James 
Vick’s Sons, Seedsmen, Rochester, N. Y. 
Flower Seeds 
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LARKSPUR—Delphinium 
ANNUAL VARIETIES 
Beauti r ul plants. They prefer a cool soil and season. Sow seed in fall, or early in spring. The 
1 ranching varieties grow two feet high, and should stand eighteen inches apart. The Rockets should be 
V'nned to five or six inches apart. The annual varieties are very free bloomers, and produce large spikes 
of'flowers white, pink, rose, light blue, dark blue, and violet. In some varieties the flowers are double, 
°n others single. * 'The beautiful plume-like foliage is very ornamental, and the whole series are excellent 
for bouquets and table decorations. 
Double Dwarf Rocket. One foot in height. Mixed colors, ounce, 25 cents. 5 
Double Tall Rocket. Large plant; very showy. Two feet. Mixed colors. 5 
Stock-Flowered. Double. Branching. Fine for cutting. Two feet. Mixed colors. 5 
Candelabrum. One foot in height; flowering late. Mixed colors. 10 
Emperor. Compact; brilliant. Two feet. Mixed colors. 5 
PERENNIAL VARIETIES 
The perennial Larkspurs are valuable plants. Foliage clean and pretty; habit strong and good 
flowering branches of some varieties often four feet high; flower spikes six inches or more in length. Prop¬ 
agated by division of roots and from seed. Sow seed in open ground, early in spring, and strong plants 
will be produced by fall that will flower the next spring, and some of them the first season. 
Formosum. Brilliant blue, white eye. Three feet. 5 
Formosum ccelestinum. (Pillar of Beauty >. Celestial blue ; flowers large; spikes long. Plants 
three feet in height. 10 
Nudicaule. Bright scarlet; native of California. One foot. 10 
Chinese. Fine. Two to three feet. Blue, white, and pink, mixed. 5 
Zalil 1 Hardy Yellow Larkspur'. A lovely shade of sulphur-yellow, bearing spikes of forty to 
fifty blossoms each, one inch in diameter. Plants one to two feet. 10 
Large-flowering Hybrids. Three to six feet high. Flowers of various shades; very showy. 
Finest varieties mixed. 5 
LOBELIA 
Exceedingly useful plants for edging of flower beds, their free-blooming qual¬ 
ities and brilliant shades of blue to white making a pleasing contrast to the 
masses of reds and yellows so prevalent in bedding. They are also elegant for 
hanging baskets, pot culture, etc. All are annuals except L. cardinalis, which 
is a hardy perennial. 
Cardinalis. Our native Cardinal Flower. Spikes of brilliant scarlet. 
Blooms first year if well started with heat.10 
Barnard’s Perpetual. This is the finest Lobelia ever introduced. 
Flowers a brilliant blue, white eye.10 
Crystal Palace compacta. Dark blue. The best for edging and carpet¬ 
bedding . 10 
Emperor William. Light blue ; compact; very fine.10 
Erinus erecta compacta. Deep rich blue.10 
Erinus erecta alba. White. 10 
Prima Donna. Dwarf, compact. Velvety maroon flowers.10 
MARIGOLD 
White Gem. Forms a ball of snow-white flowers. 
Golden Queen. A valuable variety. Makes a striking contrast with 
its bright golden-yellow leaves and brilliant blue flowers. Ia 
Erinus (gracilis). Blue. Fine for baskets or trailing purposes.10 
Erinus speciosa (Crystal Palace). Dark blue ; very fine.to- 
Hybrida grandiflora. Large, dark blue flowers, white eye. jo. 
One packet of each of the above twelve varieties for 75 cents. 
Mixed varieties, for baskets, etc. ro 
MARIGOLD 
The African and French Marigolds are valuable for their flowers in autumn, 
and can be grown to advantage in little clumps with other plants in the front 
of shrubbery or in the garden border. The African varieties are the taller 
in growth, and produce large self colored blossoms. The French varieties are 
smaller, some of them being elegantly striped and spotted. The dwarf-growing 
kinds adapt themselves to spots where the taller varieties would be unsuitable. 
Seeds can be sown in a coldframe or in a seedbed in the open border, and the 
young plants transplanted late in the spring to where they are to remain. They 
succeed best in a light soil, with full exposure to the sun. Annual. 
AFRICAN MARIGOLDS 
Pride of the Garden. The immense flowers of this grand variety are 
densely double, and of a beautiful golden yellow color. A notable feature 
is the compact, dwarf habit of the plant, which forms dense bushes fifteen 
to eighteen inches high and two feet across.10 
Eldorado. Flowers very large, ten to fourteen inches in circumference, 
and extremely double; quilled like a Dahlia; primrose, lemon, orange, 
and golden shades. Plant three feet in height. 5 
Lemon Queen. Large lemon-colored flowers. 5 
Prince of Orange. Large orange flowers. 5 
Mixed varieties. Ounce, 50 cents. 5 
FRENCH MARIGOLDS 
Striped, yellow and brown. . . 5 
Tall varieties mixed. Ounce, 50 cents. 5 
Dwarf varieties mixed. Ounce, 50 cents. 5 
Dwarf Marigold Little Brownie, or Legion of Honor. A charming 
single-flowered plant, about six inches high. Very effective in masses or 
borders. Begins flowering extremely early, commencing in June. Color 
a brilliant gold, blotched with maroon. 5 
Gold Margin. Excellent. Flowers velvety maroon, margined with gold. 
Plant only eight inches high, bushy, compact, and free-flowering. 5 
Tagetes signata pumila. A beautiful dwarf plant, forming a globular 
dense mass. Fine for bedding or borders. 5 
How to Grow Asters 
Their Culture and Care. 24 pages of valuable information, 
free with an order of Vick’s Aster Seed amounting to 25 cents. 
Ten cents without the seed. 
