jwn in April and bears in profusion, 

 inverted pea-shaped tiowers from 1^ to 2^ in- 

 ches in diameter, ranging in color iom a rosy 

 violet to a reddish purple, with a broad-feather- 

 ed white marking through the center, whiie the 

 large buds and back of flower are pure white, 

 appearing as if one plant bore maav colored 

 flowers. Pkt. 4c 



COLUMBIAN CLIMBER 



The most superb of aU climbers and used al- 

 most exclusively for decorating pillars, etc., at 

 the World's Columbian Exposition, where it 

 was the admiration of all. 



Although it does grandly outside, i* is also a 

 splendid house climber, and wUl do well running 

 ever windows in the house, and wUl award the 

 grower with abundance of beautiful, large beU- 

 shaped flowers, green at first, but rapidly chang- 

 ing to a beautiful deep violet blue. It is a fine, 

 rapid grower, of easy culture and always a mass 

 of exquisite green, showing no bare spots. 

 Pkt. 5c. ; i oz. 20c. 



COLUMBINE OR AQUILEGIA 



One of the best of the early Summer peren- 

 nials. Curious flowers, extremely graceful, and 

 borne in great quant iiies high above the foliage 

 which itself is very beautiful and attractive. 

 Extra fine for cutting. 



PRIZE .MIXTURE— Double and single, aU col- 

 ors. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 30c. 



Columbine or Aquilegia. 



