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Rockford Seed Farms—H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILL.—Forest City Greenhouses 
HARDY PERENNIALS and ROCK PLANTS 
PRICES: 
50c; 12 for $1.50. 
Your choice of any perennial 
(Unless otherwise priceid), 3 for 
Achillea—The Pearl 
LADY IN WHITE—The white flowers are borne in 
profusion all summer long on strong stems. Per¬ 
fectly double, with full and perfect flowers. Fine 
for Rock Gardens. 
Alyssum—Saxatile 
BASKET OF GOLD— Broad masses of yellow flow¬ 
ers in early spring. Usually grows 8 to 10 
inches high. Fine for Rock Gardens. 
Aquilegia or Columbine 
Lychnis—Alpina 
Brilliant rose colored flowers. 4 inches tall, grow¬ 
ing close tufts of olive green foliage. Fine for the 
Rock Garden. 
Painted Daisies (Pyrethum 
Hybridum) 
The fine fern-like foliage is most attractive. Easy 
to grow, and blossoms in June and occasionally 
again in the fall. Our mixture contains all shades 
from white to crimson, but can be supplied in mixed 
colors only. Flowers are of good size, daisy-like 
single, semi-double and double. Fine for the Rock 
Garden. 
Phlox 
CANADENSE—Bright red and yellow flowers. Fine 
for the Rock Garden. 
BUCKBEE’S LONG SPURRED—Grows 2 feet high and 
contains many good and varied colors. Fine for the 
Rock Garden. 
Arabis—Alpina 
Pure white flowers produced in dense masses. One of 
the first plants to bloom in the spring. Fine for the Rock 
Garden. 
Baby’s Breath 
GYPSOPHILA PANICULATA—Pure white flowers. 2 to 
3 feet in height and about the same in diameter. 
Campanula Carpatica 
BLUE HAREBELL—8 inches in height. Flowers clear 
blue. Blooms from June to October. Fine for the Rock 
Garden. 
Candytuft—Semperviriens 
8 or 10 inches high with evergreen foliage and white 
flowers. Fine for the Rock Garden. 
Delphinium or Larkspur 
Columbine 
SUBLATA— Known as Moss Phlox. A creeping 
variety, but adapted for planting on embankments, 
sunny slopes, etc., where a blaze of color is desired in 
the early spring. Colors, lavender, pink and white. 
State colors wanted. 
Poppy—Oriental 
ORIENTAL MIXED— Nothing can equal these wonderful 
Poppies during their flowering period for a gorgeous 
display of rich, brilliant coloring. Enormous cup-shaped 
blossoms of various shades of scarlet and orange, with 
large purple blotches at the base of the petals, makes 
a wonderful contrast of color when flowers are open. 
Best adapted for planting in the perennial border or 
among the shrubbery. 
Rudbeckia Purpurea 
Indispensable plants for the hardy border which grow 
and thrive anywhere, giving an abundance of blooms, 
which are well suited for cutting. Flowers are purple— 
about 4 inches across, with an unusually large cone- 
shaped center of brown. Plants are 3 feet high and bloom 
July to October. 
Canterbury Bells—Medium 
Beautiful large bell-shaped flowers in blue, rose and 
white colors. Blossoms 3 feet in height are the rule. 
Biennial. Fine for the Rock Garden. State color wanted. 
Centaurea Montana 
The only Perennial Cornflower or Bachelor’s Button. 2 
feet high. Violet-blue flowers from July to September. 
Fine for the Rock Garden. 
Coreopsis—Lanceolata 
Rich golden yellow. Blooms the entire summer and 
fall. 18 inches high. 
Chinese Lantern Plant 
About 2 feet high, and produces its sprays of balloon¬ 
like husks or lanterns the first season. 
Daisy—Double English 
(Beilis Perennis) Charming little plants scarcely 6 
inches in height. Small flowers, both pink and white. Al¬ 
ways in bloom from July to September. Fine for the 
Rock Garden. 
Forget-me-not 
MYOSOTIS—Hardly ever out of bloom, and fine in shady 
places. Fine for the Rock Garden. 
Fox Gloves 
DIGITALIS—Stately and dignified annuals, gloxinia-like 
flowers in pink, white, and purple, with spotted throats. 
Cut the flowers when faded for a succession of bloom. 
Fine for the Rock Garden. State color wanted. 
Gaillardia 
PORTOLA—(New) High cushion center, with heavy outer 
petals of scarlet tipped with yellow. Fine for the Rock 
Garden. 
GRANDIFLORA—The old reliable, well known, always 
popular perennial Gaillardia. 
DAZZLER—Large dark flowers of rich red with bright 
orange tips. 
Golden Glow 
RUDBECKIA—A strong robust grower, 5 to 6 feet in 
height, which produces masses of double golden yellow 
cactus dahlia flowers from July to September. 
Heuchera—Coral Bells 
Slender, fairy-like spikes of richly colored flowers. Fine 
for the Rock Garden. Mixed colors. 
Hollyhock—Double 
Assortment of colors unequalled anywhere. White, 
pink, red or yellow. Perfectly double with perfect rosettes 
of the most lovely colors. State colors wanted. 
Linum—Blue (Perennial Flax) 
Very attractive both in foliage and bloom. 2 feet high, 
with light, graceful foliage and beautiful pale blue flowers 
all summer long. 
Fox Glove 
Shasta Daisy 
ALASKA —The very best of the Daisies and a variety 
which will stay in bloom all summer if the flowers are 
cut as soon as they fade. Color is pure white, and height 
about 18 inches. Fine for the Rock Garden. 
Siberian Wallflower 
Dazzling fiery orange yellow flowers on stems 12 inches 
high. In bloom all summer long, 8 inches high. Flowers 
are small, cup-shaped and very attractive. Fine for the 
Rock Garden. 
Sedum 
ACRE —Known as Golden Moss. The rich green foliage 
and the inconspicuous yellow flowers make a showing 
in the spring that nothing can equal. Fine for the Rock 
Garden. 
SPECTABILE— Heads or rose pink flowers during late 
summer and fall. Grows about 18 inches high, with 
broad, light green foliage and as abundance of showy 
flowers. Fine for the Rock Garden. 
Sweet William 
Dianthus Barbatus. Beautiful, old fashioned plant. 
Great masses of bloom of pink, white or maroon cover 
the plants for a long time. State colors wanted. 
Anthemis—Kelwayii 
Daisy-like flowers and finely cut foliage. Two feet high, 
blooms all summer with lemon yellow flowers. 
Snow in Summer 
A low growing plant with silvery white foliage and pro¬ 
ducing an abundance of snow white flowers. 6 inches 
high and blooms in May and June. Fine for the Rock 
Garden. 
Veronica Amethystina 
Gaillardia 
ROYAL BLUE—10 to 15 inches high, flowering June and 
July, the beautiful spikes of gentian blue flowers are 
very effective. Fine for the Rock Garden. 
Delphinium or Larkspur 
CHINESE BLUE—Entirely distinct. Has the grace of 
the Annual Larkspur, with the lasting qualities of the 
Perennial Delphinium. Gentian-blue flowers. 
GOLD MEDAL HYBRIDS—A wonderful array of blues, 
lavenders, purple and wine-reds. 
NEW HOLLYHOCK FLOWERED—Large flowers of 
enormous length. We have many new shades in this 
new strain which are unusually choice. 
BELLADONNA. A fine Turquoise-blue. 
Stokesia—Cyanus 
CORN FLOWER ASTER—The Cornflower-like flower in 
blue and white often measures 3 to 4 inches in diameter. 
Fine for the Rock Garden. 
Our many years’ experience assures you of the finest stocks obtainable and the best service . 
