JAMES VICK’S SONS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
FLOWER SEEDS 65 
RICINUS 
RICINUS 
The Ricinus has very ornamental foliage and beautiful showy fruit. Fine for 
the center of a bed, as it gives a magnificent semi-tropical appearance; or, 
planted thick, it makes a fine screen or hedge. Plant seed in open, very rich, 
deep-spaded ground, in a dry situation, as soon as safe in spring. The common 
Castor Oil Bean is cultivated for the oil, and grows about twenty bushels per 
acre. Annual. 
Macrocarpus. Whitish ; beautiful. Six feet. 5 
Purpureus. Purple stems and leaves. Magnificent. Six feet.5 
Borboniensis. Very beautiful large green leaves. Fifteen feet. 5 
Cambodgensis. The finest dark-foliaged Ricinus. Leaves maroon; 
stem nearly black; fruit bronzy purple. Five feet. 5 
Duchess of Edinburgh. Dark purple stem and leaves. Ten feet ... 5 
Africanus hybridus. Fine. Stem and fruit rose. Six feet. 5 
Giganteus. Large, fine, and showy. Six feet. 5 
Philippinensis. Very large, beautiful leaves. Ten feet. 5 
Sanguineus. Blood-red stalk and clusters of red fruit. Light feet. Ounce 
15 cents... 
Communis (Castor Oil Bean, Palma Christi). Pound, 40 cents ; oz., 
10 cents. 5 
One package each of the above for 35 cents. 
Mixed varieties. Ounce, 15 cents. 5 
Zanzibarensis (Zanzibar Castor Oil Plant). New and distinct. The 
gigantic leaves, two to two and one-half feet across, and the great size 
of the plant, surpass any other known Ricinus. The luxuriant tropical 
appearance when planted singly or in masses is matchless. We offer four 
varieties in mixture ; one will produce light green leaves with whitish 
ribs ; another coppery brown leaves, changing to dark green with red 
ribs, stems brown ; another brownish-purple leaves, changing to dark 
green, with reddish stems; another with bronze leaves, with reddish ribs 
and glaucous brown stems. The four varieties mixed, ounce, 15 cents . 5 
SALPIGLOSSI5 
Grandiflora. This has long been one of our favorite flowers, but has never attained the popularity to which it is 
entitled. Our illustration shows its forms and veinings, but nature only can paint its colors — it is a splendid half- 
hardy annual, with flowers of a peculiar richness, very delicately and beautifully penciled. Very effective in the 
sunlight, which brings out the beautiful tints and veinings. Plants about two feet in height. Seeds may be sown 
under glass, but will do well in the open ground, if the soil is light. Mixed colors from choice plants. 5 
New Emperor. This 
new variety shows a 
very marked and 
striking distinction in 
habit of growth as 
well as in its flowers. 
It fo r m s only one 
thick main stem 
about thirty inches 
high, which is thickly 
covered with flowers 
considerably larger 
th a n those of the 
SWEET WILLIAM 
older type, and presents a compact bouquet, in the 
various rich velvety colors usual to the species — 
purple, crimson, scarlet, rose, etc.— elegantly veined 
with gold. Mixed colors.15 
SWEET WILLIAM 
The best varieties of Sweet William are of exceedingly 
beautiful colors, very large and almost perfect in form, 
with trusses of great size. Treatment as for Carnation. 
The plants are perfectly hardy, and may be increased by 
division of the roots. The colors pass from white to 
pink, crimson, carmine, and purple ; with distinct eye 
encircled with color differing from the rest of the flower, 
like Phlox or Verbenas. They make very durable cut 
flowers. It is well to raise new plants every year from 
seed, for old plants become debilitated and unsightly, and 
the flowers decrease in size. 
Perfection (Auricula-flowered). Single varieties 
mixed. 5 
Double varieties mixed. 5 
Dunetti. Single. Blood-red, velvety texture .... 5 
White. Single. Constant. 5 
At prices quoted in this Catalogue , we prepay 
5 ALPIGLOSSIS - 
postage or express charges unless otherwise noted. 
