Rockford Seed Farms—H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILL.—Forest City Greenhouses 
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GARDEN BULBS AND PLANTS 
Monstrous Flowering Tuberose 
Monstrous Flowering Tuberoses 
A most beautiful summer flowering bulb. Dwarf, stocky plants with flower 
spikes over a foot long, compactly filled with perfectly double flowers from 
1 % to 2 inches across of wax-like substance, glistening white color and de¬ 
licious fragrance. 
Bulbs of good size 8c each; 3 for 23c; doz. for 75c, postpaid. 
Mammoth Bulbs, 12c each; 3 for 35c; doz. for $1.00, postpaid. 
Bird of Paradise 
(Poinciana Gilliesi.) The flower is a rich golden yellow, 2% inches across, 
in very large trusses. The most beautiful part of the flower is the long in¬ 
curved stamens and pistils which are spread out in fan-like form and are of 
bright crimson color. Plants, 25c each, postpaid. 
St. Bernards Lily, 24c each 
(Anthericum.) Leaves have markings of yellowish white on dark green. 
Flowers are creamy-white, and carried on long stems. Very attractive as a 
pot plant or in vases. 24c each; 3 for 68c, postpaid. 
Hardy Tuberous Rooted Wistaria 
A valuable and desirable tuberous-rooted twiner, resembling Wistaria in 
form of leaf and flower, but smaller. Grows to a height of 8 to 10 feet. Dies 
to the ground each winter, but the tuberous root is perfectly hardy. _ The 
numerous clusters of deep purple, pea-shaped blossoms have a strong, delicious 
violet fragrance. A valuable vine for trellis or rock work. Plant two or three 
bulbs near together to produce a mass of vines and flowers. 15c each; 3 for 
40c; doz., $1.35, postpaid. 
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Parrot’s Feather 
Parrot’s Feather 
Grows in water or in 
soil if covered with 
water. Green, fluffy 
streamers of feathery 
foliage. 19c each; 3 
for 52c, postpaid. 
Water Hyacinth 
Has delicate laven¬ 
der blooms similar to 
a Hyacinth. One of the 
finest of our water 
plants. 20c each; 3 for 
50c, postpaid. 
Japanese Air Plant 
Unique—Fairy-like, dainty and delightful. 
This charming, decorative, curious and wonder¬ 
ful Air Plant requires no water or soil to thrive, 
but lives on air and will keep fresh and green, 
and fluffy for an indefinite period. Very orna¬ 
mental and suitable for all occasions, present¬ 
ing at all times a fresh, green, feathery, attrac¬ 
tive appearance. The plants can be hung or 
placed in any receptacle desired. 24c each; 
3 for 69c, postpaid. 
Hardy Tuberous-Rooted 
Moon Flower 
A Beautiful Day Blooming Climber 
They will stand any changes of weather 
until frost kills the vine to the ground. Each 
year it springs up stronger than before, until 
it becomes a large strong vine, clothed with a 
luxuriant growth of pretty cordate leaves, and 
bearing great quantities of large, thick-tex¬ 
tured waxy flowers of a rich creamy-white, 
with a throat of violet purple. It will grow 
in any soil, no matter how poor and its blos¬ 
soms remain open all day, unlike other Moon 
Flowers. It is perfectly hardy in any climate. 
35c each; 3 for 95c, postpaid. 
Hardy Tuberous-Rooted Moon Flower 
Resurrection 
Plant 
Angel’s Lily 
Resurrec¬ 
tion Plant 
A ball of tightly 
folded leaflets, dry 
and apparently 
dead. But a trans¬ 
formation takes 
place once it is 
dropped into a bowl 
of water, for in a 
short time there is 
a great, loose ex¬ 
panded rosette of 
fine fern-like leaves 
both odd and beau¬ 
tiful. This can be 
repeated many 
times, the plant 
curling tightly to¬ 
gether When dry, 
expanding when 
soaked. 3 for 25c; 
6 for 45c, postpaid. 
Angel’s Lily 
The flowers are of very 
large size, of snowy white¬ 
ness, and are exceedingly fra¬ 
grant. Bulbs are large and 
strong and begin to' flower in 
two or three weeks after 
planting, sending up tall 
flower stems, which bear sev¬ 
eral of its magnificent blos¬ 
soms. As a pot plant it is 
grand, and as a garden bulb 
treated like a Gladiolus it is 
one of the choicest of all 
flowers. 25c and 40c each, 
postpaid. 
FREE GIFTS 0n Your 
$1 Order 
Amaryllis Johnsonii 
Three to five bright crimson flowers on each 
stalk. I think without question this is the finest 
of all the Amaryllis. 39c each; larger size, 58c, 
postpaid. 
Giant Summer Hyacinths 
A species of Hyacinth which blooms during 
August, September and October, if planted in 
spring. The bulbs are large, round and solid, 
and throw up large flowerstems 3 to 5 feet high, 
with gigantic spikes of thimble-shaped white 
blossoms. 18c each; 3 for 49c; doz. $1.82, post¬ 
paid. 
Mammoth Flowering Lily of 
the Valley, 75c doz. 
The sweetest, the loveliest spring blooming 
plant, producing delightfully fragrant, pure white, 
bell-shaped blooms. Will grow in any soil and 
does well in shady places, where so many other 
plants fail. 6 for 40c; doz. 75c, postpaid. 
Milk and Wine Lilly 
Milk and Wine 
Lily 
Fragrant Flowers 
(Crinum Kirkii.) One of 
the most unusual house 
plants, for winter or sum¬ 
mer. Usually two flower 
stalks grow from each bulb, 
each bearing a large clus¬ 
ter of fragrant lily-flowers. 
The blooms are large and 
showy; broad petals, pure 
white; beautifully banded 
with wine-red. Large bulbs, 
35c; 3 for $1.00; larger 
bulbs 50c. 
Lily of the Valley 
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