JAMES VICK’S SONS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
FLOWER SEEDS 
69 
VERBENA 
Very few plants will make such a gorgeous display during the summer months 
as the Verbenas, or furnish more flowers for cutting. Start seed in the house or 
under glass early in the spring, and transplant after three or four inches of growth. 
Good healthy plants can be produced from seed as readily as almost any tender 
annual. They flower in July, and continue strong and healthy until destroyed by 
frosts. For more than thirty years we have made a specialty of Verbenas, and 
our stock today stands unrivaled. 
Auricula-Flowered or White-Eyed. Mixed colors.10 
Striped. Excellent flowers, with Carnation-like stripes.10 
Scarlet. Brightest scarlet. Quite true.10 
Pure White. Quite true from seed.10 
Cloth of Gold. The golden yellow leaves present a unique appearance. 
Fine Mixed.10 
Ccerulea. Blue, with white eye. 10 
Lutea 1 Primrose). Yellow. 10 
Purplish Violet, with large white center.10 
One package 0/each 0/ the above eight, 60 cents. 
Yevhima hijbridu. Extra large flowers, fine mixed colors, choice 
seed, saved only from the most beautiful named flowers, ounce, $2. . 10 
Mixed colors. 5 
ZINNIA 
For illustration of Curled and Crested Zinnia 
see full page plate opposite page 64. 
The Zinnia is a large, free-growing annual, and will always be popular. Flowers 
all summer, making the most brilliant display possible. Makes an excellent border 
or summer hedge, and for this purpose set plants twelve to fifteen inches apart. Seeds 
germinate freely, and young plants can be moved as easily as Cabbage plants. 
GIANT-FLOWERING DOUBLE. 
Plants of vigorous growth, about three feet high, bearing profusely their 
perfectly-formed double flowers, from four to five inches in diameter. 
Scarlet, Striped Gold .... 10 Citron-Yellow.10 
Queen Victoria. A variety of vigorous growth, with very double pure 
white flowers about four inches in diameter.10 
AH colors mixed. 10 
LARGE-FLOWERING TALL DOUBLE. 
Separate Colors, lilac, purple, scarlet, rose, crimson, orange, yellow, 
white, each. 5 
One packet each of the above eight colors , jo cents. 
All colors mixed, ounce, 40 cents . 5 
Curled and Crested. A beautiful strain of this popular plant, showing 
on each plant from 100 to 200 large double flowers, the petals being 
crested, twisted and curled into graceful and most fantastic forms. The 
colors comprise all the beautiful shades characteristic of the Zinnia ... 10 
LARGE-FLOWERING DWARF DOUBLE. 
Only two feet high; compact-growing. Flowers very large, double to the 
center, and of perfect form. 
Seven separate colors,—scarlet, yellow, orange, purple, salmon, flesh, 
and pure white ; each color . 5 
One package of each of the above seven, 2g cents. 
Choicest colors mixed; ounce, 40 cents. 5 
Double Striped. A class embracing colors of the Large-Flowering Dwarf 
Zinnias, with striped and blotched petals. They grow about 50 per 
cent, striped, remainder solid colors. Mixed colors only. 5 
LILLIPUT VARIETIES. 
Exceedingly pretty plants, fifteen inches high, and thickly branched. Flowers 
but little larger than a Daisy in size, very double, and freely produced all 
summer and until late in fall. Fine for pots, as well as for groups and borders. 
Golden Gem. Scarlet Gem. White Gem. Orange Gem. The 
four for 30 cents ; each .... 10 Mixed Colors.10 
Tom Thumb. Varies from four to twelve inches in height, and from six 
to fourteen inches in diameter, forming compact, free-flowering, pigmy 
bushes, suited for edgings, small beds, and pot plants. Mixed colors ... 10 
Our Collection of Zinnias 
Attention is called to the magnificent colors of the flowers of the Large-Flow¬ 
ering Zinnias. It is not long since the Zinnia was considered a coarse plant, 
with muddy color effects in the flowers, and we must confess that we arc sur¬ 
prised at the improvements made in the past few years. On our trial grounds 
Zinnias were grown beside Dahlias, and the remark was made by many that 
the solid colors equaled in brilliancy the more aristocratic flower, and we are 
sure that any who purchase the collection in separate colors will be more than 
pleased with their investment. 
Tall Double, Eight separate colors — Lilac, purple, crim¬ 
son, scarlet, rose, orange, yellow, white — in one collection 
for 30 cent§. 
VERBENA 
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES 
Agrostis nebulosa. The most elegant of Ornamental Grasses. 5 
Arundo Donax variegatis aureus. Perennial. Strong stem, with 
golden-yellow striped leaves. Six feet high. 5 
Avena sterilis (Animated Oat). Thirty inches high. 5 
Briza maxima. Perfectly hardy. One foot. 5 
Briza geniculata. Small; flowers freely. Eight inches. 5 
Chrysurus cynosuroides (Lamarckia aurea). Feathery spikes . . . 5 
Coix lachryma (Job’s Tears). Two feet; Corn-like leaves. Ounce 20c . 5 
Erianthus Ravennse. As fine as Pampas Grass. Superior for a northern 
climate. Hardy. Plants, 15 cents each ; seeds. 5 
Gynerium argenteum ( Pampas Grass). A noble Grass, flowers 
second season. Not hardy here. 5 
Hordeum jubatum (Squirrel Tail Grass). Fine. 5 
Lagurus ovatus. Dwarf. Called Hare’s Tail Grass. One foot .... 5 
Pennisetum longistylum. A very graceful grass, growing eighteen inches 5 
Stipa pennata (Feather Grass). Magnificent. Flowers second season . 5 
EVERLASTINGS 
Acroclinium. One of the most beautiful Everlastings. Gather the first 
day they open to secure a bright center when dried. Bright rose and 
white. Single varieties, both colors mixed, ounce, 30 cents. 5 
Double varieties mixed. 10 
Ammobium alatum grandiflorum. One of the hardiest everlastings. 
Very useful for making up in bouquets. White. 5 
Gomphrena (Globe Amaranth). Start seed in a hotbed, if possible. 
Set the plants about a foot apart. If the cottony coating which surrounds 
it is removed, the seed will be more certain to grow. Mixed varieties ; 
ounce 20 cents. 5 
Helichrysum monstrosum. Flowers double, large and full, and of a good 
variety of colors. Two feet. Cut just before the flowers fully expand. 
Plant about a foot apart. Seeds germinate readily, even in the open 
ground. Mixed colors. 5 
Helipterum grows about a foot in height, branching, bearing very many 
clusters of flowers. Should be taken when the buds arc about opening, 
tied in bunches, and hung up in a shady place. The flowers will open 
in the drying process, retaining their color and brightness for many years. 
Sanfordii. Choice. Flowers small, rich yellow. 5 
corymbiflorum. White flowers. 5 
Rhodanthe. Fine for garden. Comes into flower early and continues a 
long time. One of the best everlastings for bouquets. Care is necessary 
in starting seeds. After good plants arc grown we never fail to obtain 
abundance of flowers. Fine single mixed.to 
Xeranthemum. Free-blooming annual. One foot. Seeds germinate freely. 
Transplant well when young. $Ct ten inches apart. Mixed col<?rs ... 5 
