James Vick’s Sons, Rochester, N. Y. 
Flower Seeds 57 
GAILLARDIA ORANDIFLORA 
GAILLARDIA 
Gaillardias, known as Blanket Flowers, are good bedding plants, being strong, 
constant bloomers, through the whole summer. Flowers large and showy, two 
to three inches across; fine for cutting, as they last a long time in water. Set 
plants twelve to eighteen inches apart. Half-hardy. 
Picta Lorenziana. Fine double variety. Heads two inches in diameter. 
Annual. 5 
Aurora. Double. Red, tipped with yellow. Fine large flower.10 
Grandiflora. Perennial. Very large and brilliant flowers of richest colors; 
crimson, scarlet, orange, and yellow ; excellent for cutting. Mixed colors io 
Mixed single annual varieties . . . f . 5 
ICE PLANT 
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. A pretty,half-hardy annual, with 
delicate, succulent, almost transparent branches and leaves. Of 
drooping habit, adapted to baskets, vase work, and rockeries. Prized 
for its singular foliage. 5 
LOBELIA 
Exceedingly useful plants for edging of flower beds, their free-blooming qual¬ 
ities 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 arc 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.10 
Barnard’s Perpetual. I his is the finest Lobelia ever introduced. 
Flowers a brilliant blue, white eye.10 
Crystal Palace compacta. Dark blue. The best for edging and carpet¬ 
bedding .. .. JO 
Emperor William. Light blue; compact; very fine.. 10 
Erinus erecta compacta. Deep rich blue.10 
Erinus erecta alba. White. 10 
Prima Donn,a. Dwarf, compact. Velvety maroon flowers.10 
White Gem. Forms a ball of snow-white flowers. 10 
Erinus ( gracilis). Blue. Fine for baskets or trailing purposes.10 
Erinus speciosa (Crystal Palace). Dark blue; very fine. jo 
Hybrida grandiflora. Large, dark blue flowers, white eye . ..10 
One packet of each of the above eleven varieties for 75 cents. 
Mixed varieties, for baskets, etc. 
KOCHIA TRICOPHILA. Tr “c,p“” 
Makes a Beautiful Specimen Plant, or Grown in Hedge Form is 
Most Attractive. May also be Trimmed to any Shape or Form 
Although this i 5 not a new plant, it is so little known, and so attractive in appearance, that we 
consider it worthy a place in the garden. It grows two to two and a half feet high, with many 
slender branches pressed close to the main stem, and resembles a small, closely-sheared ever¬ 
green, the slender foliage being light green until September, when the whole plant is a solid 
mass of crimson. Seeds germinate readily, and may.be sown in the open ground about the 
first of May. The plants should stand about two feet apart. 10 
HYACINTH BEAN-Dolichos 
Lablab. This really beautiful climbing plant is of quick growth ; the foliage is handsome 
and the clustered spikes of flowers are borne in great profusion. The shining purple seed- 
pods are also very ornamental. Tender annual, growing six to eight feet. Seed should 
he sown where plants are desired, in as warm and dry a spot as possible 5 
New Japan. A new and beautiful variety, with large, pure white flowers, and waxy white 
seed-pods. Eight to ten feet. ' IQ 
JAPANESE HOP 
A splendid annual climber, rapidly covering arbors, walls, trellises, etc. 'I hc foliage resembles 
that of the common Hop, but is much more dense. Seed sown in the open ground in spring 
will produce large plants in a short time. Withstands heat, drought, and insects. 
Japanese Hop. 
Variegated Japanese Hop. Leaves green and white variegated. 5 
LINUM 
Grandifiorum rubrum. Brilliant crimson flowers, an inch or more across, and a con¬ 
tinuous bloomer. Annual.’■ ,. 
Perennial varieties mixed... ^ 
LYCHNIS 
To obtain good flowers the first summer, start under glass and transplant as early as possible. 
Chalcedonica. Two feet high, with heads of brilliaut scarlet flowers. Perennial.5 
Haageana hybrida. Finest of the Lychnis family. One foot in height. Mixed colors. . 5 
Viscaria splendens. Flowers bright crimson. A very fine red-flowered hardy perennial . 5 
KOCHIA TRICOPHILA 
