FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES 
ASTER HEART OF FRANCE 
The best pure red Aster ever introduced. All others have somber 
shades of blue or too much yellow in the color pigments. Heart of 
France opens red as the purest ruby, deepens with age and retains 
its remarkable beauty to the very end. The petals appear strikingly 
changeable, showing now a glow and sheen quite unique, now a 
soft, warm, velvety texture. In any light, natural or artificial. 
Heart of France is startlingly beautiful and will command instant 
admiration. 
The flowers are large and full with never a trace of hollow center. 
The plants are of branching type and very robust habit. The stems 
are long and strong and have very few laterals. The plants begin 
to bloom quite early in the season and open fully with the mid- 
season varieties. They retain their brilliancy and luster for a longer 
period than almost any other color. 
This will be a tip-top variety for florists as well as home gardeners 
for the reason that the flowers and stems are so large and vigorous 
and their shipping and long-keeping qualities are such as to make 
it a winner for almost any purpose. Heart of France will surely 
supplant all other reds and near reds of either branching or upright 
types because of its marvelous beauty and other satisfactory charac- 
teristics. Pkt. 35 cts. 
VICK'S SILVERY ROSE 
ASTER 
Here is another robust, long-stemmed, large-flowering new variety. 
Every petal is a combination of deep lilac rose, almost cerise, very 
delicately threaded with white. Do not get the impression that 
this is a striped variety. The threads are so tiny as to give the 
petals a silvery sheen. Even the slightest change in light will shade 
the petals from a rich glowing rosy cerise to a silvery rose. The 
ladies say that the old-fashioned color. Ashes of Roses, exactly 
describes this color. Others call it Old Rose. But as it is infinitely 
better than several of the earlier varieties introduced by us, to which 
we gave the name Old Rose, it would be a pity to handicap this 
mammoth glorious flower with a name suggestive of these inferior 
predecessors. 
The plants are very vigorous. The stems are unusually long and 
the flowers very large. This variety stands out above every other 
in the field in which it grows for size and vigor. The unusual, dis- 
tinctive color is so appropriate for wreaths, design and decorative 
work, that we fancy it will rival in popularity our Lavender Pink, 
which without question is the most popular color, except white, 
with the cut flower trade. Pkt., 35c. 
VICK-S PEERLESS YELLOW ^^^^^^ ^^3^03 
Now we have the pleasvu-e of introducing a big yellow Aster with 
type securely fixed. Every flower will become a beautiful chrysan- 
themum yellow. The flowers are remarkably full and ball shaped, 
with centers so deeply covered with curled and twisted florets that 
the variety is almost a record breaker in scarcity of producing seed. 
The plants are of branching type and very vigorous. It is not 
unusual to find a plant with from twenty to thirty good flowering 
stems sufficiently long and with flowers of ample size for extra fancy 
cut flower purposes. So numerous and large are the flowers that 
the plants are completely covered Uke a golden dome. Frequently 
visitors comment on its resemblance to a miniature yellow snowball. 
In a bed the plants will easily fill across two foot rows. In a border 
a single row is ample. It is certainly a winner in its class and color. 
Pkt., 35c. 
PINK BEAUTY — New flowers are rare, and these double Cosmos 
are as different from the well-known single ones as though they 
were a diflferent flower. The center is double with many small 
petals and a rim of large outer petals. Pkt., 25c. 
WHITE QUEEN— Pure white and double as above. Pkt., 25c. 
DOUBLE DEEP PINK— This newest Cosmos is double in a differ- 
ent way from the Pink Beauty. The color is the same, but this 
variety has the outer petals doubled instead of the center. The 
perfect ones are. double hke a Golden Glow Rudbeckia. There is 
a percentage of the Pink Beauty produced, as the flowers are not 
absolutely true from seed. Pkt., 35c. 
DOUBLE PURE WHITE— The white form of Double Deep Pink. 
Pkt., 35c. 
NEW EARLY FLOWERING LONG 
There is no doubt but that this new type of Sweet Peas, put out last year for 
the first time, fills a distinct want. Not everybody is fortunate enough to live 
where Sweet Peas wiU flourish, and, strange as it may seem, this new class of Sweet 
Peas is useful, both where the seasons are too hot for Sweet Peas ordinarily, and 
too cold. The best varieties for greenhouse forcing everywhere. In climates 
which are cold and where frosts come early, these same Sweet Peas, by taking less 
time to come into flower, will give, a month more bloom than the ordinary late 
varieties. - 
These Sweet Peas are entirely new and are here introduced for the first time. 
We do not mean that these New Early Sweet Peas should take the place of the 
magnificent Late Flowering Spencers, but they are an addition to the garden of 
those who wish flowers early and late. 
EARLY MELODY — A deeper shade of pink than Early Song Bird, a good pink, 
closely resembling Countess Spencer. The flowers are borne on long stems, 
and mostly four large, well-waved blossoms to each stem. Pkt., 25c. 
EARLY HEATHER BELL— The color is a rich and pleasing mauve, but after 
standing in water the color becomes a beautiful mauve lavender. Pkt., 25c. 
EARLY MORNING STAR — Morning Star is practically the same color as the 
much admired Thomas Stevenson; that is, a deep orange scarlet or plain color 
in the standard and orange pink in the wings. Pkt.» 30c. 
EARLY SNOW FLAKE — As its name indicates, this is pure white and is quite 
the best early flowering White Spencer. Flowers come on long stems. This 
variety is appreciated by all florists. Pkt., 30c. 
SEASON SPENCER SWEET PEAS 
EARLY SONG BIRD— A splendid light pink, the color of "Florence Morse 
Spencer." This is one of the very popular colors with all Sweet Pea raisers, 
and this variety has flowers splendidly shaped and placed. Pkt., 25c. 
EARLY SPRING MAID— Like other Early Flowering Spencers, this carries a 
great wealth of blossom borne in fours on long stems. The color is a light 
flesh pink, about like Mrs. Hugh Dickson. Pkt., 25c. 
EARLY LIBERTY — Nothing yet in-rtduced has approached this deep sunproof 
crimson or blood red. It is the coioi of "King Edward Spencer." Florists 
have wanted this shade. The vines are vigorous and bear quantities of fine, 
large flowers. Pkt., 35c. 
EARLY MEADOW LARK — A deep, rich cream Sweet Pea. Many of the flowers 
are duplex and are well waved, and come in threes and fours on strong vines 
as do the other varieties we are now introducing, Pkt., 35c. 
EARLY RED WING — A rich crimson magenta. The color purples with age 
out of doors in hot weather, but under glass is bright and clear. Pkt., 35c. 
EARLY SONGSTER — A splendid lavender, the color of "Masterpiece," and 
quite the best lavender. The flowers have less mauve than in our well-known 
variety, "Asta Ohn." They are of perfect form. Pkt., 35c, 
EARLY SUNSET — A pastel shade of great beauty, especially when grown under 
glass. The color is a rich mauve pink on a white ground. Pkt., 35c. 
EARLY WARBLER.— Early Warbler is a gem for the florists and amateur 
growers. The color is rich mauve purple, somewhat similar to the late flowering 
growers. The color is rich mauve purple, somewhat similar to the late flower- 
ing variety, "Tennant Spencer." The flowers are extra large and beautiful 
in form. Pkt., 35c. 
