70 Flower Seeds 
Vick’s Garden and Floral Guide 
TEN WEEKS STOCK 
The Ten-Weeks or Annual Stock has nearly or quite all the requisites of a 
perfect flowering plant—good habit, fine foliage, and beautiful flowers of almost 
every desirable tint. Seeds may be sown in the open ground, hotbed or cold- 
frame, but transplanting should be done when the plants are just out of the 
seed-leaf. Make the soil deep and rich, and set the plants a foot apart. If plants 
that are not too far advanced are carefully potted in the fall, they will flower 
finely in winter in a house that is tolerably cool and moist. For this purpose 
sow seeds late in the season. Although not a constant bloomer, like Phlox, the 
flowers endure for a long time, and the side shoots give a succession of blossoms 
when the plant can obtain a needed supply of moisture. 
Largest-Flowering Dwarf. From pot grown plants. Dwarf habit, 
with magnificent large spikes of large double flowers. All colors mixed . 
Largest-Flowering Dwarf. In colors, white, flesh-color, aurora,apple- 
blossom, rose, carmine, shining purple - carmine, crimson, blood-red, 
light-blue, violet, each. 
Dwarf German, from field-grown plants. Mixed colors. 
Large-Flowering Pyramidal Dwarf. Of pyramidal habit; long spikes 
of large flowers. Choice colors mixed. 
Large-flowering, Pyramidal. Celestial blue. Excellent color. 
Snow Flake (Forcing). 'This variety of Dwarf Wallflower-leaved 
Large-flowering Stock is the earliest white, and one of the earliest of all 
Ten-weeks Stocks. Admirably adapted for forcing. The snow-white 
flowers are uncommonly large and double. Seed produces about 60 per 
cent, of double-flowering plants..*. 
Dresden Perpetual (Cut-and-Come-Again, or Princess Alice). 
Pure white. Plants of robust growth and branching habit. 1 f sown early 
commences blooming in June and continues until frost, producing flowers in 
September and October, when other varieties have faded. Fine for cutting 
Large-flowering Wallflower-leaved. Smooth, dark, shining leaves. 
Dwarf. Set six inches apart. Mixed colors. 
Wallflower-leaved White. A beautiful variety, the flowers being the 
clearest possible white, contrasting grandly with the dark green, glossy 
foliage. Grown largely for cut flowers. 
Wallflower-leaved Blood-red. The deepest red of all the Stocks. A 
very choice variety, prized by florists for cutting. 
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Early* Large-Flowering Winter StocK 
Giant Nice White. Very fine variety.10 
Giant Nice Yellow. Excellent.10 
Beauty of Nice. Strong spikes, with large flowers of a delicate fleshy pink 10 
Queen Alexandra. New. Rosy lilac, similar to preceding. Splendid . 15 
Crimson King. New. Brilliant fiery crimson. Beautiful.10 
VICKS 
VERBENAS 
BROMPTON STOCK 
Both plant and flowers are larger than the Annual stock, and the spikes 
longer and bolder. The Brompton Stock cannot survive our winters, but 
plants can be removed to the house in the fall, where they will flower well if 
not kept too hot and dry. In spring they can be transferred to the garden. 
Biennial. 
Empress Elizabeth. Splendid. Immense spikes of bright carmine flow¬ 
ers. Superb both for pots and cutting. 
Best mixed colors.. 
SCABIOSA—Mourning Bride 
The Scabiosa is an old favorite, and of late years has been greatly improved. 
The flowers are borne on long wiry stems, in white, yellow, pink, scarlet, crim¬ 
son, and maroon. Beautiful in the garden, and excellent for bouquets. Twelve 
to eighteen inches high. Annual. 
The Pompadour, 
New Double. A 
remarkable im- 
provement in the 
Scabiosa, with 
florets very much 
increased in size, 
variety, and bril¬ 
liancy of color, 
making it doubly 
desirable for use as 
a border plant and 
for cut flowers for 
decorative pur¬ 
poses .• • 10 
Double Tall. Mix¬ 
ed colors. 5 
Double Dwarf. 
A pretty compact 
plant. Mixed colors 5 
Double Yellow. A 
distinct color, ob¬ 
tained after years 
of careful selection . 10 
Double White 
(Snowball). 
Pure white .... 5 
Royal Purple. Large- 
flowered double. Color 
rich claret. 5 
SWEET ROCKET 
The Sweet Rocket is a very hardy perennial, bearing clusters of single 
flowers, which arc fragrant during the evening. Colors purple and white. The 
plant, with fair culture, will grow eighteen inches high. Seed will germinate 
readily in open ground. Sweet Purple, Sweet White, or mixed, each . 5 
SHASTA DAISY 
A very hardy perennial, blooming better and more abundantly each season 
and continuing to bloom for several months. The pure white flowers are from 
two and one-half to four inches in diameter, and arc borne on single, long, 
stiff, wiry stems. The blooms when cut remain perfectly fresh and in good 
condition for two weeks or more. Seed, per packet, 10 cents. Plants, 
each 20 cents. 
VICK’S VERBENAS 
Very few plants will make such a gorgeous display during the summer months 
as the Verbenas,or furnish more flowers for cutting. Start seed in the house 
or under glass early in the spring, and transplant after three or four inches 
of growth. Good healthy plants can be produced from seed as readily as 
almost any tender annual. ! They flower in July, and continue strong and 
healthy until destroyed by frosts. For more than thirty years we have made 
a specialty of Verbenas, and our stock today stands unrivaled. 
Auricula-Flowered or White-Eyed. Mixed colors .10 
Striped. Excellent flowers, with Carnation-like stripes . 10. 
Scarlet. Brightest scarlet. Quite true. 10 
Pure White. Quite true from seed.xo 
Cloth of Gold. The golden yellow leaves present a unique appear¬ 
ance. Fine Mixed.10 
Coerulea. Blue shades. 10 
Lutea (Primrose). Yellow. 10 
Purplish Violet, with large white center.10 
One packet of each of the above eight varieties for 60 cents. 
Vevheiltl hyhvidd, Extra large flowers, fine mixed colors, 
choice seed, saved only from the most beautiful named flowers, 
ounce, $-.?.5o.. 
Mixed colors. e 
