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Flower Seeds 
Vick’s Garden and Floral Guide 
NASTURTIUMS 
CLIMBING NASTURTIUMS 
T HESE are among the very best climbers. They require but 
little attention, for seed sown in the spring of the year in 
any fair garden soil, not too rich, will produce plants ten to twelve 
feet in height before autumn. They endure hot and dry weather 
very well. There are several varieties; the leaves of some being 
very light transparent green, while in others they are very dark, 
almost purplish. The flowers are all shades of yellow and scarlet, 
some of them beautifully spotted. The climbing Tropseolums are 
excellent plants for baskets, vases, etc. Grown two or three in a 
large pot, with brush or lattice work support, they make a most 
showy ornament, which can be moved at pleasure. 
VicK’s Complete Collection 
of Climbing Nasturtiums 
The dwarf Nasturtiums are extremely popular for making a 
brilliant bed of color, but the Climbing varieties are com¬ 
ing to their own as ornamental coverings for fences, stumps 
or low trellises. They bloom freely, and present a great vari¬ 
ety of colors. The following eighteen varieties are offered 
In One Collection for 50 Cents 
New Climbing Nasturtium 
“ Hybrids of Madam Gunther.” A strain of French origin, most 
remarkable for the wide range of exquisite colors, showing pink, purple, rose, 
salmon, light yellow, dark maroon, deep orange, etc., etc.; also striped and 
blotched, mottled and variegated in the most fantastic manner. They are 
strong growers, climbing five to seven feet, with rich dark foliage. Fine 
for porches, vases, or trailing on the ground. Half-hardy annual. Ounce, 
25 cents.5 
Tropaeolum Majtis 
Per ounce, 15 cents ; packet, 5 cents. 
Atropurpureum. Dark crimson. 
Atropurpureum fol. aureis. Foliage 
yellow, flowers crimson. 
Chocolate. 
Dark Orange. 
Edward Otto. Bronze, silky. 
King Theodore. The darkest. 
Orange. Very handsome. 
Pearl. Creamy white. 
Prince Henry. Light yellow, marbled 
with scarlet. 
Regelianum. Purple-violet. 
Scheuerianum. Straw-color, 
brown striped. 
Scheuerianum coccineum, 
Scarlet striped. 
Scarlet. 
Schulzii. Brilliant scarlet. 
S c h i 11 i n g i. Bright yellow 
blotched with maroon. 
Vesuvius. Brilliant salmon-rose, 
dark-leaved. 
Von Moltke. Bluish rose. 
Yellow. 
Mixed varieties. The green seed-pods used for pickles. Pound, 80 cents ; 
oz. 10 cents .. 
Extra choice ini.red. % pound, 50cents; oz., 20 cents. 
Tropaeolum Lobbianum 
Resembling the tall variety in habit, with beautiful and various colored 
flowers borne in great profusion. The flowers and foliage are somewhat 
smaller than the ordinary Nasturtium. Half-hardy annual. 
Asa Gray. Yellowish white, very fine. 
Giant of Battles. Sulphur and red . 5 
King of the Blacks. Very dark brown. 5 
Lucifer. Very dark scarlet. 5 
Primrose. Cream, with brown spots. 5 
Princess Victoria Louise. Light yellow, with blood-red spots and 
spurs . 5 
Choicest mixture, oz., 20 cents. 5 
Canary-bird Flower. One of the finest of the Nasturtium family, resem¬ 
bling a Canary Bird with expanded wings. Half-hardy annual. 
TOM THUMB NASTURTIUMS 
Nasturtiums arc much used for making dense masses of color, the Tom Thumb varieties being especially desirable for this purpose. In the hottest weather 
they thrive and bloom luxuriantly. When planted 
Aurora. Salmon-rose, mottled and veined . . 5 
Beauty. Orange and vermilion.5 
Bronze. Beautiful coppery bronze. 5 
Carter's. Scarlet. 5 
Chameleon. Mottled crimson, bronze, and 
yellow. 5 
Cloth of Gold. Golden-leaved; flowers intense 
scarlet. 5 
Cceruleo-roseum. Bluish rose. 5 
Crystal Palace Gem. Sulphur, maroon spots 5 
Empress of India. Dark leaves, crimson 
flowers. e 
poor soil they flower profusely ; if the soil is too rich 
Dark Crimson. 5 
Golden King. Golden yellow flowers. Very 
fine . 5 
Golden Queen. A beautiful new golden- 
flowered, yellow-leaved variety. 5 
King Theodore. Flowers very dark. 5 
King of Tom Thumbs. Leaves bluish green, 
flowers brilliant scarlet. 5 
Lady Bird. Golden yellow, flamed crimson . 5 
Luteum. Yellow. 5 
Pearl. Light cream.5 
Prince Henry. Light yellow, marbled scarlet 5 
ley run to leaves. Hardy annuals. 
Regelianum. Purplish violet . 5 
Rose. Rose, tinted with salmon. 5 
Ruby King. Foliage dark. 5 
Scheuerianum coccineum. Scarlet striped 5 
Spotted. Yellow, crimson spots. 5 
Spotted King. Rich orange, maroon spots. . 5 
One packet each of ahoz>e twenty-four , 70 cents. 
Extra Choice Mixture, from named 
sorts, pound, 60 cents; oz., 20 cents. . . 5 
Mixed I'arieties , 1 pound, $1.00 ; y lb., 
30 cents; oz., 10 cents. 5 
