James Vick’s Sons, Seedsmen, Rochester, N. Y, 
Flower Seeds 
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MORNING GLORIES 
Convolvulus Major 
The old Morning Glory. Annual. One of the most free-flowering and rapidly 
growing plants in cultivation. The richness and delicacy of the brilliant 
flowers is unsurpassed. The seeds germinate so readily that they can be grown 
in the garden anywhere the plants are needed, and almost at any time. 
White ; white and violet striped ; white striped with rose ; light 
blue; dark blue; carmine; lilac; incarnata, bright red ; atrosan- 
guinea, dark red ; each color. .5 
One packet of each of the above nine varieties for 30 cents. 
All the above mixed. Ounce, 20 cents.. 5 
New Double-Flowering. Very fine. About eighty per cent, of the 
plants will produce double flowers ; the remainder semi-double or single . 10 
Large-Flowered Morning Glory, Rochester 
This grand Morning Glory is remarkable for the large size and beautiful color 
of the flower. Vines strong, growing quickly twelve to twenty feet high, with 
magnificent foliage, leaves measuring from eight to ten inches across, and remain¬ 
ing on the vines close to the ground during the entire summer. Flowers four to 
five inches across, deep violet-blue in the throat, blending out to an azure blue, 
bordered with a wide white band around the edge. The flowers form in clusters 
of from three to five, from the ground to the top of the vines.10 
Brazilian Morning Glories 
Ipomcea setosa. A most interesting climber, with rose-colored flowers 
from three to four inches in diameter, and leaves eight to twelve inches across. 
It presents a remarkable appearance, branching in all directions, and intertwin¬ 
ing so as to make it impenetrable to the sun’s rays. The large seed-pods, with 
short, reddish hairs on the stems, make it unusually ornamental and attractive. 
After planting pour on scalding water.. 
VICK’S IMPERIAL 
Japanese Morning Glories 
OUR OWN SPECIAL STRAIN 
We have given much labor and space to cultivating and improving these 
large and desirable Morning Glories, and as a’result are able to offer a very fine 
mixture of choice colors, ranging through white with pink throat, white spotted 
with violet, white spotted with rose, mauve with white throat, lavender with 
central band of crimson, cobalt-blue with rose bands, violet with blood-red 
bands, crimson with carmine bands, and purple with maroon bands. Their 
exquisite beauty and enormous size (from four to six inches across), with their 
innumerable markings and shadings, command the admiration of all flower 
lovers. The vines are strong and robust, attaining a height of thirty to fifty 
feet. The foliage is large and finely cut; sometimes plain green, and occasion¬ 
ally green beautifully mottled with creamy buff. Sold in mixed colors only. 
Ounce, 50 cents.. 
MIGNONETTE, GOLDEN MACHET 
MIGNONETTE 
Seeds of Mignonette may be sown at any season, so that by having pots 
prepared at different times, a succession of flowers can be secured. Seeds 
sown early in the garden will give flowers through the summer. Plant in a cool 
place and it will continue to bloom all through the fall. For winter blooming 
keep in a cool room till buds are formed and begin to show, then bring into 
a temperature not exceeding fifty degrees at night. Very few cultivate the 
Sweet Mignonette compared with the many that might show their love for this 
sweet little flower. Annual. 
Sweet, (Reseda odorata grandiflora.) A well-known fragrant plant. 
Ounce 15 cent s. 5 
Grandiflora Ameliorata. A large variety, with reddish tinge to the 
flowers. Ounce 20 cents. 5 
Giant Pyramidal. A mammoth variety. Ounce 60 cents. i* 
Golden Queen. A very fine and distinct variety, with flowers of a golden 
hue. Ounce 40 cents. 5 
Machet. Plant dwarf and vigorous, of good habit, producing large spikes 
of very sweet-scented flowers. Fine for pot culture. Ounce 40 cents . . 10 
Golden Machet. This variety has all the excellencies of the popular 
Machet Mignonette, recognized by all as the best for forcing and pot 
culture. Plants are of strong, compact habit, bearing long massive spikes 
of golden yellow flowers. Ounce 00.to 
Allen’s Defiance. Spikes from twelve to fifteen inches long, deliciously 
fragrant. Spikes have been kept three weeks after cutting, retaining the 
fragrance till every bud opened. Ounce 50 cents.10 
Goliath. Among all the varieties of Mignonette that have been intro¬ 
duced within the fast few years this is the best and most distinct. The 
plants are compact in habit, with rich green foliage, and the immense 
trusses of highly-scented flowers are borne on erect, strong, stiff stalks. 
It is especially suited to house culture Ounce 40 cents.xo 
New Large-flowering Bismarck. Very large, true pyramidal shape. 
Reddish-colored flowers borne on strong stems, well elevated above the 
dark green, slightly crumpled foliage.10 
Parson’s White. Nearly white ; strongly scented. Ounce 40 cents . . 10 
i Ruby. A fine strain of Machet. Ounce 50 cts. 10 
New Hybrid Spiral. Robust plant, long spikes. Ounce 20 cents. . . 5 
