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Flower Seeds 
Vick’s Garden and Floral Guide 
CAMPANULA 
The well-known popular, large bell-shaped flower, known every¬ 
where as Canterbury Bell, is a biennial Campanula. There are 
double varieties of every color, but, though curious, are not really 
as beautiful as the old single bell; they lose that light transparent 
grace that is so attractive in a flower. 
Medium (Canterbury Bell). Flowers large. Plants two 
feet high. Biennial. 
Single varieties mixed. 5 
Double varieties mixed. 5 
Calycanthema (Cup and Saucer.) Beautiful flowers, 
three inches long, saucer three inches across. Plants form 
pyramids of bloom about two feet high, and frequently bear 
150 blossoms for weeks during the early summer. 5 
Carpatica. Hardy perennial, six inches high, blooming the 
whole season. White and blue, mixed. 5 
Pyramidalis. A grand hardy perennial species, known as the 
Chimney Bellflower. Plants three feet high, of pyramidal 
form, bearing hundreds of beautiful cup-shaped flowers. 
Suitable for the garden or pots. Blue and white, mixed . . 
Grandiflora (Platycodon). Hardy perennial, producing large 
broad bell-shaped, shpwy, deep blue flowers, during the 
whole season. Very desirable for planting in permanent 
borders or among shrubbery. .10 
CANDYTUFT, EMPRESS 
COCKSCOMB—CELOSIA 
Cclosias arc interesting and brilliant annuals, and when well grown from seed 
of good quality never fail to please the grower and attract attention. There 
are two desirable forms of the Celosia, the Cockscomb and the Feathered. 
There are several colors, red, orange, and yellow, but the bright reds are the 
best. These combs are often grown a foot or more across the top. 
COCKSCOMB. 
Candytufts have long been among the most highly prized of gar¬ 
den annuals. The best effect is produced by raising the plants in 
masses, the seeds being sown where the plants arc to bloom. Sow 
in rows six to eight inches apart, and thin out the plants so that 
those remaining will have plenty of room. The soil should be rich, 
and when blooming time comes keep the plants well watered 
especially if it be a dry time. 
Purple, White Rocket, Sweet-scented, Flesh, Extra 
Dark Crimson, each, ounce, 30 cents. 5 
New Carmine. True to color.10 
One packet each of the above six varieties for 25 cents* 
Mixed colors of above six varieties, ounce, 20 cents . . 5 
Empress. A pure white variety, of large size, and the finest 
in cultivation. Strong, free grower, producing large trusses 
of flowers, on candelabra-formcd branches; individual flow¬ 
ers of large size. After devoting several years to selecting 
and saving seed from only the most perfect flowers, we have 
succeeded in procuring an extra fine strain of this grand 
variety Ounce, 50 cents.10 
Dwarf Hybrids. Six inches high, bloom the entire season, 
fine for edgings. Mixed colors £.10 
CANDYTUFT, HARDY 
Handsome, hardy perennial plants, well adapted for permanent borders or 
clumps. Valuable for early decorating. 
Iberis sempervirens. White, one foot.10 
Gibraltarica. Large, showy flowers; lilac, shading to white. One to 
two feet in height.10 
COSMOS 
CANDYTUFT 
A strong grower, having elegant foliage, and for fall blooming has no supe¬ 
rior. Seed sown in the house or hotbed in March or early in April, and the 
young seedlings transplanted to the open ground as soon as the weather is 
warm, will produce plants three to five feet high by September, which there¬ 
after, and until November, will yield hundreds of blossoms three inches across. 
The flowers are of various shades from pure white to purplish crimson. Both 
foliage and flowers are unsurpassed for bouquets and vases. Annual. 
Mammoth Perfection. A vast improvement over the old sort; flowers 
double the size, the petals being broader and over-lapping, forming a per¬ 
fectly round flower. Fine for cutting for bouquets and vases, keeping 
several days in water, and lasting out doors until cut down by frosts. 
The foliage is one mass of feathery emerald green. If grown in pots and 
housed by the end of September, they will flower all winter. Pure White, 
Pink, Crimson, each.10 
Mammoth Perfection Mixed. . 10 Fine Mixed. 5 
Dawn, New Early Dwarf, Large - Flowering. More bushy and 
compact than the older varieties, and grows only about four feet, while all 
others attain a height of six to seven feet. The flowers are fully as large 
as those of the old sort, pure white, with a tinge of rose. They commence 
to bloom in yuly and last until frost.jo 
CATCHFLY. Silene Armeria. A bright-colored, free-flowering an¬ 
nual, grown largely for spring flower-gardening. Suitable for rock-work or 
open border. Succeeds in a light, loamy soil. Red, white, and rose, mixed . c 
Crimson Giant. One of the largest and brightest Cockscombs.10 
Glasgow Prize. Fine dwarf. Dark leaves and crimson comb.10 
All-a-Glow. A magnificent large-headed dwarf Cockscomb. Ruffled 
combs, scarlet edged, with depths of glowing orange-scarlet.25 
Dwarf varieties mixed.10 
Tall varieties mixed. 5 
FEATHERED CELOSIA 
f The Feathered Cclosias have feathery plumes of great size and beauty. The 
ollowing are the best of this class in cultivation, and come true from seed. 
Superba plumosa. Superb feathered, bright crimson. 5 
Thompson’s Superb Feathered. Splendid. One of the best of the 
late introductions.10 
Golden Plume. Bright golden yellow. Habit pyramidal. 5 
Mixed colors. 5 
CYPRESS VINE 
Ipomoea Quamoclit. This delicate and symmetrical climber, with its dark 
green feathery foliage, is one of the most graceful and beautiful of garden vines. 
For training upon a light trellis it is unexcelled. Its scarlet or white flowers 
are produced in profusion, and its finely-cut foliage is well adapted to ornamental 
work. When plant; are set in rich soil, where they arc to grow, they will 
reach a height of ten feet; or, if planted thick, they will soon make a screen of 
the most exquisite foliage and flowers. Soak the seeds over night in warm 
water before sowing. Scarlet, White, or mixed, each, per ounce, 25 cents. 5 
