FAMOUS ROCK RIVER VALLEY SEED FARMS 
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SANVITALIA PROCUMBENS FL. PL. 
Hardy Annual 
A beautiful little plant, well adapted tor small beds 
and rock-work. The flowers are large in proportion 
to tlie size of the plant, and are of a rich golden-vellow 
color. Thrives best in a light, rich soil, and continues 
to bloom during- the summer and autumn months. 
Packet, 4 cents. 
CLASSIFICATION OF FLOWER SEEDS 
Annuals, Hardy Annuals and Tender Annuals at- 
tain full growth from seed, flower and die in one 
.vear. Biennials. Hardy Biennials and Tender Bi- 
ennials gi-ow from seed one year, bloom and die the 
next, though some varieties bloom the first season 
when sown early. Tender Perennials last for sev- 
eral years, blooming, annually; must be taken in- 
doors during the winter. Hardy Perennials and 
Half Hardy Perennials last for several years, bloom- 
ing annually after the first season, though some 
varieties bloom the first season if sown early. 
NEW CENTURY MAMMOTH VERBENA 
NEW CENTURY 
SUNFLOWER 
Hardy Annual 
PILLAR OF GOLD. It is a beautiful new double sun- 
flower, growing about 4 feet high. Flowers borne on very 
sliort branching stems and are held closelv to the 
main stalk, in such profusion that when in full bloom 
very little of the foliage is noticeable and at a short 
distance it seems a pillar of bright golden yellow. It 
is in our opinion the best decorative sunflower yet pro- 
duced, and if planted in masses or rows will draw at 
tention by the flaming glow of color. Packet, 3 cents. 
THUNBERGIA 
Tender Annual Climber 
BLACK-EYED SUSAN. Beautiful, rapid-growing 
annual climbers, preferring a warm, sunny situation 
used extensively in hanging-baskets, vases, low fences 
etc.; very pretty flowers in buff, white, orange etc 
with dark eyes; mixed colors; 4 feet. Packet 3 cents 
The most magniflcent strain 
offered, producing uniformlj^ 
magniflcent large trusses with 
flowers of unusual size. The in- 
dividual blossoms are frequently 
as large as a silver half dollar. 
Take a silver coin and try to 
cover any of the single flowers 
of the corymb illustrated here- 
with, and you Will realize how 
magnificent in size are the sin- 
gle florets, as the illustration 
has been accurately reproduced 
from photograph, natural size. 
Famous as the finest strains of 
Verbenas known. The plants are 
vigorous and short-jointed, and 
perfect sheets of bloom. The 
trusses are very large, the flower-s 
of mammoth size, perfect form, and 
embrace the richest and most vel- 
vety pink colors. They are also 
delicately sweet scented. In color 
they are In fact perfectly exquisite. 
Packet, 7 cents. 
VIOLET 
Hardy Perennial 
VIOLA. The Violet should not be 
wanting in any garden, on account 
of its fragrance and early appear- 
ance. Succeeds best in a shady, 
sheltered place, and can be easily 
increased by dividing the roots. 
Finest Mixed. ..Packet, 4 cents. 
WALL FLOWER 
Half Hardy Perennial 
CHOICEST MIXED. Spikes of 
de iriously fragrant flowers, pom- 
binin,-; many shades and colors, 
chocolate and orange-purple pre- 
dominating. Packet, 3 cents. 
NEW MAMMOTH 
VERBENA 
Tender Perennial 
GIANT MIXED. This is. a 
strain of truly mammoth Ver- 
bena that produces uniformly 
magniflcent trusses, of which 
the individual flowers are all of 
unusual size, and which also em- 
braces a wide range of colors. 
The individual blossoms are fre- 
quently larger than a sliver 
quarter — in fact. many are 
scarcely covered by a silver half 
dollar. Packet, 4 cents. 
GIANT MIXED VERBENA 
WILD GARDEN 
FLOWER SEED 
Under this heading we offer a 
mixture of the easiest and surest 
RTOwing kinds that can be sown 
broadcast, and with little or no 
care will produce a bright effect in 
places that would otherwise be 
nothing but a collection of unsight- 
ly weeds, and furnishing an abund- 
iince of flowers for cutting. ..Packet, 
2 cents. 
ZINNIA 
Hardy Annual 
CONDON'S MAMMOTH FLOW- 
ERING ZINNIAS. These splendid 
large-flowering Zinnias (see illus- 
tration) represent tlie very highest 
perfection yet attained in this flow- 
er, and for perfect doubleness, 
mammoth size, as well as the won- 
rtei ful variety of colors and shades 
a: • iinsiiipassed in any strain in 
ruUix at:iiii. Packet. 4 cents. 
CONDON'S MAMMOTH ZINNIA 
