JAMES VICK’S SONS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
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T HE Princess of Wales’ favorite decoration is a basket filled with Superb Pansies shaded from light to dark, trimmed with ribbon as shown in the 
center above. We know of no fioWer so companionable and life-like. It requires no great stretch of the imagination to believe that they 
understand, and are proud (in a modest way, of course,) of our admiration. Even our Pansy sailors, scattered all through this 1893 Guide, 
have a winning way with them. , Apart and away from all common varieties we have grown these Superb Pansies to Glorious Perfection, and the 
seeds are only from the finest selected flowers. I 11 many cases they grow from three to four inches across. For some of the choice varieties see 
colored plate, which is true to nature, having been painted directly from average flowers. Price, per packet of “ Supcrbs,” 00 cents; two packets , 80 
cents; three packets, $1.00. 
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Open your eyes , my pansies sweet— U 
\l Open your eyes for me. 
\\ Where did you get that pu/rple hue1 [} 
\l Did a cloudlet smile as you came through} {) 
U Did a sunbeam hold Q 
\\ Kiss on your lips that tint of gold? "—Marie. ij 
JV\K XI GA N "P RIM R OSK. 
“Music, sweet music , sounds over the earth; 
One glad choral song greets the primrose's birth.” 
— Eliza Cook. 
A charming plant which in its freedom of bloom excels all others. 
The young plants commence to bloom almost as soon as they are potted 
from the cutting bench, and will continue to bloom throughout, the 
entire year, and the year following, if grown in pots. A good specimen, 
plant will always show from one to two dozen flowers. The flowers are 
almost three inches in diameter, cup-shaped, of a beautiful bright pink 
color, with scarlet veins, and have a large, showy, white center. It is a 
plant of easy culture and will succeed in any soil or situation, therefore 
one of the most desirable for winter culture. In the garden it grows 
freely and blooms in great profusion all through the summer and autumn. 
If you desire a plant of easy culture, that is graceful in form, a constant 
bloomer, and indeed one of the most lovely plants in existence, you will 
find it in the Mexican Primrose. Plants , each , 25 cents. 
Primrose-eyes each morning ope 
In their cool , deep beds of grass; 
Violets make the air that pass 
Tell tales of their f ragrant slope. 
— Bayard Taylor. 
PANSY PLANTS. Fine Strain. Plants, by 
MEXICAN PRIMROSE. 
mail, prepaid, 10 cents; per dozen, $1.00. 
