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H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCXFORD, ILLINOIS. 



Buckbee's "Full of Life" FLOWER SEEDS 



BEAUTIFUL CLIMBING VARIETIES OF RAREST MERIT 



My great success the past year with Vine Seeds puts me in position to serve 

 my customers with the best that money can buy. These are surely the "Full 

 of Life" kind that make every buyer happy. 



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ADLUJUA — Cirrhosi — Frequently called Mountain 

 Fringe, Wood Fringe, AUeghany Vine. A beauti- 

 ful and graceful climber. Hardy biennial. Height 

 15 feet. Pkt. 6c. 



AMPELOPSIS VEITCHU— Often caUed the Boston 

 or Japanese Ivy. Clings tightlytorock, 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 ad- 

 vances to bright scarlet striped with white. -An- 

 nual, 10 feet high. Pkt. 15 seeds 4c. 



CALAMPELIS — Scabra — A beautiful climber from 

 Chili, with dehcate fohage and bright orange blos- 

 soms; tender perennial, 15 feet high. Pkt. 4c. 



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 

 IH to 2H inches in diameter, ranging -in color 

 from a rosy violet to a reddish purple, with a 

 broad-feathered white marking through the cen- 

 ter, while the large buds and back of the flower 

 are pure wiiite, appearing as if one plant bore 

 many colored flowers. Pkt. 15 seeds 5c. 



CLIMBmo BEAN — A very valuable and beautiful 

 climber of very rapid growth. Half hardy an- 

 nual. 



Scarlet flowered. Pkt. 5c. White flowered. Pkt. 5c. 



CLEMATIS — WeU known and universally admired 

 climbers, some of the varieties being remarkable 

 for the beauty of their blossoms Fine for cover- 

 ing arbors, verandas, etc., as they cling 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. 

 Pretty fohage and large, beU-shaped flowers. Ten- 

 der pereimial. These varieties: 



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



Alba — Fine pure white. Pkt. iO seeds 8c. 



COCCINEA — Indica — A remarkably pretty climber. 

 Ivy-like foliage, bright and luxuriant : never troub- 

 led with insects. Hardy annual. Pkt. 25 seeds 6c. 



COLUMBIAN CLIMBER— See Painting'from Nature 

 inside back cover page. The most superb of all 

 climbers and u.^ed almost exclusively for decorat- 

 ing 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. 

 Beautiful foliage, large, handsome bell-shaped 

 blossoms in the greatest abundance. Does grand- 

 ly outside, also a very fine house climber. .A well 

 estabhshed plant wiU run from 30 to 40 feet in a 

 season. Grows and flourishes everywhere. Annual 

 Pkt. 38 seeds 10c. 



CRUEL PLANT — A beautiful and a rapid growing 

 climber, bearing an immense number of pure 

 white, bell-rhaped. fragrant flowers. From 15 to 

 20 feet high. Hardy annual. Pkt. 8c. 



WILD CUCUMBER VINE— The quickest annual 

 climber known. Makes the most mosaic covering. 

 Never suffers from the heat. Profuse in bloom. 

 It win sow itself every year, and comes up in the 

 same place. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 25c. 



CYPRESS VINE — (Ipomoea Quamoclit. ) A most 

 beautiful climber with delicate dark green feath- 

 ery foliage and an abundance of bright, star- 

 shaped rose, scarlet and white blossoms, which 

 contrast mo.st beautifully with the graceful foh- 

 age. Tender annual 15 feet high. 

 Pkt., 25 seeds: 



Scanet, 5c. Rose, 5c. 



White, 5c. Mixed, 4c. 



DOLICHOS— (Hyacinth Bean )— Splendid climber, 

 with abundant clustered spikes of purple and 

 white flowers, wliich are followed by exceedingly 

 ornamental seed pods: tender annual; 10 to 20 feet 

 higli. Mixed. Pkt. 25 seeds 4c. 



GOURDS — Ornamental Mixed — X 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. Many of these fruits 

 keep for years, being very hard shelled. Tender 

 anriual. Pkt. 25 seeds 5c.; oz. 10c. 



NEW HARMONY CLIMBER— Tlie newest and best 

 novelty ever offered in an ornamental fohage climb- 

 ing plant. See painting from nature on inside 

 back cover page. Rapid grower, attaining height 

 of 25 feet in a season. Leaves variegated. Send 

 to Buckbee for true stock. Pkt. 45 seeds 9c. 



HITMULUS OR JAPANESE HOP— A striHngly 

 beautiful annual climber of exceedinglv rapid and 

 dense growth, attaining a height of IS to 20 feet 

 in a few weeks' time. The leaves are a rich green 

 and marked with gray. AimuaJ. 



New Leopard Leaved — Beautifullv variegated. 

 Pkt. 12 seeds 8c. 



Japonicus — Glistening green foliage. Pkt. 20 

 seeds 4c. 



LINARIA. OR ■KENILWORTH IVY— A very pretty 

 and well known hardy trailing plant. Flowers are 

 pretty and it is easilv grown from seed. Annual. 

 Pkt, 100 seeds 3c. 

 IPOMOEA — This beautiful flowering vine belongs 

 to the Morning Glory family, and gives beautiful 

 foliage and varied colored "flowers in great pro- 

 fusion all the season. Sure to plea.se and should 

 be included in everv order. Buckbee's Rainbow 

 Mixed. Pkt. 8c. 



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