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Rockford Seed Farms—H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILL.—Forest City Greenhouses 
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Coleus Hybridus 
One of the best known and most universally ad¬ 
mired ornamental foliage plants, in an endless va¬ 
riety of colors and shadings, indispensable for 
ribbon and carpet bedding, or as single specimens. 
Coleus seed germinate easily. The leaves are 
handsomely crimped, toothed and frilled and color 
combinations remarkably rich, comprising all the 
reds, metallic greens and yellow, in shades from 
the most delicate to nearly black. 
EXTRA FINE MIXED HYBRIDS—Finest and 
showiest varieties. Pkt. 12c. 
FINE MIXED—Pkt. 10c. 
^Columbine or Aquilegia 
PRIZE MIXTURE—One of the best of the early Sum¬ 
mer perennials. Curious flowers, extremely graceful, 
and borne in great quantities high above the foliage, 
which itself is very beautiful and attractive. 
The plants are of strong, thrifty growth and per¬ 
fectly hardy. The large flowers vary in color 
through charming tones of cream, pink, lavender, 
blue, white, red, etc., hardly any two being exactly 
alike. Extra fine for cutting. Double and single; 
all colors. Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 20c. 
BUCKBEE’S LONG SPURRED HYBRIDS—-Columbines 
or Aquilegias are always beautiful, but in our Long 
Spurred Hybrids, you have a glittering display of 
highly colored, large, long spurred flowers that are 
absolutely unequalled. Plants grow two feet high 
and are perfectly hardy. Pkt. 12 c; Va oz. 40c. 
CHRYSANTHA—SILVER QUEEN—Another desirable, 
long spurred Columbine, with pure white flowers. 
Dainty and perfectly hardy, growing finer every 
year. Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 40c. 
Coreopsis 
★LANCEOLATA GRANDIFLORA—One of the finest 
hardy perennials about 2 % feet high, blooms the 
first year from seed and produces on long stems 
rich bright yellow flowers, 2 to 3 inches across. 
Pkt. 7c; J /4 oz. 25c. 
NEW DOUBLE—Beautiful golden yellow color with 
an attractive double row of petals. Will bloom the 
first year from spring sown seed. Perennial 2 V 2 
feet high. Pkt. 8 c; Vs oz. 25c. 
CALIFORNIA SUNBEAMS—The newest and best. 
All the shades of yellow and orange and many with 
distinct eye. Pkt. 7c; Vs oz. 25c. 
Beautiful Cosmos 
Magnificent, Free Blooming, Easily^ Grown Annual. 
Very Desirable for Late Summer and Fall Effects 
NEW DOUBLE ANEMONE FLOWERED—The flow- New Double Cosmos 
ers vary considerably in their degree of doubleness, 
some are absolutely double, others have a frill or , , 
collar surrounding the double disc, and others again are single, but all are very large and 
beautiful and are produced in great profusion in Fall. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 12c; /s oz. 35c. 
GIANT OF CALIFORNIA—This strain is noted both for beauty and the gigantic size of its 
flowers, which measure 4 to 5 inches across. The colors are very varied and beautiful. 
Choicest Mixed. Pkt. 8 c; Vi oz. 20 c. 
NEW EARLY FLOWERING—Grace, daintiness and brilliancy are the characteristics of this 
pretty flower, with its yellow heart, encircled with broad, daisy-like petals carried on long 
slender stems, rising from a cloud of feathery foliage. Blooms from July to November. 
Superb Mixed. Pkt. 10c; Vi oz. 25c. 
KLONDYKE—Gorgeous golden yellow flow¬ 
ers on long stems, and measure from 2 % 
to 3 Vz inches across. Later than the above 
varieties, so seed should be planted early in 
a warm sunny jjlace. Foliage graceful and 
attractive, making this one of the most de¬ 
sirable of the Cosmos. Pkt. 8c; Vi on 20c. 
^■Two Beautiful Hardy 
Lilies from 
REGALE LILY—This beautiful lily can be 
grown from seed. Flowers are white, 
slightly tinged with pink with a dash of 
yellow in the center of the trumpet. The 
perfume is exquisite, as it lacks the oppres¬ 
sive odor of some other lilies. Plant grows 
18 to 24 inches high. Pkt. 15c; Vs oz. 50c. 
CORAL LILY OF SIBERIA (Tenuifolium) — 
Perfectly hardy and blooms the first year 
from seed. Only 24 inches high with the 
flowers up and down on the stems. Blos¬ 
soms are deep scarlet, with recurled petals. 
Pkt. 15c; Vs oz. 50c. 
Columbian Climber 
Remarkably Beautiful. Quick Growing. Free 
Blooming Annual Climber 
The most superb of all Annual Climbers. 
It is a splendid, rapid grower, of easy culture, 
always a dense mass of a rich exquisite green, 
showing no open spaces. Accompanying the 
luxurious foliage are large purple flowers of 
marvelous beauty. There are so few climbers 
that can be grown easily from seed and so 
few blue flowers of any kind that our Colum¬ 
bian Climber is especially desirable for use in 
all gardens. It is rarely troubled by insects 
and heat and drought do not seem to affect 
it in the least. Pkt. 12c; Vs oz. 30c. 
Butterfly Cyclamen 
Beautifully Fringed Flowers in Many Colors. Dainty 
and Attractive Pot Plant 
Here is a plant which always surprises by its 
rare grace and beauty. In this type the edges of 
the flowers are beautifully fringed and waved, and 
the flowers themselves show softer shades and tints 
than is usual in a Cyclamen. In common with 
other Cyclamens, the Butterfly make charming 
house plants with beautiful foliage, and are es¬ 
pecially in favor during the colder months of 
winter. In saving the seed, our grower has been 
especially careful to select the finest plants and 
best colors only and we believe and recommend our 
New Butterfly Cyclamen seed to be the finest that 
can be had anywhere. Pkt. 20c. 
Cyclamen 
The Beautiful Persian Violet 
Buckbee’s Mixture of Cyclamens Contains Many 
Wonderful Colors 
Charming plants, with beautiful foliage and richly 
colored fragrant flowers. Universal favorites for 
Winter and Spring blooming. Seed may be sown 
at any time during the Spring or Autumn. Cy¬ 
clamen seed is very slow to germinate. 
BUCKBEE’S LARGE FLOWERED MIXED GIGAN- 
TEUM. Pkt. 15c. 
PERSICUM—Splendid Mixed. Pkt. 10 c. 
Cynoglossum 
The Wonderful New Chinese Forget-Me-Not 
AZURE BLUE—A rare gem for your garden. 
Forms perfect bushes 18 inches high and is just 
one mass of lovely brilliant blue forget-me-not¬ 
like flowers from May until frost. You can cut 
with 18-inch stems. No other annual will bloom 
as quickly from seed. Your garden will not be 
complete without this wonderful flower. Pkt. 
10c; Vs oz. 25c. 
BUCKBEE’S NEW PINK—A counterpart of the 
Blue except in color. This is a real novelty. 
Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 25c. 
Cypress Vine 
A most beautiful climber with delicate dark 
green feathery foliage, and an abundance of bright, 
star-shaped rose, scarlet and white blossoms. 
Tender annual. All colors, mixed. Pkt. 8 c; Vi 
oz. 15c. 
Datura 
CORNUCOPIA (Horn of Plenty)—Very hardy and 
beautiful. Flowers are trumpet-shaped, measur¬ 
ing 8 to 10 inches in length and 5 to 7 inches 
across the mouth and form three distinct flow¬ 
ers, growing each within the other. Very frag¬ 
rant. Pkt. 8 c; Vi oz. 20c. 
Dahlias 
Buckbee’s Double Largest Flowering Mixed 
Enormous Flowers of Dazzling Colors. An Incom¬ 
parable Blending of the World's 
Finest Dahlias 
The world’s people are fast learning that Dahlias 
may be grown from seed and bloom the first year. 
The finest flowers are grown in this manner, and 
new colors and styles continually being found. 
Our seed is secured from the world’s finest collec¬ 
tions, as we have made arrangements to gather 
seed from many privately owned gardens, as well 
as from our own unequalled varieties. You will 
find our Double Largest Flowering Mixed Dahlias 
to be unequalled in size, quality and colors. 
DOUBLE LARGEST FLOWERING MIXED—Pkt. 
20 c; Va oz. 55c. 
DOUBLE CACTUS FLOWERING MIXED—Very 
beautiful and easily grown. They are unequalled 
for rich and varied colors and perfection of 
form. Pkt. 10 c; Vs oz. 50c. 
DOUBLE FINE MIXED—A satisfactory mixture, 
and a goodly proportion of the flowers will be 
double. Pkt. 10 c; Ve oz. 35c. 
SINGLE .NOVELTY MIXED—Brilliant flowers run¬ 
ning through a wide range of striking colors. 
Pkt. 8 c; Va oz. 20 c. 
STAR FISH—A true Or¬ 
chid Flowered Dahlia with 
petals twisted into such a 
shape as to resemble a 
Star Fish. There are usu¬ 
ally two colors on each 
flower. Pkt. 10c. 
Columbine 
Long Spurred Hybrid 
Cactus Dahlia 
