FAMOUS ROCK RIVER VALLEY SEED FARMS 59 
DOUBLE CENTAUREA 
CENTAUREA 
Hardy Annual 
Under this name Is inoluJed sucli popular annuals as 
the Corn-flower. Sweet Sultans, etc. The.v are favor- 
ites in all sections ot the country, are perfectly hardy, 
■will grow and do well almost anywhere, and are much 
in demand as cut flowers. Packet, 5 cents. 
COCKSCOMB OR CELOSIA 
Hardy Annual 
Free-bloomlng annuals, growing best in rather light 
soil, not too rich: make grrand border plants and are 
attractive for pots. Seed can be sown under cover in 
early spring and planted out in May, or may be sown 
out of doors in May, Packet, 4 cents. 
COSMOS EARLY BLOOMING 
Forget-me-not. 
IMyosotis.) 
FOR-GET-ME-NOT 
MYOSOTIS. A favorite old- 
fasliloned flower, bearing In pro- 
fusion cluste!'s of blue blossoms. 
It thrives well in the shade or 
oi)en border. 
EVER BLOOMING, This type 
may be treated as annuals and 
be sown at any time of the 
year, beginning to flower in 
irom 8 to 10 weeks' time. The 
plants are of round, bushy form, 5 to 7 inches high, and 
when fully grown are perfectly covered with clusters 
of extjuisite flowers. Valuable for winter-flowering in 
pots, as well as for garden beds and edgings. Packet, 
5 cents. 
COIX LACHRYMAE 
Hardy Annual 
JOB'S TEARS." The seed is used as an old-fash- 
ioned, but valuable remedy for sore throat, goitre and 
teething babies. It is strung on a linen thread and 
w^orn around the neck as a chain. We have an extra 
fine lot of white seed that may be used In making 
rosaries. Packet, 3 cents. 
COSMOS 
NEW EARLY BLOOMING. 
Hardy AnnLial 
Of very rapid growth, and 
make large bushes, fully five 
feet liigli, which are a mass of 
foliage. From September un- 
til November eac h plant is 
covered with hundreds of 
showy blossoms. The flowers 
resemble single Dahlias. They 
are very easily raised and 
make a grand display. Packet, 
4 cents. 
DATURA 
Hardy Annual 
Trumpet Flower 
CORNUCOPIA, (Horn of 
Plenty.).. White and purple. 
Packet, 4 cents. 
MIXED. Seed of many va- 
rieties. Packet, 3 cents. 
DOLICHOS 
Tender Annual Climber 
HYACINTH BEAN. Splen- 
did climber, with abundant 
clustered spikes of purple and 
white flowers, whicli are fol- 
lowed by exceedingly ornamen- 
tal seed pods: tender annual: 
10 to 20 feet high. Finest Mix- 
ed. Packet, 4 cents. 
BURBANK'S SHASTA 
DAISY 
Hardy Perennial 
SHASTA DAISY. A general 
mixture saved from a large 
number of extra choice hy- 
brids, and certain to produce 
a large number of varieties of 
freat merit. Packet. 5 cents. 
FOUR O'CLOCK 
Hardy Annual 
MARVEL OF PERU. No 
flower miikes a prettier border 
than the old-fashioned Four 
O'clock. Plant grows to a 
height of two f^'ot and blooms 
in early morning and evening 
that rival the choicest garden 
flowers. It is one of tlie most 
brilliant and showy phmts that 
can be gi*own with little or no 
trouble. Finest Mixed, Packet, 
3 cents. 
DIGITALIS 
Hardy Perennial 
FOXGLOVE. Packet, 3 cents. 
DIANTHUS (Pink) 
DIANTHUS PINKS 
Hardy Annual 
NEW GIANT FRINGED. 
Few flowers can equal these 
in beauty and profusion of 
bloom. They comprise many 
distinct and most beautifully 
marked variety of rich and 
varied colors. They bloom 
continually all summer and 
fall, until frost. Superb mix- 
ture. Packet, 5 cents. 
DAHLIAS 
Half Hardy Perennial 
DOUBLE CHOICE MIXED. 
Superb mixture of finest 
double varieties of fine size and 
colors. Packet, 4 cents. 
DAISY 
Hardy Perennial 
Bellis Perennis 
GIANT DOUBLE. Greatly 
improved variety of the popu- 
lar "Double Daisies." Admir- 
ably adapted for edgings, boi-- 
ders and low beds, and also 
well suited for growing in pots. 
Daisies are easily grown from 
spring sown seed and come 
into flowei' in a very short 
time. Packet, 4 cents. 
ESCHOLTZIA 
Hardy Annual 
CALIFORNIA POPPY. The 
state flower of California. A 
bright, free-flowering plant of 
low spreading growth with 
finely cut silver foliape. The 
poppy-like flowers in pure 
shades of yellow, orange and 
crimson are X)roduccd from 
early spring until frost. Sow 
the seed where the plants are 
to remain. Packet, 3 cents. 
FEVERFEW 
Hardy Annual 
Matricaria 
WHITE GEM. A fine, old- 
fasliioncd bedding iilant: also 
suitable for pot culture. It 
grows about 18 Indies high, 
with numerous branching flow- 
er stems, and are literally cov- 
ered with very double, i>ure 
white flowers an inch in dia- 
meter. ISlooms until frost. 
l''ine for cemeter>' bedding. 
Packet, 4 cents. 
