Rainbow Hibiscus 
^Alaska or Shasta 
Daisy 
A beautiful hardy perennial, with 
flowers 4 inches in diameter, pure 
white, with small golden yellow cen¬ 
ters. About 18 inches high. Pkt. 8c; 
Ya oz. 30c. 
African Daisies 
AURANTIACA—Rare and extremely 
showy annual from South Africa; 
a great favorite on account of its 
easy culture and its beautiful flow¬ 
ers. The single Daisy-like blossoms, 
2 Yz to 2% inches in diameter, are 
of terra cotta orange color, with 
a dark colored disc surrounded by 
a black zone. Seeds germinate 
slowly. Pkt. 10c; Ya oz - 25c. 
AURANTIACA HYBRIDS—Brilliant 
flowers in great diversity of colors, 
mostly shades of white, yellow and 
red. Pkt. 8c; Ya oz. 20c. 
Double Daisy 
Daisies are easily grown from 
Spring sown seed and come into flow¬ 
er in a very short time. 
^Hollyhocks 
NEW DOUBLE EXQUISITE—Petals are exquisitely curled and 
fringed and marked w.th a large blotch of darker color, some¬ 
what resembling the pelargonium. Perennial 3 V 2 feet high. 
Pkt. 10c; Ya oz. 45c. 
DOUBLE WHITE—Clear, pure white. 
DOUBLE ROSE—Rich solid color. 
DOUBLE SCARLET—Intense blood red. 
DOUBLE LEMON—True lemon yellow. 
The above Four—Pkt. 10c; Ya ° z - 25c. 
BUCKBEE’S PRIZE DOUBLE MIXED—All colors mixed. 
Pkt. 10c; Ya oz. 20 c. 
NEW ANNUAL EVERBLOOMING—These annual kinds bloom 
the first year. Double Mixed. Pkt. 10c; Ya oz. 20c. 
Hen and Chickens 
Novel and Attractive. Unlike any Other Plant. Unequalled for 
Borders of Beds 
A curious and beautiful plant. Nothing like it has ever been 
seen. Can be used most effectively for borders of flower beds. 
Plants grow from 4 to 6 inches high, throwing up odd-shaped 
flower stalks. Leaves are thick and fleshy and of bluish green 
color. Mixed varieties. Pkt. 15c. 
^Hibiscus 
NEW GIANT FLOWERING RAINBOW —Grows about 6 feet high, 
producing huge blossoms in many shades of pink, rose, brick 
red and also white. They bloom from July until frost. Per- 
Hollyhcck—Buckbee’s Prize Double fectly hardy and grow anywhere. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c; 
Mixed Ya °z. 25c. 
Buckbee’s Brilliant Fuchsia 
Fuchsias are as easily grown from seed as from 
cuttings and from seed many new varieties are ob¬ 
tained. Seed is so very small, that the greatest care 
should be used in planting, although you should 
have no trouble in getting them to grow. They will 
flower freely the first year in the open ground, 
while the plants can be taken in the house in 
winter where they will flower still more freely. 
Choicest double and single mixed. Pkt. 15c. 
Feverfew 
WHITE GEM —About 18 inches high with numer¬ 
ous branching flower stems which are literally 
covered with very double, pure white flowers an 
inch in diameter. Pkt. 7c; Ya oz. 20c. 
GOLDEN FLEECE —Foliage is beautifully serrated. 
Flowers very double, of a rich golden color. 
Pkt. 7c; Ya oz. 25c. 
Flax-^Buckbee’s Scarlet 
There are so few scarlet colored annual flowers 
that our New Scarlet Flax will be appreciated by 
everyone. A hardy annual with fine foliage, deli¬ 
cate stem and large, brilliant scarlet crimson flow¬ 
ers produced all season. One foot high. Pkt. 8c; 
Ya oz. 15c. 
Buckbee’s Beautiful Heliotropes 
The Sweetest Perfumed Flower We Ever Saw. Rich 
Purplish, Lilac Flowers 
The Heliotrope is a tender annual 15 inches high, 
and is a universal favorite on account of its de¬ 
lightful fragrance and duration of bloom, flowering 
equally well as bedding plant's in summer or as pot 
plants in the house during the winter. While a 
packet of seed will give you great handfuls of de¬ 
licious blossoms all summer, you should plant at 
least Ys ounce if you have the room, as this is 
one flower you cannot do without. Mammoth 
Mixed. Pkt. 10c; Ya °rz. 40c. 
Humulus (Japanese Hop) 
JAPONICUS —One of the most rapid climbers 
grown. Seed can be sown in the open ground 
in spring and the plant will attain enormous 
dimensions. Pkt. 5c; Ya oz. 10c. 
NEW LEOPARD LEAVED —Beautifully variegated 
white, green and pale yellow. Highly ornamental. 
Pkt. 8c; Ya oz. 15c. 
Ice Plant 
Handsome and curious trailing plants for hang¬ 
ing baskets, or vases and the garden, the foliage 
appearing as though covered with ice crystals. 
6 inches high. Pkt. 7c; Ya oz. 15c. 
■^Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis) 
QUICKBLOOMING —The plants are of round, 
bushy form, 5 to 7 inches high, and when fully 
grown are perfectly covered with clusters of 
exquisite flowers. Pkt. 8c; Ye oz. 25c. 
SEMPERFLORENS —A hardy perennial. Large, 
clear blue flowers in pretty sprays. Everbloom- 
ing, in flower from May until frost. Pkt. 8c; 
Ya oz. 25c. 
Gourds—Ornamental 
Tender annual climbers of rapid growth, vines 
often growing 20 to 30 feet long. They have lux¬ 
uriant foliage and are immune from insects. Fruits 
curiously shaped in various colors and peculiarly 
marked. Mixed. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c. 
Lupins or Sun Dials 
Job’s Tears 
Curious ornamental grass with broad cornlike 
leaves and hard, beadlike seeds. Valuable for 
winter bouquets with everlasting flowers, and for 
basket making. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c. 
Lupins or Sun Dials 
ANNUAL SORTS MIXED —Free-flowering, easily 
grown varieties with long beautiful spikes of 
various colored pea-shaped flowers and graceful, 
seven-fingered foliage. Two feet high. Pkt. 8c; 
Ya oz. 15c. 
★PERENNIAL SORTS MIXED —Hardy perennials. 
They bloom in May and June. Three feet high. 
Pkt. 8c; Ya oz. 20c. 
★BUCKBEE’S MAMMOTH OR 
GIANT MIXED—Finest offered. 
Hardy Perennial, 9 inches high. 
Pkt. 10c; Ya oz. 40c. 
Euphorbia 
SNOW ON THE MOUNTAIN—At¬ 
tractive foliage, veined and mar¬ 
gined with white; 2 feet. Pkt. 8c; 
Ya oz. 15c. 
MEXICAN FIRE PLANT—2 to 3 feet 
high, a bush-like form, with smooth, 
glossy-green leaves, which in Sum¬ 
mer turn an orange-scarlet. Pkt. 7c; 
Ya oz. 25c. 
Buckbee’s Gloxinias 
Lovely summer-blooming pot plants. Many are magnificently 
spotted and mottled. The handsome bell-shaped flowers embrace 
a great variety of the richest and most beautiful colors, ranging 
from pure white to dark blood red, pink, blush, lavender, indigo 
blue, marbled and spotted. Mixed colors only. Pkt. 15c. 
^Geum 
MRS. BRADSHAW —A very showy hardy perennial, 2 ft. high. 
Blooms from June till frost. Flowers deep orange-scarlet, 2 
inches in diameter, semi-double. Pkt. 10c; Ya oz. 45c. 
LADY STRATHEDEN —The Golden Ball Geum, a rich golden 
yellow, 2 feet high. Hardy perennial. Pkt. 10c; Ya oz. 75c. 
Godetia—Lady Satin Rose 
Beautiful hardy annuals of compact growth, about 1 foot high, 
bearing freely large flowers, 3 to 4 inches across, of delicate colors 
and shades that glisten in the sunshine like silk. Pkt. 5c; Ye oz. 
15c. 
^Two Hardy Lilies 
REGALE LILY —Flowers are white, slightly tinged with pink with 
a dash of yellow in the center of the trumpet. Pkt. 10c; Ya oz. 45c. 
CORAL LILY OF SIBERIA (Tenuifolium) —Perfectly hardy and 
blooms the first year from seed. Only 24 inches high. Pkt. 10c; 
Ya oz. 45c. 
Geum—Lady Stratheden 
Rockford Seed Farms—H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILL.—Forest City Greenhouses 
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