James Vick’s Sons, Seedsmen, Rochester, N. Y. 
Flower Seeds 65 
PERENNIAL 
VARIETIES 
ICELAND POPPY 
Papaver nudicaule. 
The Iceland Poppies are peren¬ 
nial, blossoming the first season 
from seed. The fragrant, elegant 
crushed-satin-like flowers are pro¬ 
duced continuously from June to 
October. The flowers last fully a 
week, if cut as soon as open. 
Pure White, Yellow and Orange. 
Separate or Mixed, each. jo 
Collection of the three Iceland 
Poppies for 25 cents. 
ORIENTAL POPPIES 
The single, large, oriental Poppies are a I 
great addition to the herbaceous border, and 
are of greater value among shrubbery, as they 
tend to relieve and lighten up the usually dark j 
and sombre character of clumps of shrubs, I- 
Flowers very large, five or six inches across. 
Bracteatum. Scarlet. Three feet high . ... 5 
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Orientate. One of the most striking j 
and showy hardy garden plants, bearing great 
flowers, six or eight inches across, deep scarlet 
with a bluish-purple base. The plants are very 
hardy and easily grown from seed. Very large ; 
red. Three feet. . . * *. 5 
Involucratum maximum. Fine large scarlet 
flowers. 5 i 
Braid burn Crescent 
Edinburgh, Scotland, Oct. 30, iqoq. 
The Aster seed procured from your firm gave us very sat¬ 
isfactory results. The past season was very trying on all 
sorts cf vegetation, but your plants continued flowering , 
despite the weather. I am going to lim>e them again next year . 
Yours truly, ANNIE M. MclNTYRE . 
Poppies 
VicK’s Best Annual and 
Perennial Varieties 
Within the past few years many developments in the Poppy family 
have brought these flowers into deserved popularity, and good an¬ 
nual varieties are numerous, ranging in size from the Ranunculus- 
flowered, two inches in diameter, to the large Peony-flowered. 
The plants have strong tap roots, and are difficult to transplant; 
it is better to sow the seed early in the spring where the plants 
are to flower. 
ANNUAL VARIETIES 
Vick’s Brilliant is a superior variety, of strong, robust growth, two to 
three feet high. The flowers have a variety of bright colors ; pure white 
with a pink tinge, scarlet, rose, purple, and other shades, and are so 
beautiful and bright as to be almost dazzling to the eye. Round as a ball; 
perfectly double. 
1 „ v Flowers exceedingly graceful and elegant; single; 
> *“^**-** • colors ranging from blush-white, delicate pink, rose, 
and carmine, to bright sparkling crimson, occasionally blotched and 
streaked with white. The best and most showy of all the single Poppies . . 
Mikado. Flowers large and loftse, resembling the Japanese Chrysanthe¬ 
mum; petals cut and fringed in the most fantastic manner; color pure 
white, edged with purple. 
One packet of each of the above three for 15 cents 
10 
5 
5 
Danish Flag. Flowers brilliant scarlet, large silvery white blotch at the 
base of each petal, forming a white cross on scarlet ground. 5 
Peony-flowered. A splendid class of large double flowers, with broad 
petals, resembling a Peony; colors range from white to pink, carmine, 
scarlet, crimson, and maroon. 5 
Ranunculus-flowered. Plants two feet high; free bloomers. Flowers 
double, two inches across. All shades of color, from white to deep crimson • ^ 
Scarlet single. The single Scarlet Corn or Field Poppy of Europe Very 
gorgeous . 5 
Umbrosum. Of dwarf habit; branching. Flowers bright vermilion, with 
a shining black spot on each petal. Very showy. 5 
Carnation-flowered ( somniferum fl. pi.) Double Opium Poppy. 
Splendid large double flowers. Deeply fringed; same style as Vick's 
Brilliant. Mixed colors, ounce, 20 cents. 5 
Opium Poppy. True, single. Pound 90 cents : ounce, 10 cents. 5 
One packet of each of the above seven, 25 cents. 
American Flag. Flowers snow white, bordered with scarlet,large, double. 
White Swan. Large double flowers, elegantly fringed, pure white . . . 
Golden Gate. Single, semi-double, and double flowers, in a great variety 
of colors. 
The Tulip. An elegant and distinct variety. Plants from twelve to four¬ 
teen inches high, producing well above the foliage fifty to sixty large 
splendid flowers of the most vivid scarlet imaginable. From a mere de¬ 
scription no adequate idea can be gained of its strikingly beautiful effect. 
The plant commences blooming early in June, and flowers abundantly for 
a period of from six to eight weeks. 
Cardinal Poppy 'New hybrids). About eighteen inches high ; habit erect 
and compact. Foliage dark green, deeply laciniaied. Flowers chamois 
and brilliant rose on light ground; purple, crimson, brick rose on black, 
brown, or violet ground. 
One packet of each of the above five for 20 cents 
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All Annual Poppies listed on this paye{il% Varieties) 
Jtlixed, in one JPachet, 5 Cents 
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Hardy Plants, Old and New 
An Illustrated Book of Perennial Plants 
Shrubs, Roses and Climbers 
Contains reliable information about the best varieties 
for beautifying the home grounds; also a table show¬ 
ing the blooming season, enabling you to obtain a suc¬ 
cession of flowers from February to December. The 
book is richly illustrated by photographs direct from 
nature. Ask today for a free copy,—the edition is 
limited. 
