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BUCKBEE'S ''FULL OF LIFE'' FLOWER SEEDS 



HOW 

 TO 



GROW 



FLOWER.S 

 AND SEEDS 



A complete 

 guide for the 

 amateur, a 

 most valuable 



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for $1.50 or 

 upwards, 



if mentioned 

 on order. 



Buckbee's Superb Double Balsam. 



BABY GOLDEN GLOW 



A beautiful and most effective annual, bloom- 

 ing from seed the first season, growing only two 

 feet high, llowering early and so profu.sely that 

 it eclipses all other garden annuals for a grand 

 show of flowers. Single plants producing hun- 

 dreds of the brightest yellow blossoms as doubie 

 and perfect as roses. If wanted for early bloom, 

 tiie .seed should be started in the house and tlie 

 plants transplanted to the garden at the proper 

 time, but seed can be sown in open ground when 

 wanted to bloom with equal succe.ss. It is cer- 

 tainly a grand novelty, and will please ever>,' 

 flower lover. We offer two colors. Golden Yci= 

 low (The Baby Golden Glow), pkt. lOc. Snow- 

 ball (Pure White), pkt. 8c. 



BALSAM (LADY SLIPPER) 



BUCKBEE'S SUPERB DOUBLE— The most 

 perfect in form and largest double-iiowered 

 Balsam yet developed. And unrivaled for 

 diversity of rich and delicate colors, flowers 

 often two inches across and borne in wonder- 

 ful profusion. I offer the folowing separate 

 colors, crimsop, flesh, lemon, lilac, rosy pur- 

 ple, spotted, striped, snow white. Each, 

 pkt. 6c. 



SPLENDID MIXED — A choice selection of num- 

 erous hvt)rid sorts. Pkt. Sc.; i oz. 30c.; 

 oz. $1.00. 



GOOD MIXED — This mixture is comprised of 

 the standard sorts, and will give good results. 

 Pkt. 3c.; i oz. 15c.; oz. SOc. 



BALSAM APPLE 



A beautiful climbing plant with apple-shaped 

 fruits, whicli, if preserved in alcohol, make a 

 most useful liniment.- Pkt. 5c. 



BEGONIA VERNON 



One of the most satisfactory pot plants for 

 the house; and a popidar fiedding plant for the 

 garden or lawn. It blooms with the greatest 

 profusion throughout the Summer. Flowers 

 a brilliant orange carmine with bright yellow 

 centers, and the foliage waxy and glossy. It 

 is easily raised from seed. Pkt. 8c 



BUTTERFLY FLOWER (SCHIZANTHUS) 



Tliev form compact plants, literally covered 

 with beautiful, or(hid-lii<e flov.ers, all deli- 

 cately fringed and curiously marked w'ith crim- 

 son, lilac, purple and yellow blotches. Pretty 

 for decorating hotiquets or massed in a I ed. 

 .Sow .some of the seeil in August or Sentcinl>cr 

 and bring the plants into the house. Tliey vvill 

 bloom all Winter. Pkt. 4c. 



Kochia, or Burnina Bush. 



Baby Golden Glow. 



Bird of Paradise. 



BIRD OF PARADISE FLOWER 



This striking and attractive flower has lately 

 become widely and wonderfully popular. The- 

 blossoiTis are of a rich golden yellow, about 

 2i Indies in diameter, produced in large trusses, 

 the most striking feature being the long, in- 

 curring stamens and pistils, of a beautiful, 

 bright crimson color. It would be hard to 

 imagine anything more conspicuous and showy. 

 Seed should be soaked in warm water and 

 started indoors or under glass, in a light, sandy 

 soil. Plants should be carefully hardened by 

 gradual exposure to fresh air before going into 

 tlie open ground. A sunny situation is re 

 quired, in dry and very warm soil, and no water 

 other than the rains will be needed after the 

 plants are well establislied. Everybody should 

 trv this wonderful flower. Pkt. 6c. 



"NOTE — We also offer a limited number of 

 pot grown plants of tlie Bird of Paradise, fine 

 specimens only lOc. cacti. 



BALLOON VINE 



A rapid and graceful climber. Tender 

 nual, 6 feet high. Tlie flowers resemble sn. 

 balloons. Pkt. 3c. 



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. 3c 



BEAN (SCARLET RUNNER) 



A Favorite Old=Fashioned Climber. One of 



the very few Beans that is both ornamental 

 and useful. It grows rapidly to a height 

 ten or twelve feet, and is covered from J 

 until heavy frost with clusters of beauti 

 scarlet flowers. Pkt. Sc. 



BEAN (WHITE RUNNER) 



Same as above witti excepiioii the flow 

 axe pure white. Pkt. 5c 



BURNING BUSH (KOCHIA) 

 OR SUMMER CVPRESS 



This beautiful annuat uusn is iapidiy c 

 ing into prominence. Ii- grow.-* 2 to 2V i 

 high and resembles a closeiy clipped ornamen 

 tal evergreen. The globe sliaped or pyramida! 

 bushes are dose and compact, and of a pleaV 

 ing light green color. The plant may be grow ■ 

 singly or in tlie form of a hedge or backgroui;<l. 

 In earlv autumn the whcile bu.sh becomes car 

 mine or hiood red. whence the name of Mexic an 

 Fire Plant, Burning Bush, etc. It is also called 

 Belvidere, Standing or Mock Cynress. Flowers 

 small and numerous, but not conspicuous. The 

 beauty of the plant is in its shape and colors. 

 Worthv of high recommendation. Pkt. 5c. 



