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Rockford Seed Farms—H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILL.—Forest City Greenhouses 
Sweet Scented Scabiosa 
Buckbee’s New and Greatly Improved Varieties of 
Fascinating Attractiveness and De¬ 
lightful Beauty 
This is one of the most attractive of old-fashioned 
flowers. No garden is complete without a bed of 
fragrant Scabiosa. Their ease of culture and the 
long flowering season warrants their presence in 
every garden. The flowers are produced in great 
abundance and borne on long stems, making them 
very attractive and useful for cutting purposes. 
SHASTA —(New) Glistening white and the largest 
Scabiosa grown. Pkt. 8c; Vs °z. 20c. 
LOVELINESS (New)—Delightful salmon rose color. 
Pkt. 10c; Vs or. 30c. 
PEACH BLOSSOM—The loveliest of all. Peach 
blossom pink, fine size and of rare grace and 
beauty. Pkt. 8 c; Vs oz. 20 c. 
BLACK KNIGHT —Deep velvety purple. Pkt. 8 c; Vs oz. 20c. 
FIERY SCARLET— Rich vermillion red. Pkt. 8 c; V 8 oz. 
15c. 
SNOWBALL —Purest white. Pkt. 8 c; Vs oz. 15c. 
DWARF DOUBLE LARGE FLOWERING MIXED—Pkt. 
8 c; J /s oz. 15c. 
BUCKBEE’S TALL DOUBLE LARGE FLOWERING 
MIXED — Pkt. 8 c; Vs oz. 15c. 
CAUCASIA (Blue Bonnet) —Hardy perennial, 3 feet high. 
Flowers lilac-blue on long stem; fine for cutting. Pkt. 
10 c; Vs oz. 40c. 
Buckbee’s Famous Snapdragons 
Delightfully Sweet Scented Flowers, Always in Bloom— 
Colors Bright and Attractive 
Snapdragon now rivals the Sweet Pea in popularity, and 
it is one of the most valuable flowers which can readily be 
grown from seed, whether intended for cutting or for show 
in the garden. 
BUCKBEE’S ARISTOCRATS 
An Amazing Array of Beautiful and Distinctive Colors. 
Enormous Flowers. Delightfully Sweet Scented. 
Easy to Grow and Sure to Bloom 
Buckbee’s Aristocrats are the world’s finest Snap 
Dragons; a truly enchanting mixture of colors ; and as to 
size they are in a class by themselves. The individual 
flowers are the largest we have ever seen. The healthy, 
robust plant is completely covered with large, strong 
flower spikes which are always completely filled from top 
to bottom. Plants usually grow 2% feet high. Seed sown 
outdoors early in the spring, will produce flowering plants 
in July, and you will then have flowers the balance of the 
summer. Pkt. 15c; Vs °z. 50c, postpaid. 
FIRE KING— Deepest cardinal red. Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 35c. 
Sweet Rocket 
Scabiosa—Blue Bonnet 
Hardy perennials, bearing purple or white flowers. 
Plants 2 to 3 feet high. Flowers fragrant. Fine 
Mixed. Pkt. 7c; */s oz. 15c. 
Buckbee’s Beautiful Stocks 
BUCKBEE’S NEW DISTINCTION—Elegant plants 
for the border, and should be in every garden. 
Seed started early will be in flower by the middle 
of June, while spring sown seed out of doors will 
make plants which will bloom from August until 
frost. The Rosy Lilac color is something entirely 
new for this plant, and makes a gorgeous flower. 
Pkt. 15c; Vs oz. 50c. 
NEW ORANGE STOCKS—This new Stock is differ¬ 
ent from any we have ever grown, not only in 
color, which is a rich golden orange color, but in 
style of flower, which is loose in form and very 
distinct and beautiful. Pkt. 10 c; Vs oz. 25c. 
PRINCESS ALICE PERPETUAL—Cut and Come 
Again—A pure white double variety, delightfully 
fragrant. Pkt. 7c; % oz. 40c. 
BUCKBEE’S GIANT FLOWERING BEAUTY 
STOCKS—A magnificent new strain of early 
flowering winter stocks, very double, deliciously 
fragrant flowers. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c; l /s 
oz. 40c. 
DWARF—Large Flowering, Ten Weeks—Fine Mixed 
—A very popular strain. Pkt. 8 c; l /s oz. 25c. 
Sunflowers 
BUCKBEE’S NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOW- 
ERED—Fine, perfectly double golden flowers, re¬ 
sembling Japanese Chrysanthemums. Height 6 
feet. Pkt., 8 c; V 2 oz. 20c. 
RED SUNFLOWER—A unique and gorgeous nov¬ 
elty. The plants grow 7 to 9 feet and produce 
large flowers from 5 inches to a foot in diameter. 
The color also varies greatly, but the majority of 
flowers have a more or less wide red circle around 
the purplish black center, and tips of the petals 
are golden yellow. Pkt., 8c; V 4 oz. 15c. 
FINEST MIXED—For background or screen to hide 
unsightly places, Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c. 
Sweet William 
BUCKBEE’S HARDY EVERBLOOMING—This new 
type begins to bloom in early summer from spring 
sown seed; continues in flower for weeks. Habit 
of plant the same as the perennial varieties, pro¬ 
duces fine heads of bloom of various colors. 
Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10 c; Vs oz. 25c. 
Snapdragon ^PERENNIAL FINE SINGLE MIXED—Various 
beautiful shades and markings. Pkt. 8 c; Vs oz. 15c. 
^•PERENNIAL FINE DOUBLE MIXED—A splendid strain. All colors. Pkt. 10c; 
Vs oz. 25c. 
Buckbee’s Superb Velvet Flower 
YELLOW BEAUTY—Bright orange yellow. Pkt. 10c; Vs 
oz. 35c. 
SILVER PINK—One of the best. Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 35c. 
QUEEN VICTORIA—White shaded cream. Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 
35c. 
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PRINCE OF ORANGE— Rich glittering bronze with reverse 
of old gold. A grand new beauty. Pkt. 10 c; Vs oz. 35c. 
BUCKBEE’S GIANT MIXED—The flowers of this new type 
are double the size of older sorts, are more closely set on 
the stems and the colors most clear and brilliant. Pkt. 10c; 
Vs oz. 30c. 
TOM THUMB — Eight inches high. Finest mixed, all colors. 
Pkt. 8c; Vs oz. 20c. 
ROCK GARDEN SPECIES—Early flowering hybrids. Small 
compact bushes. Many colored flowers. Pkt. 10 c; Vs oz. 
50c. 
Most Attractive, Free Blooming, Easily Growing Annuals 
Very showy bedding or border plants with richly colored, erect, funnel-shaped 
flowers. The flowers are very beautifully marbled and penciled purple, scarlet, 
crimson, yellow, buff, blue and almost black. Bloom from August to October. Each 
one richly veined with gold. Our new velvet flower forms one long leading stem 
about 30 inches high from which branch out near the top many side shoots, each 
bearing a large flower, thus forming a veritable bouquet of the most beautiful 
flowers. A bed of velvet flowers in full bloom is strikingly beautiful. Mixed 
colors. Pkt. 10 c; Vs oz. 25c. 
New Orinoco Daisy 
(Venidium Fastuosum) 
A magnificent new flower from South Africa. Rich, bright orange colored marked 
with dark purple at the base of each petal. Blooms in 4 months from seed.. Foliage 
is silky gray. Plant grows 2 to 3 feet high and blossoms are 3 to 4 inches in 
diameter. Pkt. 18c. 
Buckbee’s Beautiful Verbenas 
Verbenas are a necessary part of every flower garden, as they give a wealth 
of bloom and color for a minimum amount of care. Hardy annual, 8 inches high 
and in bloom all summer. 
Smilax 
One of the most desirable window vines on account of its 
charming, glossy green, elegant and graceful foliage, and will 
grow several feet high the first season. Pkt. 7c; Vs oz. 15c. 
Stokesia or Cornflower Aster 
A beautiful hardy perennial plant no garden should be with¬ 
out. Blooms in July from Spring-sown seed and continues till 
frost. Plants 2 feet high, bearing 20 to 30 blossoms 4 to 5 
inches across in shades of blue, pink, purple, yellow and also 
in white. Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10c; Vs °z. 35c. 
Sweet William 
Buckbee’s Superb Velvet 
Flower 
BEAUTY OF OXFORD—This finest of all Verbenas, until this year, has only been 
obtainable in Plants. Color shades from clear rose-pink to rose-red. Individual 
florets often measure over an inch in diameter. Foliage is a dark cress green. 
Pkt., 25c. 
SEPARATE COLORS—There is a growing call for flower beds of one color, so we 
have grown the following to meet the demand: Blue King, Purple, Scarlet De¬ 
fiance, Burbank’s Pink Mayflower, Italian Striped, Pure White, and Yellow; 
also Cosmopolitan Mixed. Any of the above colors, Pkt., 10c; Vs oz. 30c. 
NEW BUSH—This plant, instead of spreading 
over the ground, forms an erect and compact 
bush about 18 inches high and a foot across 
and is covered with true Verbena blossoms, of 
large size. In our trials nearly 90 per cent of 
the plants come in true Bush Form. Pkt. 10c; 
Vs oz. 35c. 
DWARF FIREBALL—Only 6 inches in height, 
and covered all summer and fall with the 
brightest scarlet flowers. Unequalled as a. 
border plant. Pkt. 10 c; Vs oz. 65c. 
LEMON SCENTED—This fragrant, lemon- 
scented plant is easily grown from seed and 
succeeds everywhere. The fragrant foliage 
and flowers are very desirable to make up with 
bouquets. Pkt. 10 c; Vs oz. 60c. 
SWEET SCENTED—This variety is hardy. 
The seed may be sown out of doors early in 
the Spring and will soon be in bloom. Instead 
of clusters, these flowers run into spikes 3 or 
4 inches long. Pkt. 8 c; Vs oz. 25c. 
CHOICEST PRIZE MIXED—From a most superb 
collection of named varieties. Very large in 
flower and corymbs, and of the richest and most 
brilliant colors. Pkt. 7c; Vs oz. 20 c; oz. 95c. Mammoth Verbena 
