JAMES VICK’S SONS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
FLOWER SEEDS 
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CAM PAN U LA 
The well-known popular, large bell¬ 
shaped flower, known everywhere as 
Canterbury Bell, is a biennial Cam¬ 
panula. There are double varieties 
of every color, but, though curious, 
are not really as beautiful as the old 
single bell. They lose that light trans¬ 
parent grace that is so attractive in a 
flower. 
Medium (Canterbury Bell). 
I' lowers 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, ot 
pyramidal form, 
bearing hundreds 
of beautiful cup¬ 
shaped flowers. 
Suitable for the gar¬ 
den or pots. Blue 
and white, mixed . 5 
Grandiflora (Platy- 
codon). Hardy 
perennial, produc¬ 
ing large broad 
bell - shaped, 
showy, deep blue 
flowers, during the 
whole season. 
Very desirable for 
planting in per¬ 
manent borders or 
among shrubbery . 10 
CATCHFLY 
Silene Armeria. A 
bright-colored, free-flow¬ 
ering annual, grown 
largely for spring flower¬ 
gardening, Suitable for rock-work or open border. Succeeds in any light, 
loamy soil. White, red, and rose, mixed. 5 
CARDIOSPERMUM 
Balloon Vine 
Love-in-a-Puff. A pretty rapid-growing summer climber, with small 
white flowers, followed by curious inflated seed-vessels. Thrives in light 
soils. Sometimes grown in pots on verandas, etc. Annual. 5 
C LARKIA 
Very pretty free-flowering annuals, of easy culture. A bed of these early 
spring flowers for cool or shady places is very desirable. They are useful as 
edging plants or for vases and hanging baskets. One to two feel. A variety 
of bright colors. 
Double. Best varieties mixed. . r 
Single.. * *. 
CASSIA 
Partridge or Sensitive Pea 
The plant grows from twelve to eighteen inches in height. Leaves pinnate, 
and, like those of Mimosa pudica, are sensitive to touch, drooping or folding 
together. The flowers are large, of a beautiful yellow, two of the petals being 
purple-spotted at the base. They are borne on stems from two to five in a 
cluster, and are produced freely. Annual... 5 
COSMOS 
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 tb^ 
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. I f grown in pots and 
housed by the end of September, they will flower all winter. Pure white. 
Pink, White tinted with rose. Carmine, 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 ftily and last until frost..to 
See illustration 0/ Cos/nos facing page 4Q. 
CELOSIA 
Celosias are interesting and brilliant annuals, and when well grown from seed 
of good quality never fail to please the grower and attract attention. There 
arc two desirable forms of the Celosia, the Cockscomb and the Feathered. 
There are seveial colors, red, orange, and yellow, but the bright reds are the 
best. These combs are often grown a foot or more across the top. Vick’s 
Japan Cockscomb far excels every other variety in the varied forms and beauty 
of the combs and brilliancy of their color. 
COCKSCOMB. 
Vick’s Japan Cockscomb. Entirely distinct and very beautiful .... 10 
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-scarJet.10 
Tall varieties mixed. 5 
Dwarf varieties mixed. 5 
FEATHERED CELOSIA 
The Feathered Celosias have feathery plumes of great size and beauty. The 
following are the best of this class in cultivation, and come true from seed. 
Superba plumosa. Superb feathered, bright crimson. to 
Triomphe de l’Exposition. Splendid crimson. jo 
Golden Plume. Bright golden yellow. Habit pyramidal.10 
Mixed colors. jo 
See illustration of Cockscomb facing page 4Q. 
CYPRESS VINE 
Ipomcea Quamoclit. This 
delicate and symmetrical climber 
with its dark green feathery foli¬ 
age, 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 plants are set in rich soil, 
where they are 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 
CENTRANTHUS 
The flowers of Centranthus are small, pink, salmon-colored, or white, borne 
in clusters on light green, almost transparent stems. They form beautiful 
masses for borders, and for bouquets or other floral work arc excellent. Annual. 
Mixed varieties. . 5 
C A C A I* I A 
Flora’s Paint Brush. Pretty, half-hardy annual, with tassel-like flowers, 
borne in clusters on long stems. Blooms from June to September Scarlet 
and Yellow, each. ... . .... 5 
CYPRESS VINE 
