JAMES VICK’S SONS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
FLOWER SEEDS 
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BALSAM 
The garden Balsam, or Lady’s Slipper, is one of the most beautiful and most popular 
of our tender annuals. It is a native of India, and likes a bright sun and warm weather. 
The seed should be sown in the house, the hotbed, coldframe, or in a warm, sheltered 
spot in light soil in the garden, after the ground has become warm. The seeds germinate 
quickly, and young plants make a rapid growth. When they are an inch or two high, 
transplant the seedlings four or five inches apart, so that they may have light and air on 
all sides, and by the time they arc about four inches high transplant to their permanent 
place. Set the plants at least a foot apart, in well enriched soil. Two feet high. 
Improved Camellia-flowered, New White Perfection. 10 
Improved Camellia-flowered. The flowers arc very large, and extra double. 
A superb strain. Mixed colors. 10 
Camellia-flowered Deep Blood Red. Very double. Extra fine. 10 
Camellia-flowered White. Double. xo 
Camellia-flowered Spotted. Very double flower, spotted with white. Mixed colors 10 
Camellia or Rose-flowered. Very double; Perfect form. Mixed colors. ... xo 
Carnation. Double; striped like the Carnation. xo 
Solferino. White, striped and spotted with red. io 
Common Double. Occasionally only semi-double. Ounce 40 cents. 5 
This set of three,—Camellia-flowered White, Spotted, and Carnation 
Striped,—for 25 cents. 
BRACHYCOME 
Swan River Daisy. A charming 
flower in white and blue varieties. 
The plants grow about twelve inches 
in height and bloom freely. They 
make elegant border plants, either in 
separate colors or mixed. The flowers 
are fine for cutting,and the neat slender 
foliage is well adapted for bouquet mak¬ 
ing. It is an annual, and seed may be 
sown in the open border after the 
weather is warm ,or in the house earlier. 
Blue, white, or mixed, each . . . 5 
BEGONIA 
Sow seed in January or early in 
February in the greenhouse. The 
plants will be large enough to set out 
at planting time in the spring. BRACHYCOME 
Vernon. Begonia Vernon is a charming variety, distinguished by the splendid 
coloring of its foliage and flowers; the latter a bright orange-carmine, contrast¬ 
ing beautifully with the foliage, which at first is green, but when exposed to 
the sun changes into a very deep red with metallic hue. The plants are ex¬ 
ceedingly floriferous, and are valuable for beds or borders, either in shade or 
sunshine. If the plants are potted in autumn they will bloom in winter . . . xo 
, Semperflorens alba and rosea are equally as desirable for summer beds, 
blooming all the season through. Each .. 5 
C A N N A 
The Cannas are perennials, but will bloom the first year if seed be sown early 
Seeds should be soaked for twenty-four hours in warm water before sowing. 
Crozy’s New Hybrids, saveJ by Mr. Crozy from the handsomest of bis new 
introductions. These new Cannas are the most gorgeous bedding plants we 
have. Most of them are dwarf in habit, early bloomers, and remarkable both 
for beauty and size of flower and foliage. If seeds be sown before April in hot¬ 
bed or greenhouse, the plants will bloom in July, and continue until frost. 
These plants may be potted in the fall and kept blooming through the winter, 
or the roots may be taken up in late fall and kept over like Dahlias and re¬ 
planted in the following spring. Mixed varieties. j 0 
Madame Crozy. Brilliant vermilion-scarlet, bordered with deep golden yellow 10 
Alphonse Bouvier. Brilliant crimson, foliage green. 10 
President Faivre. Fine dwarf, dark-leaved variety. 10 
Queen Charlotte. Crimson-scarlet, bordered with gold. 10 
Jules Cretien. Yellow, splashed with orange .. 10 
Mixed Tall Varieties of the old types. Among these arc many fine colors 
not represented in the newer sorts. Ounce, 20 cents. 
CALENDULA 
The well-known Pot Marigold, valued for flavoring soups and stews. Flowers 
are dried in fall and kept in paper bags for use. In mild climates this plant will 
bloom nearly all the year round. Seeds can be sown in early spring in open ground. 
Hardy annual. About one foot in height. 
Double Sulphur. Flowers very large and double. Color light lemon-yellow 5 
Prince of Orange. Fine, intense orange. Double. 5 
Meteor. Handsome, double, and beautifully striped, the petals having a 
creamy center edged with orange-yellow. «j 
Mixed Varieties . . c 
DOUBLE BALSAM 
For illustrations of Balsam and Calendula , see 
opposite page . 
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CANNA 
