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Rockford Seed Farms—H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILL.—Forest City Greenhouses 
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Annual and Perennial FLOWER SEEDS 
Sunflowers 
BUCKBEE’S NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOWERED 
—Fine, perfectly double golden flowers, resembling 
Japanese Chrysanthemums. Height 6 feet. Pkt. 8c; 
i/ 2 oz. 20c; oz. 35c. 
RED SUNFLOWER—A unique and gorgeous novelty. 
The plants grow 7 to 9 feet and produce large flow¬ 
ers 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; Va oz. 25c; oz. 40c.. 
FINEST MIXED—For background or screen to hide 
unsightly places. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c. 
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 gar¬ 
den. The flowers are produced in great abundance 
and borne on long stems, making them very attractive 
and useful for cutting purposes. 
DWARF DOUBLE LARGE FLOWERING MIXED— 
Pkt. 8c; Vs oz. 15c. 
BUCKBEE’S TALL DOUBLE LARGE FLOWERING 
MIXED—Pkt. 8c; Vs oz. 15c. 
★CAUCASIA (Blue Bonnet)—Hardy perennial, 3 feet 
high. Flowers lilac-blue on long stem; fine for 
cutting. Pkt. 10c; Vs oz - 40c. 
Sweet William 
Snapdragon 
Wondrous Weather 
Plant 
This beautiful plant has, 
during the last few years, 
created a great sensation. If 
the leaves stand upright, the 
sky will be cloudless; if they 
stand out straight, changeable 
weather is indicated; when the 
leaves hang straight downward, 
water may be expected to fall 
in torrents. A local storm is 
indicated by the curling to¬ 
gether of the leaves. Bears 
clusters of bright yellow flow¬ 
ers, followed by pods with 
brilliant red seeds used for 
making beads, etc. Seeds 
should be soaked in lukewarm 
water before planting. Pkt. 
10c; a /4 oz. 25c. 
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, produces 
fine heads of bloom of various colors. Mixed Colors. 
Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 25c. 
★PERENNIAL FINE SINGLE MIXED—Various beau¬ 
tiful shades and markings. Pkt. 8c; Vs oz. 15c. 
★PERENNIAL FINE DOUBLE MIXED—A splendid 
strain. All colors. Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 25c. 
Buckbee’s Superb Velvet Flower 
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 strik¬ 
ingly beautiful. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c; 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. 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; V a 
oz. 50c. 
NEW ORANGE STOCKS—This new Stock is different 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. 10c; Vs oz. 25c. 
BUCKBEE’S GIANT FLOWERING BEAUTY STOCKS—A magnificent new strain of 
early flowering winter stocks, very double, deliciously fragrant flowers. Mixed Colors. 
Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 40c. 
DWARF—Large Flowering, Ten Weeks—Fine Mixed—A very popular strain. Pkt. 8c; 
Vs oz. 25c. 
ALL POSTPAID 
New Rust Proof Antirrhinum 
or Snapdragon 
DAINTINESS 
The individual blossoms are large, a pleasing 
shade of pink and are gracefully spaced on the 
spikes. The plants branch at the base. The 
stems and foliage are a bright green. Pkt. 
25c; 2 pkts. 45c. 
SCARLET (DEFIANCE) 
An excellent bright scarlet-red Antirrhinum. 
The flowers are very large and of a velvety tex¬ 
ture. The yellow spot on each lip is so small 
that it is hardly noticeable. Pkt. 25c; 2 pkts. 
45c. 
BUTTERCUP 
The deep canary yellow on the lip and the 
base of the standard, blending to a pale creamy 
yellow towards the margin, gives the flower a 
delightful two-tone effect. The long graceful 
spikes and the broad green foliage of this vari¬ 
ety marks a distinct advance in Rust Proof 
yellow Antirrhinums. Pkt. 25c; 2 pkts. 45c. 
INDIAN GIRL 
This variety is a brownish-orange overlaid 
finely with bright yellow giving a beautiful old 
gold effect. It throws out a number of densely 
leaved flower spikes, forming a symmetrical 
plant. Pkt. 25c; 2 pkts. 45c. 
MIXED 
The color range, size of flowers and habit are 
most remarkable. This mixture will prove ex¬ 
cellent for borders and bedding. Pkt. 25c; 2 
pkts. 45c. 
Buckbee’s Famous Snapdragons 
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 indi¬ 
vidual 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 V2 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 oz. 50c, postpaid. 
FIRE KING—Deepest cardinal red. Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 
35c. 
SILVER PINK—One of the best. Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 35c. 
PRINCE OF ORANGE—Rich glittering bronze with 
reverse of old gold. A grand new beauty. Pkt. 10c; 
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. 
^Stokesia or Cornflower Aster 
A beautiful hardy perennial plant no garden should 
be without. 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; Ve oz. 35c. 
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. 
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. 15c. 
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 IS inches in height, and covered 
all summer and fall with the brightest scarlet flowers. 
Unequalled as a border plant. Pkt. 10c; Vs oz. 65c. 
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. 8c; 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. 10c; Vs oz. 20c. 
Verbena 
