54 Flower Seeds 
Vick’s Garden and Floral Guide 
CENTAUREA 
LARGE-FLOWERED SWEET SULTANS 
The following Centaureas arc perfectly 
hardy annuals, of easy culture, and are gen¬ 
eral favorites both for the garden and for cut- 
flowers. Seed should be sown early where 
plants are desii*cd to bloom. Plants should 
stand one foot or more apart each way. 
Cyanus (Bachelor’s Button, Corn 
Bottle, and Ragged Sailor, known 
in Germany as the Kaiser Blumen and 
Corn Flower). Blooms in almost any 
situation. Eighteen inches to two 
feet. Various colors mixed, ouuce, 
25 cents. 5 
Emperor William. Fine dark blue. 5 
Pure White. 5 
Victoria Dwarf Compact. A charm¬ 
ing miniature variety. Fine for pots 
and edgings. 10 ' 
Americana. Lilac-purple. The largest 
flowering of the Centaureas. Plants two 
feet high. Flowers sometimes four 
inches in diameter ; handsome .... 10 
Suaveolens. (Yellow Sweet Sultan). 
Bright sulphur yellow ; very fragrant. 
Blooms all summer. Splendid for bou¬ 
quets. Eighteen inches. 5 
LARGE-FLOWERING SWEET SULTANS 
These mammoth varieties are great improvements on the old Sweet Sul¬ 
tans. They are as easily cultivated, and succeed everywhere. The flowers 
are two to four inches across, of graceful form, and of the sweetest fragrance. 
Being on long, stiff stems, they arc admirably adapted for bouquets, vases, 
etc. They will keep in good condition a week after being cut. 
Inniperialis A strain of Giant-flowering Sweet Sultan; the finest 
of all for cut flowers. Blooms continuously from summer till autumn. 
The flowers are of various colors, from glistening white, through shades 
of pink, lilac, crimson, and violet, to purple. Very fragrant. Plant 
vigorous, nearly four feet high, and covered with enormous flowers on 
very long stems. Mixed colors, ounce, $1 .00. 10 
Odorata. Light blue. Two feet in height.10 
Chameleon. Sulphur-yellow, changing to creamy white, and again to 
pink. Two feet.. 10 
Margueritse. Pure satin white. Two feet. 10 
SILVER-LEAVED CENTAUREAS—DUSTY MILLERS. 
ESCHSCHOLTZIA 
California Poppy. This is California’s chosen State Flower. The plants 
grow to about a foot in height; the leaves are of a grayish green color, finely cut 
and divided. The large, handsome flowers, two inches or more in diameter, are 
produced in great profusion all summer. Seeds can be sown where the plants 
are to bloom. 
Cross of Malta. Foliage silver-gray ; flowers bright yellow, with a broad, 
dark orange cross in the shape of the Cross of Malta. 5 
Mandarin. Inner side of petals a rich orange, the outside scarlet-orange. 5 
Golden West. A beautiful variety; color light orange-yellow.10 
Californica canaliculata rosea. A beautiful novelty. The rosy petals 
are delicately fluted with tiny folds radiating from the center, and richly 
adorned with a soft primrose-yellow hue.10 
Rose Cardinal. A charming variety, producing freely large intense car¬ 
mine flowers.. .10 
These arc white-leaved perennial varieties, much used for ribbon-borders 
and edgings of beds, not being allowed to bloom. Succeed anywhere. 
Candidissima. Entire plant silvery-white. Leaves much divided. 
Flowers purple, ounce 25 cents. 10 
Clementei. Entire plant densely white-woolly. Leaves broadly cut. 
Flowers yellow. 10 
Gymnocarpa. Whole plant velvety-white. Leaves silver-gray, finely 
divided. Flowers rose-violet. 10 
One pachet each of the three finest varieties, 
Golden West, Californica canaliculata vohea, and 
Hose Cardinal, 23 cents . 
Orange, Yellow, and White, single, separate colors, each. 5 
Single varieties mixed. 5 
Double Orange, and Double White, each. 5 
Double varieties mixed.. . 5 
Eschscholtzia 
California 
Poppy 
REMEMBER We pay the Postage or Express Charges on all Seeds, unless other- 
-—_-- wise noted. Most seedsmen require YOU to pay these items. 
