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VICK’S GARDEN AND FLORAL GUIDE 
FLOWER SEEDS 
HOLLYHO C K 
In situations suitable for tall flowers wc know of nothing better than the Hollyhock- 
and yet the improved varieties do not grow very high—from four to six feet being 
about the range. New plants are obtained from seed and by dividing the root. 
Seeds sown in the summer will give plants that will endure winter. The plants 
may be protected during the winter with a little straw and evergreen boughs, or 
leaves. Biennial. Sec also Plant Department. 
Hollyhock, Double. Very double and fine, from the best named collection 
in Europe. Jo 
Now Fringed Mammoth Allegheny. This grand new flower is a decided 
improvement on the old-fashioned single Hollyhock. Flowers are single, 
si mi-double, and double, fringed, Chrysanthemum-shaped, seldom less than 
five inches and often seven inches across. Perpetual bloomer. Has from 
two to four buds where the old style has only one. All colors mixed .... i Q 
LOBELIA 
F.xccedingly useful plants for edging of flower beds, their free-blooming qualities 
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. , 0 
Barnard’s Perpetual. This is the finest Lobelia ever introduced. Flowers 
a brilliant blue, white eye. 1Q 
Crystal Palace compacta. Darkbluc. The best for edging and carpet-bedding i 0 
Emperor William. Light blue; com¬ 
pact ; very fine. 10 
Erinus erecta compacta. Deep rich 
buie . .. xo 
Erinus erecta alba. White. 10 
Erinus gracilis. Blue. Fine for bas¬ 
kets or trailing purposes. 10 
Hybrida grandiflora. Large, dark blue 
flowers, white eye. xo 
Prima Donna. Dwarf, compact. Vel¬ 
vety maroon flowers. 10 
White Gem. Forms a ball of snow- 
white flowers. xo 
Golde i Queen. A valuable addition. 
Makes a striking contrast with its bl ight 
golden-yellow leaves and brilliant blue 
flowers. xo 
One package each of the above eleven 
varieties , 75 cents. 
Mixed varieties, for baskets, etc ... 10 j OBF.I IA 
LARKSPUR — Delphinium 
DOUBLE HOLLYHOCK 
DOUBLE LARKSPUR 
ANNUAL VARIETIES 
Beautiful plants They prefer a cool soil and season. Sow seed in fall, or early in spring. The 
branching varieties grow two feet high, and should stand eighteen inches apart. The Rockets should be 
thinned 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, 
in 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-Fowered. 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 ccelcstium. (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 (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 
New Large-flowering Hybrids. Three to six feet high. Flowers of various shades; very 
showy. Finest varieties mixed. 10 
M A L O P E 
Ornamental hardy plants of vigorous growth, branching freely, and producing large flowers of deep rosy 
red, veined darker inside, or of pearl-white. These showy plants are of easy culture, in almost any garden 
soil, but succeed best in a sandy one, and in a sunny situation. Sow seeds in the open border as the plants 
do not bear transplanting. 
Grandiflora. Fowers single, purple.. 5 
Grandiflora alba. Single, pure wdite . , . ... s 
