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Rockford Seed Farms—H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILL.—Forest City Greenhouses 
Four Beautiful Petunias 
One Packet Each of the Four for Only 59 cents 
DWARF GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA—A dwarf strain of 
the popular Giants of California. You may expect the 
same giant flowers and wonderful colorings with the 
added advantage of having a very dwarf plant. Be¬ 
sides being invaluable for bedding, this variety makes 
a fine pot plant. Pkt. 15c. 
PRIDE OF PORTLAND—An exquisitely fringed 
Petunia of a beautiful rose-pink color. This is 
the same mammoth size of the Balcony type 
except that the petals are frilled and ruffled, 
while the other Balcony colors have smooth 
edges. Pkt. 10c. 
DOUBLE ROSY MORN (New)'—-The true Rosy Morn 
color in a double and semi-double flower. Pkt. 18c. 
THEODOSIA—-Large flowers of rosy pink, with golden 
center deeply fringed. Pkt. 18c. 
★ THE BEST PERENNIAL VARIETIES 
BUCKBEE’S ORIENTAL HYBRIDS—Hardy perennials 
with enormous flowers in endless variety of gorgeous 
colorings and markings. Enormous flowers, some of 
them 8 inches across in the most wonderful colorings. 
Assorted Colors. Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 25c. 
Theodosia Petunia The Most Satisfactory and Attractive Phlox 
Ever Offered 
The flowers are twice the size of common Phlox, of great 
substance and beautiful form. The plants are of stout branch¬ 
ing habit, always erect. Their long duration in bloom, com¬ 
bined with their almost unequalled richness and color, renders 
them of invaluable service in the flower garden. Finest mix¬ 
ture. Pkt. 10c; l /s oz. 30c. 
FINEST MIXED 
Hardy bush-like annuals with many broad flat-topped clus¬ 
ters of nearly round flowers. They are of easiest culture and 
bloom profusely through a long season. Especially attractive 
in masses or ribbon beds of contrasted colors; useful as win¬ 
dow-garden plants and very desirable for combining in mixed 
bouquets. Pkt. 8c; Vs oz. 15c. 
Starred and Fringed Phlox 
“Full of Life” Poppies 
THE BEST ANNUAL VARIETIES 
“Full of Life” Phlox 
BUCKBEE’S MAMMOTH PRIZE MIXED PHLOX 
Shirley Poppies 
ALL POSTPAID 
Oriental Hybrids 
GIANT SHIRLEY—This is the true Burbank's 
Santa Rosa strain and is a great advance in 
single-flowering annual Poppies. The flow¬ 
ers are immense, often measuring 3 to 4 
... , n i, n . inches across, the petals are fluted and crin- 
Mixed Double Poppies kled and in the sunlight appear like rumpled 
satin. Bloom in continuous succession for 
weeks. Flowers white, white-veined pink, white-splashed crim¬ 
son, rose banded with white salmon, carmine, blush, scarlet, and 
many splashed, striped, spotted, and edged, etc. Pkt. 7c; Y± oz. 
20 c. 
NEW DOUBLE SHIRLEY POPPY—The colors are so varied that 
no two flowers are often exactly the same. The type is well 
fixed and the majority of the flowers will come perfectly double. 
Large size and unusually beautiful. About 24 inches high. Pkt. 
10c; y 8 oz. 15c. 
NEW FLANDERS—This is the flower that is talked of the world 
over. Color is intense scarlet red. Blooms all summer and is 
wonderfully beautiful. Single flowers on long stems. Pkt. 7c; 
Ye oz. 15c. 
YELLOW TULIP (Hunnemania)—The plants grow into a shrubby 
bush and produce their large cup-shaped flowers 3 inches across 
on stems 12 inches long. The color is of clear, bright yellow; 
the petals are broad and crinkled, like crushed satin. The cut 
blooms keep in water two weeks. Pkt. 7c; Ye oz. 15c. 
GIANT GRANDEST DOUBLE MIXED POPPIES 
Large Size, Bright Colors, Attractive Flowers, Continuous Bloom¬ 
ers and Easily Grown 
A dazzling assortment of double Poppies in many brilliant color 
combinations as well as the daintiest and most delicate tints. Use¬ 
ful as cut flowers if gathered in the early morning while still moist 
with dew. Pkt. 10c; Y 2 oz. 20c; oz. 35c. 
ANNUAL ORIENTAL—Identical in every way to the Perennial 
Oriental pictured above, except that from spring sown seed you 
can have flowers in early summer. Pkt. 7c; Ye oz. 20c. 
NEW DWARF, LARGE FLOWERING MIXED 
A lovely strain with immense flowers. The plants grow 
erect, only 6 to 8 inches high. For bedding alone, or as 
borders in beds with taller varieties, it is one of the most 
brilliantly effective annual flowers. A choice mixture of 
countless shades. Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 45c. 
STARRED AND FRINGED 
The sensation in Phlox. The shapes and 
forms are truly wonderful. In the fringed 
flowers the petals are fimbriate, three-toothed, 
of a great variety of magnificent velvety col¬ 
ors with a bright eye in the center and a 
white border. In the Starred Phloxes the 
central teeth of the petals are five or six 
times as large as the lateral ones, and pro¬ 
jecting beyond them like little spines, give 
the flowers a distinctly star-like form. All 
colors mixed. Pkt. 8c; Vs oz. 30c. 
Hardy- 
Perennial 
Phlox 
★ PERENNIAL ICELAND POPPIES 
BUCKBEE’S NEW SUNBEAM—Dainty flowers of charming colors 
borne on long stems. The colors rival the wonderful Sirtgle 
Shirley for delicate tones as well as rich vivid colors. In bloom 
nearly all summer. Pkt. 10c; Ye oz. 35c. 
COONARA PINK—Rose pink color faintly suffused with salmon- 
pink. Flowers are borne in profusion and last well 
either on the plant or when cut for bouquets. This 
is a real novelty and all who have seen it were de¬ 
lighted with the unusual color, and long blooming 
season. Pkt. 10c; Ye oz. 50c. 
BUCKBEE’S NEW ORANGE (Tangerine)—A true 
tangerine or orange-scarlet color. The flower stems 
are unusually long and strong, and the bright colored 
flowers last well when cut for bouquets. Pkt. 10c; 
Ye oz. 35c. 
MIXED COLORS—Many fine colors in this single flow¬ 
ered perennial poppy which bloom from seed the first 
season. Pkt. 8c; Ye oz. 25c. 
Perennial phlox seed 
is slow to germinate but 
produces beautiful flow¬ 
ers. There are quite a 
number of different var¬ 
ieties. Our select as¬ 
sortment contains the 
very cream of the 
Phlox family. The great rich heads of 
flower masses are simply magnificent. The 
most admired sorts and the best bloomers. 
Mixed. Pkt. 15c; Ye oz. 45c. 
^Penstemon 
Blue Gem 
A fine little perennial Rock Garden plant, very 
dwarf, and of a rich blue color. Sure to grow and 
bloom anywhere. Pkt. 8c; l /a oz- 40c. 
