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FLOWER SEEDS 
VICK’S GARDEN AND FLORAL GUIDE 
STOCKS 
TEN - W EEKS STOCK 
The Ten-Weeks or Annual Stock has nearly or quite all the requisites of a 
perfect flowering plant—good habit, fine foliage, and beautiful flowers of almost 
every desirable tint. Seeds may be sown in the open ground, hotbed or cold- 
frame, but transplanting should be done when the plants are ju*t out of the 
seed-leaf. Make the soil deep and rich, and set the plants a foot apart. If plants 
that are not too far advanced are carefully potted in the fall, they will flower 
finely in winter in a house that is tolerably cool and moist. For this purpose 
sow seeds late in the season. Although not a constant bloomer, like Phlox, the 
flowers endure for a long lime, and the side *hoots give a succession of bio-soms 
when the plant can obtain a needed supply of moisture. 
Largest-Flowering Dwarf. From pot grown plants. Dwarf habit, 
with magnificent large spikes of large double flowers. All colors mixed . xo 
Largest-Flowering Dwarf. In colors, white, flesh-color, aurora,apple- 
blossom, rose, carmine, shining purple - carmine, crimson, blood-red, 
lavender, light-blue, violet, each.io 
Dwarf German, from field-grown plants. Mixed colors.5 
Large-Flowering Pyramidal Dwarf. Of pyramidal habit; long spikes 
of large flowers. Choice colors mixed.10 
Large-flowering Pyramidal. Celestial blue. Excellent color.10 
Snow Flake (Forcing). This variety of Dwarf Wallflower-leaved 
Large-flowering Stock is the earliest white, and one of the earliest of all 
Ten-weeks Stocks. Admirably adapted for forcing. The snow-white 
flowers are uncommonly large and double. Seed produces about 60 per 
cent, of double-flowering plants.10 
Dresden Perpetual (Cut-and-Come-Again, or Princess Alice). 
Pure white. Plants of robust growth and branching habit. I f sown early 
commences blooming in June and continues until frost, producing flowers in 
September and October, when other varieties have faded. Fine for cutting 10 
Large-flowering Wallflower-leaved. Smooth, dark, shining leaves. 
Dwarf. Set six inches apart. Mixed colors.10 
Wallflower-leaved White. A beautiful variety, the flowers being the 
clearest possible white, contrasting grandly with the dark green, glossy 
foliage. Grown largely for cut flow(#-s.10 
Wallflower-leaved Blood-red. The deepest red of all the Stocks. A 
very choice variety, prized by florists for cutting.15 
INTERMEDIATE STOCK 
Early Autumn - flowering. Commences flowering in the autumn. 
Removed to the house, blooms during the winter. Mixed colors .... 10 
BROMPTON STOCK 
Both plant and flowers are larger than the Annual stock, and the spikes longer 
and bolder. The Brompton Stock cannot survive our winters, but plants can 
be removed to the house in the fall, where they will flower well if not kept too 
hot and dry. In spring they can be transferred to the garden. Biennial. 
Empress Elizabeth. Splendid novelty. Immense spikes of bright car¬ 
mine flowers. Superb both for pots and cutting.15 
Best mixed colors.10 
Tree Giant Cape Winter..10 
VI O LETS 
Viola odorata is the well-known English Violet, a free-flowering 
hardy perennial. May be grown from seed, though somewhat slow in germi¬ 
nating. Succeeds best in a partially shaded, moist place. 
Viola odorata semperflorens. Deep violet-blue, and deliciously fragrant 10 
The Czar. Blue and White, sweet-scented, each.10 
Viola cornutai This is a beautiful old border flower which, since 
its introduction into the summer flower-garden, has been taken in hand by the 
hybridizer, and many lovely forms of it now enrich our collections. It com¬ 
mences to flower early in the season and continues until frost. Habit and con¬ 
stitution robust; flowers large and delicately fragrant. 
Viola cornuta Admiration. Magnificent flowers of a beautiful dark blue 10 
Viola cornuta. Dark blue, lavender, and white. Sold only in mixture . . xo 
Viola lutea grandiflora (splendens). Large yellow.xo 
VINCA — Madagascar PeriwinRle 
The Vincas arc among our most satisfactory bedding plants; they are very 
ornamental, and bloom freely from early summer until destroyed by fros*. In the 
all they can be potted for the house, and kept in bloom through the winter. 
Seeds can be started in the window or under glass. They are raised for plant¬ 
ing in the parks of Rochester in the following manner : Seeds are sown the last 
of March in “ flats ” or shallow boxes, and placed in a hotbed. When seedlings 
are large enough to handle they are transplanted into other flats and grown 
along in the hotbed until the middle of May and then hardened off. About June 
xst they are planted out about one foot apart in the beds where they are to 
bloom. Seed sown in coldframe from the xst to 15th of April will also give good 
plants in time for setting out. Annual. 
Rosea. Rose.10 Rosea nova species. White . 10 
Rosea alba. White, red eye . . 10 Mixed varieties ........ 5 
TEN-WEEKS STOCK 
THUNBERGIA 
Beautiful, rapid-growing annual climbers, with pretty flowers (white, buff, 
or orange, with dark eyes) borne in profusion. Seeds start slowly at first, and 
should be sown in a hotbed. When the plants are a few inches high transplant 
to a light, rich, loamy soil in the garden. P'or house culture, baskets, and 
vases, there are few plants superior to the Thunbergia. They may be used 
very effectively in beds, pegged down. Mixed colors. 5 
V A E E R I A N A 
Showy hardy perennials, fine for borders. Flowers scarlet, white, red, or 
rose, borne in large clusters. Eighteen inches high. Mixed colors.5 
WHIT LAVIA 
A pretty annual, with delicate foliage and drooping clusters of blue and white 
bells. Perfectly hardy. For shady spots, few plants will give more pleasure. 
About ten inches high. Mixed varieties .. 5 
SEEDS OF BULBS 
There are a few bulbs which do not come to perfection very rapidly from 
seed, and therefore amateurs have seldom patience to wait for this slow process, 
but obtain plants or bulbs that will flower the first season. A few, however, 
derive pleasure in watching the development from the tiny seed to the perfect 
plant. For the benefit of such we always keep a stock of these seeds, a few of 
which we mention. 
Dahlia. Choicest double varieties mixed. 10 
Dahlia. Finest single varieties mixed.10 
Gladiolus.10 
SEELS OF HARDY CLIMBERS 
These plants arc mostly obtained by purchasing roots, and this is the better 
way when they can be procured. Some, however, cannot get plants, and must 
be content with seeds. Sow very early in spring or autumn, in drills, in 
well-prepared beds. Keep the soil mellow. 
Ampelopsis quinquefolia. Virginia Creeper. 5 
Ampelopsis Veitchii. Good wall plant, clinging to the smoothest sur¬ 
face. Absolutely the finest of the clinging climbers. 5 
Bignonia radicans. Trumpet Vine. 5 
Celastrus scandens. Climbing Bitter-Sweet. 5 
Clematis Flammula. Fragrant, white. 5 
Clematis paniculata. Pure white.10 
Clematis Vitalba. White. 5 
WSLO QAPPEM Mixed Seeds, per ounce, 20 cents 
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