James Vick’s Sons, Seedsmen, Rochester, N. Y. 
Flower Seeds 
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ESCHSCHOLTZIA CALIFORNIA CANALICULATA ROSEA 
California Poppy. This is California's chosen State Flower. The plants 
grow to about a foot in height; the leaves arc of a grayish green color, finely cut 
and divided. The large, handsome flowers, two inches or more in diameter, are 
produced in great profusion all summer. Seeds can be sown where the plants 
are to bloom. 
Cross of Malta. Foliage silver-gray ; flowers bright yellow, with a broad, 
dark orange cross in the shape of the Cross of Malta. 5 
Mandarin. Inner side of petals a rich orange, the outside scarlet-orange. 5 
Golden West. A beautiful variety; color light orange-yellow.10 
Californica canaliculata rosea. A beautiful novelty. The rosy petals 
arc delicately fluted with tiny folds radiating from the center, and richly 
adorned with a soft primrose-yellow hue. 1Q 
Rose Cardinal. A charming variety, producing freely large intense car¬ 
mine flowers. . 
One packet each of the three finest varieties, 
Golden West, Californica canaliculata rosea, and 
Hose Cardinal, #.> cents. 
Orange, Yellow, and White, single, separate colors, each. 5 
Single varieties mixed. 5 
Double Orange, and Double White, each. 5 
Double varieties mixed. 
CENTAUREA 
The following Centaureas are perfectly 
hardy annuals, of easy culture, and are gen¬ 
eral favorites both for the garden and for cut- 
flowers. Seed should be sown early where 
plants are desired to bloom. Plants should 
stand one foot or more apart each way. 
Cyanus (Bachelor’s Button, Corn 
Bottle, and Ragged Sailor, known 
in Germany as the Kaiser Blumen and 
Corn Flower). Blooms in almost any 
situation. Eighteen inches to two 
feet. Various colors mixed .... 5 
Emperor William. Fine dark blue. 5 
Pure White. 5 
Victoria Dwarf Compact. A charm¬ 
ing miniature variety. Fine for pots 
and edgings. 10 
Americana. Lilac-purple. The largest 
flowering of the Centaureas. Plants two 
feet high. Flowers sometimes four 
inches in diameter ; handsome .... 10 
Suaveolens. (Yellow Sweet Sultan). 
Bright sulphur yellow ; very fragrant. 
Blooms all summer. Splendid for bou¬ 
quets. Eighteen inches. 5 
LARGE-FLOWERING SWEET SULTANS 
These mammoth new varieties are great improvements on the old Sweet Sul¬ 
tans. They are as easily cultivated, and succeed everywhere. The flowers 
are two to four inches across, of graceful form, and of the sweetest fragrance. 
Being on long, stiff stems, they are admirably adapted for bouquets, vases, 
etc., and are splendid as corsage flowers. They will keep in good condition a 
week after being cut. 
Odorata. Light blue. Two feet in height.10 
Chameleon. Sulphur-yellow, changing to creamy white, and again to 
pink. Two feet.. 
Margueritae. Pure satin white. Two feet. 10 
Imperialis. A new strain of Giant-flowering Sweet Sultan, and the finest 
of all for cut flowers. Blooms continuously from summer till autumn. 
The flowers are of various colors, from glistening white, through shades 
of pink, lilac, crimson, and violet, to purple. Very fragrant. Plant 
vigorous, nearly four feet high, and covered with enormous flowers on 
very long stems. Mixed colors.. 
SILVER-LEAVED CENTAUREAS—DUSTY MILLERS. 
These arc white-leaved perennial varieties, much used for ribbon-borders 
and edgings of beds, not being allowed to bloom. Succeed anywhere. 
Candidissima. Entire plant silvery-white. Leaves much divided. 
Flowers purple.. 
Clementei. Entire plant densely white-woolly. Leaves broadly cut. 
Flowers yellow. 10 
Gymnocarpa. Whole plant velvety-white. Leaves silver-gray, finely 
divided. Flowers rose-violet. 10 
LARGE-FLOWERED SWEET SULTANS 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
The glorious and showy autumn-blooming Chrysanthemums, so much admired 
and cultivated, have their relatives among summer annuals, which are easily 
raised from seed. There are many very elegant flowers among these annual 
varieties that would be quite a surprise to those who know the Chrysanthemum 
only by the late introductions. They arc free-blooming, showy' border plants, 
and the flowers are very desirable for cutting. Seeds can be sown in the open 
seedbed, or where the plants are to stand, provided the plants are thinned out 
to eight or twelve inches apart. A little shade, or shade in the after part of the 
day, is desirable for them. Pinch them back until July 15th, to make them 
grow branching and stocky. 
ANNUAL VARIETIES 
Golden Feather. Plants semi-dwarf, with yellow foliage. Mixed colors 5 
Single varieties. Mixed colors. 5 
Double White, Double Yellow, and Double Mixed, each. 5 
PERENNIAL VARIETIES 
Seed of Perennial Chrysanthemums should be sown in February or March, 
in the house. If slightly covered, and placed in a warm temperature, they will 
soon germinate. If the seedlings are pricked off at once into pots and placed 
near the glass, good plants will soon be obtained. By the middle of May they 
may be planted out of doors. For after treatment see Plant Department. 
Marguerite, or Paris Daisy. Elegant bushy plant, one to two feet 
high. Blooms all summer in the garden, and fine for winter flowering. 
Flowers white, star-shaped.. 
Greenhouse varieties. Mixed seeds selected from a choice collection . 25 
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