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ROCKFORD SEED FARMS® ee orn FOREST CITY GREENHOUSES
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FINE SHIPPER: LIBERAL PKT. LOC; 0Z.:4.5¢C;: 2.02. 250; % be. 40c; 4 Lev e003 PLB, $1500.
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BUCKBEE’S SEEDS ARE TESTED SEEDS
THEY HAVE SATISFIED EVERY BUYER
IT IS A SAFE INVESTMENT TO BUY
BUCKBEE’S SEEDS
FOR ALL PURPOSES
BY MAIL.
I SAVE YOU AT LEAST
40%
The Dealer’s Profit
H. W. BUCEBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
Seeds and Plants are “FULL OF LIFE.” Sells the Best Seeds that Money can Buy.
TELLS THE TRUTH
I GUARANTEE THAT ALL GOODS SOLD BY ME SHALL
REACH THE CUSTOMER IN GOOD CONDITION.
Every order, however large or small, is carefully filled, and, as a rule, forwarded with dispatch after it reaches my office. I take much pride in prompiness and accuracy in filling orders.
; : Please be careful to sign plainly your name, postoffice, county and state on each How tO Order order that you send, Cash should accompany the order. Money can be sent safely _——— either by postoffice order, bank draft, express order, or the cash by registered letter. On orders over $1.00 the cost of remitting by any of these methods may be selected in extra seeds free. We are responsible for the safe receipt of remittances by any of the above methods. It is not safe to eend postaes stamps and I will not be responsible for their transmission, but if the customer cares to take the risk I accept them in first-class order and for small amounts. Do not send personal checks,
Please write each item of your order on a separate line, and carry out the correct prices,
Also please keep a copy of your order, with which to check off the goods when received, to be sure that you receive just what you orcer.
We seldom make mistakes, but when we do, want to be notificd immediately, so that they can be corrected.
It would be a great accommodation to us if more of our customers would order Please Order Early their seeds during January and February, before the rush of our busy season. If, BONEIE you should postpone ordering even until the seeds are actually needed, you can rely upon getting them prompily.
inni Owing to the large volume of business which we annually give to the transporta- Low Shipping Rates tion companies, said companies have made very reasonable shipping rates to all points, and I cannot too strongly urge you to order early and have your seeds shipped by freight, thus saving shipping charges, and ayoicing, 2s it does, the heavy rush in the seed business, which occurs during the months of March and April. Remember that the freight charges on 100 Ibs. amount to but little more than if the shipment weighs but 10 Ibs. to 50 or 75 Ibs. In all instances we shall try to save you shipping charges, sending your by express or freight, whichever is the cheapest for you
by ; On all goods except when selected from the wholesale pages, or on I Prepay Shipping Charges Beans, Corn, Peas, and Field Seeds by one-eighth aie: one-fourth bushel, one-half bushel and bushel; or on machines and implements; or in cases where especially noted. In such instances I reserve the privilege of enclosing in the bags or packages such small peeks as may be ordered as it does not increase the transportation charges, and in consideration of this I will add enough extras to fully repay cus- tomers for this kindness. This prep2yment offer applies to the United States, Mexico and Canada only. Custom- ers from all other foreign countries must send twenty-five cents additional fer postage and packing on each One Dollar’s worth cf seeds ordered,
4 ¢ Customers will please want that I state the number of seeds Quantity of Seed ma Packet in a packet of the leading varieties of vegetable and flower seeds. Full count guaranteed. No less quantity than a pecket cap besold. in comparing my prices with those of other seedsmen, you will readily see how reasonable my prices are for liberally filled packets of Buckbee’s Full-of-Life Seeds.
Culture On every packet of seeds that I send out are given clear and simple Directions for Planting, Growing and Cultivation. If more information is desired, I will gladly supply same on request.
My Wholesale Catalogue 2s; Mey Gsurmuaal Dain matt FREE o arte
; I always recommend haying plants sent by express, when there is an express office Plant Shipments near, as we can usually send somewhat larger plants, and do not have to wash the soil off the roots (as in the case when sent by mail) We always try to add enough extra plants of our own selection to help pay charges. We always paak express orders in light, strong baskets cr boxes (which we furnish free). Plants packed in this manner will carry y fora great distance, and keep for 2 week or ten days in a fresh con- dition. Please remember that purchasers must in all eases pay charges on all express plant orders. Unless other- wise instructed, we shall ship the larger and two-year-old Rose plants, Hydrangeas and all other plants, except where noted, by express at your expense, as they are in most instances too heavy to go by mail. Then plants are ordered by mail I prepay postage, delivering the plants free of all expense to any postoffice in the United States. By care in packing, strong, well-rooted plants can be sent safely by mail and will arrive in good condition for v= ing at any postoffice in the United States. Kindly write your list of plants all together (mot mixed up with the seeds), so as to prevent e~y misteke upon the part of our clerks in copying the order. We do not ship plants to foreign countries unless they are to go at purchaser’s risk,
Read These Few Words About Reliable Seeds
From good seeds only can good crops be grown; nothing should induce you to risk planting so-called “Cheap Seeds.” We always aim to give value received in Fr+sh, High-Grude, Tested, Reliable, Full of Life Seeds.
Jthas oftentimes been said thut, ‘‘besides good seeds, good gurdeners are necessary in producing a satisfac- tory crop.’’ We all know how true this is. Seeds of the best quality sometimes fail through improper treatment by sowing the seed too deep or too shallow. in too wet or too-dry soil. Some will germinate rapid!y ata certain temperature, while others, if sown under the sameconiitions, are upttodecay. The young ;lantsare liable to various accidents, cold or dry air may check their growth ordestroy them. Insects above and below the ground may attack them and a great many other continvencies may arise to prevent the best seeds from giving satisfac- tion, and for ail these reasons we cannot, of course, guarantee or be responsible for a crop, as success is depend- ent upon natural causes, whichare beyond humancontrol. Therefore we do not warrantin any way, express, or implied, the contents, or the description, quality, productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs, or plants sold by us, and we will not be in any way responsible for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept these goods on above terms, no sale is made thereof, and he must return them at once, a: d money will be refunded. Subject to above conditions we make this sale, at the moderate prices at which we sell our goods.
Free Gift This yearI will distribute one million packets of new and valuable novelty seeds, both vegetable : EEES and fiower, among my customers, Everyone ordering will receive something, regardless of the size of the order. The larger the order the more Free Gifts will be added.
SPECIAL OFFERS Abound throughout this catalogue. Don’t fail to include them in your orders.
ROCKFORD SEED FARMS H. W. BUCKBEE,
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H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
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PRIZE MEDAL D FREE WITH AT THE EVER E EVERY ORDER FOR 35 PACKAGES OF THE EARLIEST AND BEST VEGETABLE : “WORLD’S FAIR NOVELTIES. POSTPAID FOR ONLY $1.60. THIS COLLECTION aZus 1 iety. Cress—-Fine Curled or Pepper Grass. Radish—Best Turnip Variety. Re Se ae Cucumber—Fine Table Variety. Radish—Lady Finger. Beet—Buckbee’s Improved Long Smooth Blood. Cucumber—tEarly Cluster. i Sage. Beans—Buckbee’s Rust Proof. Lettuce—Best Head or Cabbage Variety. Spinach—New Round Leaf, Cabbage—Standard Early. Melon—Musk, True Osage. Squash—Select Winter Variety. Cabbage—Mammoth Late Bridgeport Drumhead. Melon—Musk, Select Early Sort. Squash—New Crookneck. Carrot—Best Long Variety. Melon—Water, New Dixie. UL Op Turnip—Buckbee’s Purple Top Caulifiower—Buckbee’s Barly Favorite. Melon—Water, Fine Variety. Turnip—Ruta Baga. : Celery—Buckbee’s Improved Golden Heart, Onion—Buckbee’s Danvers, E> Tomato—Fine Red Variety, Corn—Sweet, Best Early Variety. C@nion—Fine Pickling Variety. SS Tomato—Best Fancy Sort. \ Parsnip— Long Sugar. =) >
te S$ 10 Choice Flowering Bulbs Free with Every Order for the Prize } Medal Collection.
Gorn—Salad.
NOTICE—The Prize Medal Collection issoldat Parsley—Curled. | the extra low price because made up before Peas—Warliest Variety. the busy season begins. It cannot be broken. Pepper— Mountain Sweet.
HEALTHY RECREATION and DELIGHT-
Give them a Garden and they will be Happy FUL EXERCISE for the BOYS
THIS COLLECTION IS FOR THEM .
It is profitable to the boys to turn their young minds to the love of | nature. . $ |
What health and lessons in eare, order and patience in their play work, what enthusiasm is aroused by the wonderful revelations from the sowing: of the seed to the plucking of the fruit.
To encourage gardening for the young I offer at reduced rates the | collection detailed below, composed ot varietios sure to please, and at the same time most likely to succeed with indifferent care. With each col—
lection I will present a number of choice novelties.
BOY’S STAR COLLECTION
PREPAID BY MAIL FOR 26c. _
Comprising liberal packages of the following 12 varietics of Vegetable Seeds:
Beet—The Bismarck. Letiuce—farly. ;
Cabbage—Early Wakefield. Meion—Musk, Hackensack.
Pop Corn—Buckbee’s Snow- | Melon—Water, Ice Cream. ball. Onion—Buckbee’s Danvers.
Cress—Or Pepper Grass. Radish—New Rosy Gem.
Cucumber—Buckbee’s Mon- Spinach—Extra Round Leaf. arch White Spine. Tomato—Plum.
Also Ten Fine Flowering Bulbs. NOTICE—Neither the Boy’s Star Colleetion nor the Prize Medal Collection can be broken under any circumstances. Please don’t ask it,
H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOiS
Special Wholesale BulK Price List of
Beans, Sweet Corn, Peas, Etc.
SEEDS BY MAIL—Ié you want anything sent by mail, postage at the rate of 10c. per pound, or 15c. per quart, must be added to prices given below.
MOST ALL VARIETIES OF SEEDS ARE SCARCE THIS YEAR—ORDER EARLY. Ona number of varieties, such as Beans, Peas, Onions, Vine Seeds, Tomatoes, Etc., we can accept orders only in connection with other seeds. it is our
purpose to ‘protect, as usual, the thousands of customers who annually look to us for a general supply of seeds.
BEANS : SWEET CORN-Selected qt. %%-bu. 4-bu. “et bu. at. 4e-bu. 14-bu. %-bu. _ b Improved White Navy..........--...-----------<-- $014 $045 $0 80 $2790) |) Barly Crosby = ee $015 $0 55 $1 % $190 $3 Early China Red Eye . EAL! 45 85 e 8 3 00 | Early Adams or Burlington s 612 40 70 1.30.22 Early Royal Dwarf Kidney 14 45 8 165 3 25|Shaker’s Large Early-...... ee AR Bo. Sab add OD ae Improved Large White Marrow... 14 45 8 165 3 25| Rockford Market.. 14 45 oes I ae: Buckbee’s Giant Stringless.......... 15 55 105 205 400] Early Marblehead 14 45 8 16 3 Improved Long Yellow Six Weeks. ma Sid 45 8 165 3 25| New Honey Sweet. 15 oD dat> 190 "Sir: Kayly-Mohawk ..32 ee ee ee 14 45 8 165 3 25| Perry’s Hybrid.......... 15 5 10 205° 4 New Dwarf Horticultural, or Cranberry. 15 55 105 190 3 75]|Moore’s Early Concor 15 SD 106 20 40 Buckbee’s Electric Tiee.........-..---......------ 15 55. 1.00, 1-90 - 3 D0 wlack Mexicans eee 15 55 10 205 4 New Early Round Pod Yellow Six Weeks 14 45 8 165 3 25| Potter’s Excelsior, or Sue ss 15 5S b= 7190 24 Best:oC All). oS eee SS EEE 14 55'S: 000 90): 3750 verbearme ee ae eS 15 5 10 206 40 Refugee, or 1000 to 1__...... 14 55 100 190 350|ZizZag Evergreen... 20 7D \t 40-9 60 -=5) New Extra Early Refugee -. 14 55 100 190 350] Country Gentleman (Select) 20 Yo ~ 1 40 92 60" 5 Buckbee’s Early Wonder ..__.... 20 iD: AvdOn ne 70) 1) O0i| Old! Colonye es eee senaree 18 6 120 230 4; Buckbee’s Improved Early Valenti 14 45 8 165 3 25| Buckbee’s Hickox Evergreen. 14 45 & 16 3 Buckbee’s New Stringless Green Pod... 15 55 105 205 4 00| Stowell’s Evergreen 18 6 120 230 4 Yellow Eyed: Wax] ==: 15 55 105 205 400| Mammoth Sugar... AS 6 12 230 4 Improved Golden Wax.. 15 55 105 205 4 00} Sweet Corn for Fodder..._..............-..... 15 40 7 145 2 Ferry’s Detroit Wax ____... 15 5 10 205 400 ane Grenell’s Rust Proof Wax .......... 2 1p 5 105 205 400 a = Buckbee’s Rust Proof Golden Wax._______.. 18 6 120 230 4 50| Buckbee’s Lightning Express (fine)......¢0 20 $075 $140 $260 $5 00 Buckbee’s Rust Proof Golden Eyed Wax. 15 55 105 205 4 00| Earliest of All, or Alaska_.........,.-... PID 5 10 20 400 Keeney’s Rustless Golden Wax......-.-..---- 15 55 105 205 4 00} Buckbee’s Selected First and Best. SS 5 5 100 190 350 New Refugee Wax. eee 18 6 120 230° 450! New Maud Ss) Sik: 45 8 160 300 New Prolific German, or Imp. Black W ax 18 6 120 230 450] Extra Early Philadelphia 14 49 8 165 325 Challenge Extra Early Black Wax els 6 120 230 4 50} Rural New Yorker 14 45 8S 160 300 New Flageolet Wax.............-...-.. es 65° 1 25° ~2°40- 4°75 | Carter’s First Crop 14 45 8 160 300 Currie’s Rust-Proof Wax 18 6 120 230 4 50) Extra Early Dan O'Rourke 14 45 & 16 300 New Davis Wax............-- 18 6 120 230 450 14 45 8 160 300 Wardwell’s Improved Kidney Wa 18 Odeon 2.40) rl 0 jo 140 260 50 New Yosemite Mammoth Wax ... =p 2) 75 140 260 500 14 45 8 160 3 00 New Violet Flageolet Wax....... SC 7d 140 260 500 14 45 8 16 300 New Speckled Wax_____.... 20 7 140 260 500 =f: Fi Saddle Back Wax.. 18 6 120 230 450 : : 20 7? 140 260 500 Burpee’s Perfection Wax - 18 65 125 240 475| True American Wonder. i hhS 6 125 240 4 New Jackson Wonder Bush Lima. 22 80 150 McLean’s Little Gem_.__.... 18 6 120 230 450 Henderson’s Bush Lima. » 80 1 50 Extra Early Premium Gem 18 65 120 230 4530 Burpee’s Bush Lima ..............-..---.- 22 80 150 Nott’s Excelsior______________- 18 6 12% 240 475 Kentucky Wonder, or 014 Homestead - 20 6 125 240 4 75| Grant’s Favorite (fine). 15 55 10 205 400 Scarlet Runner = 90 65 125 240 4 75| Horsford’s Market Garden 15 55.#«4110 20 400 White Runner _....____. 20 75 140 260 5 00| Bliss’ New Everbearing... 15 55 105 205 400 White Dutch Case Knife _....... = 220 65) 25)" 12/405). 4: 75) Delephone-— 20 77 140 260 500 Red Speckled Cut Short, or Corn Hill... 15 5) 105 205 400| New Early Gradus, or Prosperity 25 8 160 310 600 Extra Early King of the Garden Lima... 20 7 145 280 5 50| Abundance -..._-__-.-.-—- 15 o 105 205 400 Early Large White Lima -........-.--..... 20) 75 140 275 5 25|Buckbee’s Mammoth Melting Sugar 20 7 140 200 400 Seibert’s Early Lima ... 20 75 145 280 5 50| Shropshire Hero... 15 d 10 20 40 Lazy Wife ..... 90) 7 140 260 500] Thomas Laxton...... 20 y2o 8 160 310 600 Golden Andalusia...................- = ‘90 75 140 260 500| Buckbee’s New Vigorosa_. 20 7d 140 26 500 Early Golden Cluster Wax Pole ............. 20 7 140 275 5 25| Daisy or Dwarf Telephone. 22, 7 14 280 50 Heroine (Aner a ace = “2 60 110 215 425 i mprove! ide of the Marke 2) do 105 20 400 SWEET CORN Selected Buckbee’s Startler.... 15 55 105 205 400 E i Yorkshire Hero................-----.- 15 5S 10 20 400 Buckbee’s Early Sunriee -...............-------- $0 20 $0 75 $140 $260 500] Improved Champion of England. stip 55.100 190 350 Buckbee’s First of All __ =, Ald 55 100 190 8 50|/ Improved Stratagem —............ : 20 7d 140 260 500 Buckbee’s Best of All._....-.1_...... 15 5. 100 190 3 50] The Queen........... 2s 1) 7 140 260 500 Buckbee’s Private Stock Evergreen . aay 20 (peed: 40 12)60:'~5:00)) Juno —22 2 as i 20 7d 140 260 500 Extra MarlyCory 265 eee eee Sele. 45 8 165 3 25] William Hurst. 20 7 140 260 500 Mammoth Early White Cob Cory 14 45 85 165 3 25] Duke of Albany_..... 20 7: 1 40" 2°60" 5100 Extra Early Adams ......-...2.....- 12 40 70 130 250] McLean’s Advancer.... 15 5 10 20 400 Early Minnesota...._.-.....2--.. 14 45 8 165 3 25] Large White Marrowfat... 12 35 65 120 225 Ballard’s Early Chicago Market. 14 45 85 165 3 25) Large Black Eyed Marrowfat. 2 35 6 120 225 Kendall’s Early Giant... 18 65 120 230 4 50| Buckbee’s Snowflake Field... 12 35 60 100 175 Henderson’s Early New 18 65 120 230 4 50! Canada Field.................... 10 5 45 8 150 ASPARAGUS SUGAR BEET lb lb. BEET Continued ng \y-Ib. Ib. I ; D. Ib. Conover’s Colossal .........- $0.10 $0.25 eC enmupeal Suzan SSebacsctetcsa ties $0 iS Buckbee’s EgyptianTurnip $0 15 $0 35 , on MEER PP AM LIO UOT oo... nee nnn ne nnn n ne Jv 1a P Barr’s Mammoth .... -10 .25 lr satnenne sennececeececee cee seceee i 3s > 7 95 ~ Bnokhee 6 eats 49 a BEET Black Queen eset 40 Fu AbD “40 Dewing's Imprv’d Blood Turnip ..$0 12 $0 3 Swiss Chard, or Sea Kale =ra2 30 15 “40 New Early Bassanno Turnip......... 12 30 New True Dark Stinson.. 12 30 Lentz Blood Turnip ............. {SD 30 Bastian’s Blood Turnip __. 10 5 CABBAGE Buckbee’s Long Blood . 12 30 Barly. Large: York-2 > 232 Bre $0 25 $0 90 BEETS-—-Mangels Imp. Extra Early Eclipse ...... 12 30 Early Dwarf Flat Dutch... = “30°00 Edmand’s Early Blood Turnip .-....- 12 30 Vandergaw, or Midsummer. 30 100 Buckbee’s Sunset (The Best). 20 60 Kilderkrant =". 30 100 Buckbee’s Mastodon ..__....-........... $0.35 Imp. Early Blood Turmip................. 10 28 Extra Early Winningstadt ee 90 Buckbee’s Mammoth Long Red ..... 18 Early Yellow Turnip _....... Bees ts) 40 Extra Early Express __... eT 90 New Golden Tankard 15 Crosbys Early Egyption .. 15 40 Very Early Etampes .. es 90 Giant, or Mammoth... 15 Detroit Dark Red Turnip . 12 30 Henderson's Succession... xy sO) Buckbee’s Golden Monarch 18 New Electric {22 12 30 35 46110 Giant Intermediate.................-..- 15 Market Gardener's _______.. 12 30 7 250 Champion Red Globe... 15 Improved Late Blood Turnip 10 28 OO. ob Champion Yellow Globe . a 15 Buckbee’s Half Long Blood 15 35 Genuine Lupton (true)_...._......... ScD. Lae Orange'Globe . 2... 15 Kanliest ef All =). a= eee 15 40 Buckbee’s New Race Horge........... 50 190
BUCKBEE’S BARGAINS ARE AGAIN PLENTIFUL. SOME ON EVERY PAGE OF THIS GUIDE.
Charleston or Large Wakefield Buckbee’s Extra Early Large New Queen............. Buckbee’s New Xmas King. Buckbce’s Rockford Market Allhead Barly. stance... cde ccecnecens Buckbee’s New ent 2 Holland or Ballhead... Henderson's Early Summe! Gregory’s All Season's........... Buckbvee’s Fautlless.. Burpee’s Surehead............... Fottler's Improved Brunswick Stone) Masonicee seen ccceenee Large Late Drumhead. Marblehead Mammoth Avi Goin Rr ea ncaa pn neenan ncn Buckbee’s Mammoth Late PE CORD YT Cece hae A Rae ene Frotscher’s Late Flat Dutch......... Mam. Bridgeport Drumhead... Premium Late Flat Dutch..... Acme Large Late Flat Dutch. Red Dutch or Pickling....... Mammoth Red Rock....... Improved American Savoy - Danish Ballhead............................- CA
Long Red Altringham............-.-..-.. SE EY a So a3 Buckbee’s Select Danver Improved Intermediate........... Improved Long Orange.. New Chantenay or Model.. ng Ox Heart or Guerande.................... Buckbee’s Earliest Forcing. New Half Long Danvers............--... Early French Forcing... Long Red Surrey...... Early Scarlet Horn.__.. Half Long Scarlet Na Buckbee’s Victoria... Buckbee’s Majestic.... Buckbee’s Champion. Buckbee’s Short White... Large White Vosges....... Mammoth White Belgian_. a Mammoth Yellow Belgian.............. CELE
RY Boston Market......_....... Buckbee’s All Heart. White Solid__.......0...22.....- Newmahose s¢ 222: 2 2h Buckbee’s Goiden Heart... New Giant Pascal...2-.-........2-.--.------ Golden Yellow Large Solid. Perfection Heartwell.......__............- Golden Heart or Golden Dwarf...... Buckbee’s Kalamazoo... New Golden Self-Blanching..... White Plume (finest strain) New Pink Plume Blanching............ Celeriac, Large Smovth Prague CUCUMBER BarlyiGlusters22) 22) eres pn Buckbee’s Rockford Pickle.. Baines: Monarch White COT a eae Re ie ee ie en
Improved Long Gree Early Russian..............-.----- Early Prolific Short Green... Westerfield’s Chicago Pickle. Nichol’s Medium Green..... Fordhook Pickle Boston Pickling or Green Prolific.
Evergreen White Spine_................. West India Gherkins..__.........--..-..... Buckbee’s Early Long Green Hill’s Forcing White Spine Snow’s Early Pickle .___..............----
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Buckbee’s Superb_................-- Early Boston Market... 5 New Iceberg.................--- Imp. Black-seeded Simpson Mignonette Buckbee’s Earliest Forcing. Simpson’s Early Curled Early Tennis Ball, (Black Seed Improved Hanson............ ...........-. Dwarf White Heart, or Celery. New York Market....
Denver Market... Gold Nugget.._.... Paris White Cos.
Early Prizehead Tilton’s White Star. Silver Ball............. Grand Rapids Mammoth Black Seeded Butte : San Francisco Market....................
There are bargains on every page of this guide.
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Baltimore, or Acme ................--- 20 Paul Rose, New 220 oe = es 18 Famous Rocky Ford, New... .15 New. Triumphi. 2, 20 Western Giant . 30 True Osage, Select .......:....... 18
New Green Fleshed Orange a0) White Japanese................:.. LS Emerald Gem (Select) 30 New Strawberry .... .30 True Jennie Lind .. 15 New Banquet.............. 15 Long Persian or Casaba.__.. 15 Silver Netted Gem (Select). 15 Extra Early Grand eee Lo. Cannon) (balll's<...2..25.02.... dN) Cosmopolitan _........... .20 Henderson’s Delmonico.. osihi-cla) Montreal Market ........ ey 3) True Tip Top..... -20 Melrose pees eee 15 Golden Netted Gem (Select) ...... .15 Buckbee’sIdeal ___......... SAL) New Early Hackensack . yay Large Hackensack ..... -20
Beck’s New Columbus ............... Bas Buckbee’s Prolific Nutmeg .20 2!
Chicago Market (Select)_.......-..... 20 WAT RMELON
Buckbee’s Monte Cristo
(Select) ets Bins eee ae 25 Fordhook Early 15 Phinney’s Extra Early ................. wkd Buckbee’s Ice Cream or
Peerless hte se ee 15 Georgia Rattlesnake, or Gypsy ... .12 BlacksSpanishicee a ease eee eS -10 Improved Mo intain Sweet _......... -10 Girardeau’s New Triumph 12 Kleckley Sweets (True)..... -20 Florida Favorite .. ) 10 Mammoth Iron Clad .. 10 Kolb'siGem "4 = 10 Seminoles twas 10 Round White Icing.............. e2, Gray Monarch, or Long Icing....... .10 Cuban Queen! 2.43 4222 See 12 Buckbee’s Perfected
Kolb’s Gem______.........--...-... 15 Sweet Heart .. LO Maule’s Wonderful Sugar. 15
Coles: Karly 2228. 15
Black Diamond (New) .. 10 Girardeau’s Favorite ... apne Duke Jones ............ Eo @kO New Dixie ........ ai Pelt) Jones’ True Jumbo.... 10 Colorado Preserving... ald
Citron 23a 5 Soe: eea15 Arkansas Traveler...
Bradford tex::--2- 15 Iceberg .... 15 Florida Gem_. 15 Market (Ringers etre ere 15
ONION—-—My Own Growth
Buckbee’s Pedigree Red
Wethersfield ___................. 40 Buckbee’s Yellow Danvers -. 40 Select Yellow Globe Danvers 00 Extra Early Red 130. Buckbee’s Great Ca 00
Selected Yellow Strasburg,or Duteh. 40 Buckbee’s New Wampum... .35 Southport Yellow Globe............... 5D New Genuine Prizetaker 4 Buckbee’s Red Giant ____.__. ¥ Buckbee’s Mam. Silver King........ Buckbee’s New Golden Globe 40 Australian Brown.................--.:--- 30 Ohio Yellow Globe.. i New, Creole =2 = Buckbee’s Early Combination. 50 White Siluerskin,or Portugal .55
Southport Red Globe (Select) ...... .55 Southport Selected White Globe .90 Extra Early New Queen.............. .30
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Searlet Turnip White Tip............ New Rosy Gem A Buckbee’s Rapid Forcing .. .20 Buckbee’s Crystal Forcing 20 New White Dresden .. = New Golden Dresden ... Buckbee’s Rockfor New ‘Trinimp hs). 2 eal New Leafless.........................--
30 #35) 60 -60 60 60 60 60 .75
Z RADISH Earliest Scarlet Turnip ........0...... Earliest White Turnip .................... Buckbee’s Rockford Beauty Improved French Breakfast........... Earliest Scarlet Olive-shaped......... Early White Olive-shaped Buckbee’sImp.Chartier. New White Lady Finger Early Long Brightest Scarlet NETS OTS a Buckbee’s Royal Gem ... Buckbee’s Long Crimson Chinese Rose, Winter......... Golden Summer Turnip Gray Summer Turnip ...... White Strasburg._............... California Mammoth White .. Round Black Spanish, Winter. Long Black Spanish, Winter Buckbee’s Mammoth Celestial Soi ee. Earliest Radishes Mixed.. Summer Radishes Mixed Winter Radishes Mixed
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Mammoth Sandwich Island _........ 3 SPINACH
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Victoria Bloomsdale Savoy-Leaved _... Round Summer Broad.Leaved. Improved Thick-Leaved ....
Long Standing Prickly Prickly, or Winter _.. Monstrous Viroflay
SQUASH
New Chicago Warted Hubbard... Buckbee2’s Giant Crookneck PerfectiGem pia = aay ea eS Cocozelle = Sa Pike’s Peak, or Sibley . Chilian Giant _.____.... New Turban
Prolific Orange Marrow. Improved Boston Marrow. Thewtaxon: Ser Rees Blue Hubbard (Marblehead Newsbordhooks ten ee Buckbee’s Mam.White Bush Buckbee’s Imp. Hubbard ...... New Golden Hubbard.-...................
geil laa te Atlantic Prize 5 New Stone Buckbee’s New Beefstea Buckbee’s Earliest Market. Honor Bright (New) ..........-.......--- Buckbee’s New Spot Cash. Favorite
Buckeye’ State eae Henderson’s Crimson Cushion Tgmotumineee a eae Improved Large Trophy . Early Acme (Select) .... e Livingston’s Beauty ................-...--.. Buckbee’s Dwarf Champion Livingston’s Perfection_................ New Imperial................ Buckbee’s Golden Prize
SEAN 72 eS See ne Rava eonis ee nee eee Thorburn’s Longkeeper. Matchless Buckbee’s New Prosperity. al Spark’s New Earliana.....................
TURNIPS Buckbee’s Purpie Top Wrap Leaf... eae New White Strap ‘Leaf. New White Egg............. New Golden Globe..______. ae Early Purple Top Munich........._..... Buckbee’s Extra ao ele Car:
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Imp. Early White Flat Dutch. P Early Six Weeks, or Snowball ___ Buckbee’s Ext. Early Cameo Large White Globe Extra Early Purple Top Milan Extra Early White Milan _.._.........
RUTA BAGAS Improved Purple Top Yellow ......... Buckbee’s Giant 3 New Monarch, or Elephant._.......... Buckbee’s Mam. White Russian __...
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This is My Annual Offering to the Children
(at a figure much below cost) to introduce my
Unequaled Fiower Seeds to New Customers
1 5 VARIETI ES sooth Bett st22
One Full Size Varieties A Packet each 15 mailed to any 25¢ E'S of the... address for. . ~
Please Single changer this EED HERE IS THE COLLECTION: ni Remember Oo eee es can Aster—Fine Mixed. Butterfiy Flower—Mixed. Poppy—Grandest Mixed,
be sold so cheap. Petunia—Single Mixed. Calliopsis—Best Mixed. Sweet Peas—Mixed.
But with each collection I will in- Phlox—Good Mixed. Mignonette—Mixed. ; Wertietis Meant aie 10 or ae Beautiful Flowering Snap Dragon—Mixed, Pansy—World’s Fair Mixed. - Marigol prea cen Mixed. Bulbs. Alyssum—Little Gem. Pink—Double Mixed. Mourning Bride—Mixed.
TS SS ee LL Tera IML LEE ats acaes nen ngpE 0 CpGR a e aeaa BUCKBEE’S BLUE RIBBON 2&rso"vscetaste seeps Comprises 18 Liberal Packets.
Beet, Edmand’s Blood Turnip, Cabbage, True Early Wakefield. Cabbage. Mammoth Bridgeport Drumhead, Celery, New White Plume, Carrot, Intermediate, Cucumber, Buckbee’s Monarch. Lettuce, Early. Melon, Musk, Best Variety. Melon, Water, New Dixie. Onion, Buckbee’s Danvers. Onion, New Silver Skin. Parsnip, New Maltese. Radish, Best Turnip. Spinach, New Round Leaf. Squash, New Crookneck. Tomato, New Beauty. Tomato, New Plum. Turnip, Buckbee’s Purple Top.
10 FLOWERING BULBS.
This collection cannot be broken under any circumstances.
Solid Facis
I give more attention tothe deteils of my business than any Seedsman I know of. Wuatdoes this mean to cus- tomers? THe Best SEEDS, PEOMPTNESS AND ACCURACY Jy FILyinG OrpEers. THE Very Lowest Prices. _My reputation for filling orders is “Quick as Lightning.”
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WHY NOT Any One of These Three Marvelous
ONE OF (Collections Delivered ROSE COLLECTIONS rear Free, by mail, for only’ 25 cts. FOUR GRAND ROSES IN EACH. a ties PELs : q Every Plant a Wonder. Delivered SPLENDID Nothing like this rare bargain was ever in Growing Condition. Guaranteed. PRESENT? heard of. No finer roses were ever offered.
THE FIRST FOUR
White Bougier—Always in bloom. Mosi beautiful snowy white. Worth 20c.
Mme. Camille—One of the most esthetic
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THE SECOND FOUR
C. De La Barthe— Beautiful in bud, a dream when full blown, color delicate rich pink. Worth 15c.
THE THIRD FOUR
Maman Cochet—Charming, delightful shade of pink; constantly in bloom. Worth 15¢.
M. Hoste—Magnificent variety, creamy white
Gen. Robt. Lee—Exquisite soft goiden yel- low changing to coppery bronze. Worth’
20c. Mile. F. Kruger—In great demand, color deep coppery yellow. Worth 15c. Queen—A white that glistens like fallen snow. Worth 20c. always in bloom. Worth 15c.
This Special set of Second Four only 25c. This Special set of Third Four only 25c. Be Sure to State Which Four You Want—First, Second or Third. These Collections Cannot be Changed Under Any Circumstances,
pink roses. Worth 15c.
Meteor—The most brilliant and richly col- ored red known. Worth 15c.
Marie Van Hautte—Pale yellow, a wonder in its class. Worth 15c.
This Special set of First Four only 25c.
deepening to pale yellow. Worth 15c. Pink Bougier—Most lovely pink, beautiful in flower and foliage. ‘Worth 20c.
M. Agegrippina—200 flowers counted on a single one-year-old plant. Lovely red,
TH Delivered Free by Mail PLANTS Eee Worth five times what I 2 5 BULBS 50c.
ask. Every plant a gem
The Best and the Most the Money Can Buy. of beauty.
Certainly a Big Bargain.
1 Rose. (Golden Gate)—Color creamy white, tinged with golden yellow and clear rose. Worth 20c.
1 Carnation. (Lovey Mary)—A nov- elty of great merit, color deep salmon pink, very fragrant, always in bloom. Worth 25c.
1 Chrysanthemum. (Percy Plum- ridge)—A. beautiful large glistening golden yellow. Worth 25c.
10 Summer Flowering Bulbs—As- sorted colors, producing thousands of the most charming flowers, always in bloom, ~ Worth 15c.
3 Madeira Bulbs. (Mammoth)—One of the most handsome climbers known. Worth 20c.
1 Geranium. (Merry Monarch)—One of the most handsome of all varieties. Worth 25c.
1 Lily of the Valley—The sweetest and dearest flower that blooms. Worth
10c.
4 Gladioli Bulbs— Orchid flowered varieties. Worth 50c.
1Canna. (Gold Burbank)—Rich clear
yellow with fine crimson spots in cen- ter of flower. Worth 20c.
1 Australian Palm—A graceful and magnificent variety. Well - worth
35c.
1 Fuchsia. (California)—Ten thou- ave been counted on a Worth 25c,
a ET SET ESE ~
MORE FOR YOUR MONEY THAN YOU CAN GET
LANT COLLECTION MORE BARGAINS IN PLANTS ON MANY OTHER PAGES. DON’T MISS THEM
4 IN ANY OTHER P
sand flowers single plant.
8 H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
GRAND PRIZE AWARD Chrysanthemum Collections
UNEQUALED VARIETIES. PRIZE WINNERS EVERY ONE. pelivered Free by Mail. Every Plant Can be I INSURE YOUR DELIGHT ON RECEIVING THEM, Grown Into a Magnificent Specimen.
Buckbee’s Chrysanthemums Won GRAND PRIZE MEDAL at the World’s Fair Flower Show, St. Louis THE FIRST FOUR
White Plume—Very large, symmetrical, snowy white; every petal covered with @ soft down, making it appear like feathery plumage. Worth 20c.
Hon. A. J. Balfour—Handsome pink, per- fectly double, yery closely incurved. Worth 20c.
Col. Baden Powell—Pinkish lilac; large, handsomeincurved flower. Worth 20c.
irkell—One of the highest colored ellow varieties grown. orth 15
Collections (4 Plants in each) at the astonishing low figure of
25 CENTS EACH
THE THIRD FOUR
Matual Friend—Pure white, handsome, large, spreading flower. worth Z0c.
Harrison Dick--Color yellow, intermingled with red and bronze petals. Worth 5
Matchless—Very large, dark crimson, long strap petals. Worth 15c.
Cc. J. Salter—Handsome large yellow, in- | curved. Worth 15c.
The Set of Third Four only 25c.
I haye Put the Price of these Three Superb |
The very best.
THE SECOND FOUR
Mrs. G. A. Heaume—Mammoth
gold bronze, broad strap petals. First prize
at every show. Worth 20c.
Mrs. H. W. Buckbee—Beautiful white Jap- anese, incurved, of the largest size. Worth 20c.
W. A. Etherington—One of the most beau- tiful of all pink varieties. Very early. Worth 15c.
Wm. Duckham—One of the most handsome pinks Known. Worth 15c.
The Set of Second Four only 25c.
WHITE PLUME
C. J. SALTER BE SURE TO STATE WHIOH FOUR YOU WANT—FIRST, SECOND OR THIRD.
MATCHLESS BEAUTY Every Variety of the Highest Class. Quality
Incomparable. Colors Wondrously Beautiful. Any one of the Three Collections 2
Delivered Free by Mail . . Cts. ODEO THE SECOND FOUR SEER ON IO cen
Neate ONE Seas eS FPS
Snow Cloud—Single white of rare beauty.
Gen. Grant—Large, double, rich; searlet.
Double Dryden—Changeable silk. Clyde— Beautiful, large single salmon,
This Set of Second Four worth 50c.; my price, only 25c.
deep
METEOR.
THE FIRST FOUR
Beautiful Bliss—Rich, deep double red.
Marvelous—A symphony in red, a maryel of beauty; double.
The Favorite—Double, pure snowy white.
Heteranthe—The finest novelty variety of scarlet of recent introduction.
This Set of First Four worth 50c.; my price only 25c.
HETERANTHE
SNOW CLOUD
THE THIRD FOUR
Meteor—Exauisite shade of red, single; very striking.
S. A. Nut—Rich, double; rosy crimson.
Mad. Bruanti—Lovely single peach pink, with carmine yeinings.
Queen of West—A beautiful salmon of rare beauty.
This Set of Third Four worth 50c.; my price only 25c.
I CANNOT CHANGE THE ABOVE COLLECTIONS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
Please Do Not Ask It.
You will be Delighted With Them as They Are.
Always State Which Four You Want.
BUCKBEE’S FLOWERS WON MEDALS AT ALL THE FLOWER SHOWS IN 1907.
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BRUSSELS SPROUTS
H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. rn)
ASPARAGUS
Seed and Roots From Strains I Have Given the Highest Test
Asparagus is the most delicious, healthful and desirable of the earliest spring vegetables, and would for the mistaken idea that it is difficult to grow.
be grown in every garden, were it not
German.....Spargel French.....Asperge Spanish .Esparragos Swedish..... Sparrio
matter is that it can be grown very easily and cheaply, even by inexperienced people.
THE VARIETIES OFFERED BELOW ARE SUPREME IN THEIR POSSESSION
THE ASPARAGUS WORLD. ONE AND ALL WILL’ PLEASE
Buckbee’s Perfection—Most valuable newvariety Columbian Mammoth A ES most dis-
e shoots are clear white, and in favorable weather remain so until three or four inches above the sur- The crown or bud of the young stalk is con- siderably smaller than the part just below it, thus further distinguishing the variety. All of the seedlings will produce clear, white shoots and the green ones can readily be distinguished and rejected when setting the permanent bed.
Pkt. 4c.; oz. 7c.; 2 oz. 12c.; + Ib. 18c.; 4 lb.
ever offered to the public. It is by long odds the very greatest and most satisfactory new variety of Asparagus of recent years. It has all the quali- ties demanded for the market. In short, it will prove itself to everyone who grows it to be true to its name. Perfection. Deliciously tender, extra large, early, uniform, prolific, crisp, white. It is surely Sorat heatine.
Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.; 2 oz. 16c.; } 1b. 30c.; 4 1b. 55c.; 1 Ib. $1.00.
New Palmetto—This new Asparagus, from South
Carolina, is now quite extensively grown by South- ern gardeners for New York and Philadelphia markets, where it sells at very high prices, owing to its mammoth size and regularity. An average bunch of fifteen shoots will measure thirteen to fourteen inches in circumference. In past seasons this Asparagus has reached Northern markets ten days ahead of all other varieties, and sold at fab- ulous prices. Although of Southern origin, it is equally well adapted to North or South.
Pkt. 4c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; } lb. 14c.; 4 lb. 26¢c.; lb. 45c.
Donald’s Elmira—This new variety, called by some
Vick’s Mammoth, is attracting a great deal of at- van x throughout the country, originating with r. N. Y. The stalks are exceptionally tender and succulent. Its mammoth size can be realized fram the fact that a bunch of 12 stalks will average four pounds in weight. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 7c.; 2 oz. 12c.; 4 1b. 18c.; 4 Ib.
34c.; Ib. 60e.
With every order for
FREE Asparagus Roots, I
send SPECIAL CONFIDEN- TIAL DIRECTIONS, if re-
A pavine Those offere
quested to do so, that willin- sure success to the most inex- perienced. These Special Direc- tions are the results of years of practical experience. never fail if followed.
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35c¢,
Donald, a leading market gardener of Elmira, @onover’s Colossa
per dozen, which is postpaid.
Buckbee’s Perfection . .. Columbian Mammoth WhiteDoz., 20c ; per 100, Donald’s Elmira.........- New Palmetto. Conover’s Colossal. Barr’s Mammoth....
BRUSSELS SPROUTS
-A MOST DELICIOUS VEGETABLE
German, Sprossen-Kohl; French, Chou de Bruxelles; Swedish, Bryssel-Kal.
One Ounce of Seed for 3,500 Plants. d Culture—Should be treated in all respects like winter cabbage or
Kale.
Improved Paris Market—Very fine new variety, dwarf growth bearing handsome, solid, round sprouts of best quality, crowde together on the stalk, one to twoinches [— woqicrR in diameter, resembling cabbage in min-
The sprouts are used as greens,
tender and of rich
flavor when touched by frost. May and treat same as winter-cabbage. Pkt. 4c.; 0Z. 10c.; 2 0Z 18c.; + Ib.
tinct and valuable Asparagus.
face.
34c.; lb. 60c.
Barr’s Mammoth—tThis fine variety has brought in market thirty cents a bunch, when other Aspar- agus was selling for ten and fifteen cents. stalks are very large, frequently an inch in diameter, with few scales, and retain their thickness com- pletely up to the top of the shoots, and have clear,
They are quick growing, stalks very
from woody
fibre, and make shoots fit for market or family
round heads.
tender and succulent, entirely free
use in one day.
Pkt. 3c.; oz. 5c.; 2 02.8c.; 1 1b. 12c.; 4 1b. 22c.3
Ib. 35c.
best varieties grown.
Pkt. 2c.; 02. 5c.; 202. 8c.; 41h. 12c.3 4 1b. 22c.5
Tb. 35c.
ASPARAGUS ROOTS
of two to three -years is effected by planting roots. below are Select, Strong, Two-Year-Old Roots, and I am confident they will please youin every way. Dan’t be mis- led in planting ove year-old or inferior Roots. low prices are for Roots carefully packed and shipped by express or freight at purchaser’s expense, with the exception of price (If for any reason roots are desired by mail, postage must be added at the rate of fifty cents per hundred to the following prices): ...-Doz., 30c.; per 100, $1.00; per 1,000, $7.50 60c.; per 1,000, $5.00 60c.; per 1,000, $5.00 weeee-Doz., 15°.; per 100, 50c.; per 1,000, $4.00 50c.3 per 1,000, $3.75 50c.3; per 1,000, $4.00
Doz., 20c.; per 100,
...-Doz., 15¢.; per 100, .-Doz., 15c.; per 100,
NOTICE
Sow in
more than 1,000 seeds.
BROCCOLI
German, Buatecl Rony: French, Chou-Broccoli¢
panish, Broculi.
One Ounce of Seed for 3,500 Plants.
Culture—Same as that given for Cauliflower.
It greatly resembles the Cauliflower, and is grown in the same manner as the latter, but being more hardy can be grown in cooler locations and for late fall use. Early Purpie Cape—Best variety for our climate. eads of purple brownish color, very close and compact, and of excellent flavor.
Produces large
Pkt. 8c.; 02z. 30c.
New White Cape—Very desirable variety. medium sized heads, close and compact, of a beau- A sure header.
tiful, creamy-white color. Pkt. 8c.; 0z. 30c.
BUCKBEE’S NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS AND PLANTS ARE THE BEST EVERY TIME
Money In It If K
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but a few
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EXTRA LARGE ROOTS On many occasions we have re- ceived requests from our customers to furnish extra large sized Aspar-
agus Roots. To meet this de- mand we have especially grown a few acres of these roots, which are particularly adapted for the hame garden or those gardeners who de- sire immediate results.* Our prices to one and all as long as our'extra large sized 3 and 4-year-old roots last will be as follows: Any of | the 6 varieties listed on this page only $1.50 per 100; $12.50 per 1,000; shipped by express or freight at buyer’s expense. Tf for any reason roots are desired by mail, postage musi be added at the rate of $1.00 per I00 to prices quoted above.
My Asparagus Roots are Grown From the Choicest Stock Seed and are Actually Well Worth Double the Price Asked for Them.
ARTICHOKE
This is the French Ar- tichoke, the large flower buds of which are so
cures, and is very differ- ent from the plant cul- tivated for its fleshy roots or tubers. The best sort for general use. Buds large,nearly round, scales pale green, shade ing to violet at the base, very thick and fleshy. Pkt. 8c.; 0Z. 25c,
ARTICHOKE
BUCKBEE’S SEEDS GROW THE VEGETABLES THAT WIN THE PRIZES Mrs. Wm. Steele, Genoa, N. Y.: ‘Vy vegetables,all grown from Buck- oee seeds, took first premium at our
{ fair. Your Favorite Tomatoes, I sold | all my extra plants and one of the
buyers raised Tomatoes that took first premium. All my friends want me to send for Buckbee’s seeds for them this vear.’’
Has
ASPARAGUS CHICORY
Aside irom its valuable quali-
tizing vegetable, it possesses such medicinal prop- erties which should endear it to the hearts of everyone, espe- cially to those who have an ex- hausted consti- tution or weak nerves. The benefit. derived from the use of these stems, by persons troubled with stomach disease or weak digestion, is said to be remarkable. It can be blanched and eaten raw the same as Celery, and i. preferred by many to that delicious vegetable. It can be kept all winter in the cellar the same as Celery. PKt. i0c.; 3 pkts. 25c.; oz. 30c.
CAPER
_ Half hardy trailing shrub. Buds are nice just before cxpanding, and unripe fruit pickled. It makes the famous “‘Caper Sauce.” PEt. 8c.;
oz. 75¢. CARDOON
German, Karvon; French, Carpon; Spanish, CARpo HORTENSE.
Large Spanish—A wonderful ana very desirable vegetable, grown from the mid-rib of leaves, which are blanched same way ascelery. PKt.
4c.; oz. 15¢. CHERVIL
German, GARTENKERBEL; French, CERFEUIL.
Hardy annual, worthy of more general use for flavoring and garnish- ing. Curled variety more beautiful than parsley.
Curled—Greatly superior to the old, plain variety; earlier, more handsome, having fully as fine perfume and flavor. Pt. 4c.; oz. 7c.; 2 oz. 12c.; + Ib. 20c.; 4 lb. 35c.; Ih. 60c.
CHICORY German, Cuicorre; Swed- ish, Crcorra.
Large Rooted, or Coffee — Dried and pre- pared roots are used quite extensively as a substitute for and an adulterant of coffee. Pkt. 3c.; 02 6c.; 2 0zZ. 10c.; 4 Ib. 18¢e:; 4 Ib. 30c.; Ib. 55c.
CHIVES (Schnittlauch)
Y Perfectly hardy peren- nial plant of the onion type. Grown for their small —— which are produced
reely very early in spring. Planted in small clumps in any garden soil, will grow brats hy 2S ; rapidly. Tops appear early
9 : in spring; can be shorn off
° close to ground. If not al- CHUFUS, or EARTH ALMOND lowed to flower will pro-
‘ : duce much longer. Sclected clumps prepaid by mail, 20¢., by express at purchaser’s expense, 10c. each; $1.00 per dozen.
CHUFUS, or EARTH ALMOND
In sweetness and flavor very much resembles a cocoanut or almond, and greatly liked by all children, Wary in size from _a large pea to a hazelnut. The nuts grow under and very near the surface of the ground and very easily reached; relished by pigs or poultry. Plant in April two inches apart in rows 24 feet apart. If the seed is dry, soak well before pleating. Very prolific. Pkt. 5c.; 41d. 10¢e.;41b. 18c.; lb. 35c.
COLLARDS
German, BLarTreR-KoxL;French,
CuHov. E
A variety of cabbage known in different sections as “‘Cole,’’ “Cole- wort,” or simple “Greens.” It is extensively used in the South.
Georgia, Southern, or Creole —I offer the crue white, or green stemmed sort so exclusively used in the South Forms a large loose open head, or a mass of leaves on tall stems. Freezing dees not in- jure, but rather improves their quality. Sow thick in drills, in nich ground, transplanting when 4inchcs high and thin to 2 or 3 feet apart in the 1. when the proper size. In the Sous. scw from January to Pict. 3c.; of. 3L.; 2 oz. 15c.; $ 1b.
COLLARDS
May, and August to October. 252.; 4 1b. 402.; 1b. 75c.
ties as an appe- -
NO GARDEN IS COMPLETE WITHOUT FLOWERING BULBS.
H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
CORN SALAD, Fetticus or Lamb’s Lettuce This small Salad is used during tie winter and spring months as a substitute for lettuce, and is also cooked and used like spinach. In
warm weather the plants will mature in four to six weeks. Pkt. 8c.; OZ. 6C.; 2 OZ. 10c.; 4 Ib. 18c.; 4 lb. 30c.; Ib. 55c. CRESS - German, Kressr; French, Cresson; Spanish, Masrrvuco; Swedish, KRasse.
New Upland Cress—Has the highiy prized flavor of Water Cress. It is so haruy as to be green nearly the whole year, and is ready for use before any other salad in spring. Its usage should be more general, as it is of as easy culture as spinach. It is @ perennial plant, and can be grown for several years without renewal. Pkt. &e.; oz. 30c.
Curled, or Pepper Grass—This small salad is much used with lettuce, to the flavor of which its warm, pungent taste makes a most agreeable addition. Pkt. 2c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; 4 Ib. 15c.; 4 Ib. 25c.; 1b. 40c.
True Water Cress—ihis is quite distinct from the last, and only thrives when its roots and stems are subs merged in water. It is one of the most delicious of smell salads, and should be planted wherever 2 suitable place ean be found. PEt. 5c.; 0Z. 25c.; 2 oz. 40c.; 1+ 1b. 75c.
DANDELIOP
German, ParpEBLUME; French, PissE- EN-LIT; Sp2rish, AMARGON; Swecish, SMOR2ELOMSTER.
Improved Large Leaf—‘n improved variety, very early and largely cultivated for greens, or if blanened like celery makes a fine and delicious salad. The roots when dried and roasted are often employed as a sub- stitute for coffee. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 40c.
ENDIVE, often called Winter Lettuce
This is one of the most refreshing of all autumn and winter salads. En- dive may be grown at any season of the year, but is more generally used late in the fall.
Fine Green Curled— Is the haraiest vasicty; ~ very fine,dark green leaves, ; which blanch to a beautiful white, tender and crisp. 2 oz. 15c.; 1 lb. 28c.; 4 Ib. 59c.; 1D. $0e.
New Moss Curled—Very fine variety, growing considerably denser and haying the leaves much finer cut than the Green Curled variety; in fact the whole pliant ismere compsct. FE. 3¢.; 02. 8c.; 2 oz. 15c.; + lb. 28¢c.; 4 1b. 50c.; lb. 90c.
_ FENNEL
New Florence Celery Rooted—A desirable va- riety from Italy, where, owing toits delightful sweet flavor, it is much preferred to celery. Thrives well in our climate, and is of easy culture. Cultivate same as parsley. Sow early in spring. Pkt. 5c.
GARLIC German, KNOBLAUCH; French, AIL.
A popular vegetable of the bulbous reoted family, with a strong penetrating odor. many for flavoring soups, stews, etc. Garlic seed, but_c2an supply the bulbs only. Fine Buinhs, 2b. 8c.; 3 1b. 15c.; lb. 25c.
HORSE RADISH
This valuable vegetable is first grown by planting
il lengths of roots called sets. _Set out in April, small end down, the tep 1 to 2 inches below the surface, in rich, well cultivated soil; forms large sized roots in one season’s growth. Before planting, the top of the set should be cut off slantingly to prevent Gecay from water resting on top. Nice Sets, 15c.per doz. ; 75c. per hun- dred, postpaid by mail.
CORN SALAD Pkt. 3c.; oz. 8c.;
Pungent in its tarte, and esteemed by I frequently receive orders for
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THE MOST VALUABLE. INTRODUCTIONS OF BEANS IN RECENT YEARS
ie of these three splendid Dwarf Bush Lima Beans possesses its
own peculiar points of merit. I earnestly hope that all will try them. No garden is complete, no table is properly supplied with- out them.
New Jackson Wonder Bush Lima—Grows from 18 to 30 inches high, immensely productive and very early. Pods broad and flat, cone taining from three to four beautiful variegated fiat Beans, similar to the well-known Lima, and in the dry state as shell Beans can be used the same as Lima, but when the pods are young they make excellent snap Beans. It cooks easily and quickly; in fact fills all the requirements of a good garden variety as well as a field sort.
Pkt. 8c.; 4 pt. 12c.; pt. 22¢.; at. 40c. -~--# Burpee’s Bush Lima—The bushes grow 18 to 20 inches high, of stout Henderson’s Bush Lima—Valuable variety on account of its earliness growth and always erect, yet branching so vigorously that each and wonderful productiveness, continuing to grow and set pods plant develops into a magnificent circular bush from 2 to 3 feet until stopped by frost. Its popularity increases every year. Rich, in diameter. Enormously productive, single plants under favor- buttery Limas—the true flavor (even better). Vines are without able circumstances yielding from 200 to 350 pods. Handsome runners, leaves small, bright green and Lima-like; flowers small, large pods being well filled with very large Beans, identical in size yellowish white, borne in clusters and often above the foliage. Pods and luscious flavor with the well known Pole Limas. Pt. 8¢.; short, flat and contain from three to five Beans, which are of deli- 3 pt. 12c.; pt. 22c.; qt. 40c. cious quality. Try it. Pkt. 8c.; 4 pt. 12c.; pt. 22c.; at. 40c.
FOR PRICES IN QUANTITY SEE WHOLESALE PAGES
YOSEMITE MAMMOTH WAX
In Value, Distinctive Merit and Sterling Worth This Bean is a Wonder
I would call attention to the necessity of planting this grand variety nearly twice as wide apart as ordinary bush Beans. The plant is so large and vigorous, and the pods are so solid and pulpy that they require a great deal of light and air to perfect them.
A GRAND GOOD VARIETY
The pods frequently attain a length of ten to fourteen inches, with the thickness of a man’s finger, and are nearly all solid pulp, the seeds being very small when the pods are fit for use. The pods are a rich golden color, and are absolutely stringless, cooking tender and delicious. This is the popular Wax Bean for family or market purposes. It is enormously productive, as many as 50
_ of its monster pods having been counted on one bush. Pkt, 8c.;
| 4 pt. 15c.; pt. 25¢.; qt. 40c.
THAT I PREPAY CHARGES REMEMBER ON BEANS BY THE ONE-
HALF PINT, PINT AND QUART.
i YOSEMITE MAMMOTH WAX
WO ONE CAN MISS IT BY BUYING ANY OF THE BEANS LISTED ON THIS PAGE
12 H. W. BUCEBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
NEW DWARF WAX BEANS
This Year I Present Again the Grand Old Favorite of so Many Thousands:
Buckbee’s Rust-Proof Golden Wax
Y own original stock, unequaled in size, color and qublity of pods ‘4 and Superior to All Others. This bean, introduced by me, still continues
THE STANDARD WAX VARIETY FOR GENERAL USE
In this variety I have a Bean that possesses all the good points of the old favorite, Golden Wax, but is larger in pod and much more prolific; handsome appearance, being of a dark, rich, yellow color and of perfect shape.
IT CANNOT BE BEAT BY ANY BEAN
Of grand quality, showing no string or coarseness even-when
past its best, but is of tender and melting flavor at all stages of its
eae th- Being so exceedingly prolific, it is not injured by Bean rust.
or market gardeners or private families no better variety can be
planted. Try this great Bean in your garden once, and it will always have a place there.
Kt. 8c.; 4 pt. 15c.; pt. 25c.; qt. 40c.
JONES’ STRINGLESS WAX
This is the result of crossing a white-seeded sort with the Yose- mite, and in it the good qualities of the latter variety are developed to a superlative degree, being wonderfully productive of uniformly well shaped and handsome pods. The plant is exceedingly hardy - and rust-proof.
A fine, white-seeded variety with round, stringless pods of un- SS surpassed beauty and quality. It matures the long, round, fleshy,
WAX
EES RUST-PROOF GOLDEN
NEW EARLY PROLIFIC GERMAN
OR IMPROVED BLACK WAX
I am so thoroughly satisfied with this great improved strain of Black Wax that I have discarded’ the old stock altogether, this being more vigorous, and, by far, more productive, with a much longer, whiter and more fleshy pod. ~The vines are of medium size, very vigorous and extremely hardy. The flowers are reddish-white or purple. It is be- yond all doubt the E
BEST EARLY BLACK WAX BEAN FOR THE MARKET . 5 GARDENER
~ The pods are of medium length, borne well up among the foliage are curved, cylindrical, fleshy and of a clear waxy-white color, with long, slightly curved points. The Beans are small, oblong and jet black, PEt. 8c.; 4 pt. 15¢.; pt. 25c.; qt. 40c.
NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO PLANT THE OLD BLACK WAX OR BUTTER BEAN, AS THIS IS SO FAR SUPERIOR
IN EVERY RESPECT.
JONES’ STRINGLESS WAX stringless pods very early and ripens its crop of seed earlier than the earliest of field Beans, so that it will prove a valuable | sort for the farm as well as the garden. The ripe Beans are salable as No. 1 medium.and are of superior quality for cul- inary purposes. This feature makes the sort of especial value to market gardeners, since if from any reason there is no sale for them as snaps, the value of the dry Beans wiil make the crop a remunerative ene. Every farmer and gar- dener should try it.
Pkt. 8c.; 4 pt. 15¢.; pt. 25c.; at. 40c.
I can also supply the fol- Dwart Wax Beans j,\ine varieties of Dwarf Wax Beans, which are too well known to need extended descriptions, at the uniform price of: Pkt. 5c.; 4 pt. 10c.; pt. 18¢.; qt. 35c.
Chalienge Extra Early New Flageolet Wax.
Black Wax. Yellow Eye Waz. Maule’s Butter Wax. Improved Golden Waz. Black Eye Wax. Ferry’s Detroit Wax. Pink Eye Wax. Currie’s Rust-Proof Wax.
Violet Flageolet Wax. New Speckled Wax. Grenell’s Rust-Proof Wax. Keeney’s Rustless Gold- New Crystal White Wax. en Wax.
' 7 : Refugee Wax. é NEW EARLY PROLIFIG GERMAN. .OR-IMPROVED BLACK WAX eee.
‘FOR PRICES ON SEEDS IN QUANTITY SEE WHOLESALE PAGES—4 AND 5—THIS GUIDE |
H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 13
OR PRICES IN QUANTITY Tene WHOLESALE PAGES.
BUCKBEE’S NEW GOLDEN-EYED WAX I Have Never Known a Bean to Become Popular as Quickiy as
BUCKBEE’S NEW RUST-PROOF GOLDEN- EYED WAX
Absolutely Stringless, Very Prolific, Positively Free from Bust.
A strong-growing bush variety of remarkable vigor and freedom from rust. It sends out short tendrils, on which pods are formed, in addition to those near the central stalk of the plant, which accounts for its won- derful productiveness, amounting under favorable conditions to one hun- dredfold, The pods are meaty and well filled, thick-lat when young and semi-round later; of rich yellow color and fine quality, and entirely stringless, even when old enough to shell. They are also free from that parchment-like lining which makes many varieties tough unless when very young. _ If the pods are picked as fast as formed the plant continues to ATE a bountiful supply for a long season. Pkt. 8c.; 44 pt. 15c.;
pt. 25c.; qt. 40c. DAVIS WAX
An Exceptionally Hardy, Productive, White-Seeded, Waz- Podded Sort—Pods very long, white, straight and handsome. The most hardy and productive bush wax-podded Bean. Vine rustless, vig- orous. When young the pods are very brittle, crisp and tender. The dry Beans are kidney-shaped, clear white and excellent for baking. Best of all for shipping as snap beans, The perfect shape and fine color of the pods, and the clear white seed make this one of the best sorts for canners. PKt. 7c.; }¢ pt. 12c.; pt. 20c.; qt. 35c.
IMPROVED WHITE WAX, or BUTTER
Great improyement over the old white Wax. Vines good _ size, erect; leaves large; blooms white. Heavy yield. Pods large, hand= some and of great quality. No strings, no coarseness; flavor fire. Pkt. 8c.; 46 pt. 15c.; pt. 25c.: qt. 40c.
NEW PERFECTION WAX ALWAYS GIVES ENTIRE SATISFACTION
This is one of the most highly productive varieties yet intro- duced. It has stood the market test, and has ‘aken /ts place asa standard. The color of the pods is a rich golden yellow, which turns lighter as they reach maturity. The length of the pods is six inches; they are a half inch broad, sharply pointed, and hang in great clusters. Extremely tender and brittle, with but a trace of string. In every way the New Perfection Wax is a highly sat- isfactory, money making Bean, for it combines great productive- ness with high quality.
Kt. 8c.; +4 pt. 15c.; pt. 25c.; qt. 40c.
SADDLE BACK WAX
Extra productive. Strong bush, about fifteen inches high. Pods long, nearly straight, we) rounded and extremely meaty— so fleshy, in fact, that the space between the Beans is solid meat, with no open spaces. Brittle, always stringless, rich golden yel- low in color and of the finest flavor.
PEt. 7c.; 4% pt. 12c.; pt. 20c.; qt. 35c.
NEW VALENTINE WAX
An improved extra early Valentine Bean with round wax pods. Very early fora Wax Bean. A Grand, Good Bean. A planting made June 12th gave us a fair picking by July 28th— forty-six days. Its value as a shipper has been proven. Very tender, almost without string, the pod free from any toughness; re- markably solid throughout. Handsome in appearance; rust-proef,
Pkt. 8c.; 44 pt. 15c.; pt. 25c.; at. 40c.
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One Quart to 100 Feet in Drills. Two Bushels to the Acre in Drills.
BUCKBEE BEANS BRING BEST RETURNS FOR HOME USE OR MARKET
German, BOHNE; French, HARCOT; Spanish, FRIJORENANO; Swedish, BONAR.
WARDWELL’S NEW KIDNEY WAX It Is Impossible to Go Wrong If Crop Dependence Is Placed In
WARDWELL’S NEW KIDNEY WAX. NONE BETTER
One of the greatest features of this Bean is that it is extremely hardy. Both pods and plants are more robust than usual for a Wax Bean. The shape of the Bean is entirely distinct from that of all other Wax vari- eties, as it is of a perfect kidney conformation. Furthermore it isa | most prolific variety, and is one of the earliest and most hardy. The pods are long, flat, a delicate waxy yellow, quite brittle and enaely stringless. Especially desirable for every climate, Can be grown wit great profit in the South for early shipment to the North,
kt. 7c.; 44 pt. 12c.; pt. 20c.; qt. 35c.
ROGER’S LIMA WAX
I claim for this variety four essential points:_(1) Productiveness, <2) Handsome Color and Tender Pods; (3) Delicious Flavor (4) White Seeded, Excellent Dry Bean for Baking. Require thin
planting @two beans being sufficient for a hill) on very rich soil, and will run true and not sport. transparent, glossy lemon wax. small, oval, pure white.
Pkt. 82.; 44 pt. 15c.; pt. 25c.; qt. 40c.
Pods broadest of all Wax Busk Beans; color Tender, juicy and flavor delicate Seed
Remember that I prepay charges on Beans by the one-half pint, pint and quart, unless particularly noted. Quantities of one-eighth bushel, one-fourth bushel, one-half bushel, one bushel or more will be shipped by freignt or express at pur- chaser’s expense. ng
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BUCKBEF’
ent strains of Valentines are offere
good qualities. Pkt. 7c.; 4 pt. 12c.; pt. 20c.; at. 35c. NEW DWARF HORTICULTURAL
pt. 18c.; gt. 35c. EARLY MOHAWK
matures quickly, carries zood weight of long, 10¢.; pt. 16c.; qt. 30c. :
NEW STRINGLESS GREEN POD
and straighter than those of most varieties.
Pkt. 7c.; 4 pt. i2c.; pt. 20c.: qt. 35c.
6c.; + pt. 10c.; pt. 18c.; qt. 35c. NEW WHITE VALENTINE
OTHER POPULAR’ VARIETIES
uniform price of Pkt. 5c.; 4 pt. 8c.; pt. 15c.; qt. 28c.
THE GROWER WHO “KNOWS BEANS”
BUCKBEE’S IMPROVED EXTRA EARLY VALENTINE For snaps there is nothing superior to this variety among the green podded sorts, and many prefer it to the wax varieties. Vines a peck paths coarse, dark green leaves and large white blossoms. Pods medium length, curved, cylindrical, with crease in back; very fleshy, crisp and tender. Beans mecium size, long, arregulan ype marbled with red. Many difer- b St fered under slightly varying names, each claiming to be a great and distinct improvement, We have, carefully examined them all, both in trial and large yield, and have found none which we were willing to substitute for our stock, which combines all the
Vines compact, upright and very productive. Pods medium len cylindrical and curved, with splashes of bright red on a yellowish genet The ripe Beans are large, plump, oval and neatly covered with splashes of bright green, and when in this condition the Beans are very large, easily shelled and about equal to the Lima in quality. Pkt. 5c.; 4 pt. 10c.;
This sort is so much hardier than the others that it ean be earlier, furnishing Beans fit for use before any other kind. ee and stout, with large leaves which will stand a slight frost. Blossoms large, purple; pods long, straight, with long tapering point. Beans long, kidney-shaped, variegated with drab, purple, arewee n favor for forcing? arge pods. Pkt, 5c.; 3 pt.
Is most happily named, as it is quite unique—the only absolutely stringless green-podded Bean in the market. Pod is round, full, larger ality is most superior. The Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station writes: “Plants of medium growth. Pod 44 to 54 inches long, nearly round, slizhtly curved, light green, flesh tender and of best quality. remain long in edible condition; even when the Beans are large, the pods are not stringy. Valuable for good quality and lack of stringiness.”
Pods
NEW EARLY ROUND POD YELLOW SIX WEEKS While this variety does not differ from the Early Long Yellow Six Weeks in size or general appearance of the vine, the pods are shorter, very much thicker, more fleshy and quite stringless. Moreover, while retaining the vigor and hardiness of the old sort, it is fully one week
earlier. Dry Bean color of ordinary Six Weeks, but much shorter. Pkt.
tirely,
Red
This variety presents improvements of a different kind en and at the same time is distinctly superior to its parent, the Early Valentine. The plant is considerably larger tnan the Early Valentine, though it may be planted at exactly the same distance. It preserves all the characteristics of its parent, particularly in the absence of string- iness. The pods are borne in enormous quantities close to the center of the plant, and are not only longer, but much thicker and more meaty than any of this type. Another advantage which will recommend it co all is that the Beans retain their tenderness much longer than any other variety we know of. Pkt. 6¢.;43 pt. 12c.; pt. 22c.; qt. 35c.
T can also supply the following varieties of Green-Podded* Bush Beans, which are too wel known to need’ extended description, at the
Improved Early Long Yellow Six Weeks. Refugee, or 1000 toi Improved Large White Marrow. Early China Red Eye. Early Royal Dwarf White Kidney. Improved Navy Bean.
BUYS HIS SEED OF BUCKBEE AND GETS THE BEST
H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
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SELECT LIST OF THE SORTS WHICH y ARE SURE TO BE MONEY MAKERS .
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_BUCKBEE’S EARLY WONDER
This is an ideal Snap Bean. Pods are 44 inches long, soft green straight and round. Free from that woody inner ae of hay pe we associate with old beans; what litile string exists is not developed until pod is quite old. Flavor is most delicious; it has the peculiarity of preserving its delicate color almost intact when prepared for the table. Remarkably carly seey. for use es (Bye an advance of any variety of merit. Its bearing qualities are unexcelled and it mstures its crop very regularly, ev. di adverse conditions Pkt. 8c.; } pt. 15¢.: pt. 25¢.; at. 40c. (Gh pa
NEW EXTRA EARLY REFUGEE
Earliest of the green podded kinds; furnishing a flesh: f fine quali It is usually from two to three weeks earlier than pene Reripee TRS vines, though a little smaller, are fully as hardy and vigorous as that variety, and more upright. Pods of the same size and shape, except slightly flatter. ty Bon Sane size, shape zal color as sega Refugee. My stock Ae selected with great care, and is extremely uniform in ripening. P = 4 pt. 10c.; Dt. 18c.; at. 35c. a
BEST OF ALL
This vine is very hardy, vigorous and healthy, producing an abundance of very straight, handsome pods, which, when fit for use as snaps, are round, verv brittle and of a peculiar deep green color. As the pods mature they be- come lighter in color and splashed with bright red. When fit for use as green shelled, the Beans are large, mottled with red; very tender and of the best quality. The Dry Beans are mottled in two shades of red. One oi the hardi- est and best of all. Pkt. 5c.; 4 pt. 10c.; pt. 18c.; qt. 35e.
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NEW LAZY WIFE
ODS wonderfully broad, thick and entirely stringless. They sur- P pee any other variety in the way vines cling to the poles, and every 3ean grower will at once acknowledge this is the most important qualification. Pods flattish, oval shape, and when fully grown are from 4 to 6 inches long, exceedingly rich, buttery and fine flavored when
cooked. They are hardy, easily grown and most productive. Sur- passingly fine for an early and late snap sort, also as a dry sheil or winter ean it is unsurpassed, and such is the peculiar taste and pleasing flavor
of this Bean that we have known persons who would not eat any, other varieties of String Beans after tasting Lazy Wife. Pkt. 8c.; 4 pt. 12c.; pt. 22c.; qt. 40c.
NEW GOLDEN ANDALUSIA
~_ This is certain to be one of the very best ‘‘Early Wax Pole Beans,” as it is fully two weeks earlier than most varieties, being fit to pick by LLL . ; an | the third week in July. The pods are of splendid size, pemutial wellow wee 2S Se Se is HWY in color, they are absolutely stringless, cook well and are tender. very ‘ HM} garden should contain this world beating variety. es Pkt. 7c.; 4 pt. 12c.; pt. 22c.; qt. 40c.
Every Packet of Beans contains 2 ounces or more.
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< = FAMOUS KENTUCKY WONDER
OR OLD HOMESTEAD
This splendid variety, introduced in 1885, has since been offered as Seek No Further, and was introduced in 1891 as a novelty under the name of Old Homestead. Vine vigorous, climb- ing well and very productive, bearing its pods in large clusters; blossoms white; pods green, very long, often reaching 9 or 10 inches, nearly round when young, and very crisp, continuing in use for an extended season. Has no Equal. Dry beans long, oval, dun-colored. An early and very prolific sort, with showy pods, which are most excellent forsnaps _It is sometimes catalogued. as Southern Prolific, but this is an error, as the latter is two weeks later and has shorter pods.
Send to Buckbee for the Best Seed. Pkt. 7c.: 4 pt. 12c.; pt. 22c.; qt. 40c.
RED SPECKLED CUT SHORT or CORN HILL
A popular variety for planting among the corn, and thus furnishing a good crop without the use of poles _ Vines medium and never known to twist tightly | Leaves smooth and dark colored; bloSsoms white. Pods short, cylindrical and tender. Beans oblong, or nearly so, and cut off diagonally at the ends; white covered with reddish brown.
Pkt. 6c.; 4 pt. 12c.; pt. 20c.; qt. 35c.
EARLY GOLDEN CLUSTER WAX
A well-known, early and very beautiful sort. Vines large, strong-growing, vigorous, hardy; leaflets large, light green, crimped; flowers yellowish-white; pods 6 to 8 inches long, borne in abundant clusters, each containing from 3 to 6 pods, which are broad, very thick and fleshy, deeply creased along the edge to which the beans are attached; much curved; color bright golden
ellow. Of the very best quality, and staying in condition for use a long time. The eans are also excellent shelled green. We recommeid this variety as furnishing the largest and handsomest pods of any sort in the list.
Pkt. 8c.; 4 pt. 12c.; pt. 22c.; qt. 40c.
SEIBERT’S EARLY LIMA
The earliest true Lima. No other sort so early or so good. As large as the largest, making it the best Lima Bean ever offered. . The vine is exceptionally hardy, vigorous, and not only produces pods earlier, but continues bearing longer than any other sort. In earliness, ease of shelling, size, beauty and quality of the green beans,this variety is far in advance of all other sorts. The pods and green beans are as large as those of the King of the Garden Lima, and of better quality. Stock is limited this season. Order early. No progressive gardener will fail to try it.
Pkt. 8c.; 4 pt. 12c.; pt. 22c.; qt. 40c.
BUCKBEE’S NEW KING OF THE GARDEN LIMA (The Best White Lima.)
Practical value has been the object aimed at in the development of this grand variety, which is the outcome of skillful selection It furnishes the largest green Beans, and is the most easily shelicd of any of the Limas. :
The vine ic so productive that although the pods rarely contain more than four Beans, the yield is enormous and is produced from the very first to the last of the season.
The green shelled Beans are of immense size, but so tender and succulent that they shrink in drying to about the size of the Large White Lima. It is the best Lima Bean ever offered for market gardeners’ use. ;
In yield, ease of shelling, size, beauty and quality of green Beans, this variety is in advance of all other sorts, and is recognized as the best of all the Limas for either the garden or the market.
Pkt. 7c.; 4 pt. 12c.; pt. 22c.; qt. 40c.
I can also supply the following splendid varieties of Pole Beans, which are too well known {0 require extended description, at the following low prices:
Pkt. + Pt. Pt. Qi. ELAELS SAL PORWR INID 50, oreo, 0 a: § .5: eves nteresdichal s oarsmen ea a 6c. 12¢c. 20c. 35¢. New Early Black Lima.............. eo dCe 12c, 22c. 40c. White Dutch Case Knife. ......... .. IC. 12c. 20c. 35c. Child’s Mammoth Horticultural Pole .. 6C. 12c. 22c. 40c. New Willow Leaf Lima............ .. 60. 12¢. 22c. 40c. New White Runner..... .. 6c. i2¢. 20c. 35c. Scarlet Runner...... -. 5e. 10c. 18c. 35c. ‘Golden Champion...... .. 6c, 12c. 22c. 40c Buckhbee’s New Holstein. ......... 0... cc cc ec ence ccceees 8c. 15c. 25c. 40c. Buckhbee’s New Golden Lima2.... 2... ccc. cc eee eee eee 8ce- 15c. 25c. 40c,
IF YOU TRY BUCKBEE’S KING OF THE GARDEN LIMA BEANS YOU WILL BE DELIGHTED
16 H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
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A REVELATION AMONG MANGELS
BUCKBEE’S
MASTODON
The greatest’ Man- gel of the century. Without doubt the greatest creation in Mangels ever placed before the public, The largest, heaviest and most profitable Mangel offered.
YIELDS OVER 2,000 BUSHELS PER ACRE
CULTURE The best results are obtained on a deep, rich sandy loam, which
should be well prepared and thoroughly enriched. Seed should be sown as soon as ground is nicely settled, in drills 30 inches apart. Cultivate well when young, and thin out the plants to one foot apait in the row. If these thinnings are carefully handled and the larger leaves cut off, they can be reset to fill vacancies, and will make the largest roots. Care should be taken in harvesting not to bre2k or bruise the roots, as it hastens their decay. To preserve Mangels during Winter, store them in a cool cellar similar to potatoes, or bury in pits in a dry situation and cover them with a light covering of straw, then a covering of boards, and lastly a goodly covering of soil to protect them in seyere and wet weather. I would particularly recommend that those interested in growing roots for stock feeding send to the United States De- partment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., for a FREE copy of Bulletin No. 11,
Hon. A. J. Love- joy, of Roscoe, IIL, the eminent stock specialist, writes: “The results which Iobtained by planting Buckbee’s Mangel Seed are truly amazing. J heartily. recom- mend them to ali.”
giving the analysis of American feeding stuffs.
The Greatest Mangel of the Century
UCKBEE’S MASTODON is enormously, wonderfully productive. Its yield is exceedingly fabulous—1,500 to 1,800 bushels per acre is nothing uncommon on good soil, and many experimental stations and trial tests the past year have produced at
the rate of 2,000 to 2,500 bushels per acre- and many reaching the sensational weight of 75 pounds and over.
I took many hundreds of specimens from my fields weighing over 60 pounds each. Could anything be more marvelous than this truly wonderful
Mangel? In Jength Buckbee’s Mastadon is about the same as Buckbee’s Mammoth Long Red Mangel, but it is particularly re-
markable for its handsome shape and broad shoulders, its diameter being greater and its weight very much heavier.
The flesh is
red, of very fine texture and quality, containing less water and more sugar than any other Mangel, except it be the New Imperial
Sugar, making it more nutritious and
in preference to other kinds. Prominent Mangel authorities consider Buckbee’s Mastodon by far the most valuable an
milk-producing. Sheep and other stock thrive better when fed on it, picking out pieces of it
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of all stock-feeding Beets. Please remember that I own and control the entire stock of this grand variety. It is sucha : i i Mangel at prices within reach
that the seed cannot be grown as cheaply as other Mangels, yet being desirous of placing this grand M
of all, I offer it at the following exceptionally low prices: 60c.; 5 Ibs. $2.50, prepaid.
Oz. 8c.; <= Ih. 20c.; 4 lb. 35c.3 id.
MR. FRANE S, WHITE
ie : = 7 CKB EE’S i A ey sides Writes: ‘‘Last Spring I purchased
Buckbee’s Mastodon Mangel Seed, and raised over 4,000 bushels. I
MANGELS
a consider this a fine and very projit- abie crop, Iam greatly pleased with the results
shown on this and the next page consists of the very best varieties only, Mangel growers in every section of the world are my regu- lar customers, which is the very best evidence in the world that the seed I furnish them is always satisfactory.
If you want anything in Man- gel Seed that will give you the highest results, it will be found listed in this guide.
Prices and stock always right.
obtained by planting Buckbee's Seeds,”
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The Sugar Beet industry in
( the United States has grown to
great proportions. Sugar Beets
| have two great uses—the making
of sugar and the feeding of stock. Their crop value in either case is very large. I recommend highly the varieties I list on the next page, and have always been careful to offer none but the best. Growers of Sugar Beets can rely on the seed I offer. ‘
Prices always right.
BUCKBEE’S MANGELS ARE THE BEST AND MOST PROFITABLE OF ALL MANGELS
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BUCKBEE’S “FULL OF LIFE” MANGELS
Nu) Ue My Thoroughbred Manegel Seed is the acknowl- S ; edged leader throughout the land for mammoth : eld. Desirable shape, uniform large size, long
eeping and good quality. The Value of Mangels for stock feeding cannot be overestimated. The results from their use are wonderful, as is shown in the improved health and condition of animals, the increased yield of milk in cows and the great pene of hay. They can be raised at a trifling cost.
Buckbee’s Mammoth Long Red Mangel
This grand Mangel of my own introduction stands with- I
outarival. It has created a great sensation wherever grown, on account of its extraordinary size, single roots weighing from 30 to 40 pounds being of frequent occurrence. Won- derfully productive, producing on an average the enormous quantity of from 1,000 to 1,500 bushels per acre. Beware of Imitations.
The quality is of the highest order. Its keeping qual- ities are not excelled. The crop is always uniform, and the color is a beautiful dark red. You cannot afford to be with- out this best of all Mangels. Oz. 5c.; + 1b. 15¢.; 4 1b. 26c.; lb. 40c.; or 5 lbs. (for one acre) $1.75, prepaid.
GOLDEN TANKARD MANGEL
This distinct variety is a most important addition to our list of roots for stock feeding, as it contains less water an more sugar than most Mangels. The very best for dairy farming. sheep and all other stock thrive wonderfully on it. Itis early, hardy and a good cropper, for on account of its shape roots can be left standing close in rows. OZ. 5¢.; + Ib. 10c.; 3 1b. 18c.; lb. 30c.; or 5 Ibs. (for one arce) $1.40, prepaid.
NEW GOLDEN MONARCH MANGEL
This entirely new and distinct Mangel grows to the larg- est size and is of a beautiful russet yellow color. Itis remark- ably even in shape, of vigorous growth; it has a fine ieck, large leaves with green stems and a very smooth fine skin. The flesh is white, firm and sweet, greatly relished by cattle and other stock. Altogether it is a magnificent root, easily lifted, growing more than half above ground, producing enormous crops, and is an excellent keeper. OZ. 5c.; 11b. 12c.; 3 Ib. 20c.; lb. 35c.; or 5 lbs. (for one acre) $1.60, prepaid.
I can also supply the following new and standard vari- eties of Mangels at the uniform price of: OZ. 5c.; 4 Ib. 10c.; 4 1b. i6c.; lb. 28c.; or 5 lbs. (for one acre) $1.30, prepaid. r
Giant oR Mammotu Jumso, Giant INTERMEDIATE, Giant Hoistein, YELLOW LeviaTHAN, Lone YELLOW, YeELiow Ovo, E1rret Tower, CoamPion RED GLOBE, ORANGE GLOBE, MixEpD MANGEL SEED.
CHAMPION YELLOW GLOBE MANGEL
One of the best varieties grown for stock feeding; very productive, excellent keeper; small tops and few Slbavest uniformly globe shaped. color of skin deep orange yellow; flesh white and of excellent quality. The roots grow almost entirely above ground; well adapted to shallow ground; very easy to harvest.. OZ. 5c.; 4 lb. 10c.; 3 ib. 16c.; lb. 28c.3 or 5 lbs, (for one acre) $1.30, prepaid.
BUCKBEE’S NEW
SUGAR BEETS German Sugar Beet
N addition to their value for sugar making these . Beets are highly valuable for stock feeding
purposes, making an addition to the ration that is indispensable.
Culture same as for Mangels.
Ican supply the following new and standard varieties of Sugar Beets, which are too well known to need extended description, at the uniform price of: OZ. 5¢.; } 1b. 10c.; 4 Ib. 16c.; lb. 28¢c.; or 5 lbs. (for one acre) $1.35, prepaid.
Vitmorin’s ImprRoveD SUGAR, Sucar, JeRsEyY SuGar,
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IMPERIAL SUGAR
HE grandest and most superior of all
Sugar Beets, affording a larger percent-
age of sugar than any known variety. Very productive, yielding 20 tons and over of the finest beets to the acre; roots are very symmetrical and desirable in shape; grow slightly above the surface. The coloris white, slightly washed with red at top, while the balance is of a clear white. Flesh finely grained and very sweet. I sell thousands of pounds each year to the large beet sugar fac- tories through the country, always with the most satisfactory results. OZ. 5c.;}1b. 15c. 3 4 Ib. 25c.; lb. 40c.; 5 lbs. (for one acre) $1.75, prepaid
(Klein Wanzleben.)
HIS is now acknowledged generally } throughout the continent of Europe, and. as far as tried in America also, as
the best to grow for the manufacture of sugar. We offer German-grown seed the second year from polarized roots. The polar- ized parent roots tested eighteen to twenty per cent. of sugar, while the erop varied from fourteen to eighteen per cent. of sugar, accord- ing to the season. Special prices will be quo- ted for large quantities. Oz. 5c.; + lb. 12c.; 4 Ib. 20c.; ib. 35c.; or 5 lbs. (for one acre) | $1.60, prepaid.
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Early Yellow TURNIP BEET
Similar to the Blood Turnip Beet except in color, which is a bright yellow. Itis of a very sweet, fine flavor andis deservedly popular, The roots are round and smooth and are of good marketable size, The shapeis the kind most desired, As a matter of fact, the Early Yel- low has much to recommend it and nothing cantruly be said against it. Pkt. 5c.; oz- 8c.; 2 oz, 15c.; 34 Ib, 25c,3 44 Ib. 40c.; Ib. 75.
BUCKBEE’S SELECTED PEDIGREE VARIETIES,
German, RUNEEL-RUBE; French, BETTEBAVE; Spanish, BETTERAGA; Swedish, BETOR. Ono ounce to fifty feet of Grill. Five CF Six pounds to the acre in drilig,
CULTURE, 722, bert results ore obtsined on = deep, rich sendy CROSBY'S EGYPTIAN,
: | in hot beds and transplant, | cutting off the outer leaves. For general crop sow as soon as the ground 2—Tue EantiesT BEET IN THE Maneet.—A selection from thatstand-
M bo : : . F - arly Egyptian, which retains the earliness of the parent will permit, in drills 18 inches apart, and thin out to8inchesintherow. For ard market Beet, Early E y WAC 8 6 pa. winter use the turnip varieties may besownin June, If possible, sow in stock and has added etree ee =e more desirable shspe; it is the freshly prepared soil, which should be pressed firmly overseed. Asupply deepest red, almost biack in co oat and is of finerquality than the Egyptian, may be had for winter use by storing in cellar and keeping covered with pein oT haste fee ceria ae Perea = =, See : i ilti i i er. shape sand or sandy soil to prevent wilting, or they may be Kept outdoors in pite. Wuidkerthanengotherea 3 Tat ao very rapid grower aiiican boesun on e side as late as July. Pkt. 4c.3 oz. Je.; 2 oz. 12¢,: ¥ Ib. 18¢.; 44 Ib.
I cansupply the following new and standard varieties of Beets,
which are too well known to need extended description, at the
mer price of Pkt, 3c.; oz. 6c,; 2 oz. 10c.3 14 1b. 15c,; % Ib, 25c.;
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EDMAND’S EARLY BLOOD TURNIP—Roots round and smooth, good marketable size; skin and flesh dark blood-red.
BASTIAN’S BLOOD TURNIP—A very desizable late blood-red variety; excellent for either market or home use.
DETROIT DARK RED TURNIP—One ofthe most popular turnip shaped varieties; valuable for market or private use.
LENTZ BLOOD TURNIP—Tops small,roots turnip-shaped, bright red; flesh crisp, tender and sweet; fine for winter,
NEW EARLY BASSANO—Good size, excellent for greens; can- not besurpassed for bunching to get into market early.
NEW ELECTRIC—Surprisingly fine variety. Remarkably early, turnip-shaped, rich red flesh, exceedingly tend-r.
MARKET GARDENERS—One of the most valuab? strains of baltlong Blood Beets ever offered for early or late use,
DEWING’S IMPROVED BLOOD TURNIP—Flesh deep biood-red, very tender and sweet: grows uniformly toa good size.
EARLY BLOOD TURNiIP—A round, smooth yariety, <ery early, vizorous grower; small top sort, and o7 bright re~ color
LATE BLOOD TURNiP—Popular everywhere. Symmetrical in Shape; flesh deep blood-red color, tender and sweet.
30c.; Ib. 50c,
BUCKBEE’S NEW HALF-LONG BLOOD.
3—HEntirely distinct and by far the best variety for winter use. Roots half as long as Long Dark Blood, but on account of their thickness Weigh
just as much. Always smooth; rich dark red flesh, seet, crisp, tenderand never woody, svenin portions above ground. One ofthe bestsorts. Pkt, 4c.; 0. Te.; 2 oz. 12¢c.; % Ib. 18¢e.; 4 Ib. 30c.; “b. 50c.
Buckbee’s Improved Long Dark Smooth Blood.
4—Tops large, neck small; leaf stems and veins red; ‘eaf green; roots large, tapering towards both ends, growing eyen with surface; dark red flesh; tender and sweet, and remainingso even when kept till spring. Pkt. Se-; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; 3% Ib. 15c.; %& Ib. 25c.; Ib. 40c.
NEW TRUE DARK STINSON BEET,
&—Excellent for the open garden. This is particularly valuable for forcing, because it produces less foliage than any other yeriety, and can be grown close together. The roots are smooth and regular in form; the skin is dark blood-red. Flesh fine grained and cooks dark blood-red. Remains in fine condition for a longtime. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 7e.; 2 oz. 12c.; % Ib. 18c.; % Ib. 30c.; Ib. 50c.
SWISS CHARD, OR SILVER BEET.
Sometimes OALLED SEA Kate Brzr.—A distinct vegetable and much superior to the common beet for greens; it must be remembered, however, S that the roots are of no value as beets. Sown earl y-in the epring, it makes s COLUMBIA BEET Fapid growth of leaves, and is fit for use for greens sooner than any other
e variety. Later the leaves grow very large, with broad, flat, beautifully white, wax-like stems and Peres may be cooked like asparagus or made
-1—The roote are of a neat turnip shape, with smooth ckinandd ive pi «3 OZ Ge; ; Xb. 15c,; Dlood-red flesh. of rich, tondan auanee, Fe Pe, 8 €8P into most attractive pickles, Pkt. 3¢.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; ¥ ;
. is ready touse very early, growing 34 Ib. 25c.; Ib, 40c. 8s quickly as does the Egyptian, while it does not become coarse andstringy BLACK UBEN. when of large size. Compared with such famoussorts as Edmand's and Q 4 Eclipse, the Columbia has proved eerlier than either, and even betterin Fine new sort, which Ican highly recommend. Roots pear-shaped, of
quality, In habit of growth it is very even; the foliage small, and of arich medium size, fine form, nearly buried in soil. Flesh deep red color, almost bronz color. It is also good for winter, grown from the seed sown in July. black; Jeaves large, nicely crimpled, of nee color, Pkt. 4c.; oz. 7e.; 2 PEt. 4c.; oz, 7c.; 2 oz. 12c.; % ib. 18¢.; & Ib. 30c.; Ib. 60c. oz. 12¢.; ¥ Ib. 18¢.; ¥ Ib. 30c.; Ib: 50c.
ORDER YOUR BULBS EARLY AND BE SURE TO GET THE BEST. SEE PAGE 88
H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 19
BUCKBE.E’S THE VARIETIES THAT BEETS ARE THE MONEY MAK-
ERS YEAR AFTER YEAR BUCKBEE’S SUNSET erorit waier
This grand novelty awarded Prize Medal. The director of the Maine Experi- mental College, at Orno, writes: ‘‘I consider Buckbee’s Sunset the most promis- ing new variety.’’ Extended experience has shown this variety of my own intro- duction to be one of the very best sorts, not only for market gardeners, but for the home garden. This variety was introduced as an improvement in turnip-shaped Beets for table use, and I have, by careful selection, improved each succeeaing crop, until I feel certain that it is ‘by far the best red turnip Beet in cultivation, The Best Beet. Tops small, upright growing, so that the rows may be close to~- gether; leaf, stems and veins dark red, blade green; roots globular or ovoid; partic- ularly smooth; color of skin dark blood red; flesh bright red, zoned with a lighter shade; very crisp, tender and sweet, and remaining so for a long time. The stock which we offer will produce a crop more uniform in shape, calor and quality than any other. I control the entire stock of this variety. Pkt. 6c.; oz. 8c.; 2 0%.
15¢.; } Ib. 25¢.; } lb. 40c.; Ib. 75c. THE BISMARCK
FINE TABLE VARIETY
(An Excellent Novelty from Germany.) Combines more good gualities than any other variety (Buckbee’s Sunset excepted) Rich, red flesh, exceedingly tender,remarkably early. In shape it is almost round. The [leaves are small and compact, fand set very close tO Gras = ee center of bulb. The tap root also is small, starting cleat from the bulb without taper—in- deed, it combines to a greater degree than any variety I know of the maximum edible bulb with the minimum root and_ foliage. The color is crimson. But it is when prepared for the table that its fine qualities become most apparent. The flesh, of delicate texture, is rich, sugary an<| en- tirely free from fiber. I control the en- tire supply of seed of this variety. Pkt. 4c.; 0z. 7c.; 2 0z. 12c.; + lb. 20c.; 4 Ib. 35c.; lb. 60c.
Percy Waterer, Cardington, Ohio, writes: “I planted your Mangel seed, one row in the garden;got 4 wag- on load off tt, big ones, too. Feed the cattle a bushel cut beets a day. They like it and bring top prices. Also condition bet-
Buckbee’s Extra Early Egyptian Blood Turnip .
ONE OF THE BEST EVER GROWN
Best variety for forcing, also excellent for first early crop out of doors. Very early. Leaf stems aud veins dark red, leaf dark green dotted with red; roots dark red, rounded on top, but flat beneath with very small tap roots; flesh dark red, zoned with lighter shacles; hard, crisp and tender at all times. PKt, 46.3; 0Z. 7c.; 2 OZ. 12c.5
lone.”’ pat es 1 Ib. 18c.; } Ib. 30c.; Ib. 50c.
No Grower of Beets Can Possibly Earliest of All Miss It On These Varicties
One of the best Beets grown; very care- ful selection. Roots of good form, round, with only one small tap root; flesh deep blood red color, very sweet and tender. Best for first early. Can be planted very closely, as they do not grow large and coarse; have very small top. One of the best for market gardeners and table use. Pkt. 4c.; 0z. 7c.; 2 oz. 12c.; + Ib. 18c.; 3, lb. 30c.; lb. 50c.
New Early Eclipse
Tops small, dark purplish green. Roots nearly globular, with a small tap root and collar. A splendid variety. Flesh dark red, zoned with lighter red, sweet, crisp and tender. Pkt. 3c.; 0zZ. 6c.; 2 0zZ. 10c.; 1 lb. 15c.; 4 lb. 25c,; Ib. 40c.
BUCEBEE’S CABBAGE SEED HAS NO EQUAL. ONE TRIAL ALWAYS CONVINCES
20 H. W. BUCEBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
BUCKBEE’S RELIABLE CABBAGE SEED
German, Kopfkohl; French, Chou-Pomme; Spanish, Repollo; Swedish, Kal. One-half lb. of seed in beds, to transplant, for an acre.
One of the chief departments of my seed growing business consists of growing Cabbage for seed only. My stock has reached such a high point of merit that it is a household word everywhere that ‘‘Buckhbee’s seed is the most reiiable and produces more good, marketable heads per acre than any offered.’”” And from the many thousands of unsolicited testimonials which I have received from all over the country I have reason to believe that the time which I personally spend in my Cabbage fields is truly appreciated by many thousands of customers, who stand by mein saying: ‘‘BUCKBEE’S SEEDS ARE THE VERY BEST.”
CHEAP CABBAGE SEED. Itis the poorest investment in the world; the failure can never be known until an entire season’s labor and outlay are lost. My seed is grown from SELECTED HEADS and saved from center shoots.
ALL-HEAD EARLY.
A first-class novelty. We quote the origi- nator’s description, ‘Earliest of all large Cab- bages, often coming in before Early Summer, It is at least one-third larger than this popular variety, and therefore much more profitable to the market gardener, who has in this variety a Cabbage larger and at the same time earlier— considerations of the greatest importance, while the All-head Early has that quality to be desired for earliness; is also valuable for late winter Cab- bage. Seed of the All-head sown in July and pase set out about the middle of August will
ring heads large and solid, which are sure to stand the winter well.” Pkt. 4c.; oz. 12c.; 2 oz. 23c.; 4 Ib. 45c.; 4 Ib. 85c.; Ib. $1.60.
Extra Early Winningstadt—One of the best for general use, being a very fine header afd will grow a hard head under circumstances where most sorts would fail, so that those who have) failed. with other kinds could hope to succeed with this. It seems to suffer less from the cabbage worm than any other sort. Plant very compact, with short, thick leaves. Heads regular, conical and very hard. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 12c.; 2 oz. 23c:; 4 lb. 45c.; 4 Ib. 85c.; ib. $1.60.
Charleston, or Large Wakefield—Strain of Wakefield, in which the plant is larger and a little later, the head larger and not so pointed.
kt. 4¢.; oz. 12¢.; 2 oz. 23¢.; + lb. 45c.; 4 Ib. 85c.; lb. $1.60.
Buckhee’s Selected Buckbee’s Mammoth
TRUE EARLY]! LATE FLAT
JERSEY WAKEFIELD This Pe maker
The Best Early Cabbage } among late Cabbages for in Cultivation gardeners, podiier ao y use
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It forms fine, solid heads of large, sound, very solid; broad, good size, conical in shape, } fat on top and of a beautiful with very few outside leav« S, | bluish-green color, with but and of the best quality. We | few outside leaves. The qual- offer this as the earliest strain ity is fine and flavor excellent, of this standard variety. | heads being, when open, crisp Grown only from selected | and white. You will make no
heads. Our strain is remarkably pure; always gives satisfaction. PEt. | mistake in planting this va- 5e.; oz. 18c.; 2 oz. 35c.; 4 Ib. 60c.; 4 Th. $1.10; ib. $2.00. +} viety. Pkt. &c.; 0Z. 18¢.; 2 0z.35ce.; + Ib. 60e@.; 4 Ib. $1.10; 1b. $2.00.
Henderson’s Early Spring—A grand acquisi- tion. The whole plant is finely bred. It pos- sesses wonderful uniformity in shape, being. round, slichtly f_.tened at top of head. Flavor is delicious, and every plant makes a good mar- <etable head. Very early variety. Pkt. 4e.; oz. 12c.; 2 oz. 23c.; % ip. 45c.: 4 Ib. 85c.; lo. $1.60. :
Henderson’s Early Summer—tThis variety is deservedly popular with the market gardeners. It forms large, solid, round, flattened, c-mpact heads of excellent quality. The heads average more than double the size of the Jersey Wake- field, while it matures only ten to twelve days later. The leaves turn into the heads so com- pletely that about 9,000 plants may be set in an acre, making a very profitable crop. Pkt, 3c.; oz. 12c.; 2 0Z. 23c.; lb. 40c.; 4 1b. T5c.; Ib. $1.40.
BUCKBEE’S FAULTLESS
One of the best second early and fall varieties ever introduced, is absolutely “‘faultless.” Has been in popular and growing demand ever since its introduction., Sure to head; large and firm; has but few outside leaves; of vigorous. constitu- tion; rapid grower; the best of ail this class; ex- cellent keeper. PEt. 4c.; oz. 12c.; 2 02. 23c.; 2 Ib. 45c.; 4 Ib. 80c.; Ib. $1.50.
Frotscher’s Superior Late Flat Dutch—The standard late variety throughout the South. A very superior Cabbage in every way; large size, perfectly solid heads, wonderful yielder and above alla fine keeper. You will make no mistake by planting this variety. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 18¢.; 2 oz. 35¢.;4 Ib. 60c.; 4 Ib. $1.10; Ib. $2.00.
If Yow Grow It Once t : SURE HEAD World Beating for a Main Ooo! BUCKBEE’S Buckbee’s A famous main crop GropiUahbare
MAMMOTH LATE Cabbage, _ producing
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Standard shipping MAKE tainty to head. Heads sort. It makes a large. uniform, hard, firm round, firm head, which YOU and fine in texture, seldom bursts or rots. weighing from 10 to It is now indeed one of MONEY. | 15 pounds; sweet fla- the most profitable vored; has scarcely any sorts to grow, and will & loose leaves; keeps 2 give you unbounded well. Good for ship-
=o ae. BAS ping‘and just the qual- satisfaction for ev ery T ry ity to suit market gar- purpose. Pt. 4c.; deners and farmers.
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oz. 18¢c.; 2 oz. 35c.; Pkt. 4¢c.; oz. 12c.; 2 e, 1b. 60c.; 3 Ib, $1.10} It Dz. 230.3 +, 1b adi ee een Ib. $2.00. | 3 Ib. 80¢.; lb. $1.50.
THE TRUTH ABOUT BUCKBEE’S SEED IS THIS: THEY ARE THE BEST
H. W BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
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Mrs. W. A. Ray, Lewiston. IIl., writes: “Buckbee's -Christmas King Gabbage has given us the
&| Best Results for Late Cabbages # after repeated trials of the so- called best offered by other firms— a Great Many Thanks to You. Long may Buckbee’s Rockford Seed Farms flourish and continue
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HE grandest late Cabbage of true merit ever introduced. As predicted last year,
this truly wonderful late variety of my own introduction had the greatest run of any late Cabbage on the market, and not one of my cus- tomers was disappointed in the results. From the multitude of testimonials I have received regarding this variety, I am led to believe
that my efforts in introducing this grandest of A )
all late varieties are truly appreciated. It is are of mammoth size (often reaching the sensational weight of 60 lbs.) grand—simply eclipsing everything of its sound, solid, and of the most delicious flavor, crisp and white. It never bursts kind in the market—999 out of every 1,000 has but few outside leaves, and is the best winter keeper. . I control the com- plants will produce marketable heads, which — plete stockof this variety. Pkt.10c. ;0z.30c. ;20z.50c. ;1;1b.90c;!41b.$1.60;1b.83.00
Buckbee’s Fines Large New Queen
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Mr. V. S. Allen, Glen Aubrey, N. Y.. A Leading Gabbage Grower, writes: Cabbage raised from the | seed that you sent me last spring i of Buckbee’s Extra Early Large 4° New Queen‘ took first prize over | allothers at the Broome Go. Fair. 3 In quality I consider them second = You will secure many
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solid early Cabbage grown; unexcelled in flavor, unequaled in quality, and always the leader on the market. This grandest of all varieties pleased over 100,000 families during the past season. You cannot possibly be dis- appointed with it. I control the complete stock of this variety. Send to Buckbee’s for the true ‘‘Queen.”
Pkt, 10c. ;50z, 30c.; 2°0z. 50c.; 14 Ib. 90c.; 14 Ib. $1.60; 75 -$3 00.
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Heads are of good size, weigh | ; ; from eight to thirteen pounds, | NWI have but few outside leaves | : Ai and therefore may be planted Z\\\ R\ very close together, and yield \ large crops; always of fine fla- Y/).\\\“—\Ws vor and yery solid. I control ly \\ the entire steck of this earliest YY DWN of all yarieties. Pkt. 5c.; yj iis NNN oz. 20c.; 2 oz. 35c.; 4 1b. 6&c.; . Gm Oy? % lb. $125; ib. $2.00. UT iram.
O. CAMPBELL, Holts. Ml., writes: ‘‘Buckbee’s Race Horse ig the nicest early Cabbage
that I raise.”
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<3 Buckbee’s Rockford Market. 22%, 2252 The best second early ever introduced. So say thousands of my customers from all parts of tus country who haye carefully tested this grand variety the past three years. The whole plant is finely bred; there is no suggestion of coarseness whatever, the veining of the leavesand leafstems are particularly fine,the whole head being perfect throughout, It has the peculiarity of heading trmly at an early stage in its growth, so that the finest Cabbage, though small, can be obtained long before it has attained its nat- uralsize. Its uniformity in shape, and large yield per acre ren- der it particularly valuable totruckers, and its compact form and ood quality will render it the finest second iearly Cabbage. kt. 6e.; oz. Oc.; 2 oz. 35c.3 4 Ib. 65c.3 % Ib. $1.25.; Ib. $2.00. Gregory’s All Seasons—One of the most desirable new sorts and very popularas a market gardener’s Cabbage. The heads are hard and solid, round, flattened on top, of very best quality, and are ready for market nearly as early as Early Summer, often larger in size. Noted for its abllity to stand a hot summer and dry weather. Pkt. 8c.; oz. 12c.3 2oz. 23c.; 4 Ib. 40c.; % ib. 75c.; Ib. $1.40. Mammoth Red Rock—Certainly the finest and by far the best new variety of red Cabbage on the market, The heads will average over 10 pounds each, and are always of rich red color inside as well as outside, while they are almost (literally) as hard as rock. Try it. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 12c.; 2 oz. 28c.; & Ib. 45c.; 34 Ib. 80c.; 1b. $1.50.
Improved American Savoy—Very valuable variety, being of much finer favor and quality than the best of other cabbage. Particularly adapted for private use, where quality rather than quantity is desired. Grown in fall and allowed to be touched by frost, itis one of the most delicious of all vegetables.
Pkt. 8c.; cz. 12c.; 2 oz. 2Oc.; 4 lb. Sbc.; % Ib. 6Bc.; Ib. $1.25.
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A package of Cab- bage Seed more than 800 seeds that grow.
For years large quantities of Danish Cabbage have been imported to e our leading American markets, the heads being of such solidity that the
demand has been far in excess of the supply, always at a price far above To get at the source ofthis supply, I dispatched my European trayeler direct to Denmark, and after careful inspection of the cabbage-growing localities came to Amack, the home of the Great Dane, I will use Mr. Torgeson’s (originator) description. which, to say the least, is too modest to express the sterling qualities of this great winter Cabbage: “For more than twenty years I have worked in perfecting this variety. Heads are almost round 4s a ball, of good size, perfectly It is ahead of any variety grown on this side for shipping and all general uses, and [ cannot too highly recommend it to gardeners in your land (America).’’ I control the entire stock of this variety, and offer Pkt. 10c.; oz. 30c.; 2 0z.55c.; 4 Ib. 90c,; % 1b. $1.60; 1b. $8.00.
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use, being very hardy and sure to head when most sorts fail. Itseems to suffer lessfrom the cabbage worm than any othersort. Plantvery compact, with short, thick leaves. Heads regular, very hard, and keeps well both summer and winter. Itis the hardiest, not only as regards frost, but will suffer less from excessive wet, drought,insects or disease,than any other sort. Price, postpaid, } PEt. 10c.; oz. 80c,; 2 oz. 50c.; % lb. 90c.; % Ib. $1.60; lb. $3.00,
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The heads which are of medium size, average a weight of eight pounds, are very solid and deep, aud ofa fine white color, making them entirely distinct from any other strain. Their qual- ity is superior,and they keep better then any other sort, the héads being just as solid and perfect when taken up in the spring as when they are putawayinthefall. Nocabbage will sell be- Side it eyenif offered athalf price. Pkt5c.3; oz. 20c.3 2 0z. 35c.5 ¥%4 Ib. 6Bc.; &% Ib. $1.25; 1b. $2.00.
~ Mrs. Dora Beall Flatonia, Tex., zorites: ‘‘ Your Cabbage seed has given us remarkable results; in fact, the best that we have ever planted. Our other crops have also been fine. Many have tnquired who I buy my seeds from, and you may rest assured that ‘Buckbee’s Seeds’
willbe planted very largely in this part of Texas from now on. Assuriing you of our appreciation of the care and attention that vou always give our order and thanking you again for the many novelty presents.”
Ican also supply the following varieties of Cabbage, which are too well known to need description, at the uniform price of: PEt. 3c.; oz. 12c.; 2 oz. 20c.; 14 1b. 35c,
Extra Early Express, Stone Mason Marbl.tead, Very Early Etampes, Large Late Drumhead, Eariy Peerless, Marblehead Mammoth, Early Large York, Autuma King, Early Dwarf Filet Dotch, Premium Late Fiat Dutch, Vandergaw or Midsummes, Pottier’s Improved Brunswick, Acme Large Late Plat Dutch, Improved Large Late Flat Dutch, Henderson’s Succession, Luxemburg, Filderkraut, Red Dutch or Pick- ling, Selid South, Perfection Drumhead Sayoy, The Lupton.
Buckbee’s Gabbage Seed Is Planted by the Leading Cabbage Growers.
H. W. BUOKBEE, ROCKFORD. ILLINOIS. ?
BUCKBEE’S SUPERIOR CARROTS
| German, MOEHREN; French CAROTTE; Spanish, ZANAHORIA; Swedish MOROT One Ounce Will Sow a Row 100 Ft. Long. Four to Five Pounds Will Sow an Acre
BUCKBEE’S SELECT DANVERS ~ &
YIELD‘ ENORMOUS. QUALITY SUPERB
The best Carrot for general crop; it is of a rich orange color, a very heavy yielder and splendid keeper. Itis a first-class Carrot forall kinds of soils, valuable for both table use and stock. The Leading Carrot, ~ We have an extra fine strain of this favorite sort which we have sold for many years, giving the greatest satisfaction to our customers. Pkt, 4c.; 0z.7e.3 2 oz, 12c.; 44 Ib. 20c,; % lb. 35c,; Ib. 60c,
GUERANDE, or OX HEART
EARLY, HANDSOME; READY SELLING
Tops small for the size of the roots, which are comparatively short, but often reach a diameter of 7inches, terminating abrupte ly inasmalbtap root, Flesh bright orange, fine grained and sweet? A Splendid Variety, ‘This is a desirable variety for soil so hard and stiff that longer growing sorts. would not thrive in it. When young, excellent for table use. andwhen matured equally good for stock. Pkt, 4c.; oz, 6¢.5; 20z, 10c.3:14 1b/18¢.; % Ib, 80c,3 Ib, 50c, J Bde
IMPROVED LONG ORANGE L, A. MINCKLER; a Jead-
2
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SUPERIOR VARIETY STUMP ROOTED ing gardener oy Zion, Wis.
The most popular of the older sorts for farm use on _ Tops medium size; roots cylindrical, smooth, writes: [ have the best veg- mellow soil, An improvement obtained by years ofcare- bright orange; flesh orange, becoming yellow in etables that were brought in ful selection of the best formed and deepest colored roots center, but with no distinct core; of the finest this and the Oshkosh market. ot the-old Long Orange, Roots proportionately shorter quality, and one of the most symmetrical and The Danvers Garrots--in fact than the Long Orange, and smoother, but so uniform handsome of the medium-sized sorts; excellent everything could not be beat. and true that the bulk of the crop wil) be greater. Pkt, for the market or home gnrden. Pkt, 8,3 oz, 6c.3
Thanks to Buckbee’s seeds.” 3c.5 oz. 6c.; 2 0z. 10c,; 4 Ib, 18e.; % lb. 80c.; Ib. 50c. 20z. 10c.; % 1b, 18c.; % Ib. 80c.; Ib, 50c. | = | 3 es ° z ; . Buckbee’s Earliest. Forcing
(Tue Earwist VARIETY In CULTIVATION AND BEsT SUITED FOR FORCING.)
Tovs small, finely divided. The reddish- orange colored roots are nearly round with a groove about the crown and when fully matured they are about two inches in diameter, but shouldbe used before they.
IMPROVED INTERMEDIATE
ENORMOUS PRODUCER Z
A:very fine variety for either field or @ar- den culture. - Large, symmetrical roots ofa deep orange red.- They are straight and smooth, free from roughness andof the best quality. Tops are small and-roots of mam- i moth size. . You will find-this-variety very
are fall grown, when they are tender and : Jie Z Gs ss desirable for home,-market-or stock use. delicious. — Pkt, 4c.; 0z. 7e.; 2 oz. 120.3 14 lb: = oak Ca ; Pkt. 4c.; oz. %c.3°2 02 12e.; Yelp 1805 1
20¢.; 3 Ib. 85¢. ; Ib. 6c, BUCKBER’S. EARLIEST FORCING Yb. 30e.} 1b. 50c.
CLARENCE SOSS, Hillyard. Wash., says “The T'can supply the following standard varieties of Carrots which are too well'known to need an extended description, at the uniform price’of Pkt. 3c. ; 0z. 6ce.; 202. 10¢.; 14 lb: L5e-; 44 1b. 28¢.; Ib. 50c. HALF LONG DANVERS, EARLY FRENCH FORCING. ST. VALLERY. — _, _o. LONG RED-SURREY. 5 LONG RED ALTRINGHAM.
“garden seéds gave satisfacifon th every réspect. The Majestic Carrots, were immense. . In fact: everything did fine although we had an unusually dry season. Iwillalways have orders for Buckbee’’
=at New Early .. a NEVER A DOUBT IF THEY Pi ae Chantenay eusn ers ARE THE BUCKBEE BRAND [ic e B Seees YQEED
A, LS a, rae 4 : eo ne Oe THE BEST BUNCHING ae Di = = E 3 > a
Se gS fA CARROT 2 1 Were bey z
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ae Sh This is the best early Carrot ree. ; ime :
in exisfence, one which market : VERY POPULAR
gardeners should plant for their
mInain early crop. Lhe Carrots-
grow bout 6 inches long, are l
Cne of the most popular of all varieties. A favorite for early crop. Color deep beautiful orange; flesh finely grained and of agreeable flayor
stump-—rooted, tops--small;—has:-a
JHE wee smooth, short stump-shaped
deep red, “fine — rool, large at top.
LESDE grained, sweet theyefore easily
| and-sugary,— pulled, Grows well
Pie ete toe shallow sols of
erack open while growing. An ¢,,,
excellent table sort and a heavy
cropper. Our seed is most care-
fully selected. Pkt, 4c.; oz. Te} Pkt. 3c.; 0z. 6c,; 2
2 oz, 12c,; 7 lb. 18c.; % ib, 30c,.; oz, 10c.; 14 1b, 18c.3 Ib. 50¢, ¥%@ 1b, 80c.; 1b, 50c,
quality; yields and sells well.
NEW EARLY CHANTENAY NOTE THE SPLENDID LINE OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS ON PAGES 116 AND 122
24 EH. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
Buckbee’s Champion S955,
A VERITABLE THE ENORMOUS YIELD OF CARROT PRODIGY 35. TONS TO THE ACRE
Buckbee’s Champion Stock Carrot is not, properly speaking, a table Carrot, although the flesh is remarkably firm and sweet. vies poe Carrot for the market garden, but it is, most emphatically, a Stock Carrot for the farmer and stock raiser, and once ee nothing will take its place. This Carrot is the heaviest cropping Carrot grown, yielding more tons to the acre than any other sort. ‘The flesh is white, crisp, solid, and very sweet in flavor. Itis a vast improvement over all other stock Carrots which have been favorites in the past, as it is not only much more productive, but vastly easier to handle. The roots are short and very heavy at the shoulder, rendering them easily harvested. An important feature, also, is that they do not easily break in pulling or storing. Too much can scarcely be said of their size and great productiveness. The roots fre- quently measure 15 to 20 inches in circumference, and 25 to 50 tons to the acre is not an extravagant statement as to yield. Weigh 10 to 25
ounds each. My Own Growth, Choicest Northern Home-Grown edigree Stock Seed, postpaid, pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.; 2 oz. 18c.; 4 Ib. 30c.; 3 Ib. 50c.; Ib. 90c.; 5 lbs. by mail, postpaid, $3.75.
BUCKBEE’S IMPROVED SHORT WHITE WONDERFULLY FINE STOCK CARROT
_ This distinct variety is destined to take first rank as a field Carrot, owing to its enormous productiveness and its wing well out of the ground, mak- ing it Oven easy to harvest. oots one- half long, smooth, very heavy at the shoulder, but taper regularly to the point. Color light green above ground, white below. Flesh rich, white, solid and crisp and of excel- lent flavor. A heavy yielder, easily harvested, and the best of its class, PEt. 3c.; oZ. 5c.; 2 0% 8c.; 4 Ib. 12c.; 4 Ib. 20c.; Ib. 35c.: 5 lbs. $1.60.
MAMMOTH WHITE BELGIAN
A splendid variety for fattening stock, The roots are mammoth in size and very productive, often yielding ten tons and over of roots per acre. It is highly recommended for fattening all kinds of stock, and exceptionally de- sirable for its great milk-producing qualities. The lower part of the root is white, that growing above ground and exposed to the air being green. You will be pleased with it. Pkt. 2c.; oz. 5c.; 2 oz. 8c.; } lb. 12c.; 4 Ib. 20c.; Ib. 35¢.; 5 lbs. $1.60.
CULTURE
Sandy loam made rich by manuring the previous year is best for the Carrot, but any good land if deeply worked produces satisfactory crops. Clover sod turned under deeply and well enriched with rotten manure is most excellent for the general crop. When possible, sow as early in the Spring as the ground is fit to work. Row in drills 24 to 30 inches apart, two to three pounds to the acre, according to distance between rows. Cover one-eighth to one-fourth inch deep, and see that the soil is well firmed about the seed. As soon as plants appear use cultivator or wheel hoe, and do not let the weeds get a start. Thin ‘a six to nine inches apart in the row as soon as plants : i\) are large enough. Gather and store for Winter use like Beets or Turnips. A) \\
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Buckbee’s Majestic
This is the largest, and Unquestionably the heaviest cropping and most nutritious yellow variety in cultivation. It is the larg-
est and best form of orange or yellow Carrot known. The roots are remarkably fine, very sym- 7 metricalof excellent quality, possessing high feeding 7 properties. It grows fully half as much weightagain per acre as the ordinary varieties, and as the roots grow -/ more above the ground itis much easier to gather the
crop. This grand yariety is sure to suit eyery one who <\}| grows it. Pkt. 5c.; 0z. 10c.; 2 oz. 160.3 4 lb, 25c.; % Ib, 40c.; lb. 75c.; 5 Ibs, $3.50, postpaid,
Buckbee’s Victoria
This is the heaviest cropping Carrot grown, yielding more tons to the acre than any other sort. The flesh is white, crisp, solid, and very sweetin flavor, A vast improvement on the white and green Belgian sorts, as it is much more productive and vastly easier to handle. Roots short and very heayy at the shoulder, rendering them easily harvested. Fre- quently measure 15 to 20 inches in circumference and yield 18to 25 tonsto theacre. Pkt, 5¢,; oz. 10c.; 2 oz, 16c.; 44 lb. 25c-; % Ib, 40c.; lb. %5c,; 5 Ib. $3.50 postpaid,
Large White Vosges -A field Carrot especially suitable for soils that are not very deep. Productive, keeps well, easily pulled. Broad at the neck, narrowed abruptly at the point. Belcian—Identical to the White Belgian, One of the very best for cattle feeding. Pkt, 2c,j oz, 5c.; 202, | Cn Se iomo Pepe oz. 5c.; 20z, 3e.3 34 bb, 12c.; % lb. 8c. 4 lb, 12¢.; % Ib, 20c,, Ib. 85c.; 5 lbs. $1.60, 200, : Ib. $5c.2.5 Ibs. $1.60 postpaid.
SPECIAL OFFER No. S5i:| ONE POUND EACH MAJESTIC AND VICTORIA CARROT SEED, ONLY $1.40, POSTPAID
EH. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINGOSS.
(AULIFLOWER.
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German, Blumen-Kohlj French, Chou-Fleur; Spanish, Colifior;
Swedish, Blomkal.
The Cauliflower, although one of the most delicious vegetables, is but little
grown except by professional gardeners, because of the erroneous notion that it is so hard to grow that only skilled gardeners can produce it. anyone will be reasonably successful with this most de- sirable vegetable if he will observe the cultural directions given on every package of Cauliflower Seed I send out.
HAVE no hesitaney in introducing to you Buckbee’s
Extra Early Chief, the greatest of all early Cauliflow-
ers. The best variety for either market or family purposes; by far the earliest and surest header and the most profitable grown. ‘The greater part of Cauliflower seed offered is of European growth, but after years of careful study and perseverance, I am able to offer this thoroughbred American variety—‘“‘Chief,”’ compact growth, with short stalks. They can be planted very close together, and the leaves growing upward naturally protect the heads, which, to say the least, are handsome beyond description, measuring fully 12 to 15 inches across, and even more under careful cultivation; are pure snow-white, very close, compact and of the most superior quality. The heads, being so extremely solid and deep, weigh heavier than .any early variety.
BUCKBEE’S EXTRA EARLY CHIEF
stands at the head as a shipping sort, the best, of all as a market and family variety. Will more than meet your expectations. Mr. H. Landers, the great Cauliflower specialist, says: trial 5 made of Buckbee’s Extra Harly Chief, it was with some doubt that I was first tempted to try this variety three seasons ago, as there are so many ‘bests’ offered, but I can heartily say that after trying your new Cauliflower, it more than meets my expectations. It is a week earlier
way. It can be used for early or late Cauliflower, wi the full assurance that it is impossible to procure a better or more reliable -variety.’”’? No grower of Cauliflower
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can make a mistake by relying on this superb, world-
TRA EARLY CHIE
= SS UCKBEE’S EX.
Do not be misled into ordering cheap,
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SEED, AS EVERY GARD WHICH THE PRICE SHOULD NEVER BE QUESTIONED. BUCKBEE’S EARLY FAVORITE Earliest, surest and preferable variety to grow, surpassing most other varieties. Will stand heat and drought exceptionally well, which is a great point in its favor and makes it most highly desirable in Tegions where other vari- eties of Cauliflower have failed to thrive. For plant- ing early and late, for forcing under glass, or growing in open ground, it is always satisfactory. It is of dwarf growth, with short outer leaves. Early Favorite has never yet failed to please the most exacting grower and its rapidly increasing popularity is due entirely to its real merit and not to any special effort in its behalf. Give it a trial and f am sure you will never have reason to com- i Z plain of the results. Pkt. Eh 5c.; 14 0%. 40c.; 02, 70c.; 2 S EARLY FAVORITE oz. $1.30; 14 lb. $2.50.
LE NORMAND’S SHORT STEM
Sure Hraper ano Very Fine. The very best large late variety grown} sure to please. well protected by leaves, and being a a sure header, of good quality, and fine in every way. 30c.; 2 0Z. 55c.; 14 lb. $1.00.
r Curd is rdy it stands drought very well; kt. 5c.5 OZ.
Mr. Alpert J. Williams, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., writes: “I received the seeds in good time, got them
all sowed and they are up. The trial packages
were very nice and are up. I will certainly recom- mend Buckbee’s seeds to others.”
BUCKBEEH’S SEEDS ARE CAREFULLY TESTED AND ARE ALWAYS PERFECTLY RELIABLE
i inferior seeds, bankrupt stoc. gift are too expensive. My seed is carefully tested, perfectly reliable, ENER AND CAULIFLOWER FANCIER KNOWS,
beating variety. oz. $3.00; 2 oz. $5.50; 34 Ih. $10,00.
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Certainly a fine vari- ety, great favorite and standard throughout the country; very eatly, close growing, of compact habit; is well adapted for for- cing under glass during winter and spring. It is without doubt one of the most satisfac- tory early varieties. My stock is perfectly reliable, and will satis- y you in every partic- ular. The heads are large. For early or late planting, for the family or the market garden this variety can be depended upon for excellent results.
Kt. 10¢c.; % oz. $1.25; 0Z. $2.00; 2 oz. $3.80; 14 Ib. $7.50.
an eee
SNOWBALL
TRUE EARLY
EXTRA EARLY PARIS
Atways Poputar; Quatity SUPERIOR. Reliable early variety. Good for forcing; produces a good head; dwarf habit; solid, pure white curd of superior quality. Should ba planted very early. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 30c.; 2 02. 55¢.3 14 Lb. $1.00.
EXTRA EARLY DWARF ERFURT
j SELECTED.
Remarkable for reliability of heading; dwarf; solid, heads of most superior quality. If planted the first of March, to ten inches in diameter will be ready early in June. Pkt. $1.25; oz. $2.00; 2 oz. $3.80; 14 Ib. $7.50.
ure white eads eight 10c.; 14 oz.
25
Iam certain that }
BUCKBEE’S| Extra Early CFIIEF :
It is of very
“Regarding the trial which I have }
than Henderson’s Snowball, and a better variety in every, th ¢
Pkt. 15¢.; 2 Pkts. 25c.; 14 oz. 80¢,; §
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26 H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
Buckbee’s Very Best Varieties dea
German, SELERI; French, CELER; Spanish, APIS; Swedish, SELLERI.
The Best of This Century is the Great ALL HEART CELERY
\ Originated on Rockford Seed Farms. Is the re Earliest, Richest; Crisp and Tender. : I know it has no equal.
BUCKBE=2'S ALL HEART -The latest and best creation in § Celery—orizinated ou Rockiord Seed Farms after years of care- SS \ ful trialand experiment and has given unparalleled satisfaction ==
Sa iv every partof thecountry. It isvery early. of fine ivory-white
fact that more good Celery is grown in the famous “Kalamazoo Cel- ay Fields” than anywhere in the country. For years my heaviest
es of Celery Seed have been in that section, and I have devoted much time to the improvement of the justly celebrated variety attractiveness and makes the work of blanching much easier. The grown in that section, until I now haye this acme of perfection in bandseme color, erispness, tenderness, freedom from stringiness Celery—of creamy-white color, ideal size and perfect shape. It is and fine nutty flavor of this variety make it only necessary to be alike profitable either for market or family use. There is no waste tried in or-cr to establish it as the standard of excellence as an early in preparing it for the table. M.M. Gangwer, of Stockertown, Pa., srt. Pkt. 5¢.; cz. 20c.; 2 0z. 35c.; 4 Ib. 60c.; 4 Ib. $1.10; Ib. writes: “I highly prize your Perfected Kalamazoo Celery. Itis
£2.09. : the See of ae nee ce es entire cas WREE’S GENTDINE GOLDEN HEART—Original Private Stock, Strain of seed. nd to Buc ‘or the choicest stock seed. ie RUE ee e Celery—‘his vericty hes a eats and vigorous 4c.; 02. 12c.; 2 oz. 23c.; i Ib. 45c.; 4 Ib. 80c.; Ib. $1.50.
a large, very white. crisp, brittle, tender and fine flavored GIANT PASCAL—The latest and best wariety of Celery. It is a
Jt is late, and requires the whole season to develop, but selection from the Golden Self-Blanching, and adds to the general
will keep longer than any other sort. We recommend it 2s worthy good qualities of its parent ysUpe©ror keeping qualities. The stalks
of the first place as a late Celery. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 20c.; 2.0z. 35¢.; are very large, thick, solid, cme, and of a rich, nutty flavor, free
2 Ib. S0c.; 4 1. $1.10; Ib. $2.00. from any trace of bitterness. It blanches very easily and quickly,
SET SS ale 3 and retains its freshness a long time after being marketed. The
PERFECTION HEARTWELL—A fine flavored, crisp and tender heart is golden-yellow; very attractive, Pkt. 4c.; oz. 12¢.; 2 oz. yori ty. The picntsare a little smaller than the Crawford’s Half 22c.: 4 lb. 40c.; 4 Ib. 70¢.:; Ib. $1.25. ’
Dart and a h tle jater in maturing. The stalks are mecium SOUP, OR CUTTING CELERY—This variety is adapted to sowing
D » Wry solic, crisp and terder, and ORBLE ingly fire thick in rows and cutting when 8 or 4 inches high to use for soup
avor. A. L. Holbrook, Mincoka, Gruncy Courty, Il., flavoring. It can be cut repeatedly and will furnish a succession
have ple=ted lerge quantitics of your seed, an every throughout the season. PKt. 3¢.; oz. 10c.; 2 oz. 18¢.; 1 Ib. 30c.; Seed Grows. I sheli recommend your secd to my friercs.” 3 Ib. 55c.; Ib. $1.00. Pkt. 3c.; 5Z. 12c.; 2 oz. 22c.; 4 Ib. 40c.; 4 Ib. 70c.; Ib. $1.25. CELERY SEED FOR FLAVORING—Oz. 5c.; 2 oz. 8c.; + Ib. 12c;
BUCKBEE’S PERFECTED KALAMAZO0O—TIt is an acknowledged 3 Ib. 20c.; ib. 30c.
iy the following varieties of Celery, which are too well known to need extended descriptions, at the uniform .2 OZ. 40¢.; 2 02. 18¢.; 14 Ih. 35c.; 46 Ib. 65ce.; Ih. $1.25.
CRAWFORD’S HALF DWARF, GOLDEN DWARF, OR GOLDEN EARLY ARLINGTON, DWARF WHITE SOLID, NEW ROSE,
T, GIANT WHITE SOLD, LONG-RIBBED RED GIANT.
\ a Is too widely known to require extended description. I will iY WHITE PLUME only say that If have not yet found a Celery that is as early \ and of asgood a fiavor, crisp and tender, asmy selection of this sort. Combined with these important points are its self-blanching qualities, which render it one of the most valuable _ sorts. Where a fine appearing Celery at a minimum amount of labor is the object, this MY variety will give entire satisfaction. An improved White Plume is being offered, but careful ; comparison of it with my stock fails to show that it is equal to that I offer. I sell, every \. veer, large quantities of this seed to market gardeners, who find it uniformly white and ;. from green or hollow stalks. It is not as good a keeper as our Golden Heart, but it is : unsurpassed for fall and winter use, and it is the earliest Celery known. Pkt.4c.; 0z. RX 12¢.; 2 02. 28¢e.; 44 Ib. 40c.; 34 ib. T5e.; ib. $1.40. E i . PINK PLUME Stalks clear; ereamy white, shaded with a beautiful delicate pink. a Flavor sweeter than any other, all red Celery having a stronger “Celery” flavor, and is p-eferred-by Celery lovers wherever known. Foliage white, like % the White Plume; plants bleach naturally. Has the long keeping qualities for which red S> Celeries are noted,and the faint tint of pink makes it wonderfully attractive for table use \ It has no tendency to rust, and owing to its white tops ma- tures and blanches as earlyas White Plume. Pkt. 4c.; 02. © 12¢.; 2 oz. 22c.;14 1h. 40c.; 46 ib. 75ce.5 Ib. $1.25.
CELERIAC, or Turnip-Rooted Celery German, Knollen-Sellerie; French, Celeri-Rave. TORNIP-ROGTED— Root turnip-shaped and tender; sweet
er taste, stronger favor than other varieties. sed prin- cipally for seasoning meats and soups. PKt, $c.;0zZ.10c.; 2 oz. 16c.; 14 Ib. 30¢.; 15 Ib. 50e.; ib. 90c. LARGE-ROOTED SMOOTH PRAGUE—Improved form = of turnip-rooted Celery, producing large and smooth roots, a 5 * almost ace ds oh side rots. pponoe. Wik ae SEA = foliage. PEt. 4c.; 02. 12¢.; 2 0Z. 22c.; 14 Ib. 40c.; le NCHING CELERY 70c.; Ib. $1.25 CELERIAC-PRAGUE
ALL THE LEADING CELERY GROWERS PLANT BUCKBEE’S RELIABLE CELERY SEED
H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 27
CUCUMBERS fir risking, narct, abe and Family Uc Ee i)
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i BUCKBEE’S WORLD- Early Prolific Short | FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL Green or Early Frame
A most excellent sort for '||\' This grand, good early variety pickling as well as for table use &, of my own introduction more than Vigorous, productive plants, \j/|\/7/ pleased all who have tried it. Has Fruit straight, handsome, crisp ||!’ no thick ends, of rich, luxuriant and tender. Keeps green a growth, an 2bundant yielder, has s
} I long while. My stock is Al. beautiful fruit and always good Pkt. 3¢.; 0Z. T7c.; 2.0z. 12¢. 8 ji even shape. In flavor it has no
‘ h t Ib. 20c.; 4.1b. 35c.; lb. 65c. ||| superior; always tender and crisp. |) 1 You should not fail to try it. | EARLY CLUSTER Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.; 2 oz. 18c.; Fruit is of the form desir- | AWW 4 Ib. 30c.; $ Ib. 55c.; Ib. $1.00. able for pickling, Wxtraor- (iim ¢ At LM dinarily prolific, often growin:: i iN i NEW EARLY SIBERIAN
in clusters of two or three Cu- This has proved to be the ear-
cumbers. Nothing more de- jf iN sirable for small pickles. If | N : the fruit is kept closely gath- IN liest sort in cultivation, producing Cucumbers five inches long in about fifty-five days.
ered the vines will continue in earing, Pkt. 4c.; 0Z, 8¢.; 2 oz. 15¢c.; 2 Ib. 25¢.;4 lh. 46c.; lb. 7c.
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Pkt. 3c.; oz 7c.; 2 0z. 12c.; 4 Ib. 20¢.; 4 1b. 35c.; Ib. 65c.
NEW EMERALD
ie “ie aft A ‘dark green Cucumber, retaining [ its color until quite ripe. Fruit sets
\ OPE NEW GIANT PERA “IF id of y See early. For slicing, the flesh is tender
One of the largest long green RUCKBEE’S CU- and crisp, with a most pleasing flavor.
} Sees: A et eos nas a CUMBER SEED Excellent pickles when young, and fine
veet pickles whi i “Pkt. 4c.; 02. 10c.; 2 oz. 18c.; HAS STOOD THE fp yyeee piel wee MPS, on. 180.5 1 lb: 80c.; } Ib. 55e.: Ib. $100. HIGHEST TEST 3} Ib. 30c.; 4 Ib. 55c.; 1b. $1.00.
6 BUCKBEE’S CUCUMBERS BRING THE TOP PRICES IN EVERY MARKET. TESTED VARIETIES ONLY |
EARLY RUSSIAN THE NEW PARISIAN OTHER STANDARD VARIETIES
Quite early. Fruit small,
about three inches in length PROLIFIC PICKLING I can supply the following standard varieties
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Ny by
ad bal at ee Siamerer: of Cucumbers, which are too well known to need
a ‘OC ye, ats TOY ice sarees
most excellent quality. The Housewife’s Delight extended descriptions, at the following prices: Pkt. 3c.; oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 4 Fi
15c.; + Ib. 25¢.; 4 1b. 40c.; ; ; ; Pkt. 02. 2 oz. jib. t1b. 1b
Ib. 70c. Decidedly the best of all in qualityfor jong G@reen........ 3c Te 12c 20¢ 35¢ 65c |
Ani I pickling. The fruit is of an unusually ington Improved dark green color, so deep that no coloring Evergreen, or Extra
Early White Spine Long White Spine.3c 7c 12c 20¢e 35¢ 65c |
There is none better than Bae ibs : my own extra. selected Hill’s Forcing White Spine .............4¢ 8c l5c 25¢c 40c 75c
strain of this favorite type. Fruit regular, uniform, sev- .
Jersey Pickling.....3c 7c 12c¢ 20c 35c 65c Improved Chicago
en to eight inches long,
straight and dark green; flesh white, crisp and solid. Barly and continuous crop.
Pkt. 4c.; oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 15c.; + Ib. 25c.; 4 Ib.
ick! , 40c.; Ib. 78c, Pickle wy torsacie. Ak 4c 8c i5ce 25¢ 40c abe FORDHOOK PICKLE matter is necessary in preparing them for Boston Pickling, or |
Por pickles of medium size. Vine vigorous and __ the pickling market. Very crisp and ten- Green Prolific....3c Te 12c 20¢ 35¢ 665c | pale at excellent for table use if allowed ey ae ening aecae a Pecece i 0 grow to full size. ‘ : eerless White Spine 3c 7c 12c 3
Pkt. 4¢.; 0Z 8¢.; 2 oz. 15c.; } Ib. 25c.; 4. 1b. Pkt. 5¢.; oz. 10c.; 2 0z. 18c.; } Ib. 40c.; ib. 75c. 30c.; 4. ib. 55c.; lb. $1.00. Cool and Crisp...... 4c 8c 15¢e 25¢ 40c 75¢
THE BEST FOR PICKLING ~ ON THIS AND THE FOLLOWING PAGE
ARE LISTED AT THE BUCKBEE LOW PRICES ALL THE VARIETIES OF CUCUM- BERS THAT CAN BE GROWN WITH THE ASSURANCE OF RICH RETURNS.
Buckbee’s New Rockford Pickle
Without a doubt the culminating tri- umph of Cueumber introduction. It is unquestionably the best Cucumber for pickles, and is used almost exclusively by pickle factories throughout the country. The fruitis of medium size, wonderfully even in growth, slightly pointed at both ends. Extra early, and the whole crop can be depeuded upon to make fine- she ped pickles. Colordeep green, Be- gins to set its fruit when quite young. You will find this variety valuable for slicifg also, being of fine flavor, Pkt, 10c,; oz, 15c.; 2 oz, 25c,; 341b, 45c.; 721b. 80c.; lb, $1.50,
Japanese Climbing Cucumber
_The vines are of vigorous growth, with rich dark green foliage, and throw out strong tendrils, which en- able them to climb trellises, wire net- ting or brush. Comes into bearing quickly, and continues abundantly through the season, while the climb ing habit enables the fruit to grow perfectly straight—from twelve to eighteen inches in length. Thick, ten- der, and of delicate flavor. Flesh pure white. When young make attractive pickles. Pkt. 6c.; oz. 10¢c.; 2 oz. 18c.; 4 1b. 30c.; 4 ib. 55¢.; lb. $1.00.
2 H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
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BUCKBEE’S MONARCH WHITE SPINE
After being tried throughout the entire country this variety has not been found wanting in any single point. Iam confident that it will always hold the highest position, being of handsome growth, good length, very early and prolific, extremely produc- tive, quite hardy and retains its light green color permanenily after being picked. Always of delicious flavor and unusually ten- der and crisp. Superior for pick- ling purposes, ae will Plt. 5e.; 02. 10c.; 2 oz. 15c.3 \F)4 W4 + lb. 25c.; 4 1b. 40c.5 ib. 75c.. jee
IMPROVED LONG GREEN
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vigorous jij! ) and highly productive, with fruit "hi: ready for the table almost as early as the shorter varieties. Fruit matures to about 12 inches, This is a variety that holds its own as the years go by. Fine for pickles - when young. | Pkt. 4c.; 0Z. 8¢.; 2 oz. 15c.; - iin 3 Ib. 25c.; 4 Ib. 40c.; Ib. 70c.
i: ” oval-shaped, prickly fruit.
MADE THE BUCKBEE “FULL OF LIFE” SEEDS FAMOUS Sr a Oe ee
NEW IVORY KING Fruit large, clear white, very crisp, tender and of excellent flavor. Splendid for home garden, and the best white skinned variety. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.; 2 oz. 18¢.; 1 Ib. 35c. =
SNAKE, OR SERPENT
The illustration very well represents theirshape. They attain a good size and 7 the quality is very good. Raised mostly for curiosity and exhibition purposes and always attract attention.
_PKt. 5¢.; 0Z. 12¢.; 2 oz. 20c.; 1h. 35c.
NICHOL’S MEDIUM GREEN EF
Handsome yariety. Shape between + Early White Spine and Long Green. Holds a high place as a pickling sort and fine for slicing when mature. Crisp, tender. Size medium. Color dark green. Useful for forcing. Grown largely to supply pickle factories,
Kt. 3c.; 0Z. 8¢.;2 oz. 15c.; 4 1b, 25c.; 4 lb. 40c.; Ib. 70c. ROLLINSONS’ TRUE TELEGRAPH
Grown exclusively for forcing purposes, for which use it has ro equal.
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WEST INDIA GHERKINS Used exclusively for pickling. Smali
Pkt. 4c-; 0z. 12¢.; 2 oz. 22c.; 3 1b. 40c.
BUCKBEE’S NEW ALASKA
Beautiful in shape and color and of the finest quality, | and distinct sort developed by myself through
An entirely new very careful selection, aim- ing to secure the best pos- sible table Cucumber. The vine is vigorous and pro- ductive and comes into full bearing very early.
The fruit is of splendid size, with very white, crisp and tender flesh. Also an excellent sort for culture —— = under glass,
Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.; 2 oz. 15c.; 4 Ib. 25c.; 4 lb. 40c.; Ih. 5c. Fine for All Purposes.
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THORBURN’S NEW EVERBEARING
The merit of this variety is in the fact that the vines produce fruit con- tinuously until killed by frosts. They exhibit at the same time Cucumbers
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in every stage of growth, but invariably of perfect form, even wher quite small. The fruit is of fine green color and very desirable for pickling. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 15¢.; + Ib. 25c.; 4. Ib. 40c.; Ib. 75c.
THE WILD CUCUMBER VINE
The quickest climber for arbors, trellises, fences, known. Makes the most mosaic covering, Never suffers from the heat, but retains its fresh and lively green colors, and what is of prime importance, is not per- ceptibly affected by warm or cold, hot or dry weather, and is never infested with in- sects. Profuse in bloom, It will sow it- self and come up every year in the same place. The Wild - Cucumber Vine is one of the oid time favorites and it deserves all the good that is thought of it. Added to its_ rapid growth is the density of the foliage. Sure to please you.
Pkt. -5e.4 0z. 15c
BUCKSBEE’S NEW EXTRA EARLY LONG GREEN Produced by selection from Long Green, Vi i d productive, forming fruit fit for the fable eae nearly as early as~the shorter sorts, ras le a gee
Fruit grows about 12 inches long, firm and crisp. The young fruit makes the best pickles, and when ripe are pref- erable to any for sweet pickles. I offer a carefully selected strain, uniformly long and of good form, wit large warts and spines well distributed over the sur- face,instead of being clustered at one end.
Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.; 2 oz. 18c.; i1b. S0c.; 4 ib. 55c.; lb. $1.00.
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SNOW’S EARLY PICKLE
_This Cucumber, selected by a noted fj pickle grower, is undoubtedly a very high type of pickle. It has been highly tried and the results in all cases have been im- mensely satisfactory. Those who are al- ready growing pickle Cucumbers for the Wc 2 ais market, or who contemplate doing so, ia BUCK BEES: cannot make a mistake i ey grow i ies = ~< Snows ae ne wall give satisfaction TRAEAR
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2 9C.; OZ. 10C.5 202. 18c.5 < . 30¢c.; Ip.'55-.: Ib. $1.00. LONG-GREEN
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A long, green variety of most™excellent merit. Late variety, producing crisp and | tender fruit, splendid for pickling or table © use. Fine sort for growing under glass.
Pkt. 4c.; oz. 8c.: 2 oz. 15¢.; 34 Ib. 25c.; 4 Ib. 40c.; lb. 76c.
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Three WORLD-BEATING SWEET CORNS for 1907
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Earlier than the Cory. Thousands of my customers who planted “First of All” in 1905 speak in the highest praise of this incomparable Sweet Corn. Thousands of comparative tests made by Sweet Corn ex- perts throughout the country as well as at Rockford Seed Farms have proven it to be from three days to a week earlier than Cory, making it very desirable. not only for family gardens, but an especial boon to market gardeners who desire to have the first Sweet Corn in market, and thereby receive the top-notch prices. The illustration, engraved from a photograph of an average ear reduced in size, shows the form
After years of careful selection I am able to offer you the best early Sweet Corn on the market. The demand for this certainly ‘*Best of All”’ varieties exhausted my stock early in the season again last year. Owing to the very favorable growing season the past-year, I am in hopes to have enough to go all around this year, yet from the heavy advance orders that we have hadion this variety I cannot too strongly urge you to order early and make sure of your supply. Bueckhee’s **Best of All”’ is of exceptionally stocky growth and an abundant and satisfactory yielder; ears of exceptionally good size and of a perfect color, kernels very broad and by far the sweetest, richest, whitest and most
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.. This Sweet Corn as now improved is the best for main crop. The illustration distinctly shows the formation and depth of grains and the manner in which they are set on the cob, which is small in comparison to the sizé of the ears, making this strain of Stowell’s Evergreen Sweet
Corn the most preferable variety ever offered for main crop. For table use the quality of Buckbee’s Private Stock Evergreen Sweet Corn cannot be excelled. It is very tender, sugary, and remains a long time in condition suitable for cooking. Coming into market at a time when the main crops are being EAE these are very important conditions. For canning purposes Buckbee’s Private Stock Evergreen Sweet
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Corn will prove most satisfactory. Its large ears, with long, slender grains, make by far the most salable canned corn, and it out-yields all other varieties.
did Sweet Corn the past year report yields of over 200 bushels of ears
per acre. You cannot possibly be disappointed by planting Buekbee’s Tae vate Stock Evergreen. My price to one and all as long as stock seed lasts: 4
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of the ears, which are of good size, well filled with large grains to the very tip. Many of the ears contain from ten to twelve rows, while the Cory generally has only eight rows. In habit of growth it excels all other early varieties, being stocky and exceptionally vigorous. The quality is most superior, very excellent and surpassingly sweet. You cannot help being pleased by planting Buckbee’s ‘‘Best of All.’’ Postpaid, Pkt. 8c.; ‘4 pt. 12c.; pt. 20c.; qt. 30c.
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tender of any early variety. Not only is it valuable for family uses» but for early market and shipping purposes it is also in the lead. Mr- Crane, one of the most prominent Sweet Corn specialists, writes: ‘‘Gave Buckbee’s ‘Best of All’ a fair trial, and will say that it surpasses every claim you make for it, and more, too. J ean highly recommend it for all general purposes.’”’ I have placed the price of this desirable variety of Sweet Corn within the reach of all. Postpaid, Pkt. 8¢.; 14 pt. 12c.;
pt. 20c.; qt. 30c. ON SEED CORN IN QUANTITY SEE WHOLE-
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Many of my customers who made trials of this splen-
Postpaid, pkt. 8c.; 144 pt. 12c.; pt. 20c.; q%. 30c. FOR PRICES ON SWEET CORN IN QUANTITY SEE WHOLE-
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BUCKBEE’S SWEET CORN AND THE OTHERS—BUCKBEE’S IS BEST
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is inferior if it is a few days too old or too young.
FIRST EARLY VARIETIES
New _Metropolitan—One of the very earliest, best and sweetest early Sweet Corn. Big yielder, grows 5} feet high; ears 9 inches long, 10 to i2 rowed. General favorite for all purposes. Pkt. 6c.;4 pt. i0c.; pt. 15c.; qt. 25c. j
Kendali’s New Large Early Giant—Very productive; ears large and long; 10 to 12 rowed. Kernels white, sweet and tender. Very desirable for both market and family purposes. well in any market. Pkt. 6¢.; 4 pt. 10¢.; pt. 15c:; at. 28c.
Extra Eariy Cory—Certainly one of the most popular and besé-early varieties, only excelled in earliness by ‘‘Buckbee’s First of All.” Those that desire a first-class early sort can make no mistake in planting the Cory. Pkt. 5c.; 4.pt, Sc.; pt. 25c.; qt. 25c.
TMiammoth Early White Cob Cory—Selected for white cob and white kernels from the ori_‘nal and earliest Cory. Fora strictly first-class early, for first market and home use, you will be delighted with Early White Cob Cory. Pkt. 5c.3; 4 pt. 8c.; pt. 15c.;
qt. 25c.
Extra Early Adams—While not a Sweet Corn, this is a tender white Corn for table use. Dwarf stalk, small ears, hardy; can be planted earlier than any Sweet Corn. Pkt. 5c.; 4 pt. Sc.; pt. i5c.; qt. 25c.
Early Minnesota—tThis popular variety is one »f the best early sorts for the market and the private garden. By careful se- lection we have developed a stock which ra is remarkably uniform and in which all the good qualities that are so popular are intensified. Pkt. 5c.; 4 pt. 8c.; pt. i5c.;
at. 25c. =
Ballard’s Early Chicago Market—Strong, stocky grower, always pro- ducing a reliable stand, having ears in great abundance of the finest quality. Desirable for market gardeners and very valuable for the family garden. Symmetrical growth, good yield and fine quality place it in a very enviable position. Mr. George R. Hill, a well- known Chicago market gardener, says: ‘‘Your strain of Ballard’s Chicago Market Corn suits me to a “[T2 Would plant no other for our use.” kt. 5c.; 4 pt. 8c.; pt. 15¢.; qt. 25c.
Early Crosby—A most excellent variety, remarkably early and of the best favor. Ears of medium size, 12 or more rowed, grain very thick and sweet. This is the sort so largely grown in Maine for canning, and it is the use of this variety, rather than any peculiarity of the soil, that has given Maine Sweet Corn its reputation for quality. Pkt. 5c.; 4 pt. 8c.; pt. 15¢c.5 qt. Z5c.
MEDIUM EARLY VARIETIES
New Honey Sweet—An exceptionally fine variety for second early use The husks and stalks are of a deep red color, the corn itself is of a beautiful creamy white color, and has the deepest grains, smallest cob of any known variety. Productive, fine quality. Pkt. oc.; 4 pt. 10c.; pt. 15c.; qt. 28¢c.
Perry’s Hybrid—Another very popular Eastern variety. .Stalks of medium height, bearing two large, 12 or 14 rowed ears, which often have a red or pink cob; grain medium size, cooking very white and tender. Pkt. 5c.; 4 pt. 8c.; pt. 15c.; qt. 25c.
every one
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POPULAR VARIETIES THAT HAVE NO EQUAL
4 German, Welchkorn; French, Mais; Spanish, Maiz; Swedish, Majas-Sot. _ x My Sweet Corn is unsurpassed, is all my own growth, grown from the very best stock seed carefully selected, thoroughly fire-dried, care- It is grown so far north that it is adapted to any section of the country, and surpasses in earliness and productiveness i J The earlier varieties should be planted as soon as the ground is nicely settied in Spring or about the same time as field corn is planted. To have the finest sweet Corn of any variety, it should be picked in just the right condition, that is, when the skin of the grain breaks at the slightest puncture, and plantings should be made frequently enough always to have a suppl: at this stage.
A rich, warm, alluvial soil is best, and immediately before planting, this should be thoroughly worked. Give frequent and thorough, but shallow. cultivation until tassels appear. Remember that i prepay charges by the half-pint, pint and quart. Quantities of one-eighth, quarter, half and one bushel or more will be shipped by freight or express at purchaser’s expense.
Camas Valley, Oregon: ed the seeds promptly and i believe
(Metropolitan); Peas (Champion oF
Wzje)—They certainly beat all. The strawberries you sent last jail have a nice sample of berries on the vines this spring.
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Mioore’s Early Concord—Produces its large, handsome, 14 to 16 rowed ears very low on the stalks and comes into use after Perry’s Hybrid. An excellent sort either for canning factory or the garden. kt. 5c.; + pt. 8c.; pt. 15c.; qt. 25c.
Black Mexican—Although the ripe grain is black, or bluish black, the Corn, when in condition for table; cooks remarkably white and is very tender. Desirable for family use, and does especially well for the second early in the South. Pkt. 5c.; 4 pt. 8c.; pt. 15c.;
qt. 26c.
Potter’s Excelsior, or Squantum—One of the sweetest varieties and is largely used for market and canning. A great favorite and is wonderfully productive. Thisis the variety used almost exclusively at the famous Rhode Island clambakes, which is sufficient evidence of its quality. Pkt. 5c.; 4 pt. 8c.; pt. 15¢.5 qt. 25c.
Amber Cream—aA strong, vigorous grower of medium season; stalks 7 feet high, with dark foliage; ears of large size (10 to 14 inches long) with deep kernels; very rich, sugary, and when
for table use a handsome white. The dry kernels are amber colored and shriy- oe Pkt. 5c.; 4 pt. 8c.; pt. i5c.; at. 25c.
Everbearing—tThe ears are of good size and covered with kernels clear to the end of the cob. The husks and stalks are of a red color; each stalk will produce one to two well developed ears; now if these
: are picked when mature, one to tw> and
even four more ears will set and develop on the same Curing
the next two tofour weeks. Three or four dozen hills will supply a
good sized family for weeks. Pkt. 6c.;4 pt. 10c.; pt. 15c.; gt. 28c.
LATE OR MAIN CROP VARIETY
Country Gentleman—Ears of full size, retaining all the delicious sweet- ness and qualities of Ne Plus Ultra. Three to five ears to a stalk, small cob, sweet, tender. Pkt. 6c.; 4 pt. 10c.; pt. 15c.; qt. 28e.
Buckbee’s Hickox—Popular wherever known. One to two weeks earlier than Evergreen, Large, attractive ear; has a white cob and grain and remains in condition for use a long time. Best sort for drying and canning. Pkt. 6c.; 4 pt. i0c.; pt. 15c.; qt. 28c.
Stowell’s Evergreen—The standard main crop. Hardy and _ pro- ductive, very tender and sugary, remaining a long time in condition suitable for boiling. Sown at the same time as earlier Corns, will supply the table until October. Pkt, 5c.;4 pt. 10c.; pt. 15c.; qt.28c.
oth—Produces the largest ears of any variety, a single ear often weighing two or three pounds. Of excellent quality, it is sweet, tender and delicious. Pkt. 5c.; half pt. 10c.; pt. 15¢.; qt. 28c.
can also supply the following standard and new varieties of Sweet Corn, which are too well known to need description, at the uni- form rate of PEt. 5c.; 4 pt. 8c.; pt. 15¢.; qt. 25c.
Extra Early Sheffield, Improved Ruby, Old Colony, Egyp- tian, Extra Early Vermont, Early Marblehead, Improved Shoe Peg, Early Adams or Burlington, Ne Plus Ulira, Sta- bler’s Early, Washington, Bonanza, Shaker’s Large Early, Rockford Market, Zig Zag Evergreen, Sweet Corn for Fodder.
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POP CORN viii2Ns
Pop Corn should be found in every garden; especially if there are children to enjoy it during the long Wimter evenings which bring young people to- gether for social amusement. It is a fact not generally known that Pop Corn pops best when more than one year old, and that when well popped it becomes twenty times its natural size; thus a quart and a half al make nearly a bushel of popped corn. In the ilustration will be seen a conven- ient “popper,” which mzy be bought for a trifle from a hardware store or easily mace of wire netting. Did you ever try Pop Corn as a moneymaking crop? You will be surprised at the result. There is always a good market at a fair price, and if you plant my selected stock seed you will be able to j sell your crop to planters in your vicinity at a greatly advanced price.
New Striped or Variegated—(1)—A fancy variety, very showy and of the » best quality. Rather large ears, filled out with clear, transparent white kernels, beautifully striped with bright crimson. An early and produc- tive variety, and one of great beauty. A good popper. Pkt. 5c.; 4 pt. 15c.; pt. 25c.; qt. 40c.
Buckbee’s Snowball—(2)—The finest white variety in existence belorg- ing to the rice family. The best yielder, and far in advance of any other variety, ears averaging six inches in length. Beautiful shape; the best popper. Pkt. 5c.; 4 pt. 15c.; pt. 25c.; qt. 40c.
» New Red Beauty—(3)—Fime variety. The stalks grow six feet hich, and
; average thrce to four ears each from five to six inches long and eéyered with large rice-shaped kernels of a deep red color, Pkt. 5c.; 4 pt. 15c.; pt. 25c.; at. 40c,
Queen’s Golden—One of the very best and most prolific varieties grown. Its quality and handsome appearance when popped are very noticeable. It pops perfectly white, and a single kernel will expand to a diameter of nearly oneinch. The stalks grow six feet high, and the large ears are pro- Cucedin abundance. Mr. Queen, the onginator,says: “It isso far ahead of all others that I have seen or tried as to be beyond comparison in every respect, especially in yield, in sturdy growth, in size and in color when popped, being of a delicate golden yellow.” Pkt. 5c.; + pt. 15c.; pt. 25c.;
at. 40c.
Mepledale Prolific—This remarkable variety originated with Prof. R. L. Wetherell, of Davenport, Iowa, who states: ‘‘I selected on my Mapledale Fruit Ferma this year ten stalks with 121 ears, oran average of twelve ears to the stalk, one stalk having nineteen ears.” The stalks grow six feet high, and the ears are al! large in-size, with grains nearly clear white in color. An averege ear measured six and a half inches long and contained 585 perfeet kernels. Pops pure paper white, of fine quality. Be sure to
o 33 inelude this remarkable yeriety in your order for Pop Cern. Pkt. 6c.; 3 pt. 15¢.; pt. 25c.; qt. 40c.
FOR ONL CENTS I WILL SEND PREPAID ONE LIBERAL PACKET SPECIAL OFFER No. S 5 aor “a4 ABOVE FIVE POP GORNS.
RARE, USEFUL and ORNA- MENTAL GOURDS
Hercules’ Club—Enor- mous, long, club-shape fruit, useful to use In storing various ar- ticles. Lasts for years. Pkt. 4¢.; oz. 10c.
New Japanese Climb- = ing—Beautiful climb- il er with handsome fo- j
=" * =i liage and of rapid mae - ii De erowth. Tryit. Pkt. 6 z :
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= a! | Mut | Mi Si |! | N 7 ie OP 5c. Di er — Useful for F birdy? nests, fancy hanging baskets, ete. They hold from a pint to a quart and a half each: Pkt. 4c.; oz. 12¢. . 2 True Nest Egz—Resembling in color, shape and size the eggsof hens. Do not crack, last for years, and make the best of nest eggs. apid grower and good climber, extremely ornamenial, and useful for covering screens, ete. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 12c. : New Japanese Dish Cloth, or Luffa—Ornamental enough for a house vine and fruit is very useful. Fruit enormous, two feet in length, and borne in great profusion. ‘The lining of mature fruit, when washed and bleached, is porous, tough, elastic, sponge-like, making the nicest, cleanest substi- tute for dish cloths and bath sponges imaginable, besides being useful for a various pencles ick fancy. Nene age. ats Oz. an ~ wa ugar Trough—Enormous, hard-shelled fruit, holding from three to ten gallons each. Are es right te use as receptacles for lard, salt, seed corn, ete. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 10c.; } lb. 30e. = New Serpent—A beautiful climbing variety of easy culture, heavy foliage, and serving as the x - st shade. Pkt. 5c, é = > Many pronounce it as. good as the genus Finest Mised—Comihiiae in the largest mixture the most curious, interesting and useful of and it.has been SIN SUSSMAN 5 Ee 6 Brest noes the entire Gourd family.. Forms may be varied by tying strings around the young foaiteayr store collce as fast * its oe REOEUS! Zabie by enclosing the same in a curved mold while growing, thus stamping on JERE ES e- fee See the Dest Helfand half walk ore sired figures or letters that may be carved on the mold. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 7¢.; 4 Ib. 20¢. othe ele saw. a alf w - ; duce a drink claimed by many to be equal toa good cup of Rio. It is ee sei ou . ee ae TS = raised and most productive of any plant I ever I have deposited the sum of One un saw. It matures early as Corn, and does well $100.00 RE W ARD Dollars in the Winnebago National Bank of
on every kind of soil. You can raise your own Rockford, Illinois, as a Reward to be Paid to Any Person who will prove that {
coffee for one cent a pound. Ground and fed any Testimonial contained in my 1906 Seed and Plant Guide is not genuine or to milch cows it makes the richest and yellowest that any testimonial has been solicited by me. re 5
T do not have to ‘‘Blow My Own Horn’”’ in order to sell my ‘*Full of Life’’ Seeds and Plants—the best Seeds and Plants that money can buy. Results count! It is not what Isay, but what my Seeds and Plants do. H. W. BUCKBEE.
butter ever seen. It is as easily raised as Corn and’ Beans, and is cultivated in the same way. Full directions on every packet. My Seed is genuine. Large pkt. 5c.; } Ib. 10c.; 4 Ib. | i7c.; lb. 30c.
DIRECT FROM THE GROWER TO THE PLANTER—UCKBEE'S “FULL OF LIFE” SEEDS
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BUCKBEE WARIETIES GG PLANT “sfex2. ALL MONEY MAKERS
_ ‘he Egg Plant should be grown in every garden, for it is one of the most delicious of vegetables. Sliced and fried in batter and served with raw Tomatoes it can well take the place of meat in
Summer and Fall. Did you know that Egg Plant growing is one of the most profitable crops? Many growers clear from $200 to $500 per acre.
BUCKBEE’S NEW LARGE PURPLE
Better variety than New York Purple, large size and high quality of fruit, and its extreme productiveness makes it the most profitable to grow. Plants large, spreading; foliage light green. Fruit very large, oval or short, pear-shaped; skin deep
urple; flesh nearly white, Plants ripen two to six large fruits. kt. 5c.; oz. 25c.; 2 oz. 40c.; 4 Ib. 7c.
BUCKBEE’S NEW WHITE EGG PLANT
This variety, offered now for the first time, is without a doubt the preferable one by far of all to grow either for market, family or shipping purposes. Produces much larger fruit and is more productive than the New York Purple. The flesh is = : \\ yp more tender and flavor more delicate than purple varieties. Do TEE
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(Rae control the entire stock. Pkt. 6c.; oz. 25c ;. 2 0z. 40c.;4 1b. BUCKBEE’S NEW q BUCKBEE’S 7be. ’ ’ 4% UC. Sry LARGE PURPLE
LARGE NEW YORK PURPLE
Torge, round or oval, of excellent quality; highly es- med in market. Pkt. 4c.; 0z. 15¢.; 2 0z. 28c.; 4 e ic.
EXTRA LARGE LONG PURPLE
One of the earliest and most productive varieties. Fruit long, dark, rich purple and of fine quality. Sure to give the best of satisfaction for all purposes. PEt. 3c.; 0Z. 15c.; 2 0z. 25¢.; + Ib. 45c.
BLACK PEKIN
Very early, of large size, prolific, and desirable for market gar- deners’ use. Fruit nearly round; skin smooth, dark and glossy; flesh white and fine grained. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 25c.; 2 oz. 40c.; 4 lb.
70c. TOMATO EGG PLANT
A very great curiosity. Vine has every appearance of an Egg I : Plant, but bearsa bright red, solid tomato, as shown in the engrav- ill = , ; ing. It yields as high as sixty beautiful tomatoes to a single plant. Dee BLACK PEKIN Do not fail to try this magnificent wonder; it is a gem. Pkt. 5c. TOMATO EGG PLANT
NEW GARDEN LEMON THE MANGO MELON, or VEGETABLE PEACH
Certainly one of the greatest novelties of recent introduction. Re- Another splendid novelty of late introduction, very striking in color, sembles the vine Peach m manner of growth, but is distinct in that most wonderful yielder. (See engraving from nature of a single plant the unripe fruit is striped with very dark green spots, nearly black, and _ in illustration below.) Vines of Garden Lemon and Mango Melon are when ripe is not russeted like the vine Peach. Fruit of shape shown in somewhat smaller than the Musk Melon vine, though requiring same cul- illustration, a trifle smaller than vine Peach. Has a finer flesh and most tivation, Fruit is about the size of an Orange, orange shaped, and a desirable acid flavor, thus dispensing with sliced lemon, which is so im- bright orange-yellow color, somewhat russeted. For sweet pickles, pies portant in putting up the vine Peach. Unexcelled for general canning or preserving they are splendid. In the West and Northwest, where purposes. Cultivate similar to Musk Melons, in hills three feet apart fruit is scarce, they are rapidly becoming popular, as they are easily each way. It is such an enormous yielder that it will prove a very cultivated, enormously productive, and can be used in every way as the profitable crop to grow for market purposes, and will give unbounded Peach, except that they are not quite assweet. You will certainly be satisfaction for all family uses. True stock seed.. Pkt. 10c.; 0Z. 25c. pleased with it. Pkt. 10c.; 0z. 25c.
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1 oz. of Lettuce will sow a row 100 feet long. 3 to 4 lbs. will sow an acre
BUCKBEE
Buckbee’s Superb—Finest of all early
light creamy col Market; excellent even for mid-summer.
MIGNONETTE—CABBAGE-LETTUCE ;
Outer leaves colored with russet red and bronze green, the solid hearts
16c.; + 1b. 30c.; 4,1b. 55c.; Ib. $1.00.
Buckbee’s Ice Drumhead — It
grows rapidly, heads extremely early; heads nearly as solid as cab- bage. Outer leaves at first tinged with brownish red, changing toward the center from a golden yellow to a creamy white. As palatable as beautiful: very tender; never bitter and ef a sweet buttery flavor. Ready for use from the time it is 3 inches across until it runs to seed. I control the entire stock of this variety. Pkt. 5c.; 0Z. 10c.; 202. i6c.; 4 Ib. 30c.; 34 Ib. 55c-; Ib. $1.00.
New Iceberg— Quick growing and of exquisite flavor. The large, curly leaves which cover the outside of the solid heads are of bright, light green, with a slight reddish tinge on the edges. They have small indents which are constantly filled with dew-drops, keeping it fresh and showing a femarkable crystalline appearance. I can confidently recommend the New Ice”erg. PKt. 4c.:0z. 8c.; 202. 15¢.; 41b. 25c.; 3 Ib. 40c.; Ib. 75c.
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AND MAKE MONEY. FULL INFORMATION ON PAGE 42, THIS GUIDE
. $1.00. Buckbee’s Earliest Forcing—For those
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varieties and unusually good sized and solid; has little tendency to run to seed. Wonderfully crisp, exceptionally tender, and above all delicious in flavor. As a forcing variety it hasno superior. Excels as a family or market sort. Pkt. 5¢.; Oz. wa 2 oz. 16c.; 2 Ib. 30c.; 4 1b. LIC.
who like a large thin, exceedingly tender leaf, and for those markets which de- mand a large, loose cluster of leaves rather than a solid head, this is one of & the best varieties for forcing out of doors. Plants larre, forming a iarge, loose head; light yellowish green in color, Icon- trol the entire stock of this variety. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c ; 202. 16c.; 4 Ib. 30¢.; 3 Tb. 55c.; Ib. $1 00.
in-A Wonderful — new Cabbage GRAND. NEw Lettuce. Entire Heap CE plant measures —A_ very large- only 7 inches head variety, ex- across,while the cellent for furnish- —— An SS = — heads _ are solid ing fine, crisp, well- WONDERFUL—HEAD-LETTUCE and compact. blanched Lettuce during thé hot summer months. Plants are rich dark green, growing more than 15 inches in diameter. Heads stand for quite a long time, even in hot summer, before running to seed. PEt. 5c.; 0Z. 10c.; 2 oz. 16c.; 4 1b. 30c.; 2 Ib. 55c.; Ib. $1.00.
T can also supply the following new and stand. varieties of Let-
tuce, which are too well known to require extended description, at the: uniform price of: Pkt. 3c.; oz. 7c.; 2 0%. 12c.; 4 Ib. 20c.; 4 Tb. 35c.; Ib. 60c
Simpson’s Early Curled. Improved Black Seed Simpson.
Early Denver Market.
Henderson’s New York Market.
Early Boston Market, or White Seeded Teunis Ball. :
Early Black Seed Tennis Ball.
Grand Rapids Forcing.
Paris White Cos.
Mignonette
A PACKET OF LETTUCE
SEED CONTAINS FROM
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BIG BO: ON Best Midseason llead Lettnce
Very popular variety with gardeners who want a large-headi. -, forcing sort, and also foroutdoorWintercuiture, Plantslarge, very hardy and vigorous, with broad, compara- tively smooth, thin and veryhard bright green leaves. Quite tender. Indoors this forms a solid bead, while: utside is less distinctively a heading sort. Pkt. 8c,; 02 -8c.; 202. 15c.; 34 1b,
25,; 44 lb. 400 ; lb. 70c,
SILVER BALL A Good Variety Anywhere A remarkable variety,in that it is an excel- lent sort both for forcing and out of door cul- ture. The thick light green leaves have so heading. Leaves golden yellow. Is very pro- much sheen that they look silvery wh te in ductive and fine flavored. Pzt. 80.5 0z. 80,3 202, yay some Jights, and ite BoC ceo meet isofa 15c.; 34 Ib. 250,; 4% Ib. 40c.; 1b. 70c, BARLY PRIZE HEAD nO nee ce MERC aed es Ent: 8c. 5 04. Be. 02. 15¢.;
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Thic ole standard sort still stands at the heac of the large, thin leaved, clustering sorts. The vory larec leaves are savoyed,orcrimped, bright ercen, tinged with red, and are exceed- ingly tender, crisp and sweet, forming a large, loose head. Best for garden or market. Pkt. 40.5 0Z, 80; 2 0z. 15¢.; 34 Ib. 250.5 34 lb. 40¢.; Ib. Z5u.
GOLD NUGGET A Solid-Headed, Fine Variety
Choice new variety, noted for its solidity and buttery flavor. Quick grower, very hard
IMPROVED HANSON A Great Heat-Resisting Sort Large, firm heads, deliciously sweet, crisp and tender. Heads green outside, white within. None better for outdoor culture. Pkt. 40.5 oz. 8¢.; 2 oz. 150.3 44 lb. 250 ; % lb. 400.5 lb. 75¢.
TILTON’S WHITE STAR Keeps Long Time After Cutting
Of the Black-Seeded Simpson type, but grows larger and more rapidly, has a broader, thicker, darker-colored leaf, less frilled at the edge; forms a larger, more distinct and solid central cluster of leaves. Blanches perfectly, and is of excellent quality. Plants remain long iu condition for use before going fo seed. Good keeper when cut, owing to its thick leaves. Pkt.
IMPROVED HANSON Seah ley 2302. 15¢.; 44 lb. 250.; % lb. 40c.;
Ep OBO TILTON’S WHITE STAR
NEW ASPARAGUS LETTUCE Stems Cook Like Asparagus
A distinct new yariety, and is already one of the most copular sorts, made so not only on ac- count of its original features, but also by its su- perior quality. The young leayes are crisp and tender, and are desirable forall Lettuce purposes. When the leaves are large enough they can be
|matesa and the stems cooked like asparagus—
SAN FRANCISCO MARKET or The Deacon Lettuce
This magnificent Butter Lettuce is unsurpassed for family garden or for market. With The Dea- coneven the amateur gardener canraise fine,solid, nicely blanched heads equal to any the market affords. It stands hot weather better than any other of the rich butter varieties, and seldom be- comes acrid in flavor even under the greatest Sum- mer heat, Plants grow quicl-ly and make firm heads nearly as large and i lt as a Cabbare,
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makes a delicious dish. By all means try it. Pkt. 40.5 0z, 8¢.; 2 oz. 15¢.; 34 Ib. 260.
\ there being but few outer leaves when the head is } PHILADELPHIA BUTTER fully grown. The heads are light green outsicc, i ofte Called : eS while the inner blanched portion is beautiful n ed California Butter or Cabbage cream yellow, of delicious, rich, buttery flavor. Lettuce. It is the sesu!t of more than forty years’ careful Many prefer a large-growing, thick -leaved, selection 1n the garden of a private family. Pkt. Ms Tich ntoed Bearer and to meet this 4c ; oz. 8c.; Coz. 16c.; 34 lb. 26¢.; 44 lb. 40c.; 1b. 750. demand we present this sort. ant dark green, with many nearly round, thick leaves formed into MAMMOTH BLACK-SEEDED BUITER a very pong round ee Nyiteh sande s longline Solid and of Most Excellent Quality without running to seed. eaves very thick, i = folded or puckered at the base, the inner ones See eeHn cas Sond Ca taee he ohecte ar ase blanched to a rich yellow color, and exceedingly brittle Jeaves. inner ones becoming very white, ete ae ea eens aS 40.; oz. 8¢.; 2 oz. 150; a tender.and fine flavored. Pkt, 40.; 02. 8¢.5 2 oz. 16¢.; Scams ybehegitsp thee MEW ASPARAGUS LETTUCE M4 Ib. 25c.; % Ib. 40c.; lb. 75c. TOMHANNOCK The Handsome Reddish Bronze Lettuce ‘ This Lettuce doesn’t head makes a loose bunch of & leaves of very fineiquality. Forms a beautiful plant ten to twelve inches high by nine to ten inches across. Edges of outer leaves are a reddish bronze; within the ¢ leaves are almost white. Very crisp and tender. It is 1 a very early sort. Pkt. 4c. ; oz. 8c. ; 2 0z. 15c. ; 14 Ib. 25c. ; 14 Ib. 40c. ; Ib. 75c. ASS DWARF WHITE HEART, or CELERY LETTUCE Noted for Its Most Excellent Flavor Earliest in cultivation, and is the slowest to shoot to seed. The plants grow about eight inches high and four to five inches across. Outer leaves are well folded over, 3 blanching the inner leaves thoroughly without any == “tying up” or any artificial aid. Of stiff growth, every plant making a well-developed head of the most excel- Jent flavor and crisp and tender. oe Zs == ; Pkt. 5c.; 0z. 10c.; 2 oz. 16c.; 14 lb. 30c.;_ 14 lb. 55c.; SF SENT ! TOMHANNOCK lb. $1.00. DWARF WHITH HHART
: J PROMPTNESS, ACCURACY, BEST SEEDS. THE TRIO THAT HAS MADE BUCKBEE’S REPUTATION
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BUCKBEE’S MUSK MELONS
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NEW STRAWBERRY MUSK MELON THE FAMOUS ROCKY FORD : Unsurpassed in Luscious Flavor
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Hence thename. It grows to be a desirable ace market. Most desirable size. Ideal for market size; the fruits weigh from 6 to 8 dessert. A healthy, vigorous grower. pounds each. “Its outside appéarance com- BUCKBEE’S IDEAL Exceedingly prolific. This is an improved pares favorably with the green nutmeg of old, 2 strain of Netted Gem, growing a little more turning to a yellowish hue, as it were, over} The Most Delicious of All Musk Melons | oblong in shape. Originated at Rocky night, when fully ripened. Its smooth, deep Ford. It is the most popular of all Melons flesh is of an attractive orange-red color, par- That is the verdict of everyone who has } for shipping in baskets. The fruit is oval and ticularly soft and melting, and with that ex- triedi thi : BS ee ION 10 | Slightly ribbed, and densely covered with a ceptionally delicious strawberry flavor leaves j ‘© S magnificen toe PAE ae fine netting. It has a thick flesh; very sweet; hothing more to be desired in'a Musk’ Melon. | to 15 pounds; exceedingly thin skin. Good j finely flavored. . They will grow very uniform Ir. Beck, the veteran Melon grower, who has'| j-¢eper and an excellent shipper, The flesh is of | in shape’and color. Very productive. Send
honored me with the introduction of the S 2 to. Buckbee .for. Originator’s Selected Ctrawberry Musk Melon, writes: “This grand } 2 Tich salmon color, of a sweet, pleasing | stock Seed. Large ict, 4c.; oz. 10c.;
eee was cuieiteied Ey Bite the most f and delicious flavor. It will please you for all | 2 oz. 15¢.; 3 Ib. 25c.; 3 Ib. 40c.; Ib. 76e. uscious variety of strawberries between every an = . st ; two rows of a ew Hybrid Musk Melon that a ae : £ ae jae a of oe best of THE BANQUET
I had previously. perfected.’ While the stock | 2!l varieties: See offered by” other parties Medium ‘sized Melon of perfectly round of this new acquisition is ‘but limited; I 4m} under similar name is spurious. Be sure to | shape, densely netted over its entire surface. going to offer it-as follows as lon>as my seed) i include this variety in your order. Pkt. 5c.; | The flesh is dark, rich salmon color, and uni- supply lasts: Price, choicest seed of my i 10c.: 20 °#se=2 es eeaoe== 511 * | formly’ thick: In favor it is unsurpassed, own growing, Pkt. 5c.;.0Z. 10¢.; 2 0z. 16c.; | 02- 10¢.; 2 oz. dae.) 4 2B. adc.; 2 1b 400.5) sivaline the Emerald. Gem. PEt. 3c.; oz,
3 Ib. 30c.; 4 Ib. 55¢.; Ib. $1.00. lb. 75e. 7¢.; 2 0%. 12¢.; 4 lh. 20c.; 3 Ib. 35c.; tb. 60c.
BUCKBEE’S WESTERN GIANT Noted Not Only for Its Great Size, But for Its Most Magnificent Flavor and General Quality.
Largest of all Musk Melons, often weighing 30 pounds and over; the flesh is rich, melting and sugary. As an exhibition and large market variety it is grand. It will astonish everyone by its merits, being exceptionally desirable for family and market purposes. For shipping it has no superior. Where size is an obiect, and thereis not a particle of danger of sacrificing quality, Buckbee’s Western Giant will always give the most complete satisfaction. Pkt. 5c.; oz. i0c.; 20z.i6c.; 41b. 30c.; 4 ib. 55c.; Ib. $1.00.
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Unsurpassed in Quality and Unexcelled for Shipping.
Combines all the good qualities of the Netted Gem and Osage, the varieties from which it originated. Fruit oval, about 5 inchesin diameter; shape and general appearance similar to the Netted Gem or Rocky Ford. Firm flesh, a rich orange ted like the Osage, but even sweeter and higher flavored. I have found the fruit the most uniformly good of any Musk Melon I have ever grown. Best shipper I know of; just the size for hotel and table use. Really has no equal as a market Melon for professional growers, and one of the very best sorts for the home garden. An exceptionally pure and fine stock grown on my own farms. PKt. 4¢.; 0Z 7c.; 2 oz. 12c.; 4 lb. 20c.; 4 Ib. 35c.; 1b. 60c. .
FOR OTHER EXCELLENT VARIETIES OF MUSK MELONS SEE NEXT = Z SUCCEEDING PAGE. PRICES OF SEEDS ARE ALWAYS RIGHT. BUCKBEE’S WESTERN GIANT
BE SURE TO SEND IN YOUR ORDER FOR BULBS EARLY. SEE PAGES 86-87. |
H. W. BUCKBEE, LOCKFORD, ILLINOIS,
MUSK MELONS
OSAGE or Improved Miller’s Cream
This Melon has made its way into. public favor from the market rather than the gar- den, and is highly prized by those who like an exceedingly sweet and highly flavored melon. It is medium sized, oval, slightly ribbed, dark green in color, covered more on les with shal- low netting. The flesh is deep salmon color and very thick, there being but a slight cav- ity in the center of even the largest fruit. A favorite variety for the market. We have taken a great deal of pains to develop the thick, deep, rich colored and fine flavored flesh of this sort, and a careful comparison on our trial grounds proves it to be unequaled even by. ‘‘special selected seed”’ offered at very high prices.
Pkt. 4c.; 0Z. 7c.; 2 0z. 12c.; }-Ib. 20c.; 3 Ib. 35c.; Ib. 60c.;
BUCKBEE’S NEW PROLIFIC NUTMEG
The finest of all Nutmeg Melons. Fruit of medium size, slightly ribbed, globular. Skin dark
green, becoming yellow when-over-ripe, and nearly covered with broad, shallow netting. -Flesh
: = thick, of fine flavor. This variety is in
2 universal demand. My stock is care-
fully grown and selected, and will be found first-class in every particular.
Pkt. 4c.; 02. 8c.; 2 02 15c.; } lb.
25c.; 4 lb. 40c.; lb. T5c.
NEW WINTER PINEAPPLE
A new Melon of much value, owing to the fact that it can be kept until Christ- mas or later. The color of ie flesh is a deep lemon yellow, and the outer skin is dark green marked with yellow. The quality is delicious, having a rich, spicy flavor that 73 not possessed by any other fruit. These Melons have much thicker and “ner flesh than ordinary Musk Mel- ons, hence their long-keeping qualities.
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the Melons must be picked off in the ‘Fall and put in some cool piace, where, however, there is no danger of freezing = until they are wanted. It is usually
necessary to place them in a warm room
BUCKBEE’S NEW PROLIFIC NUTMEG Ps ete for three_or four days before using, so as.to ripen thoroughly. In this way they can be had for the Winter months.
Pkt. 5e.; oz. 15c.; 2 oz. 25c. Pat Saar oy BANANA MELON
(Yellow Flesh.) This most curious, but most ex- quisitely flavored Melon grows to a length of eigh- tee. to thirty inches’ and is two-to four inches in di- ameter. The flesh is quite deep. In appearance and odor it greatly. resembles BdlD sedis , : ToL . ion@ Banana. It is not a curiosity merely, but has a high value, and isin such high favorin the city markets as to com- mand high prices, which sometimes go to $1 for a single specimen. This Banana Melon should not be confounded with the inferior and much Jess valuable Melon known as Log of Wood. Those who grow the Banana Melon cannot fail to be highly pleased with it, and will find that its real merit will create a big demand for it.
Pkt. 5c.; 0z. 15c.; 2 oz. 25c.
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MORE BUCKBEE SORTS THAT MAKE MONEY FOR THE GROWER
EMERALD GEM
The standard of excellence among the sal- mon fleshed varieties. Fruits small to medi- um size, globular or very slightly flattened at the ends, only slightly netted and ribbed. Skin deep green while young, becoming tinged with yellow as the fruit matures, Ilesh deep salmon yellow, thick, ripening close to the rind, nsurpassed in flavor. Leads them all in many large markets.
Pkt. 1¢c.; oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 15c.; } Ib. 25c.; + Ib. 49c.; lb. 75c.
NEW TRIUMPH
I feel honored that the originator, Mr. Beck, should select me to introduce the Triumph, the best Musk Melon yet produced. It is a cross between the popular Osage and Colum- bus, retaining the external appearance as well as the unsurpassed. shape and _ quality of the latter, differing, however, inside, pos- sessing a fine rich red salmon color flesh like its parent, the Osage, and some are that way clear to the rind. ‘Thus combined it possesses a flavor far superior to both. It grows from ten to fifteen pounds in weight, never cracks open on the ends, stands handling for many days in market without losing its fine appear- ance. A great yielder.
Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.; 2 oz. 15¢.; 4 lh. 25c.; 4 Ib. 40c.; ib. 75¢
T5e. TRUE JENNIE LIND (Green Flesh.) This is the earliest of the green-fleshed sorts,.and one of the sweetest. It is round or flattened. In size it is small, being fror three to five inches in diameter— & very convenient.size for serving in halves. it is more largely grown in the great Melon producing state of New Jorsey than any other sort, and is used in enormous quantities in the Eastern cities and at the seashore resorts. The vines are very prolific andthe culture profit- able. .My strain of seed is the best. Pkt. 4c.3;:02. T7c.; 2 0z. 12c.3 4 Ih. 18c.; 4 1b. 30c.; db. 50c.
CANNON BALL
This novelty was introduced from Texas as “the finest flavored and best shipping Musk Melon in America.” It is certainly a fine Melon! In shape it is round as a ball, me- dium size, ‘six to eight inches in diameter, and , heavily netted. The flesh is light green, melt- ing and deliciously flavored, remarkably solid, with extremely small seed cavity. It is very prolific, and continues in bearing a long time.
Pkt. 4c.; oz. 7c.; 2 0z. 12¢.; 4 lb. 20c.; 3. Ib. 35¢e.; Ib. 66c.
I can also supply the following new and:standard varieties ofsMusk Melons, } which are too well known: to require ex- tended description, at the uniform price ae Pkt. 3c.; 0z. 6¢.;.2.05.'10c.; 4 1b.
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‘Anne Arundel, True Tip Top, Mon- treal Market, Cosmopolitan, Hender- 1 son’s Perfected Delmonico, Melrose,. ! Goiden:'-Netted Gem, New _ Early Hackensack, Newport, Beck’s New Columbus, Chicago Market, Silver Netted Gem, New. Green Fleshed i Osage, Improved, Cantaloupe, YYhite 1 Japanese, Baltimore (or .Acme),
Long Persian (or Casaba), Extra Early | Grand Rapids, Large Hackensack.
THE MUSK MELONS I RECOMMEND ARE THE ONES I HAVE TRIED AND KNOW WILL PLEASE
38 H. W. BUCKBEE, ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS. =e A KALE, or BORECOLE \ - Or iscie aes
German, BLAETTER-KOHL; Frc ac’, CHovu VERT; Spanish, BRETON. 4 eee seeds Wylie yet YOURE and succulent, are pickled and are very _ elicious. The plants and flowers are highly ornamental in the garden. DWARF GREEN CURLED KALE blooming continually till frost. Try it. > ;
One Ounce of Seed for 3.500 Plants Tall Mixed — Makes a nice growth; useful for climbing purposes. Pkt. (GEEMAN GREENS OR SPROUTS.) 8c.+ 02, 6e.; 20z. 10c.; 34 Ib, 18c.3 44 1b 30.: lb. 50c. This is hardier than Cabbage, and makes excellent greens for winter Dwarf Mixed — Handsome and useful variety; very prolific. Pkt. 8c.; and spring use. The leaves are as curiy as Parsley, tender and of very oz. 6c.; 20z. 10c.; 34 lb, 18c.; 4% 1b, 35c.; Ib. 60c, fine flavor. It is improved by trost. Sow the seed in May peal! ae antin July vad trest OKRA same as Cab-
bage TIm- ee SAS8 ; Fren mense quan- German, ESASBARER ch,
tities GRTKG GomBo; Spanish, QuIBOMBO. ate*grown in Improved White Velvet—Stand- «he Southand ard sort. Popular every- shipped to where. Pods are round and Northern smooth, larger than those of markets. We any other sort, never prickly
have an ex- to the touch. Produced in cellent strain great abundance. The seed of it. Pkt. pods are used while they are Sen "oz “Ger small, tender and succulent, :
2 oz. 10c.: &% for soups and stews. Pkt, Ib. 18c.; % lb, 2c; 0z. 5c-3 34 Ib. 12c.; % Ib. 30c.; 1b. 55c, 20c,; Ib. 30c.
New Lady ¥inger—To our
C Tall Green “friends in the Southit is un- ae Sees necessary to say anything a os raritat about the advantage of your NAL Tou 2 green seed pods of Okra a i en for favoring soups. Inthe o, and one~ Middle and Northern States
KALE, or BORECOLE bait. feet they are not so thoroughly 1g appreciated as they deserve BY =e) = Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c ; 20z. 10c.; 14 Ib. 18c.; % lb. 35c.; lb- 60c, to be. Seed pods produced 9 —===S==& " Sea Kale—Pkt. 5c.; oz. 30c, in abundance give a consist- OKRA—LADY FINGER
Siberian—Someiiimes cailed ‘‘Sprouts’’ and “German Greens.’? Not so ency and flavor that is un- E curly as the Dwarf Green Kale. The plantis low, butspreadingand equaled. Quite prolific, producing long, slender pods of the form very hardy, Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 20z, 10c.; 34 Ib. 18c.; % Ib, 30c,; lb. 55c, fa lady’s finger. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz, 10c,; 4 1b, 18c.; % 1b. 30c.;
Ib. 50c, KOHL RABI German, Konu RaBi; French, CHouRaBE; Spanish, CanpE NUBO. PARSLEY A vegetable intermediate between the Cabbage and Turnip, combin- German, PETERSILIE; French, PERSIL; Spanish. Periciz: Swedish, ing the flavor of both. Edible partis a PERSALIA.
turnip-shaped bulb formed by swelling 7 ; of stem. When used for the table this Extra Dwarf Curled, or Emerald — The moss-like leaves are a handsome, should be cut when quite small, as it is bright green color, andare finely crimped and curled. For garnishing, then very tender arid delicate. no vee ae, 13 : :
Early White Vienna—Early and smal], More attrac- Handsome white bulbs. Best early tive. Pkt. 3¢.; variety for table. Pkt, 4c.; oz. 180,
Early Purple Vienna—Nearly identical g¢.: 1% Jp. With the last, exceptin color, which is 39¢.? 1b. 50c. right purple, with theleafstemstinged wew Moss
With purple. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 15¢ Curled—A great] im-
LEEK prove type
German, Laucu; French, Pcrreav. of this useful Sow the seed and care for the young class of plants the same as for Onions. herbs. Most
New Flag—The variety more cultivatedin exquisite in
this country than any other. Is hardy form and : SS and of good quality. Pkt, 4c.; oz. 8; color. In- PARSLEY—BUCK. 2 oz. 15c.; 74 Ib. 28c.; 46 Ib, 50c.; Ib. 900, Valuablesas a : Hed 3 garnishing plant, and suited for mixing with dwarf, ornamental
MARTYNIA—Proboscidea foliage plants in the garden. PEt. 3¢.; oz. 6¢.; 2 oz. 10c,; %{ ib. 18¢.; When young and tender are highly prized for pickling. Pkt, 4c,; %4 Ib. 30c.; 1b. 50c. = “ : oz. 15c. Buckbee’s Béauty—This popular variety is a great favorite Pkt. 5c. ; MUSTARD oz. 10c.; 2 oz. 18¢.; 34 Ib. 35c.; 46 Ib. G0c.; Ib. $1.00.
German, SENF; French Mourarps; Spanish, Mostazor. Hamburg Rooted—A variety greatly relished in the South and by all
- Larg ; > ; . 186.; % Ib. S4c.; Mew Chinese—The large leaves, which often measure 14 inches, are eat rN ST 5
ready for use in about six weeks after sowing, and will continue to yield until it is frosty weather. It has a pleasant, pungent flavor, exceptionally hardy, and can be eaten the same as other salads. Pkt.
Ye 4c.; 0z, 6c.; 2
salads and greens. Seeds pungent,nice for pickles.
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New Mammoth Virginia — A new, very early, desirable and a most valuable variety to grow. Itis of uprizht growth and has the largest pods and kernels of any variety;
Ac’ always yields fewer imperfect pods; the vines make yaluable forage for stock. Plant in April and they will other varie. !ipen before September, even as far northas Canada. Hundreds of my ties. Pkt, 2c. Young friends have written me that they had a wonderful crop the past
s . Bee Cs season. It will pay everyone to try them. Plant2 inches deep, 8inches = = / : oz, 50.5 24 Ib. apart in the row,and keep the ground free from weeds. When ripe,
CHIN ESE ak 4 STAR < toe pull or dig up and dry. Pet 6¢ ; Tb: 100.; Tp. 150. ; Ib. 250.; 5 Ibs. $1.00. lf Al 4 Sea
THE BEST WATER MELON IN THE WORLD—BUOKBEE’S MONTE CRISTO. SEE NEXT PAGE. /
Black Seeded —Is sharper and more pungent than ary of the
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Mr. J. L. McAllister, Yazoo City, Miss., writes: ‘ Buckbee’s Monte Cristo Water Melon ts the king o,' alkea:elons. I have always had fine success wit": all the seeds I j:ave bought of you. “Ay Carrots Radishes, turhips, Swecé Corn, Cucumbers, Onions, in fact every- thing are the finest ever grown here.”
A packet of Watermelon Seeds, according to size of
seeds, contains from 50 to 150 seeds.
The Best Water Melon Ever Introduced
So have said thousands of my customers who planted Monte Cristo for the past five years. Never before in the history of the seed trade has so much seed of a new Water Melon been sold in one year as of Monte Cristo, aad, what is more, every customer is pleased, fully substantiating my claims for its being the largest. early Water Melon to mature, ripening in the remarkably short period of 65 to 80 days, and weighing, under ordinary cultivation, 60 pounds. The greatest yielder. The sweetest, juiciest, crispest and most solid melon ever produced, never having a hollow or pithy center when ripe. The easiest to sell on the market, for when once tried people will have no other. Many of my customers have written me the past year that they have cleared $100 or more per acre by growing Buckbee’s Monte Cristo Iielons. Under average cultivation you can do.as well or better... Will you not try it this year? It is a grand, good shipper; has a firm, solid rind, not too thick, yet will stand the most severe handling. ‘The outside skin is of a rich, dark green color, shaded with faint stripes of a somewhat lightercolor. Certainly the finest ap- pearing Melon ever grown for market, shipping or table purposes. Mr. Doge, the veteran melon. grower, says:..“‘Buckbee’s Monte Cristo is the best Melon I ever raisec.””?’ What mcre can you ask when I say, “Not half of its good. qualities have beenetold.” I only wish that the space in this book would permit of including the thousands of expressions re- ceived from my customers all over the globe. While my supply of seed is larger than ever before, I already have large advance orders from my customers, who have planted Monte Cristo in past seasons, and I would advise . all who care to plant this ‘‘King of all
Melons” in 1906 to place their orders as
early as possible. Please remember that
I control the entire product oi this vari-
ety, so send to Buckbee for choicest stock
seed of MONTE CRISTCG MELON. The price is within the reach of all.
Price of choicest stock seed of my own growing: Pkt. 10c.; 02. 15c.; 2 oz, 25c.; + Ib. 38¢.3 4 1b. 60c.; lb. $1.60; 5 lbs. $4.00, prepaid.
FOR EATING FOR GROWING FOR SHIPPING
BEST!
FOR EVERY REASON [il
THE SWEETEST FLA- VORED MELON IN THE WORLD
In hundreds of markets every season it finds ready sale at good prices when all other sorts go begging for buyers.
THIS GRANDEST OF ALL VARIETIES
has been extensively grown the past few seasons in almost every melon growing locality of the world, and in not one singje instance has it failed to meet the expecta- tions of the planter. The reports received from every section that all are delighted with it prove that in the bands of my customers
BUCKBEE’S MONTE CRISTO
Has given the same surpassing results as my careful trials at Rockford Seed Farms.
GROW IT AND IT WILL CONVINCE YOU
THE COLORED PLATES IN THIS GUIDE ARE ALL FROM PAINTINGS FROM NATULS
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BUCKBEE’S MELONS AM DE BEST
BUCKBEE’S SELECTED
WATER MELON SEED
ONE OUNCE FOR THIRTY HILLS; TWO TO FOUR POUNDS IN HILLS FOR AN ACRE.
CULTURE
H. W. BUCEBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
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Melon growing for seeg purposes only is a leading specialty of my establishment. My seed is saved from the choicest spec- imens. Hundreds of Thousands of pounds have been furnished my customers to their entire satisfaction, without a single com- plaint, for the simple reason it has never been my practice to market all the best Melons and save all the culls for seed pur- poses. Seeds from the best Melons only are none too good for my customers.
The essential thing is to get good, strong vines early in the season, which may be secured by forming large, well-drained hills é : of earth about 8 feet apart, made very rich with an abundance of well-rotted manure, which should be thoroughly mixed with the soil, for if left in a mass it will lead to the plants burning out under the hot sun, and thus to the failure of the crop.
In these hills
plant the seed as soon as the ground is warm and dry, and carefully protect the young plants from insects, and hasten their growth by the use
of liquid manure.
Sweet Heart—An entirely new and distinct Water Melon, which is early, large, handsome, heavy, good shipper, long keeper, bright color and of best Guality. Carloads of Sweet Hearts were sold at fancy prices when no other was salable. Vine vigorous and pro- ductive, ripening its fruit early. Fruit large, oval, heavy, uniformly mottled light and dark green; rind thin, but firm; flesh bright red, firm, solid, very sweet and tender. A good keeper. Pkt. 4c.; oz, 7c.; 2 oz. 12c.; 4 1b. 18c.; 4 1b. 30c.; Ib. 50c.
Maule’s Wonderful Sugar Melon—Called by some firms Melver’s Sugar. Excellent new variety. In fact it has already become so popular that it is grown in some localities to the exclusion of most other sorts. Of large size, Melons of 40 to 60 pounds being of average occurrence. Flesh red and deliciously sugary. Very pro- lific; does well in any weather. Fine keeper. PKt. 4¢.; 0%. 7¢.7 2 0z. 12c.; 2 lb. 18c.; 4 Ib. 34c.; Ib. 60c.
Cole’s Early—tThe finest Melon ever offered for the amateur and for the home market. Being somewhat brittle will not do for shipping purposes. Very early and will ma- ture in every state. Very hardy, vigorous and a sure cropper. Flesh sweet and delicate in texture; of a deepred color. The rind is thin and the quality of the flesh is sus- tained clear to the rind. Melons medium size,nearly round in shape; rind green, striped with lighter shades. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 7¢.; 2 oz. 12c.; 41b. 18¢e.; 41b. 30c.; 1b. 50c.
Fordhook Early—As shown in the
illustration engraved from a photo- graph, the form is nearly round. The average weight of the Melon is 35 pounds each, a size rarely attained by any other extra early Melon under favorable conditions. The rind is tough, makingit a val- uable variety for shipping. The outer color is a uniform medium green. Flesh a bright red and very sweet. Pkt. 4c.; 0Z. 7¢.; 2 oz. 12c.; 4 Ib. 18c.; 4 Ib. 30c.; Ib. 50c.
Buckhbee’s Ice Cream, or Peerless —The great favorite and standard variety. Superior in every re- spect. Has beautiful crimson core, which is always fine grained and cannot be surpassed in flavor. Very
prolific, magnificent grower. Is one of the best for market and home purposes. Pkt. 4c.; 0%. 7¢.; 2 0Z. 12c.; 4 Ib. i8c.; 4 1b. 30c.; lb. 50c.
Everbearing—Always Sweet. The Earliest Water Melon in the world. This is absolutely the earliest Water Melon known, and is sure to be first in the market. It is of most delicious flavor, very juicy and sweet and is splendid for family use, as a few vines yield many early Melons. Everybody should try this new early Water Melon. It is the Melon to plant if you are in a climate where the seasons are short, for it will ripen where other varieties will not. _It.is certainly a splendid Melon for every purpose. Just the size for family use. ‘The flesh is deep in color and exceed- ingly brittle. By all means try this excellent Melon. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.; 2 oZ. 15¢ ; 4 Ibe. 25c.; 4 Ib. 40c.; Ib. T5e.
Hoosier King—A Melon with exceptional qualities... The Melons grow oblong and are of an eyen diameter through their entire length. The flesh is brilliant red, very solid, sweet and luscious. Theskin is
striped light and dark green; the rindis very thin, but exceedingly hard, which renders it a valuable shippm_e sort, as well as a desirable variety for family and market pur- poses. Pkt.4c.; oz. 7¢.; 2 0z.12c.; 2 1b. 18c.; 4 Ib. 30e.; Ib. 50c.
Duke Jones—One of the most pro- ductive and largest of Melons. A Melon of fine appearance, large, round, solid meat, and of fine flavor and a heavy yielder and early. It is a very good shipper, and suitable for the home garden. kt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 0Z. 10c.; + 1b. 15c.; 4 Ib. 25c.; Ib. 40c.
Jones’ True Jumbo—tThis grand new Variety originated with Mr. Jones, of Georgia, and its claims are “The Best Water Melon in the World.” The color of the skin is solid-green, and the flesh isa very bright red, particularly sweet, juicy and melt- ing. It grows to a large size, fre- quently attaining the weight of 80 pounds. In shape it resembles “Kolb’s Gem,” and is one of the best shipping sorts. Invaluable forfamily and market uses. Pkt. 3c.;0zZ. 6C.; 2 02. 10c.; i Ib. 15c.; 3 Ib. 25c.; Ib. 40c.
PLANT BUCKBEE’S MELON SEED AND YOU WILL BE SURE TO BE RIGHT, ALWAYS
H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
Buckbee’s Luscious Melons
New Dixie—(See cut.) Grand new acquisition, possessing the rich flavor of the old Mountain Sweet, combined with the excellent shipping qual- ities of Kolb’s Gem. The skin is of a dark green color and beauti- fully striped. The flesh is of a bright scarlet, very sweet, tender and juicy, sells readily in all markets, bringing the highest price. It is a great favorite, being strong and firm in growth, with the valuable quality of rooting at almost every joint, thereby increasing the bear- ing of the vines, which, as every Melon grower will recognize, is of great importance to the maturing crop. Carefully selected stock.
Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; + lb. 15c.; 4 lb. 25c.; Ib. 40c.
Seminole—(See cut.) One of the most popular varieties grown. Extra early, very productive, extra large and of splendid flavor. The seed will often produce gray and green melons on one vine, but the number of the former predominates. It is undoubtedly one of the very best Melons ever introduced.
Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; + Ib. 15c.; 4 lb. 25c.; lb. 40c.
Green and Gold—(See cut.) The largest early variety. Very pro™ ductive and of delicious flavor. Rind very thin, being only three- eighths to one-half inch in thickness. Independent of its delicious flavor, its rich golden-yellow color will make it most desirable as an ornament for the table, espetially if its golden slices are arranged in contrast with the crimson of other sorts. This is undoubtedly the variety you are looking for, and you will make no mistake in ordering my selected seed. “
Pkt. 4c.: oz. 7c.; 2 oz. 12c.; t Ib. 18c.5 4 Ib. 30c.; 1b. 50c.
Phinney’s Extra Early—A well-established, standard variety of West- ern origin and well acclimated. It is sweet, of good size and ver. productive. Its market qualities are the very best. Flesh is red, sweet and luscious. It will please you for all purposes, Include it in your order. f
Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.: 4 Ib. 16c.; 4 Ib. 25c.; Ib. 40c.
Georgia Rattlesnake, or Gypsy—/‘See cut.) A favorite standard variety. _ One of the largest and finest in our markets, Matures parlyy and + of finest quality for family or market purposes, Stads shipping well.
Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; } lb. 15c.; 4 Ib. 25c.; Ib. 40¢.
Girardeau’s New Triumph—After satisfactory trials on my Rock- ford Seed Farms I take pleasure in offering seed grown in Florida by the originator, Wm. M. Girardeau, who describes this new Melon as follows: “It is early, prolific, and averages very large... As a market Melon it has no competitor for first place in the list of shipping and selling Melons. Its fine appearance and magnificent proportions make it a ready seller in any market. Where it has been planted for long-distance shipping in comparison with other varieties it has dis- tanced them all. The rind is of a dark green color, The average size of the Melon is very large. -A crop of two and one-half. acres yielded 2,418 Melons weighing over forty pounds each. The flesh of the Melon is very solid, melting and sweet.” ;
Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; } Ib. 15c.; $ 1b. 25c.; Ib. 40c.
Ruby Gold—(See cut.) ‘A fine variety. Its beauty and quality are unexcelled. Of exceptionally large size, often weighing forty to fifty pounds. The flesh is always sweet, tender and melting. Ripens close to the rind. Don’t fail to try it. :
Pkt. 4c.; 0z. 7c.; 2 oz. 12c.; 4 Ib. 18c.; $ Ib. 30c.; Ib. 60c.
Hungarian Honey—(See cut.) This fine new variety is very appro- priately so called, as it is surpassingly sweet and luscious, of a very rich honey flavor, richer and sweeter to the taste than any other Water Melon. The flesh is of an intensely red color ‘and absolutely stringless, completely melting in the mouth, and of the same beau- tiful red color up to within one-fourth of an inch or less of the outer skin, The Melons ripen early, and the vines, are healthy and very productive. You should try it.
Pkt. 4c.; oz. 8c.; 2 02. 15c.; + lb. 25c.; 3 Ib. 40c.; Ib. 60c.
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Cuban Queen—A large variety that often grows to weigh eighty pounds. Striped light and dark green. A great cropper. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; 1 Ib. 15c.; 4 Ib. 25c.; lb. 40c.
Gray Monarch, or Mammoth White Icing—Very large; mottled gray skin; long; flesh bright crimson; flavor delicious. kt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; 4 lb. 15¢.; 3 lb. 25c.; Ib. 40c.
Mountain Sweet—An old variety of great popularity, and especially adapted to growing in the cooler Northern states. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; + ib. 15c.; 4 lb. 25c.; Ib. 40c.
Black Spanish—A dark green round-shaped Melon of good quality and very productive. Is one of the earliest, and a ready seller. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6e.;.2 oZ 10c.; 4 lb. 15c.; 4 lb. 25c.; lb. 40c.
Citron—Used entirely for preserving. Slightly striped, round in shape. Makes beautiful, sweet preserves of splendid flavor that everybody likes... Very productive.
Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 0Z. 10c.; 4 lb. 15¢.; 4 lb. 25c.; lb. 40c.
Kieckley Sweets—First introduced and offered by me in 1895, in which year I purchased the entire crop of seed from Mr. W. A. Kleck- ley, of Alabama, the noted Melon grower. During that season I sent out several thousand packets of seed for trial. The reports received from every section, as well as our own trials, proved it to be a.sur- passingly finé new I“elon, and in 1896 I offered it on page 26 of my catalogue. Without question it is one of the sweetest flavored of all } Melons., Oblong in shape; skin dark green; flesh bright red, solid and luscious... Valuable alike for market or family purposes. The first original seed can be had from no other seedsman. Beware: of imita- tions. Proofs substantiating my claims freely furnished if desired.
Pkt. 4c.; oz. 7c.; 2 oz. 12c.; 4 lb. 18c.; 3 1b. 30c.; Ib. 50c.
Buckhee’s Werfected Kolb’s Gem—(See cut.) For years I have been working to secure the one main feature which was lacking in the original Kolb’s Gem—quality. At last success has rewarded my efforts, and I take pleasure in offering to my customers this “perfected variety.” Vines of medium size, but remarkably vigorous and
healthy. Leaves of “medium size, deeply cut with a peculiar frilled edge. Fruit of the largest size, round or slightly oval, marked with irregular mottled stripes of dark and light green, while the under side is of a creamy yellow color, suggestivo - always of the most superior quality. Outer rind, or shell, exceedingly hard and firm, making it a good } sort for shipping long. distances. Flesh bright red, solid, sweet, tender and melting. I control the entire supply of seed of this variety,
Pkt. 4¢.$ oz. 7c.; 2 of. 12c.; 4 Ih. 18c.; 3 Ib. 30c.; lb. 50c.
I. can also supply the following welle known varieties of Water Melons of estab- lished merit, which are too well known to require extended description, at the uniform price of: Pkt. 4c,; 0z. 7c.; 2 oz. 12c,; 44 lb. 180.3 44 Ib. 30c.; lb, 50c.
Arkansas Traveler Bradford Iceberg Florida Gem Market King Girardeau’s Favorite Colorado Preserving Mammoth Iron Clad j-||, Florida Favorite
‘+ Black Diamond Round White Icing
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THERE IS MONEY IN MELONS IF BUCKBEE’S “FULL OF LIFE”? SEEDS ARE PLANTED.
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BUCKBEE’S SURE CROP. MUSHROOMS
JUST A FEW PLAIN WORDS
ABOUT SURE CROP SPAWN |
(See Painting from Nature Inside Back Cover Page )
This Spawn is prepared solely for me by a specialist, who has not only devoted a lifetime to the work, but who is a profound student of the industry. His work has resulted in producing the best and most reliable Spawn in the world. Under my contract it is impossible for the grower to secure any Sure Crop Mushroom “pawn from anyone ex- cept Buckbee:
T can safely assure all Mushroom growers, as well as those who have Never grown any, but are on the poinc of trying it, that they will find Sure Crop Spawn to be all that is claimed for it and more: It produces immense crops and the Mushrooms that are in demand at the very high- est market prices.
In order to meet the demand for Sure Crop Spawn, and to provide against deterioration of its producing qualities, my arrangement with the producer is for frequent shipments, which, coupled with the care = give it, renders it absolutely certain that my customers will all be fur- nished with Spawn that, if they handle it properly, will bring them big returns.
I have made the price as low as Spawn of such an exceedingly high grade can possibly be sold for.
Postpaid: 1 Ib. 33c.; 5 Ibs. $1.50. :
Carriage Charges at Buyer’s Expense: i Ib. 23c.; 5 Ibs. $1.00; 25 Ibs. $4.00; 100 lbs. 312.50.
Buyers in quantity are urged to state whether they want shipment made by freight or express.
WHAT A MUSHROOM GROWER SAYS
Mushrooms can be grown in tubs, in flats, but the culture requires careful attention and the temperature of the room must be kept at an unhealthful degree. A city man, however, can dig a “dug out” on the north side of his house, roof it over with rough boards and grow enough Mushrooms for home use, If he wants to roof over a part of an old deserted quarry he can grot7 Mushrooms for the market. Contrary to popular belief, the culture of Mushrooms in a eellar is healthful. They absorb all the moisture and keep the cellar dry and the air pure.
“On a bed 50 feet square one can do 9 profitable marketing business,
100 Ibs. $7.25.
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Price pre 3 per lb. paid, 30c.
MUSHROOMS GROWING ON SINGLE SHELF
®. W. BUCEKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLrNors,
BUCKBEE’S SURE CROP
HIGH GRADE, PEDIGREED, VIRGIN SPAWN
CTOR PINET, “‘the Rockefeller of the mushroom industry in St. Louis,’ cleared
a small place in Uhrig’s Cave recently and set out a Mushroom bed.
in his easy chair and in three months cut $3,000 worth of Mushrooms from the bed he had planted. Monsieur Pinet is an unskilled laborer. Juck, have earned $45 a month during the three months he spent cutting $50 a day worth of fungi from his Mushroom bed.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
GROWING Get Reliable Spawn, Start Right and the Results are
No expensive equipment is, or ever will be, necessary for fhe propasetion, in money-making quantities, of Buckbee’s Sure Crop Mushrooms. Professional growers have had much to do with spreading the idea that process and equipment are both
The plain fact is that anyone who starts right can grow Mushrooms success- He must know how to prepare the beds, where to locate them, and how to care for his crop. But the grower of Radishes must know that much about the crop he expects to raise. about by no more mystery and difficulty than is the growing of Radishes. An aban- doned outhouse, or waste space in one, a shed, 2 basement or a cellar can be used for growing Mushrooms and will answer the purpose excellently. totally blind man, in Chicago, who kept a goodly supply of Mushrooms growing con- stantly in a corner of the basement of the flat building in which he lived.
I FURNISH EVERY BUYER OF MUSHROOM SPAWN WITH EXPLICIT DIRECTIONS FOR GROWING. IF THEY ARE FOLLOWED THERE IS NOTHING SO CERTAIN AS BIG SUCCESS.
BUCKBEE’S HIGH GRADE ENG- LISH SPAWN
comes in pressed bricks weighing a
und or more. i d < Ib. 25c.; 5 Ibs. $1.00. 2 Ib. 15c.; 8 Ibs. $1.00; 25 Ibs. $2.255
BEST FRENCH SPAWN - Put up in boxes of two pounds each. — prepaid 90c. Not , prepaid, 40c. Not pre-
OF MUSHROOM SPAWN WILL PLANT 8 SQUARE FEET OF PREPARED BED
MUSHROOMS
. Then he sat He might, if he had good
MUSHROOMS IS NOT DIFFICULT
Certain and Profitable
So that, after all, success in growing Mushrooms is hedged
I know an almost
A bed this size, it is estimated, will yield 10 quarts of Mushrooms a day, about $5.00 worth. This will pay the butcher, grocer and candlestick maker. A boy or girl 10 years old can attend to the bed after it is started. The trouble is in the initial work. Afterwards a Mushroom bed piles up money like a money-lenders’ interest.
Any cellar, a cave, an old quarry pit, even a dug-out in a city back yard, makes an ideal Mushroom garden. A space the size of an ordinary bed, carefully cultivated, will yield aH the Mushrooms that a good-sized family can use,
For $5.00 one can buy sufficient Mushroom cakes to plant a large cellar and have an assured income. For the old man, whose days of activity are past, no work offers the chance of an independent, healthful, easy livelihood, equal to Mushroom growing.
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On the north side lives a motorman whose side line is Mushrooms. In the mornings he plants, tends, and picks Mushrooms in a big, damp, warm cellar under a livery stable. At noon he dons his uniform and runs a car zealously for the rest of the day. This winter he has 2,500 square feet of Mushroom beds in his cellar, This is the largest space he has ever planted, and he calculates, on the basis of previous winters’ profits, that he can make $1,500 off it before the season is over. Mean- while, he still has his 28 cents an hour, safe and sure, as motorman.— Chicago Tribune.
Build Shelves Like ‘These in Your Cellar and Have a Mushroom “Rarm” That Cannot Fail to Make Money. No Plowing. No Weeds to Pull. Care at the Start Means Success at the End.
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Price, postpai ’ Not prepaid,
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The same loose, Ee = = MUSHROOM BEDS _IN..TIERS
|{slands—where by chance my representative found it—it has created a
furore in its new home, Remarkably distinct in every way, of fine size, very r sly flesh. An excellent keeper. I have placed the price of seeds within the reach of all. Order early before my
H. W. BUCKBEE, ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS.
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A packet of Parsnip Seed contains 1500 seeds or more.
German, PAsTINAKE; French, PANAIS; Sp2- : One ounce of seed for 200 feet of drill; 5 to C pounds in drills for an acre.
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PASTINACA; Swedish, PALSTERNUCKA.
PARSNIPS are well known as a delicious table vegetable, but their value for the purpose of feeding cattle and stock is but little ap- preciated. The parsnip is rich in saccharine food, which adds greatly to the richness of the milk when fed to cows, while the fresh
succulent roots increase the flow of milk as greatly as does the use of fresh, green food in the spring.
It is especially valuable for
the purpose from its extreme hardiness, as the roots can be left in the ground all winter and improve in quality by the continued
freezing.
BUCKBEE’S NEW SUGAR
The best parsnip on earth. So say thousands of my customers who made trials ofthis variety in1905and 1906. Afterrepeated trials at Rockford Seed Farms, during the past six years, I have no hesi- tancy in offering thissplendid Parsnip. Roots grow toa fine size, of good diameter, enabling them to be easily gathered; are exceed- ingly smooth, the flesh fine grained and of the most excellent qual- ity, A magnificent cropper, yielding as high as 750 bushels per acre under good cultivation You willnot be disappointed by planting Buckbee’s New Sugar Parsnip for any purpose for which this desirable vegetableis used. Remember thatI control the entire stock of this variety for1907. Send to Buckbee for the True Sugar.
Pkt. 5c.; 0z. 10c.; 2 oz. 18c.; 14 1b. 35c. ; 14 Ib. 60c.; 1b. $1.00.
NEW MALTESE
A greatly improved and wonderfully fine strain. The roots do not growas long as the Hollow Crown. but areof greater diameter), and more easily gathered; very heavy cropper. The roots arevery smooth, flesh fine grained and of most excellent quality. _A yield of 50 to 600 bushels per acre is of common occurence. Fine for home use, market and shipping, while for stock purposes it is sure to give the best of satisfaction.
Pkt. 4c.; 02. 6c.; 2 0z 10c.; 14 Ib. 15c.3 14 Ib. 25c.; lb. 40c.
Improved Hollow Crown, or Long White Sugar Roots comparatively short, ending somewhat abruptly with a small tap root; grows mostly below the surface, has a very smooth, clean skin, easily distinguished by the leaves arising from a de- pression on top or crown of the root. Pkt. 8c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 9c. ; 14 Ib. 12c. ; 14 Ib. 20c.; Ib. 35¢.
PIE PUMPKINS
On This and Succeedin aig Productions.
BUCKBEE’S NEW SANDWICH ISLAND PUMPKIN Tt affords me great pleasure to
RARE
their highest expectations.
prolific bearer, and deliciously thick
supply is exhausted. Choicest seed of my own growth. Pkt. 5¢,; oz. 15c.; 2 oz. 25c.; 14 Ib. 35c.;
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TWO NEW VARIETIES OP
Pages I Offer the Cream of the Old and New
0 present to you this new Pumpkin Nov- elty. My customers have found it to have exceptional merit and fully up to Coming from a remote section of the Sandwich
NEW JAPANESE PIE PUMPKIN
The small illustration correctly shows the shape and ex- tremely small seed cavity—all the balance beiny solid meat throughout, which isof extra fine quality, he seeds are dis- tinct in appearance, being curiously sculptured in the same
’ ‘ “Manner as Jap- anese letters. It is a very produc- tive variety, the Pumpkins ripen early, of medium size, good keep- ers and weigh 15 to 20 pounds each. As to qual- ity, one enthu- silastic grower says: ‘The flesh isa rich, salmon, unusually fine grained, and when cooked or stewed is almost as dry and mealy
MERIT
great
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OTHER V
ARIETIES OF PUMPKINS, BOTH FIELD AND PIE, ON NEXT PAGE
SSS as a sweet potato SS ) For making pies,
custards, etc., they certainly have no-~ equal. Containing but little water, can easily be cut and dried like dried : apples, and NEW JAPANESE P1E make “excellent pies or sauce for winter use, We venture to say that pies made from the, Japanese Pumpkin, without eggs, are fully as good as pics made from any other yariety when eggs are used.”’ 7 Pkt. 4c.; oz. 8c. ;2 oz. 15¢.; 14 lb. 25c. ; 14 Ib. 40c. ; lb. 75e. eprint aC ie Ne
44 H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFOED, ILLINOIS. .
BUCKBEE’S
ORLD-BEATING
PUMPKINS
I OFFER ON THIS PAGE PIE AND FIELD
VARIETIES OF KNOWN MERIT. I HAVE
TESTED ALL OF THEM ON ROCKFORD SEED- FARMS AND KNOW THEY ARE GOOD
BUCKBEE’S KING OF THE MAMMOTHS
_ Wonderfully grand and colossal variety, astonishing everyone by its mammoth size and heavy weight. Think of it—a single Pump- kin weighing 469 pounds! Many of my customers saw this specimen on. exhibition atthe World’s Fair. King of the Mammoths is always apmnze winner at fairs and exhibitions. Notwithstanding its enor- mous size, it is one of the best pie and table varieties grown. A splen- did keeper, and pp renepl saa for feeding purposes. I con- trol the complete stock of this variety. ~ Send to Buckbee for true pres ae I do not save seed from specimens weighing less than
unds, Pict, 10c.; 02. 20c.; 2 oz. 35c.; 3 1b. 60c.; 4 Ib. $1.10; Ib.$2.00.
HOW TO GROW MAMMOTH PUMPKINS
Plant in rich sol three to four seeds in a hill, make hills twelve to fifteen feet apart each way. When the plants have a fair start cut weakest so as to leave one or two of the strongest plants in each hill. As the yines develop and flower and small Pumpkins come in turn, remove all but one of the best young Pumpkins on each yine. By doing this the full strength of each yine will go into one Pumpkin and produce a large specimen.
TENNESSEE SWEET POTATO
A magnificent pear-shaped variety of fine size, a little ribbed; color‘creamy white, sometimes striped with green. Has no superior : for making pies and custards: when cooked it has somewhat the ‘ appearance of sweet. potatoes, but of more delicious taste, Flesh == ————— == = thick, creamy white, remarkably fine grained, dry and brittle, hardy am ll } HA Hh 7 and productive, and keeps perfectly sound until late in the spring. oo - - A grand fayorite- wherever known. The best pumpkin for cooking
purposes. Pkt, 40.3 0z. 6c, ; 34 Ib, 18c.; 42 Ib. 30c,; Ib, 50c.
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JONATHAN, A VERY GOOD VARIETY is fine new variety is already a standard, Very pro- lific. Its hard shell makes it an excellent keeper. Flesh fine grained, clear and sweet, making it valuable for pies and other ve eS 4¢.3 OZ. 8c.; 2 oz. 14c.; 4 Ib. 20c.; 4 lb. C.5 5 Cc.
BUCKBEE’S TRUE SUGAR PIE PUMPKIN A Very Superior Variety A particularly fine orange-colored sort, remarkably sweet, fine grained and dry. Keeps well, and cannot be beat for table use. Always gives the best satisfaction. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 14c.; 1 Ib. 20c.; 4 1b. 35e.; lb. 60c. NEW WINTER LUXURY This I recommend as one of the best Pie Pumpkins, An excellent keeper and enormously productive. It is very finely § netted, and in color it is a golden russet. Pkt. 4¢.; 0z. 8c.; 2 oz. 15c.; 4 lb, 25c.; 3 Ib. 40c.; lb. 75e.
QUAKER PIE
This comes from Washington County, New York. It is both hardy and productive, and can be depended on to make a crop when others fail, meee, valuable for pies, being fine grained and of rich flavor, haying none of the stringy nature common to so many varieties. It is early and keeps late. It is oval-shaped and tapers at each end, is of cream color both inside and out. Users of this strain are enthusiastic . in their praises, and invariably speak well of it. Pkt. 4¢.; oz. =
3 =a E 8c.; 2 oz. 15c.; 4 lb. 25c.; 3 lb. 40c.; lb. 75¢ CASHAW or CROOKNECK
———— Flesh yellow, solid and sweet. Popular for the table. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 14c,; +4 Ib. 20c.; % lb, 35c,; Ib, 60c, NEW CALHOUN
Extraordinary fine variety, heavy and solid, very productive and of ex- cellent quality. Outside is a rich cream color, flesh salmon yellow, very thick, fine grained and of superior quality. One df the very best for general purposes. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 8c,, 20z. 14c,; +4 1b, 20c.; 74 Ib 35c.; Ib. 60c,
JUMBO, OR MAMMOTH POTIRON t
Flesh and skin are a bright golden yellow color, fiesh fine grained and of excellent quality. Notwithstanding its enormous size, itis one of the very best Pie Pumpkins grown. Splendid keeper. Has been grown to weigh 200 pounds. Pkt. 4c.;_0z. 8c.; 2 oz. 15c. ; 34 Ib, 25c.: 4 Ib. 40c. : lb. 75c.
LARGE CHEESE, SOMETIMES CALLED KENTUCKY FIELD
Large, round, flattened fruit with broad ribs; creamy bufi skin; averages two feet in diameter. It isan excellent keeping variety, with thick flesh of exceptionally fine quality. Very popular forall purposes. Pkt, 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c,; +4 lb, 18c.: 44 1b. 30c.; Ib. 50c. :
BUCKBEE’S PURE GOLD FIELD PUMPKIN _ Z
Acknowledged by.all the best field Pumpkin, either for growing with corn or in fields by itself. Excels for feeding stock, and best ofall. makes the most delicious Pumpkin pies. Deep, rich, creamy yellow color, flesh fine grained and of excellent flavor. Choice stock seed. by mail, postpaid, oz. 5c.; +4 1b, 15c.; Ye lb. 25e,; lb. 40c. By express or freight. at buyer’s expense. 5b, $1.50; 10 lbs, $2.75 WESTERN FIELD z ;
One of the best varieties for field purposes, particularly desirable for feeding stock. Grows toa fine size. Color rich yellow, flesh fine grained, of good flavor, Postpaid, lb. 35c. By express or freight at buyer's expense, 5 lbs. $1,25; 10 Ibs $2.25. bs
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DON’T FORGET TO ORDER YOUR BULBS OF BUCKBEE. SEE PAGES 86-87.
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The Earliest Pea In the World
READY FOR PICKING IN 40 DAYS 10,000 BUSHELS SOLD ANNUALLY
Where earliness, productiveness, large-sized pods and sweetness
of flavor are desired, this is the variety to grow; it may be truly called
THE BLOODED STOCK OF ALL dy finest Early Peas, and stands at the head for the above fine qualities; in a favorable season ready for market in 40 days. The entire crop can be ‘aken off in two pickings. :
To the market gardener, earliness is of the greatest importance, as even a few days frequently make a great difference in price, often a depreciation of from $2.00 to $4.00 per barrel; the inexperienced find this out wher too late, therefore, the earliest is what is required, and
BUCKBEE’S LIGHTNING EXPRESS IS THAT VARIETY SOW THEM, YOU WILL MAKE NO MISTAKE
Y’as introduced by us in’87 and sold that year 2,000 bushels, and each year the demand for them has steadily in- creased; they have been the first Peas shinped North from phe erent Pea grow— ing districts of Florida, Louisiana, Mis— ¢° -ippi and North Carolina since ’88, which will readily be attested to by grow-
WHAT GROWERS SAY:
Rev. J. Reynard Lawrence, of Lanesboro, Mass., (the prominent seed specialist, whose tests at Eden Trial Grounds have a
- wide reputation), writes under recent date: “Tt was a race from start to finish betwee
Buckbee’s Lightning Express and Grads
and Lightning Express came out 5 days
ahead, being ready to pee tn 40 days from time of planting. All who 4
hae wae for the est Peas should plant Buckbee’s Lightning
Frank D. Lee, Long Island, N. Y., writes:
“I cleared over $1,100 from your Lightning Ex P h the first in the market and sold as fast as we Coad Bee iien pues. Ship
by first fretght.ten Bushels Lightning E. Donan ETE tgnining Express; enclosed find draft. More
J. W. Boss, Paris, Texas, writes:
“The Lightning Express Pea was just what you represented it ti oe 18 ‘0 be. Pose se ae eS Early eat ever planted. It yields three times 2 quantity of other early sorts. ave made three times th j thas than with any other Peas I have ever planted ” ee ee
Page. Best Radish? Rockford Market; Pa 56. bee’s Extra Early Chief; Page 25. d a Plants? Every Page of This Guide.
BUCKBF 2’S PEAS LEAD THE WORLD.
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and sold under this name to command a better price in the maricet.
The Best Cabbage? Buckbee’s New Queen, on the First Cover Page. Best Celery? Buckbee’s All Heart, on Colored
Best Beet? Buckbee’s Sunset; Best Cucumbers? Pages 27 and 28. Don’t Forget Buckbee’s Beefsteal: Tomato.
taat rcontroL LHE ENTIRE STOCK] OF THIS WORLD-BEATING VARIETY NOTE—Every Packet of Peas Contains 2 Ounces or More
ers of those sections, and all through the United States and Canada, where hundreds of acres of them are annually grown, they have at- tained the same j REPUTATION FOR EARLINESS and productiveness. Their growth ranges from 2 to 2} feet in accord- | ance with the season; they are entirely free from runners, and never require sticking; it is an easy variety to pick, as almost a handful can be grasped at one time. Please observe that the true stock of | BUCKBEE’S LIGHTNING EXPRESS can be had through our house only.
THEY ARE MUCH HARDIER, more productive, and withstand greater changes in the wedther than any other variety. They are not }
only the largest podded Early, but they are ENTIRELY FREE FROM RUNNERS, AND THE ENTIRE CROP CAN BE TAKEN OFF IN TWO PICKINGS. :
Mr. Clarence Soss, Hillyard, Wash., writes: “I desire especially to praise Buckbee’s Lightning Express and Juno Peas. I never had anything to equal them and I have been trying garden
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The Pea is one of the most important and profitable crops; you therefore can- not bestow too much care in selecting your seed, as the market is always over- stocked with what are called Finest Har- lies and offered at temptingly low prices. These are generally sown in Canada in a wild, broadcast manner, full of runners
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There is no variety that deteriorates more rapidly, both in earliness and dwarfness of habit, than the Early Pea, and it requires a grower to exercise his greatest care in selecting his stock of seed, and its proper culture, in order to keep it up to its correct standard, both for earliness and free from runners. Buckbee’s Lightning Express has always maintained the highest reputation with gardeners for its earliness, pro- ductiveness and fine quality, and is today the best known and the most popular among all growers; it is the perfection of Peas, both for earliness and uniform dwarf habit in its growth. One of its great features is that the crop is almost ready for market at once, and the whole erop can be harvested in one or two pickings. These are very desirable features and just what the gardener requires, and everyone should plant this world’s greatest money-making Pea.
¢ Mole the low price: Prepaid, Pkt. 8c.; } pt. 15¢.; pt. 25c.; at. 40c.
FOR PRICES IN QUANTITY SEE WHOLESALE PAGES.
Page i9. Best Cauliflower? Buck- Best Lettuce? Pages 34and 35. Best Seeds and
80 DO ALL OTHER SEEDS BUCKBEE SELLS
46 H. W. BUCKBEE, BROCEFORD, ILLINOIS.
PRIZE MEDAL Pp E A S
German, Ersse; Freneh, Pors; Spanish, GuizanTE; Swedish, ARTE.
One Quart for 100 feet of drill. Two to three bushels in drills for an acre. I prepay charges on Peas, Corn and Beans by the one-half pint, pint, and quart. Quantities of one-eighth bushel, one-quarter bushel, one-half bushel and bushel are shipped by freight or express at purchaser’s expense.
FOR PRICES IN QUANTITY SEE WHOLESALE PAGES.
NEW EARLY PROSPERITY or GRADUS
The New Extra Early Wrinkled Pea. The most desirable sort for the home garden. Large podded, and
of splendid quality . The vine of this most distinct sort is like that of Buckbee’s First and Best, except that it grows a little taller and pro- duces Peas fit for use a few days later, The immense are as large as those of the Telephone, uniformly well shaped and handsome, and more attractive than those of other first earlies, They ripen slowly and continue fit for use much longer than most Varieties, making this by far the most desirable sort for the home garden. The Peas are very large, of splendid quality and beautiful color, = ich they retain after cooking. This variety is practically the same as what is being offered as “‘Pros- perity.” JI have taken great pains to secure true stock and have it well grown, so I am sure that everyone who purchases my seed_ will pleased with the variety. Every gardener should try it. Pkt. 8c.; 4 pt. 15c.; pt. 26c.; qt. 50c.
NOTT’S EXCELSIOR
Best Early Dwarf Pea.
It combines to a wonderful degree the good qualities of the Amer- ican Wonder and Premium Gem Peas without their deficiencies.
The Vines are Larger and More Vigorous than American Wonder, and Earlier and More Prolific than Premium Gem. The Peas in Sweetness and Quality are Unsurpassec. A most desirable sort for the market gardener, and.unsurpassed for iho home
pEA OSPERITYor*® % GRADU S garden. Pkt. 7c.; 3 pt. 15c.; pt. 25c.; qt. 40c. BUCKBEE'S FIRST AND BEST
EARLIEST OF ALL or ALASKA
By careful selection and growing I have developed a stock of this smooth, blue Pea, which in evenness of growth of vine and early maturity of pods is unequaled by any other extra early Pea. Vines two and two and one-half feet high, are unbranched, bearing four to seven long pods, which are filled with medium-sized dark-green Peas of excellent flavor. Ripe Peas small, bluish green. Ripens the crop all at once, and is aa invaluable variety for market gardeners and canners. A very excellent sort. Don’t fail to try it. Pkt. 6c.; 4 pt. 10c.; pt. 16c.; qt. 36c.
BUCKBEE’S EXTRA EARLY TOM THUMB or STRAWBERRY
‘n extremely eaily variety of superior merit. _ Vines dwarf, about 9 inches high, completely. covered with an abundance of the finest well- filled pod. Iti of such upright growth that it can be planted in rows 10 inches apart. ~ Don’t fail to include this variety in your order. Pkt. \c.; $ pt. 12c.; pt. 20c.; qt. 35c.
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TRUE AMERICAN WONDER
A variety whose stout branching vines grow about 9 inches high, and are covered with long, well-filled pods containing seven or eight large and exceedingly <weot, tender and well-flavored Peas, nearly as early as First and Best. Dry Peas are medium size, much wrinkled and fat- tened; pale green. I have taken great pains in growing my stock and know it to be pure and true. Pkt,.7¢.* 3 pt. i5c.; pt. 25c.; at. 40c.
BUCKBL&’S NEW MAMMOTH MELTING SUGAR
This variety is far superior to all others of the edible podded class of garden Peas, not only in size of pod, but also in delicious quelity, in | which the large, sweet, brittle and suc- culent pods have none of the touch, inner lining found in the ordinary yarictics of garden Peas; they are used in iho samo Way as snap or string beans; the pod> are very large, siraight, smooth, extremely tender, so brittle .:at they snap; without any string; of the most delicious flavor, borne in abundance on yines 3. to 4 feet high. Send to Buckbee for original stock seed.
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PEt. 8c.; $ pt. 15c.; pt. 25¢.: Et 40c.
Remember that I prenay O° charges on Peas by 3 »t.. .. aaj @.
BUCKBEE’S ONIONS RULE THE MARKET. SUE PAGES 49 TO Ct TES CODE %
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H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 47
GRANT’S FAVORITE
This new variety of my own introduction is unquestion- ably the finest medium and late Pea ever offered, coming into use just after the early varieties are through bearing. This trait alone makes it an exceptionally valuable sort. It is a luxuriant grower, growing from three to four feet high, is an enormous yielder, completely outyielding all other va-
Tieties. IT IS A GRAND GOOD LATE PEA
The pods are of good size, and always well filled with exceptionally sweet and highly flavored Peas. lt is nearly an upright grower, but will do better if staked or planted along a fence. It will please you, either for family, market garden or shipping purposes. My original seed was secured from an old friend of General Grant’s, at Galena, Ill., who had received it from General Grant. I control the entire supply of this variety. Pkt. 7c.; 4 pt. 12c.; pt. 20c.;
oe NEW EVERBEARING
The great continuous, everbearing variety, which gives it special value for late Summer and Autumn use. Stout vines growing eighteen inches or more high, bearing at the |] top large quantities of broad pods containing six to eight || large wrinkled Peas, half an inch or more in diameter. Qual- ity unsurpassed. If pods are picked as they mature, and if || the season and soil are favorable, the plant will throw out from the axil of each leaf branches bearing pods which will mature in succession, thus prolonging the season, The Peas cook quickly, are tender, of superior flavor, and preferred by many to any othersort. Try it. Pkt. %c.; 4 pt. 12c.; pt. 20c.; qt. 35c.
BUCKBEE’S IMPROVED STRATAGEM
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One of the best c* the large-podded sorts.
ark creen peas c* <> finest quality.
The pods are of immense size, and uniformly filled with very large ll the good qualities of the old Stratagem are highly developed in my Vine medium height, but very
Improved, and =: _; vastly superior to the stocks now pecerally sold as Stratagem.
stocky, with very road, light
very best varieties for market gardeners.
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THOMAS LAXTON.
A comparatively new variety of large-podded Pea. The plant is a very hardy and strong grower, producing The quality is delicious. and cannot be surpassed by any other variety. The ‘“‘Thomas Laxton’’ will mature nearly as early as any of the extra early smooth Peas, and being a wrinkled Pkt, 8c.; % pt. lic.;
extra large size pods in abundance.
sort is much sweeter.
pt. 26c.; at. 50c,
undance of iarge, handsome pods.
now on the market for those who want large, showy pods and Peas without any sacrifice in quality. Pkt. 6c.; 4 pt. 12c.; pt. 20c.; qt. 35c.
The best Pea \ One of the
DWARF TELEPHONE
This is a dwarf yarlcyy bearing large, handsome pods like Telephone, but without long vines, and grows more dwarf than Stratagem. It is of dw
arf, stocky habit, healthy, vigorous growth, and very productive. In season, medium, from 5 to 7 days earlier than Stratagem. The pods are long, frequently measuring 5 inches in length, broad, rounded or curved at the end, remarkably well filled; color pale-green. thick, and of good lasting quality. Pkt. %c.; % pt, 16c.; pt. 25c.; at, 40c.
NEW TELEPHONE
This Pea has proved to be a valuable acquisition. Vines vigorous, growing about four feet hich. wi 3 Pods very large, filled with immense Peas, which are tender, sweet and of excellent flavor, eerie re ey | of inferior and spurious stock which has been sold, no Pea of recent introduction has gained more rapidly in popularity than this, thus showing that is has sterling merit which gardeners appreciate. The stock I offer is prolific and has beer carefully selected. Pkt. 5c.; 3 pt. 10c.; pt. 16¢.; qt. 30c.
WILLIAM HURST
The Peas are reacy ‘or the table June 28th, as early as American Wonder, while the vines are much more productive and it comes very near to being a ‘‘one-picking”’ variety. Of handsome dwarf growth, the vines are eight to ten inches high foliage of dark green color; haulms are close-jointed and very prolific. The Pods are well filled with large Peas, each con- taining six to eight, so closely packed that the Peas are flattened against each other. Quality the very best. Pkt. 6c.;
2 pt. 12c.; pt. 20c.; qt. 35c. JUNO
A dwarf main crop, wrinkled variety Pea, enormously productive, excellent flavor. We have n
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acquaintance with Juno Pea, and every year we esteem it more highly. "Itisa main crop variety with Me MbimeorcnO
which shows itself in the strong, handsome, branching plant. It is two feet in height, requiring little or no brushing. It
produces an abundance of the finest Peas possible, the vines being actually laden with pods, which remain tender and retain their flavor for along time. Pkt. 6c.; } pt. 12c.; pt. 20c.; at. 35c.
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I can also supply the following new and standard Peas, which are too well known to require extended descriptions.
Pkt. 4Pt. Pt. Qt. kt. 4 Pt. Pt. Qt Improved Early Dan O’Rourke....... 5c 8c 15c 28c Heroine.................... Te i2¢ 20c. 35¢ Rural Rew. Varker: very early......... be Be 15¢ 28e The Queen its ie. tbina edad eae hho 7e 12c 20c 35c Extra Ear nt eee ee c 8c 15¢ 28c cLean’s Advancer, good second early. Carter’s First Crop, early ............. 5c 8c 15c 28c Improved Pride of ee Wissen ee Se oe Early 7 May eee or petite be Be 15¢ 280 ; favorite. saa ee elect s 6c 12c 20c ae «, popular early........... c Cc c ic opshire Hero, well-filled pods, prolific Extra Early Philadelphia............ 5¢e 10c 16c 30c Yorkshire Hero, Starldurd: pads, wrolitie Pe 108 ace an Extra Early Premium Gem.......... 6c 12c 20c 35c Telegraph, favorite late sort.......... 6c 12c 20c 35c True American Wonder, fine early.... 7¢ 15¢ 25¢ 40c Improved Champion of England, stan- McLean’s Improved Little Gem, early.. 6¢ 12c 20¢c 35c dard, Jate.......... : 16c 30c Ree aoe Rac Bro Le naree Bate peetrow ia 15¢ 28¢ DG eGOOtOn Se Co aoe woe -Eye arrowtat. CECE 0 = cae Improved White Field 1B ee PUNT AAN COP er ee 20c 35¢
FREE GIETS
This year I will distribute One Million Packages of Seed for trial. Everybody. will get some- thing, even if order amounts to only 20c. The larger the order the more extras will he added.
ALL GROWEES
SAY MONTE CRISTO IS THE BEST WATER MELON. SEE PAGE 39,
48 H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
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THE EARLIEST WRINKLED SWEET PEA IN EXISTENCE
Ready for Picking in Forty- Three Days
The Greatest Pea Novelty of the Century. Plant it and Enjoy Lus- cious and Tender Peas in June
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Never before have I taken so much pride in offering such a distinct, new and valuable Pea; the result of years of careful hybridizing, improvement and perfecting, There is no question but what this Grand New Pea has come to stay and will eventu- ally take the place of all other sorts in its class.
By actual test for several years, Buckbee’s Honey-Sweet Pea has been ready for the table in from 42 to 44 days from the time of planting; an average of 43 days. The quality is beyond praise for such an early Pea, and the whole erop matures evenly. It is one of the very best Peas to sow for successive planting.
A wonderfully luxuriant grower and a splendid drought resister. The vines attain a height of 17 inches, consequently do not require sticking. . Prodigally PraeGs ihe pods are from 24 inches to 3 inches long, nearly round, and are always we ed,
There is no question but what Buckbee’s New Extra Early Honey-Sweet is one of the:most superlative good Peas for the home garden—unsurpassed for the market garden and a veritable gold-mine for shipping purposes.
| Prices to one and all as long as my Choice Northern Home Grown Pedigree Stock Seed lasts will be as follows: Pkt. 8c.; 4 pt.i8e1; pt. 30c.;
BUCKBEE’S EXTRA EARLY HONEY-SWEET 4 °0%
BUCKBEE’S NEW VIGOROSA or azt new eropuerioxs
is beyOuoel eeSeeCk tein be eee ae Nothing like it for a second early Pea has ever been produced.
hee Bide Thy tamiety jhat bas ever Tt requires no support. There is no’ Pea more prolific. It is a
culture gives us no example of a production
any thing near the equal of Vigorosa. It is leader in the market and in demand among epicures. To try
Absolutely Unparalleled it is to surely succeed.
No bushing at all is required. The vines grow to be but 20 inches tall and are so stout that they bear their immense crops without falling. As an enormous yielder the New Vig- orosa ranks first and has no close rival. When it comes to quality—vwell, that is one of its many strong points. No one who knows the merits of real Peas could possibly find fault with it,
It
Pleases the Critical Judge, which means that it is fall that I claim for it Those of my customers who have tried itsay it is better than I represent it to be.
Pkt. 8c.; 4 pt. 15¢.; pt. 25c.; qt. 40e.
Chas. A. Terrey, one of the progressive growers of Quincy, Iil., writing of his tg905 crop says: “I am proud of my gardex and give Buckbee’s seeds a great deal of the credit for at. My garden looks 50 per cent.bette r this year andthe crops I have gathered have yielded 25 percent. better under much more unfavorable weather than last year. I will show my apprecia- tion of Buckbee’s seeds by get- ting you more customers.”
BUCKBEE’S TESTIMONIALS ARE GENUINE AND COME VOLUNTARILY FROM PLEASED PATRONS
H. W. BUCKDEE, ROCIi2ORD, ILLINOIS, 49
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YIELD A SURE PROFIT OF $500.00 PER ACRE
I prepay charges on Onion Sets by the pint and quart. Quantities of 4 bushel, } bushcl, 4 bushel, 1 bushel, or more, will be shipped by express or freight at purchaser’s expense.
BUCEDLE’S IMPROVED TOP SETS—By far the most superior EGYPTIAN, or PERENNIAL TREE SETS—This variety never
variety. Mr, Minckler, the leading market gardener of Oshkosh, forms a large bulb. Specially adapted for producing green Onions Wis., writes: “I consider the Improved Top Sets far ahead of for spring or fall use. Are immensely productive and perfectly any other variety. They are the best Onions to eat, will yield at hardy. Being perennial, they will, if left in the ground, continue least one-third more and ripen much earlier than any of the Seed growing for an indefinite time, increasing both from the bottom and Onions. [I shall plant them for my main crop next season.” It is from sets produced on top of the stalks, Postpaicl, pt. 15c.; qt. the best keeper that I know of, having kept perfectly solid for over 25c. At buyer’s expense, } bu. 40c.3 4 bu. 75c.
eayear. Ishould advise you to orderearly,asmystockissuretobe BOTTOM ONION SETS—These are the product of seed and are used exhausted before the. season is over. Give this variety a trial. for ‘‘Green Onions” or to produce large Onions, which they do. much Postpaid, pt. 22c.; qu. 40c. At buyer’s expense, } bu. 75c.; quicker than can be grown from seed. Our Sets are very choice, 4 bu. $1.26; : : small and dry.
W WHITE MULTIPLIER—One of the most popular varieties, _ Onion Sets. Pt. Qt. ; Bu. and in some markets sells in preference to all others. Extremely Choice White Bottom.......... STE 12¢. 20c. 40c. early and a very fine keeper; valuable for both home and market Choice Red Bottom,,,............-. 12c. 20c. 40c, purposes. You cannot possibly be disappointed with it, and will Choice Yellow Bottom............... 12c. 20c. 35c.
make a mistake if zou fail to include it in your order. Postpaid, pt. 20c.; qt.35c. At buyer’s expense, { bu. 75c.; } bu. $1.25.
BUCKBEE’S NEW WHITE POTATO SETS—Of pure silvery white color, producing 20 bulbs in a cluster from a cingle bulb planted; of excellent quality and size for bunching green; can be ripened for use as pic’ Es nions; for this latter puree can be more econom- ically grown than from seed. Keep for a year. The most impor- tant quality is earliness, being ready for market several weeks ahead of the rest. Postpaid, pt. 22c.; qt. 40c. At buyer’s expense % bu. 75c.; + bu. $1.35.
NEW YELLOW POTATO SETS—Identical to the above except color, which is of a rich straw yellow. They Produce large, dry, ripe Onions earlier than any other kind. Postpaid, pt. 20c.; qt. 35c. At buyer’s expense, } bu. 75c.; 4 bu. $1.25.
SHALLOTS, or YELLOW MULTIPLIERS—A very derirable variety and resembles the White Multiplier, except in color, which is of a very rich straw shade. You will be pleased with results by Planting this variety. Postpaid, pt. 20c.; qt. 35c.. At buy- er’s expense, } bu. 65c.; } hu. $1.10.
ONION SETS—Special Bulk Prices
All varieties on Onion Sets are sold by weight. Buckbee’s Im- proved Top and Egyptian, or Per-nnial Tree weigh 28 lbs. per bushel; all other varieties weigh 32 lbs. per bushel.
NOTIOCE—in order to get my Catalogue out on time, Lhave to go to press with some of the pages (this Onion Set page is one them) in October, which is before most varieties of Sets are harvested.
WRITKF FOR SPECIAL PRICES
If you will write today and send me an exact list of the number of bushels of On‘on Sets that you desire to pur- chase, naming the varieties and quantity of each, I will be pleased to quote you by early mail my lowest spot cash price on your requirements.
3. E, Swartwood, Sciota, Penn., writes: “7 was
John Lauritzen, Victor, Idaho, writes: ‘Your -4 greatly pleased with the new varieties of seed that you seeds do splendidly im this high altitude. which zs over sent. me free for experimental purposes; they are deserv- 6.200 ject above sea level. ur summer seasons ‘1ere ing of generai use by all persons interested in the best are very short, so that I intend to try planting onions seeds, I also wish to particularly recommend Duckbee’s this year for next year’s crop. Wil? always <se Buck- Earliest Sunrise Sweet Corn, Early Chief Cauliflower, bee’s seeds and recommend them to my neighbors.” Snowball Popcorn, and would also szy that your Ped-
agree Onion seed can’t be beat,”
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BUCKBEE
H. W. BUCKBEE, ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS.
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1 oz. of Seed for 100 ft. of drill. A to 6 Ibs. in drills per acre.
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NEW A THE KING OF ALL YELLOW ONIONS
The Prizetakor Onion has proved itself to be the greatest ac- quisition in years. The very largest, handsomest,finest-flavored or all, and always grows toa uniform shape, which is a perfect globe. Has a very small neck, and always ripens up large and fine without any stiff neck. ‘The Prizetaker hao produced the secmingly fabulous yield _of 2,000 bushels per acre. Many are offering Spanish King and similar varieties under the name of Prizetaker. My own growth choicest Northern-grown, high-grade pedigree stock seed, pkt. 5c.; oz. ldc.; 2 oz, 28c.; 1% Ib, 50c.; 2% Nb. 90e. ; lb. $1.75. :
BUCKBEE’S RED GIANT
THE KING OF ALL RED ONIONS
__ This magnificent new variety of my own introduction has met with the greatest success everywhere, and is now one of the most popular varieties in existence. The largest red Onion, often | weighing from four'to five pounds. Many have grown specimens weighing threeto four pounds. Shape is round and symmetri- cal. Skin is thin, of a beautiful reddish hue, while the flesh is de- lightfully pure white, very fine grained and of pleasing flavor. I control the entire stock of this grand novelty. My own growth choicest Northern-grown, high-grade pedigree stock seed, pkt. 10c.; oz. 20c.; 2 oz. 35c.; 14 lb. 6O0c.;- 44 lb. $1.10; Ib. $2.00.
BUCKBEE’S MAMMOTH SILVER KING
THE KING OF WHITE ONIONS
The largest white Onion—grows to a remarkable size. The bulbs are of attractive form, flattened, but thick through. The average diameter of the Onion is from five to seven and one-half inches, thus making the circumference from fifteen to twenty-two inches. Single bulbs often attain weights of from two and one- half to four pounds each. The skin is of a beautiful silvery white; the flesh is of a snowy white, and of a particularly mild and pleas- ant flavor. So sweet and tender is the flesh that it can be eaten like an apple. Matures early, andis of large size and perfect form. My own growth choicest Northern-grown, high-grade pedigree stock seed, pkt. 5c.; oz. 15c.; 2 oz. 28¢.; 14 Ib. 50c.; 34 Ib. 90c.; Ib. $1.75.
BUCKBEE’S ROUND OR YELLOW FLAT DANVERS
MAGNIFICENT SORT IN EVERY WAY
Very handsome in appearance. round in shape, though thick through, of fine size—in fact, is-ideal in eyery respect for market and family purposes. Skin is thin, of a rich straw color; flesh is pearly white, fine grained, firm, mild and of excellent quality. Ripens exceedingly early, Keeps well and selis readily.
My own growth choicest Northern-grown, ‘high-grade pedigree stock seed, pkt. 4c.: 0Z. 15c.; 2 0z, 25c¢.; 4 ib. 45c.; 1¢ Ib. 80c.; Ib. $1.50.
TMVERY PERSON WHO BUVS OF BUCKEEE GETS
New White Silverskin, or White Portugal The Standard White Onion for Market and Family Use
Flavor mild and pleasant: skin silver white, of handsome ap- pesrance, highty esteemed for pickling when young, also for mar- et inearly Winter, Thisis the variety from which white Onion sets are grown. It will Piva you immensely for any purpose. Buy your seeds from first hands. My owngrowth choicest North- ern-grown, high-grade pedigree stock seed, pkt. 5c.; oz. 20c : 2 oz. 5c. , 14 Ib. 60c.; 24 Ib. $1.10; lb. $2.10.
Buckbee’s New Golden Globe Danvers
Long Keeper. Best Shipper. Unrivaled Market Onion. Always in the Lead. Challenges Competition. f
The most perfect type of the globe-shaped Onion ever offered It ripens early, has a very small neck, the entire crop drying down at one time. It is an immense cropper, and will yield more marketable Onions to the acre than any strain I am acouainted with. Trial tests have shown this great variety to yield over 2,000 bushels per acre, while under ordinary cultivation the past season thousands of my customers have reported yields of 1,000 bushels per acre. Remember that I control the entire supply of this variety. My own growth choicest Northern-grown, high-grade pedigree stock seed, Pkt. 4c.; 0Z. 18¢.; 2 oz 35¢.: 44 Ib. 60¢.; dg Ib. $1.15; Ib. $2.25. ‘
4 <A Packet | of Onion
THE SAME TREEATMENT—THE VERY BEST
H. W. BUCKBEE,
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— BUCKBEE'S NEW WAMPUM
BUCKBEE’S NEW WAMPUM THE GREAT MONEY MAKER A rich Golden Yellow—Quality simply superb. Grown by 100,000 planters in 1907, and all of them were delighted.
This grand new variety, which was sent out for trial in 1898, has proven, as its name indicates, the Money Making Onicn. Its color is a beautiful golden yellow, very attractive and striking. Itis the most perfect globe-shaped Onion in existence today. The bulbs are firm and solid and excellent keepers, The necks are small,and curve downto almost nothing. Isan enormous yielder —various customers claim from 1,000 to 2,000 bushels per acre. If pes the best Onion you ever planted. try this greatest of
nions. : My own growth choicest Northern.grown high-grade pedigree fe sr eon Pkt. 5c.; 0Z, 20¢.; 2 0z. 38c.; 14 Ib. 70c.; 34 Ib.g1. 30;
Selected Yellow Globe Danvers
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Of fine, symmetrical, large size,average specimens weighing from one to twopoundseach. The bulbs are very choice, finely grained, exceptionally mild and very early. It is a grand. magnificent keeper. Frequently produces 800 bushels or more to the acre from ped the first year. Icontrol thebest stock of this celebrated variety.
My own growth choicest Northern-grown, high-grade pedigree poe seed, pkt. 4c.; 0z. 20c.; 2 oz. 30c.; 14 Ib, 55c.; 14 Ib. $1.00; Ib. $1.85.
Selected Yellow Strasburg, or Dutch
Bulbs are quite flat and of good size; skin yellow, of darker
{color than the Danyers; flesh white, of mild flavor; keeps well,
This is the variety that is used the most extensively for growing
yellow Onion sets. A great yielder and splendid keeper. _
My own growth choicest Northern-grown, high-grade pedigree
roc seed, pkt. 4c.: oz. ldc ;2 oz. 25c.; 14 Ib. 45c.; 4 lb. 80c.; . $1.40.
for pickles.
EARLY;
clear amber brown.
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AUSTRALIAN BROWN
ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS o-«
-Buckbee’s Great Cardinal ‘a
The finest standard Yellow Globe Danvers Onion ever offered.
EXTRA EARLY NEW QUEEN
A silver-skinned variety of quick growth and remarkable keeping qualities. If sown in early Spring it will produce Onions one to two inches in diameter early im Summer; if sown in July it will. with favorable weather, be ready to pull late in Autumn and be sound and fit for use the following Summer. Particularly valuable
My own growth choicest Northern-grown high-grade, pedigree stock seed, pkt. 4¢.; oz. 12c.; 2 oz. 21c.; 14 1b. 40c.; 44 Ib. 75c¢.; Ib. $1.40.
Australian Brown
i Most Valuable of All Recent Intro- H ductions.
Of inedium size, wonderfully hard, solid, and most attractive for mar- ket, as to form and appearance. They are extremely early in ripen- ing, and never make any stiff-necks orscallions. The Coming Onion. EXTR LONG KEEPING. f : dt be nearly four weeks earlier and ripened off more uniformly. The color of the skin is
My own growth choicest Northern-grown, high-grade pedigree stock seed, pkt. 4c.; 0z.12c.; 2 oz. 20c; 14 Ib. 35¢.; 34 Ib. 65c¢.; Ib. $1.25.
ONION SEED IS VERY SCAROE THIS YEAR. ORDER EARLY
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The World-Beating Red Onion. An Enor-. Best Flavored. A Splen- Wonder-
mous Yielder. did Keeper. ful Shipper.
Handsome Color. Matures Karly.
Originated on Rockford Seed Farms and has already made a rep- utation that is wofld wide. It is the money-making Onion. It has size and density, coupled with a splendid ffvor, is one of the very best keepers ever introduced, and has the size and shape to recom- mend it in the highest degree for the market. I would not praise it | so highly if I did not believe it to be alone in its class. Itis one of | the real money-makers. No one but Buckbee can furnish GREAT CARDINAL SEED. Thecropis not large. Orderearly. Pkt. 10c.; 0z. 20c,; 2 oz. 35¢.; 14 Ib. 60c. ; 14 Ib. $1.10; Ib. $2.00, postpaid. |
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NEW CREOLE POPULAR SOUTHERN VARIETY
Grown in preference to other varieties in the South. The Creole or Louisiana Onion shape is a medium flat globe of a dark straw color. The flesh is a beautiful white, ofexcellent flaver. Is in the market early, and the supply has never yet equaled the dc- mand for this favorite vegetable. markets,
My own growth choicest Northern-grown, high-grade pedigree aes ao Pkt 5c.; oz. 20c.; 2 oz. 35c.; 14 Ib. 60c.; 34 Ib. $1.10; - $2.00. i
The best Onion for Southern
Buckbee’s Extra Early Combination NOTHING EARLIER IN ONIONS
This!distinct variety is the very earliest Onion in cultivation. Of a pure paper-white color, very mild and delicate in flavor; from one to one and one-half inches in diameter, and three-fourths of an inch in thickness. Its extreme earliness makes it very valu- able for early table use as well as bunch Onions for market. Its extreme earliness and fine quality cannot fail to make it a senor Combination Onioniin every garden. It pays to plant
e best.
My own growth choicest Northern-grown, high-grade pedigree
pasts oon Pkt. 5¢.; 0z. 20c.; 2 oz. 35¢.; 14 Ib. 60c.; 34 Ib. $1.10
. EXTRA EARLY R
A favorite early variety of fine shape. Always good yielder and mag- nificent keeper, It is of the most excellent qual- ity. Its beautiful shape and rich purplish-crim- son color make it ex-
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tremely attractive and desirable for all general purposes. Money in Buck- bee’s Onion Seed.
My own growth choicest Northern-grown, hig h- grade pedigree stock seed, Pkt. 3c.; oz. 12c ; 2 oz 20¢,; 14 Ib. 35c¢ ; 14 Ib. 65c.; Ib. $1.25c.
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EXTRA EARLY RED
TO ONION GROWERS
If you buy ten pounds of any variety, ask for special price. I can save you money on every deal, Over 100,000 customers are with me. Buckbee’s Great Pedigree Onion Seed is the brightest, freshest obtain- able, and I advise early orders, as I cannot keep these Bargain Offers open after my own growth of seed is exhausted.
A Planted at the same time as Red Wethersfield it proved to
H. W. BUCESBEE, ROCEFORD, ILLINOIS
THE GREATEST RED ONION EVER PRODUCED
THE ONION BARGAIN. OF THE YEAR
One of the chief departments of my seed growing busi- mess consists of growing Buckbee’s Pedigree Red Wethers- field Onion for seed purposes only. My stock has reached such a high point of merit that it is a househoid word every- where that ‘‘Buckbee’s Pedigree Red Wethersfield Onion Seed is the most reliable and produces more good marketable Onions per acre than any other offered.’” And, irom the many thousands of unsolicited testimonials which I have
= received from all over the country, I have every reason to
believe that the time which I personally spend in my Onion fields is truly appreciated by my many thousands of custo- mer who stand by me and say: ‘‘Buckbee’s Seeds Are Full of Life.
There are many strains of this justly celebrated onion offered but I venture to say none that can surpass Buckbee’s Prize Me: Stock of this famous variety. ‘The various strains, good, bad and indifferent, that are generally offered the unwary planter, come to maturity all the way from August up until as late as October, This unreliability of cropping is very disastrous to most localities,
GREATEST OF ALL RED ONIONS
The seed which I am offering is of the earliest form, grown from hand-sorted bulbs that will produce very large Onions of immense size; 1 to 2}-pound Onions from seed the first year are of frequent occurrence. Buckbee’s Red Wethersfield grows with unusual regularity, scallions being unknown. It is a magnificent keeper. ‘An enormous cropper. 700 to 1,000 bushels have frequently been raised upon a single acre. I have received many letters from my customers stating their yields to be over 1,000 bushels per acre the
astseason, The shape is accurately shown in the illustration above. n color the skin is a deep rich, purplish red, while the flesh is a beautiful white, finely grained and of good flavor. My customers
I trust no Onion grower who receives my catalogue will fail to t
for all ought to know how much superior it is to other strains offered, z Will yield double the amount of any other seed you can secure.
owth, choicest northern grown, high-grade pedigree stock seed. Pkt. 40.; oz. 12c.; 2 oz. 21c.; 4 Ib. 40c.;
sure to command the highest price in the market.
My own % Ib. 75c.; lb. $1.40.
throughout the country endorse it as the best Red Onion they have grown. The best is what I find my customers always want, and that is what they get by sending direct to Buckhbeé—the Best Onion Seed on Earth. New customers should remember that Buckbee’s Reliable Onion Seed is only grown from carefully hand-sorted and selected bulbs, is always of high germinating quality, and of un- usual vigor of growth by reason of its superlative vitality. My Onion Seed has a reputation in every prominent Onion-growing dis- trict in America of being the best, unsurpassed by that of any other house in the trade.
CHEAP ONION SEED EXPENSIVE (Even as a Gift.)
The country is flooded with cheap Onion seed, but I am satisfi
_ that fresh high-grade pedigree Onion seed of the past season’s Bed
cannot be purchased at lower prices than quoted in this book. The figures given herewith are the lowest prices I will likely be able to quote for many years to come. Bear in mind, good, sound, plump seed has always ‘been one of my greatest specialties, and that more than 100,000 onion growers look to me annually for their supply of seed. The risk is too great to take chances on cheap, poor Get the best, and remember that cheap onion is the poorest in- vestment in the world, The failure can never be known until en entire season’s labor and outlay are lost. Buckbee’s Onion Seed is “Full of Life” and will give you the best results.
‘MONEY IN ONIONS IF YOU
PLANT BUCKBEE’S SEEDS NEVER HAS BEEN KNOWN TO FAIL
at least a small quantity of Buckbee’s Red Wethersfield Onion» his seed will produce highly rich-colored, long-keeping Onions,
a. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 53
Q 3 oO Oe GLOBE-SHAPED ONIONS
ARE THE FUTURE ONIOLIG
They are the most attractive ic appearance and most economicalin usc. They command the highest price in marlzct. They cre more profitable than the flat varictics to grow, as they occupy no more room ia © row, but weigh *
The Best Onions Offered to } the American Public
I take groat pride in my special pedigree strains of Southpor Orions. Our seed has beon developed! by starting in over ten years r ago with one perfect ‘nion oi each variety, more and measure better. Onions harvested and none have cer planted unless they have SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE in September nae perfectly sound and mer- all the necessar: fequirements of the true chantable until the following June.
type. _ The Oni almost perfectly globes : dhaped.with thin necka -ad clear aking. SOUTHPORT WHITE GLOBE Pedigree Seed
This is the handsomest of all Onions. We could fill pages with praise from our enthusiastic customers who have grown this grand variety. It is of true globe form, pu white: hard, small necked, ripening regularly and evenly; a splendid kkeeper.. The
esh is firm and fine grained, and mild to taste. Average yields of 500 to 700 bushels ber acre are of frequent occurrence. No market gardener or onion grower can cfrord to plant inferior stock, with only cheapness of price to recommend it, when seed like ours is to be had so reasonable, the results of planting a few ounces often paying many times the first cost of the best seed. My own growth choicest Northeru-grown, high grade pedigree stock seed, pkt. 5c.; oz. 30c.; 3 oz. 52c.; 4 Ib. 95c.; ¥ Ib. $1.80; lb. $3.50.
SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE
Pedigree Seed
The celebrated Blood-Red Globe Onion. This variety has for many years proved One of the most profitable for the market and shipping trade, commanding uniformlY good prices in car-load lots. It is of large size and splendid appearance, and frequently Sields from 600 to 800 bushels per acre under average culture. Jt is an Onion of unusua merit. Flesh is firm, finely grained, very rich, yet unusually mild for a red Onion, and is sure to please the most fastidious. The crop is ready to harvest in early Fall, and keeps well until the late Spring months. No one that I have ever known has been disappointed with the results obtained by planting ‘his great Onion.
wy. own growth choicest Northern grown. high-grade pedigree stock ssed; pkt. 5c.; oz. 18c.; 2 0z. 35c.; 24 lb. 60c.; 14 Ib. $1.15; Ib. $2.24.
SOUTHPORT RED GLOBE
SOUTHPORT YELLOW GLOBB
Pedigree Seed
Entirely distinet from Onions of the Danvers type, having notable and striking characteristics of its own. Excels in size, excels in yields, e# ceils in keeping qualities, exccls in mildness of flavor. Matures in early Fall, It is sure to satisfy the one who buys a packet or the one who sows fifty pounds or more of seed for ear-load shipments. A truly grand Onion, whose large golden yellow spheres make a beautiful appearance sacked, crated or barrcled for the market.
My own growth choicest Northern-grown, high-grade pedigree stock seed, pkt. 5c.;0z. 19c.; 2 0z. 37c.; 14 Ib. 68¢.; 44 Lb. $1.21; lb. $2.38.
BERMUDA ONIONS Headquarters Seed—Teneriffe Grown
These Onions grow to an immense size, and are of a beautiful form, The skin is very thin, flesh white, fine grained, of mild and pleasant flavor It will grow an Onion from one to one and one-half pounds from seed; very early and profitable. Grown in many sections of the South to the exclusion of all other surts for the Northern market.,
Bermuda Island Red, choicest stock seed, pkt. 4c.; oz. 20c.; 2 oz. 35c.; + lb. 60c.; 4 lb, $1.10; lb. $2.00.
Bermuda Island White, choicest stock seed, pkt. 4c.; oz. 20c.; 2 0Z. 35¢c.; 4 Ib. 60c.; 4 lb. $1.10; Ib. $2.00.
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MY GREENHOUSE DEPARTMFNT IS IMMENSE. SEE PAGS 105 TO 127, T'US GUIDE
54 BW. BUCKBEX, ROCKFORD, ILMINOIS.
GROW PEPPERS, ALWAYS MONEY-MAKERS “2 2:csccs: zeros: dec Gontane
e i GREAT WES Latest acquisition to our list of Pedigreed Peppers. The giant of all. The heaviest cropper. The 4
mildest flayor. The finestappearing. Thesurest to grow. The one you can’t do without. Beautiful red color and of mild flavor. Our stock is limited so order early. Large packet, 10c.; ¢ oz. 35c.; oz. 60c.
Chinese Giant—3—Double the size of Ruby King and equally as New Long Yellow Cayenne—A very fine, new variety. identical to Mild. The compact plants produce four or more extra large Long Red Cayenne (@) except color, which is of a beautiful Peppers at the base very early in the season, which ripen while golden yellow shade. Pkt, 4c.; oz. 20c.; 2 oz. 35c.; 74 Ib. 60c, a second cropis setting on the branches. Very vigorous, hardy
grower, and a valuable variety for either the home or market Ruby King—10—An improved American sort, reaching the largest garden. Large Pkt. 10c,; oz. 30c.; 2 oz, 50c.; 34 lb. 90c. ae yet rebamng tie s7 Re Ei of the smallest BOrts.
3 : i ‘ ery bright colored, temptingly swee avor Sweet Mountain—Plants very vigorous and productive. Fruitlarge, aon tuft i mang PEt. 4c. ; long, very smooth and handsome, bene: when green, a = peas = Seva as on ee ve ee cae
bright, deep green color, entirely free from any purple tinge, and when mature ofa richred. Flesh very thick, sweet and
mild flavored. Well suited to usefor stuffed pickles or man- i goes. Pkt. 4c,; oz, 15c.; 2 0z, 28c.; 34 lb, 50c. delicate pe Be Dod as then sey change to an in- Black Nubien~7—A most novel sort, Long, tapering. sharp pointea _‘{els®, vital scarlet, carried Npsleht,, Sapetor qa fruit, 6 inches long, and of a deep, glossy black color until fully sauce. Pkt, 4c.; oz. 15c.; 2 oz. 28c.; 34 Ib. 50c. ripe, when they change to a dark orange red. Fruit is very ; aia See tak NS : fiery, and is superior as a flavoring for piccalilli, chowchow, Red Chili—i—Used in the manufacture of pepper sauce. Pods etc. Pkt. 4c.; 0z. 20c.; 2 0z. 35c.; 4 Ib. 60e. sharply conical. and exceedingly pungent. uires a long, Long Red Cayenne—9—A long, slim-pointed pod, and when ripe of a Warm season. Pkt. 4e.; oz. 15c.> 2 oz. 25e,; %4 Ib. 40c, BHehe rea ier eal remely strong and pungent. Pkt. 3c.; Golden Dawn, or Queen—2—Plants quite dwarf, but very prolific. az. 12c,; 2 oz. 22c.; . 40¢. a Fruit medium size and of inverted bell-shape, rich golden yel- jKeleidoscope—1—Long, wavy branches are loaded with drooping low color, with very thick, sweet, mild-flayored flesh. PEt. 3c.; | fruit the size of a hickory nut. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 20c.; 2 oz. 35c.: +4 Ib. 60c. oz. 12c.; 2 oz. 22c.; 34 1b. 40c. {
Celestial—5— Beautiful Chinese novelty. Starts to bear early and continues until frost. Until fully ripe.the Peppers are of a
Large Bell, or Bull Nose—A very large sort ef inverted bell shape, suitable for mangoes or for mixed pickles. Flesh thick and less pungent than most Other sorts. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 12c.; 2 oz. 22c,5 74 lb. 40c,
Coral Gem Bouquet—8—The single fruit illustrated is of natural size and so thickly set on the dwari plant as to give each plant the appearance ofa “Bouauet of Coral.” Asa potted plant for florists it has proved a most rapid selling article. Pkt. 5c.; oz 30c.; 20z. 55c.; 4 1b. $1.00.
New Golden Upright—6—Unlike all other varieties, the Peppers grow upright on stiff stems. The fruits are large and handsome. Pkt, 4c.; oz. 20c.; 2 oz. 35c.; 74 Ib, 60c.
Finest Mixed Peppers—The above and many other valuable Peppers in choicest mixture. Price per Pkt. only 5c.; oz. 20c.; 2 0z. 35c.; 34 Ib. 6Cc.
PIE PLANT, or RHUBARB ~
German, RHUBARBER. French, RHUBARBE; Spanish, BASTARDO; Swedish, RABARBER.
Rhubarb succeeds best in deep, somewhat retentive soil. The richer its condition and the deeper stirred the better. Sow in drilis aninch deep, and thin out the plants to 6 inches apart. i Buckbee’s Western Market—Finest variety, very productive. Fine, large size
and very early. Hasa flavor similar to the Gooseberry. This is, with-
out doubt, the finest variety in existence. Pkt. 5ce.; oz. 10c.; 2 oz. 18c.; 24 Ib
350.3 % Ib. 60c.; Ib. $1.00, f { Rhubarb Roots—A saving of from two to three years is made by planting the
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er’s expense. lic. each; $1.50 a dozen; 100 for only $7.50. GIANT— THE VERY BEST VARIETY OF PEPPERS FOR STUFFED PICKLES. SEE CUT ABOVE
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the gpring, as they sprout and soon deteriorate, but they may be left all winter without damage. Flavor strongly resembles that of the oyster after | cooked,
BUCKBEE’S ALL AMERICA. MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND. By Far the Very Best Salsify. Of extra large size, in every way preferable to the older varieties,
A truly American variety of the highest merit. Offered last year being larger, stronger growing, and less liable to branch. Invaluable to for the first time, and sprang into ROTA tS popularity. The long, market gardeners. PKt. 4c.; oz. 10c.; 2.02. 16c.; 4 1b. 30c.; 4 Ib. 50c.;
white tapering roots are of the most superior quality, excelling by far Ib. 90c.
any variety now on the market. My seed is limited this year and I advise taf LONG WHITE. early orders, Pkt. 10c.; 02. 20c.; 2:0z. 30¢c.; 4 lb. 50c.; 4 Ib. 80c.; _ This is a well-known and standard variety that has stood the test Ib. $1.50. : of time. Pkt. 3c.; 0z. 8c.; 2 oz. 15c.; 4 lb. 25¢.; 4 lb. 40c.; Ib. 70c.
Easily Grown. Makes Fine Soup.’ Ss O R R EK L German, SAUERAMPFER; French, OSEILLE.
Is cultivated for its acidity and used largely in salads. Sow in drills ' Large-Leaved Garden—The best garden variety, having large
early in spring and thin the seedlings to 6 or 8 inches apart in the row. al mnnlean : : - OZ. . re One may commence cutting in 2 or 3 months and plants will continue pale green leaves of fine quality. Pkt. 4c.; 02. 10¢.; 2 02. 16c.; 4 Ib.
bearing for 3 or 4 years. 28¢.; 4 Ib. 50c.; Ib. 90c.
Hardy; Wholesome; Palatable. SPIN AC German, CNAs renth: SEs be pray NACo:
ounce of seed to eet of drill—i0 to s. in
Makes a Delicious Dish of Greene. drills ‘per acre.
CULTURE please whether grown for market or in the private garden. Pkt.
Should be planted in very rich ground, the weher the better. Sow 2c.; 02. 4c.; 2 0Z. 7c.; + lb. 10c.; 4 Ib. 18¢.; 1b. 30c.; 4 Ibs. $1.00.
in drills one foot apart, and commence thinning out the plants when the Improved Round Summer Broadleaf—This variety is generally
leaves are 1 inch wide, All should be cut before hot weather, or it will preferred for early spring sowing, and is the most popular with our
be tough and stringy. For early spring use the seed should be sown market gardeners. ‘The leaves are large, thick, and fleshy; though
early in autumn. In the North the plants will require a slight protec- not quite as hardy as the Prickly Winter, it stands the winter
tion of leaves or straw, but in the Southern states no protection is neces- very well. Pkt. 2c.; oz. 4c.; 2.0z. 7c.; + ib. 10c.; 41b. 18c.; lb. sary, and they wil continue their growth most all winter. 30c.; 41bs. $1.00, postpaid. ;
Buckbee’s New Long Standing—An improved round-seeded strain Other Varieties—I can also supply the following new and standard of excellenf merit, having all the good qualities of the ordinary sorts varieties of Spinach, which are too well known to require extended and continuirg in condition for use much longer. The leaves are descriptions, at the uniform price, postpaid, as follows: Pkt. 2c.; smooth and very dark rich green. Cannot be beat for market and oz. 4c.; 2 oz. 7c.; 4 lb. 10c.; 3 Ib. 18c.; Ib. 30c.; 4 lbs. $1.00. family purposes. PKt. 5c.; oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 12c.; 4 Ib. 15c.; 4 lb. Bloomsdale Savoy-Leaved—Great for autumn sowing. 25c.; lb. 40c.; 4 lbs. $1.50, postpaid. Monstrous Viroflay—Profuse yielder, large leaves.
Victoria—A new sort which is quick to mature, and forms a very large, Improved Thick Leaved—Splendid market sort. 2 exceedingly thick leaf, which is somewhat savoyed in the center. Prickly Seeded—Small leaves, quite hardy.
It remains in use much longer than most kinds, and cannot fail to Prickly Seeded Winter—Hardy. Baceleat for fall sowing.
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BUCKBEE’S LONG STANDING SPINACH NEW VICTORIA SPINACH IMPROVED ROUND SUMMER BROADLEAF
DO NOT FORGET THE MANY BARGAIN OFFERS ON PRECEDING PAGES. READ THEM AGAIN
ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
= THE BEST
= Radishes
German, Rettic RADIESCHEN; French, Rapts RAVE, PET:ITE RAVE; Spanish, Rasano: Swed- ish, RATTIKOR
One ounce of seed for 100 feet of drill; 8 to10 pound. in drills for one acre.
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SFUCKBEE'S crys TAL FORCINY
My Seed is saved from select and trans- planted roots, stands on its merits and is without ane ualin the seed world.
BUCKBEE’S RAPID FORCING—The E. rllest 0: All Red Radishes
The Quickest of Ali—Matures in 14 days. Guick growthis oneofthe main ssentials fora cri and tender | Radish. This remarkable and world-renowned variety generally matures in about ereal shih makes it one of the most valuable sorts for forcing or outdoorculture. The flesh is pure white, crisp anes ee favor; no Ee se fen So bri De The leaves are very short,
i mits of close sowing. Remember that I control the entire stock of this variety. Send to Buck the choi
stock seed. Pkt. 5¢.; oz. 8c ; 20z. 15c.; 34 Ib. 250.; 4 lb. 40c.; lb. 75c, 2 ical epee
RY BUCKBEE’S CRYSTAL FORCING—The Best and Quickest White Radish
Without an Equal—Matures inl4 Days, An acknowledged lcader—par excellent in every possible respect. Pure snow white in color—fairly crystal—so clear and transparent. Nothing is more tempting and pleasing than a combination of Buckbee’s Crystal Forcing and Buckbee’s Rapid Forcing when ar- ranged in market or onthe table; contrasting as they do beautifully. the crystal white color of the one and the delightful scarlet of the other. Send to Buck’ ee for choicest stock seed. I control the entire stock. PEt. 5c.3 oz. 8c.; 2 oz, 15c.; 34 Ib. 25c-; 44 lb, 40c.; 1b. 75c.
NEW TRIUMPH—The Greatest Radish Novelty
_ Both Unique and Useful—Matures early. generally in about 14days. Nuthing produces a more pleas- ing effect on the table than this beautiful variety. The roots areof globular form, tops are short and = attractive, which make it valuable for cultivation under glass. The fiesh is very crisp and solid and of mild, pleasing flayor, Its most attractive and distinctive feature, however, is the unique col r ~ of the skin. The ground color is beautiful ivory white, striped horizontally and splashed with ==— bright scarlet. Sure to become popular with market gardeners and private planters. Send to Buckbee for the best seed. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 15c.; 4 Ib. 25c.: % Ib. 40c.; Ib. 75c.
NEW LEAFLESS - YOU WANT THIS CHARMING RADISH
The extra early forcing Radishes lately introduced are reniarkable for the small size of their leaves; they develop their roots in so short atime that the latter are practically in advance of the leaves. The character is still more noticeable in this new variety. The seed leaves, which arenoted for great development from the start, are the only green parts to be seen on the plants until the bulbs are almost large enough for pulling. At that time one or two short leaves only are produced. The roots are of the shape and color of our Rapid Forcing Radish. Send to Buckbee for the best ai
Pkt. 5c.; 0z, 10c.: 2 oz. 18c.; +4 Ib. 35¢.; % Ib. 6Oc.° ib. $2.00,
NEW WHITE GRESDEN—A Grand New Variety from Germany
AF Here is a splendid variety! I grow it extensively on Rockford Seed Farms and it proves a revelation toeveryone. Thousands of my cus- NEW tomers from every part_of the country testify to its good qualities. When planted under ordinary conditions the first of May it is ready for the table thefirst of June. The tops are small and admit of the closest planting. As will be seen by ‘he illustration, the radishes are perfectly round and smooth, while they haye an attractive white skin. The flesh is crisp, white, juicy, and of the finest flavor. Market gardeners can either grow this new Radish in the garden or force it and depend upon an early, perfect, uni- -form crop. I control the entire seed supply and advise you to order SS early. Pkt. 5ce.3 oz, 8c.; 20z. 150.3 34 1b. 25c.; 44 Ib. 40c.; 1b. 75c.
NEW GOLDEN DRESDEN—Here is the Best of All
Y-u can’t go wrong with this splendid variety. “thas proved a universal favorite everywhere. Matures in less than 30 Gays. Flesh pure white, crisp, juicy and of the finest flavor. Skin of beautiful golden russet color. Market gardeners can either grow this variety in the open ground cr force it, aid be sure of an early, perfect and Z\ nniform crop. Unexcelled for the home garden. Pit. Hi 50.; oz. 8.3 202. 15¢.5 34 lb 250.5 24 lb. 40e.; lb. 75c.
BUCKBEE’S ROCKEORD MARKET—A World-beater Among Radishes. The Best Long Early Radish
For years I have given much attention to this new Radish, and after the repeated trials on Rockford Seed Farms, as well as in various sections of this country and abroad, it has given unbounded satisfaction. The extraordinary earliness is remarkable in view of the fact that it grows to such a fine size, The shape is reg- ular, smooth and nearly conical, being intermediate be- tween the half long and extra long sorts. In brightness of color it is quite unique, being the handsomest scarlet Jhave yet seenina Radish, and tipped at the cnds of the roots wi.h just enough white to present an ideal appearance. Crisp, tender and juicy. Icontrol the entire seed supply cr this
eatest of all Radishes, and as long as my stock astc prices to one and all will be Pxt. 5c ; 02. 10e.; 2 oz. 150.3 34 Ib. 25c.; 44 1d. 400.5 tb. 75c.
BE SURE TO TRY OUR BULBS THIS YEAR. PAGES 86-87.
H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 67
EARLIEST SOARLET TURNIP— - - Z [SET ae The Famucas Standard Variety ORD.BE —One of the earliest, finest, juici- Lied - i = est, tenderest, sweetest and best : = f Yd — Radishes for early use grown.
Rich red color; flesh white. Pkt. 3c.; 02. 6c.; 2 02. 10c.; 1b. 16c.; lb. 25c.; lb. 45c.
E TEST WHITE TURNIP—A Favorite Standard Variety—
Very handsome sort, of extremely quick growth; sweet, juicy and tender. Beautiful ivory white color; flesh, pure white. Pkt. 8c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; } Ib. 15c.; 4 lb. 25c.; lb. 45c.
ROCKFORD BEAUTY—Handsom- est and Best — Originated on Rockford Seed Farms, Very early, deep scarlet_color, with dainty white tip. Flesh crystal white, tender and crisp. I control the entire stock of this variety. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 15c.; } Ib. 25c.; 4 Ib. 40c.; lb. 75c.
SCARLET TURNIP WHITE T{iP—A very fine strain of this well-known kind; even in size, smooth, fine bright scarlet, with clean white tips. Exceptionally early, fine for forcing or market purposes; a good variety. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.,
-; + Ib. 15c.; 4 lb. 25c.; lb. 40c.
—Handsome turnip Radish, a great favorite in many markets and for early planting outdoors. But little later than the pr cocing and will give entire satisfaction where extreme earliness is not the object. Roots slightly flattened on the underside, color very dark scarlet with a white tip; flesh white and of the best quality. One of the best either for home or market use. PEt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 0Z. 10c.; + Ib. 15c.; 4 lb. 25c.; lb. 45c.
IMPROVED FRENCH BREAKFAST—tThe favorite in Paris markets. A medium sized Radish, olive shape, small top, of quick growth, very crisp and tender, of a beautiful scarlet color, except near the tip, which is pure white. splendid variety for the table on account of its excellent quality and its beautiful color. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; } Ib. 15c.; 4 Ib. 25c.; Ib. 45c.
HALF LONG DEEP SCARLET—The roots of this hardy and desirable variety are of a brilliant, deep, rich red color and half long, with a somewhat tapering point; the flesh is very white, crisp and tender, and holds its juiciness well, not becoming pithy till overgrown. .Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; + Ib. 15c.; 4 Ib. 25c.; Ib. 45c.
EARLY DEEP SCARLET OLIVE SHAPED—lIn the form of an olive, terminating in very slim tap root. Skin scar- let; neck small; flesh rose colored, tender and excellent. LEarly, good for forcing and general crop. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10¢c.; 4 lb. 15c.; 3 Ib. 25c.; Ib. 45c. f
- EARLY WHITE OLIVE SHAPED—Different from the Scarlet Olive Shaped in color and being ape er or petite crisp and mild flavored. Pkt. 3¢.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; 3 lb. C.5 e C.5 i Cc.
NEW “‘ICICLE’’ RADISH—A Distinct, Meritorious Variety. Entirely distinct, long, slender, ure white, Earliest and finest long white. Ready for use as early as the Long Scarlet, with ess foliage, rendering it most desirable for forcing. In open ground roots continue brittle, crisp and mild until they are as large as those of the long varieties. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 7c.; 2
OZ. 12c.; 4 lb. 20c.; 4 lb. 35c.; lb. 60c.
BUCKBEE’S IMPROVED CHARTIERS—tThe Standard Long Radish, One of the best for sowing outdoors. Roots are very early, hard and crisp until they reach a diameter of 2 inches and three times as long as any of the above. Flesh white, crisp and mild flavored Pkt. 4c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; 4 Ib. 15c.; 4 Ib. 25c.; Ib. 40c.
NEW WHITE LADY FINGER—The finest long white Radish in cultivation. Beautiful in shape and theskin and flesh are pure snow white. Crisp, brittle and of rapid growth. Order early Pkt. 4¢.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; 4 lb. 15c., } Ib. 25c.; 1b. 45c.
EARLY LONG BRIGHTEST SCARLET—An improvement in earliness and color over_other varieties. Roots ready fer use in about twenty-five days when planted outdoors. It has asmall top. Pkt. 4c.; 02. 6c.; 2 0z. 10c.; 4 Ib. 15c.; 3 lb. 25c.; Ib. 45c.
SUMMER RADISHES GOLDEN SUMMER TURNIP—It is perfectly round in shape; neck is finer, leaves smaller and color brighter than the old Yellow Turnip Radish, Pkt, 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 0Z. 10c.; } Ib. 15¢c.;
\° . Cc. WY} ER TURNIP—Round, turnip-shaped and regular in form. The skin on the upper 2 tt is matted with greenish brown, Flesh mild, of greenish white color and tolerably solid. ine variety. PKt. 3c.; 0z. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; 4 Ib. 15c.; 4 lb. 25c.; Ib. 40c. WHITE STRASBURG—This grows to the largest size and is usable wHen quite small, thus cover- ing a long season. Four to five inches long and about two inches thick. Very white, crisp and tender. Pkt. 3¢.; 0Z. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; 4 Ib. 15c.; 4 1b. 25c.; lb. 45c.
WINTER RADISHES §
Sow about same time as winter turnips, on light, rich soil, in drills 18 inches apart; give fre- h ?
quent cultivation; thin 2 to 6 inches apart, according to size of variety. OTH CELESTIAL—Most wonderful of All. An cnormous and distinctly fine
Radish, of quick growth and superior quality; fine for use during the fall and early winter.
Roots frequently grow 14 to 18 inches in length and 6 to 8 inches in diameter. Skin and
ae pure parce ag WETy tender, crisp, juicy, mild. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 8c.; 2 0zZ. 15¢.; 3 lb.
Cais . Cais le Cc. re
CHINESE ROSE—The Standard Variety. Roots cylindrical, or largest at the bottom, taper-
ing abruptly to a small tap. Skin very smooth and of a bright rose color; flesh firm, crisp,
tender and quite pungent. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; 4 1b. 15¢.; 4 lb. 25c.; Ib. 40c. CALIFORNIA MAMMOTH WHITE—A Great Favorite. First introduced by the Chinese in
California. Pure white, about 1 foot long and 2 or 3 inches through, tapering regularly to the
tip. Flesh tender and crisp. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; 1 lb. 15c.; 3 lb. 25c.; lb. 40c¢ ROUND BLACK SPANISH—Often top-shaped; 3 to 4 in. in diameter; skin black, flesh white;
highly flavored. Good keeper. PKt. 3c.; 02. 6c.; 2 0Z. 10c.; 4 1b. 15c.; 4 Ib. 25¢.; Ib. 40c. - LONG BLACK SPANISH—One of the latest as well_as the hardiest; an excellent sort for winter
use. “Roots oblong, black, large, fine texture. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6cep,2 0%. 10e,; ¢ Ib. 16c.; 4
Ib. 25c.; Ib. 40c. : RADISH MIXTURES | Price each of the following varieties: Pkt. 4c.; 0z. 7¢c.; 2-0Z. 12c.; } Ib. 16c.; 4 Ib. 28c.; Ib. 50c.
EARLIEST RADISHES MIXED—For family gardens, all the earliest varieties. SUMMER RADISHES MIXED—For family gardens I offer a mixture of all summer varieties. WINTER RADISHES MIXED—Seed of. the best
white, black and rose-skinned varieties, which
will produce all the best Radishes for autumn
and winter use,
A packet of Radish Seed| : contains -i,000 seeds or more.| :
a - MAM? ih nue
DELICIOUS SQUASH GROWN FROM BUCKBEE’S SEEDS. PRICES AND VARIETIES, PAGES 58 AND 59
58 H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
SUMMER AND S U ASH BECKERS |: i acti Be da EARLY FALL BEST running varieties, three to four
pounds in hills for an acre.
=e SEE a a a HE SQUASH is one of the most nutritious and valuable of our garden vegetables. The Summer varieties come to the table early in the season, while the Winter sorts can be had in perfection ‘rom August until the Summer sorts are again in condition. Plants are tender and sensitive to cold, and planting must be delayed until settled warm weather. General principles of culture are the same as those given for Cucumbers and Melons, but the plants are less particular as to soil. The Summer varieties should be planted four to six feet apart each way, and the Winter soris eight to ten; three plants are suicient for a hill.
PINEAPPLE COCOANUT
Ring) tox SENS The most beautiful of all Squashes. Great nd Fall. Flesh is | bearer, always gives a full crop, is fine grained - d well fi d. V desirable fi u : Seer and well flavored. Very desirable for all pur- er abe es poses. Pkt. 3c.;/oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 15c.; t Ib. and of the richest fla- | 95¢.; 4 Ib, 40c.; Ib. 75c. vor. Exceedingly pro-
COCOZELLE
Fine new early variety. A remarkable fea- ture is that the little green Squashes when very small can either be boiled whole or sliced and fried like Ege Plants, and to my taste are quite equal in flavor, while, of course, they are more easily raised. A valuable addition
ductive, and gives DER WING prin oat —— the best satisfaction Famous new variety, originally obtained | den, Pkt. g& ===
for all purposes, | from China, It has a hard, thick shell, which Pkt. 3c.: oz. 8c.: 2 | iS completely covered with warts. One of the E “2 a on. | best keepers. Flesh ot a beautiful creamy
oz. 15¢c.; } Ib. 25¢.3 | color and of superior flavor. PKt. 4¢.; oz. =i lb. 40c.; Ib. 75¢. | Sc.; 202. 15c.; + ib. 28c.; 4 Ib. 50c.; ib. 90c.
PERFECT GEM
This variety is equally desirable either as a Summer or Winter Squash, and in every respect is true to its name—a
a Poses gem. Every-
ody who has grown
and used it speaks in the highest terms of its many good quali- ties. Wonderfully pro- ductive. Flesh fine- grained, and cooks dry and sweet. Rich, de- licious flavor, Pkt. p= 4c.; OZ. 8C.; 2 OZ.
Nell Z=— 15c.; 2 Ib. 28c.; 4 lh. =—= = = 50c.; lb. 90c.
NEW TURBAN
A distinct and valuable Fall and Winter variety. Flesh is dry, sweet and thick, of a bright orange color, and its keeping qualities are admirable. It will please you. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 15c.; 4 ib. 28c.; 4 ib. 55c.; lb. $1.00.
~ BAY STATE
New-variety, large size, extremely solid; heavy weight. In color it is dark green, has = = : thick shell, fine, dry, thick flesh of sweet fla- PIKE’S PEAK, or SIBLEY ‘vor, of a beautiful bright golden color; fine One of the best keepers, of the finest quality. grained; very handsome. An excellent | Flesh solid, thick, sweet; orange color.
keeper. Pkt. 4c.; 0Z. 8c.; 2 0Z. i5¢.;41b. | 4e.: oz. 8c.; ]15c.; 4 E . 55c.: 28c.; 3 Ib. 50c.; 1b. $1.00. a5 ery 2 oz. 15c.; + Ih. 28c.; 3 Ib. 35c.;
iis a sere BSUMMER CROOKNECK Extremely early, very prolific, the ground color being : splashed aid striped with very dark green. The quality is Our experience and tat of cur rick and dry. Although of small size, this variety is wonder- SHS OnTe Nee aes Oe 0 fully solid and heavy, the seed eavity heing small. Will | the best Summer Squashes. Twice -~ 4 please you for all pur- {| 2S large as the ordinary Crookneck, poses. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 8¢.; It is more warty and earlier. This 2 oz. 15¢.; } Ib. 25¢c.; | Combination makes it the most de- x Ib. 40c 1b 75c ’ | sirable for the market or private * GIANT SUMMER | S2rden- PEt. 4c.; oz. 8c.; 2 02. STRAIGHTNECK © moet + Ib. 28¢e.; 4 Ib. 50c.; ib. A splendid new vari- GIANT WHITE ety having all,the good SUMMER CROOKNECK features of the old reli- z : ‘ able Golden Crookneck, This beautiful sort is = = differing only by having | the result of years of : a straight neck. Pkt. | careful breeding and se- 4c.; 0Z. 8c.; 2 oz. 15c.; 4 Ib. 25c.; 4 Ib. 40c.; lb. 75e. lection, and it is now one
f the most fix is-
EARLY YELLOW, or GOLDEN CROOKNECK __| of the most fixed and dis- Favorite with market gardeners and private planters. Of Squashes. The fruit is sim- dwarf, bushy habit and extremely productive. Flesh creamy | 92, in size and shape to yellow, dry, and of the most agreeable flavor. One of the most Summer Crookneck, but of
esteemed of the apts sprdeak a beautifulivory white col- Ce EG or, and unsurpassed in %e.: 2 0%. 12¢.: quality. We recommend this sort fi, aoe lb | Ghe'verg bene of the Suminee ia “ ried Op s varic- S Me 35c.; Ib. 60C. | | ties, Pkt. 4c.; oz. 8c.; 20z. 15¢.; } \\ Ib. 25c.; 4 Ib. 40e.3 1b. 75c. : a a MAMMOTH EARLY GOLDEN CUSTARD : Or Early Yellow Bush, Scalloped 2) Standard early Summer variety, nice to use in its green state and valuable for making pies when it has attained full size. The golden yellow color makes it very attractive. W\ Pkt. 3c.; 0Z. 7c.; 2 0Z. 12c,; 4 1b. 20c.; 4 Ib. 35c.; lb. 60c.;
—=—¢&
and market purposes. 25c.; 4 Ib. 40c.; Ib. 75c.
BUCKBEE’S MAMMOTH YELLOW BUSH Closely resembles the preceding, except in color, which is dark, rich golden yellow. The Squashes are of the finest quality and extra large size. Pkt. 4¢.; oz. 8¢.; 2 oz. 15c.; 1 lb. 25ce.; 4 Ib. 40c.; lb. 75c. EARLY WHITE BUSH, SCALLOPED or PATTY-PAN Highly esteemed early variety, largely grown for first early crop. Hard texture of the rind makes it well suited for shipping. Very pro- ductive, and valuable alike for family and market purposes. Pkt. 3c., oz. 7c.; 2 oz. 12c.; } Ib. 20c.; 4 lb. 35ce.; Ib. 60c.
Miss Myrile M. Thompson, Coal, Missouri: “I wish ie say a few words in praise of Buckbee’s Seeds, and your prompiness in filling orders, however small. Thanks for the extras. Monie Cristo Water Melon, Christmas King Cabbage and New Queen Cabbage are the best we ever had. The Garden Lemon and Mango Melon are most excellent? Grom £2 2/2 :
SEE PAGE 33 FOR THE MANGO MELON MISS THOMPSON PRAISES IN THE ABOVE LETTER
fee eee eee
H. W. BUCKEEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 59
W ORLD-BEATING FALL AND WINTER
CHILIAN GIANT The Heavyweight of the Squash Family
The Largest of All. I can justly claim to have the best strain of this variety in the market; certainly there is no better. Rather flat at both ends. Single specimens have grown to the enormous weight
3 of 300 pounds. Outer color a ES rich orange yellow; flesh very thielx and of rich yellow color; > quality good, very i.utritious, making it exceptionally valu- able for all family and market aed Tis size makes it
rofitable to grow for stock eeding also. Pkt. 4¢.3 oz. 15c.; 2 oz. 25c.; + lb. 40c.; 4 Ib. 75c.; Ib. $1.35.
GHIL-AN GIANT
NEW GOLDEN HUBBARD Justly Popular Wherever and Whenever Grown
This is a True Hubbard Squash, Except in Color, which is Bright Golden. The vine is a vigorous, but not rampant, grower, and wonderfully productive, expending the energy derived from liberal fer- tilizing in the production of an increased number rather than of over- grown and coarse fruits, as some varieties are apt to do, It ripens its crop very early and uniformly, thus making it a certain cropper. The
: fruits are very uniform in size, weighing from six to eight poudaes and in shape are like the
ubbard. Though maturing early they are wonderfully long keepers, so they can be held over in good condition for Spring use. e shell is warty, hard and strong, and a very beautiful : Be orange rod color, except for a bit . ; Sk ae of olive green on the blossom end. a os The fleshis a deep orange, and
ce? me OF iy Mh a Se - uniformly so to the rind, never
having the green tinge so objec- tionable in other sorts. It cooks ; : very dry, fine grained and good = = flavored. We believe this is the
NEW GOLDEN HUBBARD best Fall and Winter sort yet
: _ introduced. and that it deserves torand will become a most popular variety, It certainly has no superior as a table Squash. Send to Buckbee for the best seed. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 15¢.; + lb. 28c.; 4 Ib. 55c,; lb. $1.00.
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OR MARBLEHEAD
The Famous Standard Variety. Without question this is one of? the best Fall and Winter varieties, Flesh bright, creamy yellow, fine grained, very dry, sweet and delightfully flavored ; keeps splendidly throughout the Winter. Splendid for all pur- poses. Send to Buck- - bee for the best seed. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 15¢.3; 4 1b. 28c.; 4 Ib. 50c.; Ib. 90c.
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BLUE HUBBAR.
EARLY PROLIFIC ORANGE MARROW
Its distinctive feature, and the one which gives it the greatest. and most widespread popularity, is its earliness. It is at least ten days earlier than any other long-keeping sort. It grows as large as the Hub- bard, and is of a good quality. It is in season from September to Jan- uary, and is the most salable kind during that time in the market. This is owing to its smooth and handsome shape, good size and creamy orange skin. We know that it will satisfy all. Pkt. 3c.; 0Z. 7¢.; 2 oz. i2c.; 4 Ib. 20c.; 4 Ib. 35c.; Ib. 60c.
BOSTON MARROW
A desirable Fall and Winter variety, very popular everywhere. Of oval form; skin thin; when ripe bright orange mottled with light cream color; flesh rich salmon vellow, fine grained, and for sweetness and ex~ cellence unsurpassed. We have an unusually good stock of this sort. Pict, 4¢.3 oz. 7c.; 2 oz. 12¢.; + lb. 22¢.; 4 1b. 40¢.; Ib. 70e.
SQUASH
“BUCKBEE'S BEEFSTEAK TOMATO LEADS THS WORLD FOR QUALITY AND SIZE
BUCKBEE VARIETIES OF SUPERIOR WORTH
NEW FORDHOOK
Fine Winter variety of recent introduction, Color bright yellow shade outside and lighter shade inside; flesh dry and sweet and keeps perfectly sound until Spring. It isa strong, rapid grower and immensely productive. The meat is thick and delicious, PEt. 4¢.; 02. 8c.; 2 0Z. 15c.; } lb. 28c.; 4 Ib. 55c.; lb. $1.00.
CHICAGO WARTED
HUBBARD
The Leader in Many Mar- kets. Our strain of the above will roduce what we consider the Ideal subnet oo home or eon eal —— a or thirty or forty years this Squas i has ranked first for a winter keeper. NEW FORDHOOK It is shipped thousands of miles in car-load lots from West to Hast every year. ith the growing of it in a large way it was found that the largest, heaviest, dark, rough-skinned specimens are most valuable and most salable. Choicest stock seed of our own growing. Send to Buckbee for the best seed. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 8c.; 2 oz. 15c.; } Ib. 23¢.; 4 Ib. 50c.; Ib. 90c.
BUCKBEE’S IMPROVED HUBBARD
See Painting from Nature on Oolor Insert.
Tho Grand Old Favorite. _This is a superior selection of this fa- mous variety, and one of the best Winter Squashes. Flesh bright orange
yellow, {inc grained, very dr, sweet and
ter. cils or bakes exceedincly dry, and is esteemed by many to be as good baked as a Sweet Potato. Our stock is most carefully selected with regard to qual- ity of the flesh and color and wartiness of the shell, but the latter peculiarities ore layeely deter- mined by the soils in which the Squashes are raised. Our cus- "Ss — tomers can plant this BUCKBEE’S IMPROVED HUBBARD variety in perfect confidence that every fruit will be a pure Hubbard. Send to Buck- Bes fee eee seed. Pkt. 4c.; 02. 8c.; 2 02. 15c.; 4 1b. 28¢.; 4 1b. C.5 1D. °
FAXON’S NEW BRAZILIAN
-It is remarkably prolific in habit; quality dry and rich, with- out regard to the size, coloring or § time of ripening of the fruit— something entirely different in this respect from any other Squash, , Its valuable points are earliness, long-keeping and high table qualities. We are recommend- ing it to all for general use in the home garden. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 8.3 202%. 15¢.; 4 lb. 28c.; 4 Ib. 50c.; Yd. 90c.
FAXON’S NEW BRAZILIAN
MARKET GARDENERS, AS WELL AS HOME GARDEN- ERS, WILL FIND IN THIS GUIDE:
The Best Beans The Best Radishes The Best Cabbage The Best Tomatoes The Best Carrots The Best Celery
The Best of Everything in Garden Seeds
Rew. Stegall, Warren Plains, N. C.:—‘I have ordered a great many seeds from Buckbee and they have given perfect satisfac- tion. Wall do all I can to get new customers for Buckbee.”
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A variety bearing fruit which in size, shape, color, solicity and quality compares favorably with the noted later kinds, and by repeated tmals at Rockford Seed Farms and elsewhere, has demonstrated that it ripens up a larger portion of its crop the earliest of any variety. Earliest Good Tomato. Gardeners and Tomato fanciers will readily see the advantage obtained over their competitors by growing Buckbee’s Earliest Market. We do not hesitate to pronounce it the largest, smoothest, best flavored and highest colored extra e.rly Tomato. Vine medium size, leayed just enough to protect the fruit, which is produced in abundant clusters, reasonably low down on the stem and ripening all together. Those who ' desire a variety of this deseription, either for family or market purposes, will find this variety what they want. Pkt. 10c.; 4 0Z. 20c.; oz. 35c. i 2 oz. 60c.; 4 Ib. $1.00; 4 Ib. $1.75; Ib. $3.00.
2 BUCKBEE’S SPOT CASH—The Latest Success in Tomatoes
A variety introduced by us, and we believe the best table Tomato, at least as far as quality is concerned. Vine medium size, but vigorous, healthy and productive. Although not represented as a first early sort, many of our customers report that they have obtained ripe fruit from this as early as from any sort, and it proves to be one of the best varieties known for forcing. Fruit medium sized, oval, very smooth and of exceed- ingly bright, crimson scarlet color; very free from cracks, and rotting but little. The flesh is of a crimson scarlet color, quite distinct. It is also one of the best in flavor, and entirely free from the hard spots found in so many others, The Spot Cash is not only one of the best for home use and for market, but one of the best canning Tomatoes. Pkt. 5c.; 0Z. 20c.; 2 oz. 35c.; i Ib. 60c.; 4 Ib. $1.10; 1b. $2.00.
BUCKBEE’S PROSPERITY
Grand variety. Be sure to look atit__Prosperity is a Tomato of sterling worth; one that is bound to please. IT IS EARLY, IT iS & SPLENJID KEEPER. IT IS AN ENORMOUS YIELDER. COLOR BRIGHT RED. Large p-rfect fruit, excellent keeper and fine shipper. Next to Buckbee’s Beefsteak it is the finest variety ever grown and offered} in fact I consider Prosperity to be practically invaluable for the home garden, market gardenor for shipping purposes. It has fine size combined with superb quality, and is destined to remain immensely popular. vat ce long as the supply of Seed lasts (and no one but Buckbee can furnish Prosperity Seed); Pkt. 10c,; 3 pkts, 25c.; #¢ oz. 35c,; oz, 60c.; 2 oz. $1.10; 34 Ib, $2.00.
SPARK’S NEW EARLIANA EARLY ACME |
An extremely smooth, bright red Tomato of good size and flavor. Is among the very first ready for market. I offer seed grown from selec- ted stock only. ‘kt. 5c.; 4 02. 20c.; oz. 35c.; 2 oz. 60c.; 1 1b. $1.00; 4 ib $1.75; lb. $3.00.
EARLY DWARF CHAMPION
The dwarf habit and upright tree-like growth permit close planting. Hard to beat for home use. Color purplish pink. Fruit smooth, sym- metrical, solid and meaty. A deservedly great favorite. Those who
grow Tomato plants to sell will find Early Dwarf Champion highly prof- itable the compact growth of the young plants commending them to buyers. Pkt. 4c.; 0z. 20c.; 2 0z. 35c.; 4 Ib. 60c.
~productiveness.
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Another self-supporting novelty. ] z be taken for this variety if it were not for the color of its beautiful, clocsy red frvit, preferred in many localities to the purple or rose colored varieties. i luct smoothness, flavor of its fruit, etc., is unexcelled either for market, family or shipping.
SPECIAL OFFER WN Ss 55 To enable alt to give this trio of Self-Supportince 0. Tomatoes a trial. | will send One Liberal Packet
each of Buckbee’s County Fair, State Fair and World s Fair Tomatoes ior only 20 cents.
BUCKSEE’S TOMATOES HAVE BEEN LEADERS FOR YEARS.
One of the earliest and handsomest varieties. Medium size; per- fectly smooth and regular; very solid fruit, borne profusely. Dark red with purplish tint. Early Acme will please every grower. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 15c.; 2 oz. 25c.; + lb. 45c.; + Ib. 89c.; Ib. $1.50.
MATCHLESS
This is the best large-fruited standard bright-red Tomato. Our original strain has been critically selected and developed by us for more than ten years. This selection has vastly improved the fruit, but greatly reduced the yie.d of seed, and our superb strain should not be compared with seed of this variety commonly offered at a low price. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 18c.; 2 oz. 30c.; } Ib. 50c.; 4 Ib. 90c.; Ib. $1.75.
BUCKBEE’S
SELF - SUPPORTING | TO MATOES
PARTICULARLY characterized by their upright growth, and eclipsing all others in The uniform price of each of the following varieties is: Pkt. 10c.; 3 oz. 25c.; oz. 40c.; 2 oz. 75c.; 4 Ib. $1.25.
BUCKBEE’S WORLD’S FAIR
A wonderful sort. Color of the fruit is a beautiful golden yellow shade, the richest shade by far yet attained by any variety. d bringing them into favor as table fruit, and those who think of the Yellow; Tomato as the rough fruit of the old yellow sort will be surprised at this smooth, beautiful sort, it being the best of the yellow varieties, and of a fine and distinct flavor.
The superior flavor of the yellow varieties is
BUCKBEE’S COUNTY FAIR
This magnificent sort of my own introduction certainly is in the lead of all other To- Particularly distinguished by their upright growth, never requiring any support, but always standing up like a tree. c " always symmetrical and attractive in appearance; thc skin tough and the flesh solid; ripens
In form and colcr the f-uit resembles the Acme; it is
BUCKBEE’S STATE [aIR Foliage resembles Buckbee’s County Pair and might
Its size, solidity, productiveness,
MUST BE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE+BEST
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H. W. BUOKBEEF, ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS. 61
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TOMATOES
Standard, Reliable, New i Py and Old Varieties.
PONDEROSA
\sor Henderson’s No, 400
as Perfect, Size Mas-
sive, Extra Prolific, Early and Late, Quality High
Monster Tomatoes, often weighing twoto three pounds § each; rich, bright crimson; N soiid meat, exceptionaliy \ free from seed; delicious fla- \ vor, raw or cooked; a single \ ‘Tomato enough for a meal. WM Very desirable forfamily and
\\ market purposes. Prt, 6c. ; Nioz 36c.; 202 60c.; 34 lb. $1.00; N % Ib. $4.76; 1b. $3.00.
VY LIVINGSTON’S BEAUTY. \ have been perfecting this to a larger, smoother fruit than the originalstock,and think I have made it the smoothest and best of the large gurple sorts. Vines large, vigorous and heavy bearers; fruit large, uni- form, very smooth; color purplish pink, flesh light pink, excellent flavor. Pkt. 8c.; oz. 16c.; 2 oz. 30c.; 14 lb. \, 60c.; % Ib. 90c ; Ib. $1.75,
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i {MANSFIELD TREE,- or : MAMMOTH PRiZE—One of thelargest Tomatoes grown; possesses every good quality to be found in a Tomato, Specimens often weigh three pounds, Almost seed- less. Vines often attain the height of fifteen feet. Fruit very highlycolored,smooth. One of the very best table ~ aud market sorts. Pkt, 60.; §S % 0%. 20¢.; 02. 356.
NEW STRAWBERRY TOMATO, or WINTER
= . —S—or — PONDEROSA, or HENDERSON'S No, 400, CHERRY--Sometimes called Husk Tomato and Ground
MIKADO, or TURNER’S HYBRID—Often called Potato-Leaved Cherry Grows in a husk; excellent for preserves; will keep within
Tomato; also known a@s Maule’s $1,600 Tomato. Very large purple husk all Winter: sweet-flavored, small vallow fruits, Make a hand- Tomato. weighing as much as twenty-eight ounces, while the av- some dessert dish, while the flavor makes them popular. Ten plantsin erage weight is not less than twelve ounces. Vines large, coarse- our trial grounds yielded a bushel of fruit. Much earlier and every growing, with leaves entire, like those of a Potatoe piant. Very way better than a similar variety advertised as a novelty under the productiye, and early for so large a Tomato. Fruit extremely large, name of Cape Gooseberry. Pkt. 4¢.; oz. 260. rough, solid, with few seeds. Pkt. 4¢.3 0z 180.; 202. 35¢.; 14 Ib. 600.; % lb. $1,105 Ib. $2.00.
THE NEW STONE—BUCKBEE’S IMPROVED STRAIN
The Tomats for a Main Crop—Choicest seed. I call tnis
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I can also supply the following new and standard varieties of Tomato, which are too well known to require extended descrip- tions, at the following very reasonable prices:
the king of the Livingstone kinds. which are the best kt. Oz. 20Oz %1b. %lb. Ib. type of iagee: smooth, solid, ‘‘beefy’’ Tomatoes. If asked Atlantio Prize. seeeecccccecs cece AC, 16c. 80c. 55c. $1.00 $1.90 to select oue main crop market sort we advise this. Color Livingston’s Favorite.......... 3c. 16c. 30c. 50c. 90 1.75 fine scarlet, stem set high, core smalland shallow,sothat Royal Red................ «+++ 4e, 16c. 30c. 50c. 90 1.75 little is lost whenit is taken out of the fruit before slicing. Perfection .........1.+seccees eee 40, 16c. 30c. 50c. 90 1.75 If in do ibt. buy the New Stone for marketor home use. | Trophy, Improved Large Red..3c. 1 6c. 80c. 50c. 90 1.75 Pkt. 3c.; oz. 16c.; 207. 30¢.; 24 lb. 60c.; 4% Ib. 90c.; lb. $1.75. Fenton 's New beh ooh rock ene: Bp. 1.90 1.90 BUCKBEE'S SNOWBALL—Grand variety. Pearly white; | Buckeye State........., pecans caenae yeaa gf aie t excellent flavor; great yielder. None better for table, Henderson s Orimson Cushion. 5c, 35c. . * pickling aud canning purposes. Pkt. 60.3 oz, 26¢- yuma: bsitedtagncleswieorciecesers OCs hOGr 80c. 50c. 90 1.75 ‘ 2 ew Imperial .. 16c. 30c. . . 9 BUCKBEE’S GOLDEN | Dwarf Aristocra Pe ORE UL PRIZE—New golden yellow | Paragon ............ 4 16c. 30c. 50c. .90 1.75 » Sort. Flesh thick and of | Thorburn’s Longke 16c. 30c. 50c. _.90 1.75 extra quality. Grows in clus- Early Michigen......... 30c. 35c. 60c, 1.10 2.00 ters. Produces enormous New Early Freedom.. 20c. 35c. 60c. 1.1 2:00 crops. Even if you should Burpee’s Combinstion.. Be 25¢ be prejudiced against a yel- Fordhook Fancy A D5e. Z Tow poe iis leass you, Fordhook First..........-- «-----4 25c. - 50.5 02, 206.; 2 02. 350.5 4 7 rly Minnesota....... z Ib. 6007 4618.81.10; 1b. 8200. | New Success. ne ae Bee
" BUCKBEE’S TREE, or STA- Honor Brignbt.......... =13 Niteoeee 4c, 20c.
TION TOMATO—Crows on | New Purple Peach ....2.8 We an upright stalk: requires New’ Yellow Peach. 3c. 14c. no support; always stands Radi Pesihh: eee 3c. 14c. > up like a tree. Fruit solid, Yellow Poarinccnaesec ecco seer 14c. great keeper, Very best fla: Zollow. i mAOCIOO OS) O POD ROBE DIOaES Ae Lic. " vor. Ideal variety forfamily, Yellow Plum:....:.. Se MES 3c. 14¢. === 5 ag Wen O50 0. 400.3 201,766. 4 | Hod Cherry... Bc. 14c. onpaWBERRY TOMATO BUCKBEE’S TREE or 2 5%, 250-5 0%. 200.5 202. 100.5 4 | Yellow Oherry..... 3c, 14¢. :
4 “srarion ToMATO _™ *426- Red Ourrant Be, 4c. 0" GROUND CHERRY BUCKBEE’S TOMATOBRS ARE JUST WHAT THEY ARE REPRESENTED TO BE. TRY THEM.
_ THE WORLD'S ONE UNBEATABLE TOMATO
See cut at left, which, however, gives but a faint idea of the attractiveness of < this finest of all Tomato. ;
NOTHING in the way of a Tomato Creation has ever achieved, in so short a time, the tre- mendously excellent reputation that has come to Buckbee’s Beefsteak. Growers from eyery section of the wide world haye sent in unsolic- ited praise, and the tests to which they have subjected it leaye no room for doubt that it has all the qualities required in a Tomato. A nut- shell description will suffice:
Mardy Grower The Best Keeper’ e Bes
A Splendid Shipper, Lar ,
Enormously Productive, Best of All.
My crop of seed the past season has not been so large as I expected, owing to unfavorable Tomato weather. However, my seed (what there is of it, and I expect to have enough to go around) is of extra fine quality.
WHAT SOME OF MY CUS- TOMERS SAY ABOUT BUCKBEE’S BEEFSTEAK
Mrs, W. M. Curtis, Clay City, Ky: “Among my Beefsteak Toma- toes was one that weighed a pound and three-quarters.”
Mr. Jas,M. Bateman, Harrison- “T raised Beefsteak Tomatoes that
German, LIEBESAPFE L; French, TOMATE; Spanish, TOMATE; One Ounce of Seed fer 1,500 Plants; 4 ib. to Transplant foranAcre -
ville, Mo.: were as large around as a saucer.”
Miss Leathie Davis, Nectar, Ala.:‘‘My Beefsteak Tomatoes are the finest I ever saw; they will aweigh @ pound or more each, and were 1434 inches around
on July 15th.” Mrs. Wm. Steele, Genoa, N Y.; ‘The Beef-
CULTURE Tomatoes do best on light, warm, not oyer-rich soil, and success
depends upon securing a rapid, vigorous and unchecked growth during the early part of the season. Sow in hot beds from 6 to 8 weeks before they can be set out of doors, which is when danger from frost is past; when the plants have four leaves, transplant into shallow boxes*or cold frames, setting them 4 or 5 inches apart; give plenty of air and endeayor to secure a vigorons, but steady and healthy growth, so that at the time of setting in the open ground they will be strong and stocky. Evenaslight check while the plants are small will materially diminish their productiveness. Set out of doors assoon as danger from frost is over, but before doing so harden off the plants by gradually expos-
steak. Tomatoes were the largest tomatoes I ever saw.”’
The above are identical with thousands of. others in my correspondence files.
ing them to the night air and by the withdrawal of water until the wood becomes hard and the leaves thick and of a dark green color. Transplant carefully and cultivate well as long as the vines will permit. The fruit is improved in quality if the vines are tied to a trellis or to stakes.
My price to one and all for my own growth, choicest northern grown pedigree stock seed will be: Pkt. 10c.; 3 pkts. 25c.; ¥3 oz. 35¢.; oz. 6Oc.; 4 1b. $2.00; 3¢ Ib. $3.50: lb. $6.00.
BUCKBEE’S TOMATO SEED I grow from stocks earefully selected for seed purposes, and sayed for nothing else, at my famous Rockford Seed Farms. I make noidle boast when I assure you that
No Better Seed can be Found Anywhere. Buckbee’s Seeds “have this reputation: They
Packets are liberal; containing 100 seeds or more.
PEDIGREE TOBACCO SEED
WRITE FOR PRICES IN QUANTITY
SUMATRA —Vigorous sort of Spanish origin, producing cigar wrappers of the highest quality, especially popular with Southern growers. P. 4c.; Oz. 45c. —
HAVANA—Very choice Cigar Variety grown from the finest seed imported from the “Vuelta de Abajo” district in Cuba. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 30c.
CONNECTICUT SEED LEAF—Very popular in the Middle and Northern States, largely grown to produce fillers: productive; robust habit. Pkt. 3¢.; oz. 20c. i
PERSIAN ROSE MUSCATELLE—Finer than Muscatelle, and can be relied upon to make the finest cigar stock. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 30c.
IMPROVED SWEET ORONOKO—Used for first-class plug fillers, and makes, when sun-cured, the best natural chewing leaf. A favorite for the ‘‘Homespun’”’ wherever known. Makes an eastern filler unsurpassed. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 20c. uy . :
GENERAL GRANT—One of the finest, earliest and most popular kind for Cigars. Maturesas far
north as Canada; leaves of large size, Pkt. 4¢.; 02. 35c,
IMPROVED E BURLEY—This variety is especially valuable to manufacturers either for | cut or plug tobacco. It is often used for wrappers. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 35c.
STERLING—One of the earliest; makes the silkiest of wrappers, brightest of cutters and sweetest of fillers. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 20c. : s
COMSTOCK SPANISH—Called by some Zimmer’s Spanish. One of the finest Cigar Tobaccos- producing leaves of silky texture; grading very high for wrappers and fillers. Pkt. 4c.? oz. 35¢,
LACKS—Dark rich export leaf. Broad leaf, tough, fine fiber. _On gray soils cures bright onc elastic; on dark soils rich and gummy. Known as Jesup or Beat Allin some localities. Good and reliable. Pkt: 4¢.; oz. 25c.
BRADLEY BROAD LEAF—A popular variety for several types—export, Manufacturing anc cigars. A good, reliable variety and succeeds where yellow tobacco can be grown. PKé. 4c.; 0Z. 20c. : .
LITTLE DUTCH—Popular variety, succeeds nicely in the Northern States. Valuable for all purposes. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 25c.
SPLENDID MUSHROOMS ALL THE YEAR. FOR PARTICULARS REFER TO PAGE 42 THIS GUIDE
are.the best grown., All the varieties I list are just what I represent them to be.
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BUCKBEE’ : German, STECKRUBE; French, NAVET; Spanish, NABo ComaAn; Swedish, Roroa. ONE OUNGE OF SEED FOR 250 FEET OF DRILL. TWO TO THREE POUNDS IN DRILLS FOR AN ACRE.
i ills 14 inches apart and 4 inch deep, or sow broadcast, but in either case be sure and have ground rich and freshly dug.
Be carer fowwec and thin out, so the young plants will not be checked and injured. Any overcrowding will result in rough and poorly flavored fruit. In the field, turnips are generally sown broadcast, though larger crops are obtained by drill culture. To pre- serve turnips in good order for winter use. store them in barrels placed alongside the wall of a cool cellar, and cover them with sand and turfto keep themfresh. Another method is to put them in a cellar or dry pit, cover wlth straw and earth to the depth of 8 or l0 inches. Thus protected they will keep very weli until spring.
BUCKBEE’S RED, OR PURPLE TOP STRAP LEAF ose maIeS NEW GOLDEN GLOBE GA Renips. vert
; i ; ost delicious and sweetest of all yellow fieshe ips,
Pe Nas ores ROS Oe superior for all general purposes. Pkt: 4c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; 14 doubt. the peer of all. Shape is very well shown in above cut. Has 1b. 15¢.; 74 Ib. 25c-; Ib. 40c. single tap root anda Papa urle top; peeves shorten? narrow, NEW WHITE EGG EO Poteet weaiaires 8 Ord weeks trots swine: This is certainly one of the very choicest and finest varieties:
. . . - 1 . Pkt, 4c.; oz. 6c.; 202. 10c.5 74 Ib. 15.5; 74 Ib. 25¢.; Ib. 40¢. comparatively new and producing beautiful egg-shaped roots,with
NEW WHITE STRAP LEAF thin. white skin.- They are always firm, solid and of sweet flavor. Identical with the above in valuable qualities, differing only Pkt. 4c.; oz. 6c.; 202. 10c.; 14 lb, 18c.; 34 lb. 80c.; Ib. 50c.
in color, which Soon ivory white. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 02. IMPROVED EARLY WHITE FLAT DUTCH 10c.; 4 Ib. 15.5 74 lb. 25¢.; lb. 40e. Excellent early garden variety and very much used. The roots SOUTHERN SEVEN TOP are of medium size, very fiat and the color white. Very early, sweet Cultivated extensively and with profit.intheSouth forthetops. and tender. Pkt. $c.; oz. 6c}; 20z.10c.; 14 Ib. 15¢.; 1g lb. 25c.; which are used, and are most excellent for greens. Is very hardy, lb. 40c. : will grow all winter, but will not produce a good root. Hardy, LARGE WHITE GLOBE
keeps well, Pkt. 4c.; 0z. 6c.; 2 0z. 10c.; 14 lb. 18c.; 14 lb. 30¢.; A very desirable globe-shaned variety. valuable for family and Tb, 50c. market. Pkt. 8c. ; 0z. 6c. ;2.0z. 10c.; 14 Ib. 15c. ; 14 Ib. 25e.3 Ib. 40c,
BUCKBEE’S EXTRA EARLY CAMEO [ Another grand acquisition from the land of the Czar, identical EARLY SIX WEEKS; OR SNOWBALL with Buckbee’s Cardinal in every way except color, which is a This excellent variety of Turnip is very tender and sweet; beautiful pearl white. By all means include it in yourorder. Pkt. matures in six weeks...Pkt. 3c.; 0z. 6c:; 2 oz. 10c.; 14 Ib. 18c.; 5c.; oz. 8e.; 2 oz. 15¢.; 14 lb. 20c.; 14 Ib. 35c.; Ib. 60c. lV Ib: 30c.; lb. 50c.
BUCKBEE’S EXTRA EARLY CARDINAL
Called by some Scarlet Kashmyr—Greatest Turnip Novelty ever offered. Very early variety, of magnificent shape, handsome ap-
: pearance and wonderful keeping qualities. Outside
skin brilliant cardinal color. Tender and crisp. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 8c,; 2 oz. 15c.; 14 lb, 20c.; % lb, 35c.; Ib. 60c.
cOW HORN _ sometimes called Long White. It is pure white with a little shade of green on top. Well flavored and of rapid growth. Fine for Fall and early Win- seEnee. PEt, 8c.; 0z- 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; %4 lb. 18c.5 % Jb, 80c.; le Ce
EXTRA EARLY PURPLE TOP MILAN
,_Thetops of this variety grow very small and are distinctly strap-leaved, growing very erectand come: * pact. The roots are small and flat Turnip-shaped; Z ae bon le Oe top of fe root, cleat white plow: ee = esh white, Most desirable sortfor forcing or plant- 9 gee F 3 ing outdoors, Pkt, 40.3 oz, 60.3 20z. 10c.; 34 Ib. 18c.; % BOOK BEM EEX TRA A BLY BUCKBFE'’S EXTRA HARLY CAMEO Np, 302.; 1b. 50c, ; CARDINAL or SCARLET KASHMYR
THERE’S NOTHING IN GARDEN, FIELD, VEGETABLE OB FLOWER SEEDS THAT BUCKBEE OANNOT SUPPLY
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“As compared with hay at $ro to $15 a ton I prefer Ruta Bagas at $5 per ton.” So declares an eminent authority on agriculture. No truer statement was ever made. All reports prove that an average yield of 20 to 30 tons to the acre is common.
C. G. Kitchings, Rome, Georgia: ‘The seeds I bought of you last Spring gave Satisfaction. I won two prizes at our County. Fair at Rome. I want to win
<B \ EEDS EED y a prize at the State Fair next year and wll want some of your best varieties; Such as ontons—large; Field Corn,Toma- Wishing Buckbee
: : 3 toes and Pumpkins. Are you aware that Ruta Bagas, or Swedish Turnips, more and more success.” are ariong the most valuable root crops? :
A BLIND MAN CAN SEE THE PROFIT
No srop is more valuable for stock feeding or finds a quicker sale in ] our markets. If you want to bring quick money returns, GROW BUCK- BEE’S PRIZE WINNING RUTA BAGAS. Don’t wait until the last minute before ordering your seed supply.
BUCKBEE’S GIANT
Prize winner everywhere. This magnificent Ruta Baga, which I first offered in 1890, is unquesticnably the 10st promtaple of all Swede turnips, as well as the hardiest, heaviest, best shaped and by far the most productive, 2 yield of 1,000 bushels per acre and over, under careful cultivation, being of frequent occurrence. Bulbs are somewhat oval in shape, slightly oblong and remain sound and good in- definitely. Flesh is of a beautiful yellow color, always sweet, tender, juicy and nutritious. The finest of all Swedes, and a variety that should be sown in preference to all others. Mr. H R. Kimball writes: ‘“‘Have used Buckbee’s Giant Ruta Bagas for a number of years. Find them the best Ihave tried. In shape, size and uniformity of growth away ahead of anything else.” Pkt. 5c.; 0Z. 8c.: 2 oz. 12c.; 4 1b. 20c.; 4 1b. 35c.; lb. 60c.
ITEW MONARCH, or ELEPHANT
It is very popular in England, and is certamly a grand variety; claimed to yield
larger roots and more to an acre than any othersort. Produces large, oval-shaped
—S=s . roots, with small necks, relatively small tops; skin dark purple above ground, ————— A yellow below. Flesh rich yellow, fine grained; of the best quality. Iseasyto hae SSS ==. (SSE OA aS—— =
vest. Can be srown at less cost than others. PEt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 9¢.; 1 Ib. 12c.; 4 Ib. 20c.2 Ib. 35c.
IMPROVED PURPLE TOP YELLOW This magnificent Swede is the result of judicious selection; very hardy, pros ductive and nutritious. A large, purple top, yellow variety. Shape slightly oblong. Produces heavy weight per acre. Sweet and good keeper. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.5 2 oz. 9¢.; 4 Ib. 12c.; 4 Ih, 20c.; Ib. 35c.
BUCKBEE’S MAMMOTH WHITE RUSSIAN One of the grandest sorts. Grows very large with single tap root, small top, short neck. Strong constitution; certain cropper. Will-stand hardest winters, Produces a very heavy weight peracre. Keeps sound till late Spring. The best Ruta Baga in cultivation. PEt. 4c¢,;0Z. 7c.; 2 oz. 12c.; { 1b. 18c.; + 1b. 30c.; 1b.50c.
Wm. H. Schriver, Onset, Pa., sends a string 21 inches long, which is he length of a Ruta Baga he raised from Buckhbee’s Giant Seed, and says: We raised a fine lot of them on POOR SOIL.”
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. “Tron ae” Combined Double- Wheel Hoe and Drill Seeder No: 8. “Iron Age” Hill and Drill Seede No. 9. “Iron Age” Single-Wheel Hoe, complete A No, 12. “Tron Age” Wheel Plow and Cultivator... soe eey No. 15. Combined Single-Wheel Hoe, Hill apd Drill Seeder. 11,00 No. 18. Combined Single-Wheel Hoe, Hilland Drill Seeder Wsceder On] y2) isk. dacs cence seslpesiectees a No. 19. “Iron Age” Wheel Plow and Oultivator. . “Iron Age’? Single-Wheel Hoe, complete.... No. 22 “Iron Age” Combined Fertilizer Distributor, Hill PNAS U MED IS COG Creme eo Aanie ne aos iiciaiee cic hase cee he st ees 18 00
No. 23. “Iron Age” Fertilizer Distributor as a side Dresser. .$13,00 No. 25. “‘Iron Age” Fertilizer Attachment (may
be applied to tools No. 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 18)......... 4.50 New Model Seed Drill (one of the best). ..............00- eee 8.00 Gem Double-Wheel Hoe, complete..........ccceeee eect eect eee ue
Gem Single-W heel Hoe, complete.... Gem Single- Wheel Hoe plain( with five Also a Select Line of , iron Age’”’ Horse Hoe Cultivators and Harrows, Iron Age’’ Riding Cultivators, Iron Age” Four Row Sprayer (orchard attachment. ) Iron Age” (Improved Robbins) Potato Planters.
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“PLANET JR.” IMPLEMENTS---STANDARD HIGH GRADE
This tool (Planet Jr., No 4) has been greatly improved and brought to a point of such wide usefulness that I can scarcely recommend it too highly. It combines ina single conyenient implement, a capital hill- dropping seeder, a continuous row seeder,an admirable single wheel hoe, acultiyator, andaplow. Its work asa seederis marvelous. It sows in continuous rows with great uniformity,and also drops accurately in hills 4, 6, 8, 12, or 24inchesapart: Feedis stopped automatically, simply by raising the handles, and started by lowering them. Oarries anindexed hopper in plain view. The cut-off is operated instantly by the foot. The hill dropper is exact. Handles adjustable. Runs only half as hard as others. Easily changed toa cultivator. Perfectin every way.
Planet Jr. No. 4 Combined Hill and Drill Seeder and Single Wheel Hoe
No. 5: Hilland Drill’Seeder.......cilins.<veseciece only $12.50 No. 3. Hilland Drill Seeder .............-..00000e= only 10.50 No. 4. Hilland Drill Seeder, with 8ingle-Wheel Hoe 11,00 No. 4. Hilland Drill Seeder plain (as drillonly) only 9.00
No. 25. Hill and Drill Seeder, complete........... only 13,50 No. 2. Drill Seeder..... Fa ales ane (Tes asia cure ered only 7.25 No. 1. Combined Drill Seeder and Wheel Hoe (no
PAKS) eae eer es ce, herrecerces quakes Fe © sere mies 9.50 No. 11.-Double-Wheel Hoe....... Wataiehae Meat ele ae oes only ‘9,00 No. 12. Double-Wheel Hoe..............020- 02 eee eee only 6.85 INOF13. DOUDIORW-DECLLH OO ss sccainicias ctlere orci icierisiets » only 4,50 No. 16. Single-Wheel Hoe................-.esseeeeee only 5 50 No. 17. Single-Wheel Hoe.............0-00.200-00 05 only 4.75 No. 17%. Single-Wheel Hoe, with Hoes, Cultivator
Teeth, and Leaf Lifter....:.............. only °4,25
No. 18. Single-Wheel Hoe...............002:2s eee es HiT eifl ys PlOW A esos oe eae otek clare Dele Mateos olarar atc GRASSES ELE 2s ccs cs deve ee MOD eo Pathe ae aE clove tie slels cle
If you will mail me at once an Exact
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List of your requirements for Seeds, Seed Drills Cultivators, One and Two Horse Cu.tivators, Etc., I shall be
Reliable Competition
If any other Re- liable Firm quotes lower prices, write
pleased tc make special prices. aoe
I CAN SAVE EVERY SEED AND TOOL BUYER MONEY AND PLENTY OF IT
66 HW.
BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
THE WONDERFUL MATTHEWS CONSTELLATION
COMBINED ONE OR TWO WHEEL SEEDER, CULTIVATOR, HOE, RAKE, PLOW, MARKER
—FURROWING AND MARKING THIS MACHINE, TWELVE IN IN ONE—ALL COMPLETE, ONLY $8.00
The Matthews Constellation Combined Machine is manufactured especially for our criticaltrade. We know that it is a desirable machine’ because several of them are in constant use on our Rockford Seed Farms. The price, too, is very reasonable— ONLY $8.00, shipped by freight or express at buyer’s expense. |
Sure to Please rape are also headquarters for the following well-known and reliable Can’t Be Beat
tthews and New Universal Garden Tools of the latest improved patterns.
Matthews New Universal Garden Drill.......---.-.0....s+ee-+-- $6.25 Matthews New Universal Hill and Driil Seeder.. eees®... 7.00 Matthews New Universal] Gem Secd Drill only....-....--......-5- 5.00 Matthews New Universal Gem Gardening Set..........-.-..... 7.25
New Universal Double Wheel Hoe, Cultivator, Plowand Rake z 00 New Universal Double Wheel Hoe (with Hoe Blades only).... 3.50 New Universal Single Wheel Hoe, Cultivator, Plow and ake 4.50 New Universal No.2 Singie Wheel Hoe, Cultivator and EO 4.00
New Universal Stee] Frame Hil, and Drill Seeder............ Secon $ 8.75 New Uniyersal Steel Frame Two-Row Hill and Drill Seeder- - 18,00 New ok xpansion Double Wheel Hoe, Cultivator, Plow and New Universal Expansion Double Wheel Hoe (with Hoe Blades only) ....- este ok. $4.50 New Universal High Arch Expansion Whee} Hoe, Cultivator. Plow and Rake
New Universal Single Wheel Hoe (with Hoe Blades only).... 2. i New Universal High Arch Expansion Wheel
New Universal Hand Wheel Plow.....-.--. Sead Oneo. Soot CasdO 2DG05 1.6. Hoe (with Hoe Blades only)....see0e-.0-- 5.2
New Universal Hand Draw PIOW....... ..-. e-+-++ cecncs ceeceeees ae Matthews Hand Cultivator and Wheel Hee. §.75 RELIABLE New Universal Steel Frame Garden Plow and Attachments.. 2.50 Matthews Hand Cultivator only (5 teeth)... 4.75 \j
New Universal Steel Frame Garden DTill.....---.eeceeeeeee eee 00 Matthews Hand Whee1 Hoe only (2 teeth)... 4.50 (QMPETITION
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Sows all .kinds of garden seeds in an exact linc, sc that the cultiva- tor can be worked close : tho row white the plants ore small, and therezore 9 especially adapted to sowing Onion Seed, Two pate nt agi- tators go with each ma- chine, which are casily adjusted and act as foree feeds, thus insuring an eyen_and continuous flow. Xt has inter- changeabic Loppers; can be converted from a seed to a fertiliizer drill. Shipped at Buyer's expense,
only $6.50, With disc cover, $7.00. With fertilizer attachment, $9.00.
THE BEST CHEAE MACHINE
My price only :
$6.50
Buckbee’ Ss New y Deere Seed Drill 4
The Bargain of the Year MY PRICE ONLY
$5.25
The Best Machine on the Market for the Money.
Just think of it—a first-class Seed Drill for only $4 50. Shipped by express orfreight at buyer’s expense. (Special catalogue de- scribing and illustrating this splendid machine mailed free upon application.)
WRITE TODAY for free, illustrateé and descriptive Catalogue oi MATTHEWS and NEW UNIVERSAL GARDEN TOOLS and several other valuable and useful tools AT LOWEST PRICES EVER KNOWN.
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you can buy from any
If cheaper other firm write me.
THE BEST CULTIVATOR.
Buckbee’s New
McGee Cultivator MY PRICE
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HMENTS pie rt act FURNISH mut IWATOR WARRANTED TO PLEASE. The Great Feature wherein it excels all others is in the fact that it straddles the row and tbat the handles can be moved independent of each other. Eachhandle has one of the knives attached to it, and is held steady by a steel spring, SO that the blades can be muyed up to or away from the plants, as de- sired. While operating, simply move your hands in or ont. and the blades will close so as to cut out all the weeds. or open so asto pass by. (Special catalogue illustrating and describing this splen- did machine mailed free upon application.) My price, with all at- tachments shown in illustration, shipped at buyer’s expens:, only $4.00, NOTICE! All prices on drills and cultivators are for machines shipped by express or freight at Buyer’s expense, unless otherwise upon. Letme have your order early. and thus take advantage of low
shi ping rates to all points, Please understand that all machines that I offer are the very latest 1908 patterns. Ss
WHEN YOU ARE QUOTED PRICES LOWER THAN BUCKBEE’S LOOK OUT FOR POOR QUALITY
H. W. BUOKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. , 67
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" it, Five Machi in one. Shipped 1 You can’t Beat it ive Machines 5.35
Here’s a Sample Bargain for only $5.3 by Freight or Express at Buyer's Expense for only
SEE! Complete List of all Other Desirablo Horse Cultivators, Plows, Potato Planters, Ztc,, Mailed Free Upon Application,
-BUCKBEES NORTHERN
7) GROwN @w PEAS-|
ENRICH LAND UNTIL IT BECOMES: A VERITABLE*GOLD MINE.
The Cow Pea was until*very recently supposed to be suited only toSouthern conditions. Now it has been demonstrated that where suitable vari- eties are sown the crop can be grown with entire success in the North. The Cow Pea has proved to be one of the greatest fertilizers of the age, and [ doubt not that when I make the statement that it is richer in fertilizing matter, more lasting, more beneficial, a» greater soil improver and better soil enricher than the fertilizer drawn out from the barnyard, many of my farmer friends
_will feel like challenging this statement, but nevertheless it is a fact. It will take longer to en- rich a thoroughiy worn-out piece of land by fers tilizer from the bardyard than by sowing plenty of Cow Peas an@ plowing them under. You can get two very creditable crops of Cow Peas on the same piece of land in one season by sowing them quite early in the Spring after frosts are over, broadcast, at the rate of one bushel peracre,orin drills twelve inches apart and when they have
attained the height of thirty inches plow them under and sow a second crop. It makes a magnificent fodder for cattle.
The ripe peas contain no less than eighteen and one-half per cent. of digestible protein. The seed, or grain, is ground and used for cattle fodder; the leaves and stalks also make excellent fodder fed green. Poor sandy land may be greatly improved by plowing under a crop of Cow Peas; and thus made into a fertile loam. Plant in a thoroughly pulverized soil...If wanted to plow under for manure, sow one to two bushels per acre with a grain drill in drills a foot apart, If grown for seed, plant three and one-half feet apart and one foot in the row, and cultivate throughly, using half a bushel of seed peracre. When pastured by swine the crop should be allowed to get nearly ripe; when plowed under as a fer-
‘tilizer the plowing should be done when the plants are in full bloom. The yield of peasin adry state is from forty to sixty bushel peracre. I offer these excellent varieties: {
NEW ERA—Choicest Northern-grown. A particular good variety for Northern sections. Price, postpaid, % lb. 1c.3 lb, 25c. By express or freight at buyer’s expense, % bu. 60c.; Anbu. $1.00; % bu $1.80; bu, $3.50, |
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IMPROVED WHIPPOORWILL—Northern grown and acclimated. UCKBEE’S EXTRA EARLY PROLIFIC—Choicest Northern One of the best and most popular sorts for all climates. Price, poste grown. Well suited to any soil, Very early and a wonderful paid, 1b, 12¢,; 1b, 20c. By express or freight at buyer’s expense, % bu. yielder. Price, postpaid, ¥% lb. 15c.; Ib. 25c.; By express or freight at 40c.; 34 bu. 75c.; 4 bu. $1.40; bu. $2.75
buyer’s expense, 4 bu. 45c};, 14 bu. 85c.;.% bu, $1.60; pu, $8.00,
AUSTRALIAN SALT BUSH
A Forage Plant for Alkali Soils and Regions Subject to Periodic Drought
This is a most wonderful forage plant, as it will grow freely in arid and alkali lands that will produce no other vegetation, yielding a marvelously. livers foliage which is eagerly eaten by all kinds of stock. It is of creeping habit. From tweaty to thirty tons of green fodder have been har-= vested from one acre. It has further been proven that after three or four crops have been grown on alkalJiland the soil is then capable of producing any other vegetation. In many sections of the States this is in itself of priceless value. This plant has been very extensively tried where single plants grow on the poorest alkali ground have reached a diameter of sixteen feet in one season. One pound of seed will seed anacre. Itgrows readily from seed, and requires no culti- vation. Price, postpaid, pkt. 5c.3 oz. 15c,; 14 Ib, 350.3 Ib, $1.35,
LeAnn Se AO La BASE AOUR OMIT A TS VS SAR en Soap persis oy THERE IS SOMETHING OF INTEREST ON EVERY PAGE OF THIS SEED AND PLANT GUIDE.
68 HZ. W. BUCKBEE, EBOCEFPORD, ILLINOIS.
UAKER OAT >
REPUTATION IS WORLD-WIDE
EARLY, AND THE HARDIEST, HEALTHIEST OAT EVER GROWN
CARDINAL POINTS OF THE FAMOUS QUAKER OATS
ONE—YIELD—A great natural yielder. Thousands of our customers report yields of 100 bushels per acre. When anyone beats that, on a farm, ask for the proof.
TWO—DROUGHT-PROOF—Matures so early that the crop can be gathered before the dry summer weather sets in—seemingly withstands all elements of weather.
« THREE—QUALITY—No variety can excel it in superior quality; it makes better oatmeal than any other sort—all millers prefer it to any other varietv.
FOUR—COLOR—The color is extremely beautiful at all times, which aids to sell it readily at an advance price in every market. The Famous Quaker Oats grade No. 1 every time.
FIVE—STRENGTH—This, as every Oat grower appreciates, is one of the essential points in a good Oat. Quaker Oats never lodge and will withstand stronger winds and storms than any other variety.
SIX TH—COST—Every Oat grower knows what it costs to save a bushel of Stock Seed Oats and we are asked thousands of times each season why we can seil Buckbee’s Seed Oats so cheap. It is only by groving them our- selves in such large quantities that we are able to sell them to our customers, who opreciate good seeds, so cheaply. The mere cost of seed to plant an acre is not a drop in the bucket to what you make on your crop.
SEVENTH—PROFIT—Just think a minute what profit you will realize by
having an Oat with somany good points—the quantity you can sell your neighbors for seed next year—and remember if you market your crop you are sure of No. 1 who place their reliance on Buckbee’s
grade price. EIGHTH TO ONE HUNDREDTH—We could enumerate fully this number World-Beating Stock Seed are known among their neighbors as men who
of additional Cardinal Pomts wherein the Quaker Oats excel others, but Buckbee’s customers know from experience when a seed of any description is offered by Buckbee that if can be banked upon as right up to what it is represented to be.
wear the famous Quaker Oats Smile ‘THE SMILE THAT WON’T COME OFF.”
Quaker Oats never weigh less than 40 pounds per struek bushel measure, and nine times out of ten, from 44 to 49 pounds per bushel.
BIRST AND SUAS T Ar ccacrmccse cena
ENCE. Straw is strong, stiff and free fromrust. The grain is the heaviest
IMPORTANT.
Prices on all Farm Seeds are subject to change vithout notice.
But Remember—lIf prices ARE LOWER the day your order is received, more seed will be-added; if HIGHER, the amount will be decreased.
Safest Way—Send me list of your wants, with exact quantities, and, by return mail, I will quote you Low- est Market Prices.
known; bright as a new silver dollar. Wonderful yielder, producing from 100 bushels or more per acre under average conditions. For absolute satis- faction, plant only ‘‘Quaker Oats.’”” Send to Buckbee for choicest Stock
PRICE TO ONE AND ALL AS LONG AS MY STOCK SEED LASTS: Postpaid, } Ib. 20c.;1b. 35e. By freight or express at buyer’s expense, { bu. 30c.; i bu. 50c.; } bu. 80c.; bu. $1.50; 2 bu. $2.90; 5 bu. or more at $1.35 per bu. :
MAKE SUCCESS SURER THI7 YEAR BY PLANTING BUCKBEE’S “FULL OF LIFE SEEDS”
EH. W. BUCEBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
69
Buckbee’s
ILLINOIS
EARLY BLACK PROLIFIC Heaviest Cropping Variety of Black Oats
Tests made by many progressive farmers convince them that these Black Oats are more reliable croppers than white Oats. At all events they will stand a lot of hardship and exposure, yet, still make a good crop. They are very early. The grain is short and plump, and of the very best quality. Another characteristic that will! recommend it is that, as far as my observations and investigations go, Early Black Pro- lific Oats are rust proof. Many growers say they are practically drouth proof, The straw is stiff, the heads are long, and the grain yield is heavy, running from 35 to 45 pounds per measured bushel.
Prices, postpaid, 3 Ib. 18c.; lb. 30c. By express or freight at buyer’s expense, 4 bu. 26c.; } bu. 40c.; 4 bu. 70c.; bu. $1.25; 2 bu. $2.40; 6 bu. or more at $1.10 per bu.
BUCKBEE’S RED SAMSON Rust-Proof.
5 Very popular throughout the South, particularly on the light sandy soils of the coast region, Also greatly preferred for low grounds or other locations where other varieties of Oats are inclined to rust, Favorable sowing time in the Southern section is from September on through March, though the bulk of the sowing is done from October to February. Buck- bee’s Red Samson makes a large yield of fine, heavy grain, and is beyond question at the top notch in its class.
Prices, postpaid, 4 lb. 18c.; lb. 30c. By express or freight
at buyer’s expense, 4 bu. 25c.; } bu. 40c.; 4 bu. 70c.; bu. $1.25; 2 bu. $2.40; 5 bu. or more at $1.10 per bu.
Strong Strawed. Heavy Yielding
OTHER VARIETIES OF
If any of my customers should be interested I will be glad to submit samples of the following, and quote lowest market | prices on large quantities if actual requirements are stated.
Bu. 2 Bu. 4Bu. orMore WHITE SWEDE $1.70 $0.80 per bu. SILVER MINE 90 1.70 -80 per bu. NEW ZEALAND 1.770 MICHIGAN WONDER......... WELOCOME.... BIG FOUR IRISH VICTOR WHITE SCHONEN
.80 per bu. 80 per bu. .80 per ba. -80 per bu. .80 per bu. .80 per bu.
Mr. L. Taylor, Seattle, Washington, sends this greet- ing: “I appreciate the generous treatment I have re- cerved from you 1n the past. When I want anything in your line I will surely not jorget H. W: Buckbee.”’
I get thousands of letters every year just as } cordial as that sent by Mr. Taylor. They are the unsolicited evidence of my customers that I try to § do the right thing.
IMP. WHITE RUSSIAN .. WHITE SUPERIOR SCOTOE... GREAT NORTHERN
WHITE BELGIAN
SUNOL. )
WHITE BONANZA
BADGER QUEEN. ;
The Astonishing Agricultural Intro- duction of this Generation. Opened a -New Era of Profitable Oat Growing Throughout the Entire Country. In- trodu.ed and Became Famous Solely on Merit.
Thls great Oat is the result of successful selection and hybridizing. Bred for sowing on the rich soils 0° the Prairie States, So that there would be. strong straw to carry the heavy grain. Everyone knows how much that means, Its great points:
Type Well Fixed.
Grain Large and Weighty.
Straw Very Heavy and of Good Length.
Extremely Early.
Panicles Large and Open.
The noted agriculturist, J. H. Beagley, of Champaign County, Ill., an undisputed au- thority, says: “Your new Oat, ‘Illinois,’ yielded more the past season than the Lincoln and other well-known, varieties.’’ It is an ideal sort for any soil; will positively not lodge, nor rust, and nothing short of a cyclone will get it down. My trials show yields of over 100 bushels to the acre, with not a single favor- }) able season. My seed stock weighs over 40 f lbs, per struck bushel.
Prices, postpaid, 3 lb. 18c.; 1b. 30c. By express or freight at buyer’s expense, 24 bu. 25¢e.; } bu. 40c.;4 bu. 70c.; nu. $1.25; 2 bu. $2.40; 5 bu. or more at $1.10 per bu.
REMEMBER THAT I CONTROL THE ENTIRE STOCK OF ILLINOIS OAT SEED
THE LINCOLN
Stands Well. Rust-Proof. Heavy Yielder Reports from practical farmers show that the yield of the Lincoln is quite heavy, running to 100 bushels or over. Many growers favor it because its heavy grain and thin hull render it almost unsurpassed for feeding purposes and for the manufacture of oatmeal. It stands up ex- |; peptionally well, is rust-proof, and has given practically perfect. satis-:}/ action. a Prices, postpaid, 1% lb. 15c.; 1b, 25c.; By Express or freight at’ buyer’s) }) expense, % bu- 20c.; 34 bu. 35c.; 12 bu. 65c.; bu. $1.10; 5 bu, or more at $1.00) }) per bushel,
‘ EARLY CHAMPION
e. Matures Ahead of Many Others This most excellent variety has comparatively short straw, anu [i matures a week or ten days earlier than other kinds, thus largely escap- }. ing the liability to rust. As a nurse crop to sow with grass seed it has: }}; ap immense value, as it does not stove as freely as some other sorts. Prices, postpaid, 4 ib. 15c.; lb. 25c. By express or freight at buyer's: expense, '4 bu. 20c.; % bu. 35c.; 1% bu. 65c.; bu. $1.10; 5 bu. or more at $1.00:
per bushel, WINTER TURF OATS
; Great Variety for the Sunny South : This valuable variety has grown to a point of great ora i }? all sections of the southern portion of the United States, and has a high value there for grain and for winter grazing. Some planters have done well with Winter Turf Oats for Spring planting. In the South the sow- ing time may be anywhere from August until October. i Prices, postpaid, 3 lb. 18c.; lb. 30c. By express or freight at buyer’s expense, 4 bu. 25c.; } bu. 40c.; 4 bu. 70c.; bu. $1.25; } 2 bu. $2.40; 5 bu. or more at $1.10 per bu.
OATS AT LOW PRICES
2 Bu. $170 1.70 1.70 1.70 1.70
4 Bu. or More $0.80 per bu. -80 per bu. .80 per bu. .80 per bu. -80 per bu. 1.70 .80 per bu. poor) 1.70 .80 per bu.
See Notice below relating to Market Changes.
IMPORTANT
Prices on all Farm Seeds are subject to change without notice.
But, if prices are lower the day your order is received, more seed will be-added; if higher, the amount will be decreased.
Safest Way—lIf you require a considerable quantity, write me varieties and quantity of each and by return mail I will send you lowcst market quotations.
MORE THAN 100,000 GROWERS USE BUCKBEE’S EVER-RELIABLE OATS FOR SEEDING
70 H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
| er” SOME PLAIN STATEMENTS AS TO HOW : AND WHY THE VARIETIES IN THIS GUIDE ARE THE VERY BEST GROWN I haye made a specialty for years of raising, carefully harvesting, hand sorting. fire drying. curing and pre f lanti | get tee BUCKBEE’S PEDI' I1GREE SEED CORN. I wish to particularly emphasize the fact AS is : Te Eee ns puacticel ining the HIGHEST DEGREE OF PERFECTION. Do not be misled by buying cheap, inferior stock, but *SEND DIRECT TO THE
GROWER, thereby making sure of yourcrop. I cannot urge you too strongly to order at once and haye your order shipped by freight, thereby saving excessive charges. ’
UPON HONOR TO THE PLANTERS OF CORN EVERYWHERE SELECTING SEED CORN AT ROCKFORD SEED FARMS
If every one of my customers came here to select the ears of corn from which they wanted their Seed Corn, they could not erer- cise more care thanI do. I cannot afford to seng@them something they would not pick out to fill their wants. And that is about aes thereistoit. Years of experience in selecting and storing Seed Corn enable me to know what to sell to the planter and what to ject. My business success depends entirely upon doing unto the seed buyer as I would want the seed buyer to do unto me. in the Seed Corn department, as in every other department of the Buckbee business. the only plan of action is “The Square Deal.” I en- deavor to make prices right. I know the Seed Corn is right. I know that it will please every buyer. And ifany Duyer does not like Be “es us any con Corn that I may send him, heis at liberty to return it in 10 days and get his money back, That's as square a
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MY TRIAL GROUND YIELDS ON FIELD CORN “The Illinois Idea” The following table sh th ults of ful tests of the listed i ties of Field Corn on this and the following pages of this Guide. TI used good of Shipping Seed Corn.
land, well prepared, and the corn was given good attention. Bu.Per Ears Ay. Wt. Season
VARIETY Acre toRod of Ears in Yield. ofRow.Ounces. Days.
Buckbee’s Early Norther (Flint)............. 81.7 22.2 9.3 79 New White Cap Yellow Dent................. 65.4 12.5 93 90 Towa. Silver Mine.» a. .: 22.002. c0b- ooee bese eeee Nil 16.0 12.0 105 Buckbee'’s Improved Pride of ee North.... 87.2 25.1 6.0 89 BucKbee’s Prosperity..............--.--- “1170 17.3 11.9 91 Iowa Gold Mine....-..:...... --- 86.3 13.0 10.1 98 Boone County Special......... 101.4 13.7 12.3 105 Thoroughbred Leaming.... 100.5 13.7 118 100 Backbee’s Great Western Yellow Dent ..-..1076 141 12.9 99 Clark’s New Early Mastodon.....-.......---- 93.5 13.2 9.8 102 Buckbee’s Great Liberty...-.-..........----».1054 16.6 10.9 95 Riley36 Zh avVOrite.c ane: sackeccscre tesa ance a aces 86.0 13.2 10.5 100
BI COs eA SUIS een abner arene. 94,7 13.7 11,2 101 Buckbee’s Early Illinois..........-.... 1160 17.2 11.1 93 Champion White Pearl..........-.---..-.+.--. 973 14.2 1L.7 105 Buckbee’s New Early Klondike.............. 100.3 19.4 8.8 99 Buckbee’ . Gres Western uate Dent. .-.106.0 13.0 12.3 89 King Phil Z -- 59.4 18.1 5.6 80 : ——- 8 early. Gola Mine. ates BH fe an s
IIVEGRIKGN See pieces eek ee .- 105. i ks North’ Dekoke Waits Piiae:. es ie 19 0 68 8 BUCKBEE WAS THE FIRST Nor akota ite AVGU> de ave. 3... -- Boe . 17.4 4) Te Gongrello wD Deer pescle ccm agi eels a= «in 73.2 20.0 61 81 TO SHIP SHED CORN THIS Way.
The Best Main Crop Varieties
—ARE—
Buckbed s Early llinois—»»—Buckbee’s Prosperity
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: The Best White Dent. The Best Yellow Dent.
| SEE THEIR WONDERFUL RECORD ABOVE.
I do not attempt this year to give an illustration of either of these WORLD BEATERS; as no artist could do justice to either of them.
E Of beautiful clear color, ears large and long; well filled out over the tip and-butt with a small cobjalways insuring a heavy crop.
THE GREATEST YIELDING AND FEEDING VARIETIBS OF HUNDRED-DAY DENT CORN IN THE WORLD.
These two varieties, which my own tests and the plain, every-day, farm-cropping tests of my customers, convince me are just what I claim them to be-THE GREATEST YIELDING AND FEEDING VARIETIES OF HUNDRED-DAY DENT CORN IN THE WORLD. Originated on Rockford Seed Farms, and can be secured of no other seedsman, Early Illinois and Prosperity always Grade No. 1, which means that they always com- mand the highest price on the market, a point no corn grower can afford to overlook. . Manufacturers of Corn Products will pay more money for them than for any other corn.
Sold on the ear only. Not less than one bushel of each variety will be sold.
Extra Selected Ears. Price, 1 bushel, $3.00; 2 bushels, $5.75; 5 bushels, $13.75. Lots of 10 bushels or more, $2.50 per bushel.
Fancy Shelled Stock. Postpaid 1¢ Ib. 15c; 1b. 25¢. By Express or Freight at Buyer’s Expense, 1 bu. 35c.; 34 bu. 60c.; 2g bu. $1.10; bu. $2.00; 2 bu. $3.90; 10 bu. lots $1.90
DON’T FAIL TO READ PAGES 86 AND 87—THEY WILL SURELY INTEREST YOU
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H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
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PEDIGREE SEED CORN—WHAT ABOUT IT? These are some of the things that no one can pos- sine ROA Aly Qiaeht . aay sibly get away from regarding Buckbee’s Pedigree Rie WK XS i" ii al i iV Wai RAN Pals AWS “ahh
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4. High Oil corn finishes beef and pork more } —=A\ Wiki \ i\ SS y the percent. of barren stalks is reduced to the min- | A a V imum, while the per ceut. of good ears is raised to |_¢ Ni \ WON the maxim i A ON ,
5, QOilis the most valuable by-product of the glu- cose factories. They will pay you a premium on high oil corn.
6. High Protein makes corn a balanced ration for growing cattle. Ordinary corn contains 10 per cent. protein; increase 12.80 per cent.
7. Acorn highin both oil.and protein is the ideal feeding corn. Ordinary corn contains 4.25 per cent, of oil; increase 5.60 per cent.
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THE BEST YELLOW DENT CORN FOR NORTHERN LATITUDES
A magnificent variety of 90-day Corn. The result-of many years’ careful hybridization, It has given splendid results, particularly throughout: the northern Corn belts, since its introduction. If you want a Corn that matures quickly, this is the Corn to buy. It is good to harvest early in the fall, to enable you to seed the ground with other grain. ;
WORLD-BEATING IN ITS CLASS
You. can earn your money very quickly by planting this great variety, and yes may de- pend upon it to grow more bushels on poor land than any other early variety own. On ordinarily fair ground it will yield from 90 to 110 bushels per acre. It produces a small cob,
which dries quickly and leaves the corn soun’! and sweet. ‘The ears are of excellent size, and an abundance of the finest quality of fodder is assured. It stands drought better than any other va- riety; husks and shells easily. Earliest Corn to market, and will prove a veritable money producer
PRICES: As long as my Beal pice Stock Seed lasts, I am pleased to offer BUCKBEE’S NEW EARLY KLONDIKE (on the ear) carefully selected Seed as follows: By express or freight at buyer’s expense, 1 bu. $3.00; 2 bu. $5.75; 5 to 10 bushel lots or more, at $2.50 per bushel.
Should any desire (shelled) Stock Seed, I will be pleased to furnish as follows as long as my stock lasts: Postpaid, % lb. 15c.; lb. 25c.; By Express or Freight at buyer’s expense, 44 bu. 35c.; 14 bu. 6Oc.; 1 bu. $1.10; bu. $2.00; 2 bu. $3.90; 10 bu. lots or more, at $1.90 per bu.
NOBODY CAN FURNISH BETTER PEDIGREE SEED CORN THAN BUCKBEE’S WORLD-BEATING SORTS
72 H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
TWO GREAT MONEY-MAKERS
In offering the following two varieties of Field Corn I desire to say that they are the true Buckbee Brand and can be relied on.
CAREFULLY HARVESTED, HAND-SORTED, FIRE-DRIED, PEDI- » GREE STOCK SEED. SOLD ON THE EAR OR SHELLED
As long as my stock seed lasts I am pleased to offer the two varieties of GREAT WESTERN DENT CORN listed below at the following low prices: (SHELLED) Postpaid, »: lb. 15c.; lb. 25c. By express or freight at buyer’s expense, * ba. yrs pe. BEE, % bu. 90Oc., bu. $1.75, 2 bu. $3.40, 10 bu. lots or more at
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Should any desire either of these two great sorts ON THE EAR, we can sup- ply a limited amount of carefully selected ears as follows. B freight or express at bayer expense, 1 bu. $2.75, 2 bu. $5.40, 5 to 10 bu. lots or more at $2.65 per bu.
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Stalks grow to a height of seven or eight feet, and set the ears about three and one-half to four feet from the ground—just the right height for easy pick- ing. A wonderful peculiarity of this Corn is that it never produces a barren stalk—every one has an ear, and cenerally two, sometimes.three. The type is very even, ears measuring ten to twelve inches in length, often weighing one and one-half pounas or more. Very uniform in size and shape, with six- teen to eighteen rows of deep, pure golden yellow kernels set on small-sized ecb, which is well filled out over the tip and butt. The grains are of good size. long, flat, and closely set together, deeply dented. and solidly fill the entire surface of the ear. We call this a one-hundred-day Corn, but
IT OFTEN RIPENS IN NINETY-FIVE DAYS
of average Corn weather. In its yield it will surpass F
all Bthes yellow varieties—seventy pounds in the ear Hon. A. J. Lovejoy, will make more than sixty pounds of shelled Corn Roscoe, Ii. Buckbee’s Great Western Yellow Dent is ex- The eminent Berkshire tremely hardy and a determined drought re- | Hog Breeder. writes: “J sister. It is adapted to a wider range of soil and am greatly pleased with variety of climate than any yellow Corn ever offered. | the results that I have ob- No yellow Corn outshells or outyields it. After the tained by planting Buck- Corn is husked the stalks generally remain in fine’ | bee’s Great Western Yellow growing condition and make an exceptionally valu- | Dent Corn jor the past able forage crop. number of years.”
BUCKBEE’S GREAT WESTERN WHITE DENT
A most marvelous variety of White Corn which will, in yield and quality, surprise everyone who plants it. Thousands of Iny customers from every part of the country are more than pleased with the wonderful results obtained by planting this grand, good, reliable White Dent Corn. It is, indeed, a fitting companion to | Buckbee’s Great Yellow Dent, the oné being all that a White Dent ought to be, the other a Yellow Dent of surpassing merit. The stalks generally bear two good ears each, and frequently three are found. It yields splendid crops even on light soil. All ears are uniform and well filled out, and will easily make sixty pounds of shelled Corn to the bushel. So general has the demand for this great Corn become that I have found it impossible to supply all calls for it the past two years. My crop the past season was a splendid” one; but, while we expect to fill all or- ders, I cannot too strengly urge you to place your or- ders early,
Cc. L. WHITACRE, Buckley, Dl: «3-5, will remember, that last spring I sent you a large Club Order for Buckbee’s Pedigree Seed Corn. We are all more than pleased with the results obtained by planting Buckbee’s Seed Corn.”
You are at liberty to write any one whose testimonial appears in this book, enclosing stamp for reply.
iT WILL BE A FAVOR TO YOUR NEIGHBORS TO TELL THEM ABOUT BUCKBEE’S SEEDS
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@pens a New <Zra of Profitable Corn Growing Throughout the Country. More Good Points Combined in this Corn than any other in Cultivation.
“The Best Corn of the Century.” So says Mr.C.S. Clark, of
A Veritable Gold Mine for Every Farm.
Buckbee’s Great Liberty Corn has never been known fo fail in making a good crep. It's of a most remarkable type and color, being very p tre in growth and habit, yet of many beautiful colors (red, am- ber, golden yellow and golden cast, also dark red, all on one cob), Saal it the most beautiful Corn in the crib, on ear, or in the bag shelled.
This new corn combines more solid merit than anycorn in cul- tivation—more fine and lasting points, Its great merit lies in the fact that it isa natural yielder. Expert Corn growers pronounce it a Perfect Field Corn as to yield, size of the ears, color, size of cobs, leneth of grain, size of grain, size of fodder, size of growth of fodder, and the extra fine quality of the fodder.
Corn growers everywhere cannot help but be pleased with Buckbee’s Great Liberty Field Corn, because—
ist—It is a great natural yielder and grows like a weed. 2d—It is the longest-grain early Corn in cultivation, maturing generally in ninety days.
Price to_one and all, as long as my choice stock seed lasts (should my supply become exhausted I will return your money promptly): EXTRA SELECTED EARS, in Boxes of One Bushel each; 1 bu. $3.00; 2 bu. $5.75; 5 to 10 bu. lots or more at $2.50 per bu.
SHELLED CORN: Postpaid, '% Ib. 15c.; lb. 25c. bu. $2.00; 2 bu. $3.90; 10 bu. or more, $1.90 per bu.
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3d—The fodder grows strong, rank and quick, seven to twelve feet high, and stands storms to a remarkable dcgree. 4th—The ears set in fine form,3% to 4 feet from the ground. 5th—Our fields are yielding 100 bushels and over of shelled corn per acre under average cultivation. | é 6th—It will outyield field corn of any kind, either Dent or Flint, onany kindof land. _ 7th—The ears are large (eight to 12 inches long), cobs small and well filled (16 to 24 rowed). . i 8th -It has small cob, making it a wonderful yielder. 8th—It will outshell and outyield the leading 110 day and later varieties, 10th -It is the best corn to fatten stock on in cultivation. 1lth—It stands the drouth better than any other corn. 12th—It husks and shells easily. ; 13th -This corn will make friends where others fail, é 14th—It’s the best corn to cut with corn harvesters in cultivation. 15th—It will bring the highest market price. x Loree ll cure out in shock when later varieties will mold and spoil. 17th—Your crop is insured by planting Buckbee’s Great Liberty. 18th—It is truly a world beater in every way.
SEED CORN
BUCKBEE’S VARIETIES BRED FOR HIGH YIELD, HIGH OIL, HIGH PROTEIN, HIGH PREPOTENCY.
The varieties offered on this page are standard. They have stood the most severe tests and can be relied upon.
_ THOROUGHBRED LEAMING —Deepgoldencolor;strik- SILVER KING.—A pure white Corn with white cob. Kernel ing uniformity. The ears range from 9 to 12 inches long, and from especially broad and deep, with well developed. vigorous zerm. 7% to 8!4 inches in circumference, weighing from 10 to 12.0z. each. Shells 90 per cent. grain. Kernels 3-5 inch long and 2-5 inch wide, 18 to 24 rows; no space between the rows. Kernels broad. thick. moderately thick and square. Ears 8 to 11 inches long, 7 to 8inches deep, rather rough, rounding wedge shaped, from % to % inch long in circumfere ce, with well filled butts and tips, and small shank. and % inch wide, Red cob, medium in size with medium large Stalks from 8 to 1l feet. Hars have from 18 to 24 rows. Will grow shank. The stalks.are from 9 to 12 feet high. Great abundance of anywhere, maturing in about 105 to 110 days. See prices below. large sized leaves, often twenty toa stalk, Matures in about 115 eS
days. See prices below.
BOONE COUNTY SPECIAL.—Requices 125 to 128 days for full deyelopment, Theears are from 9 to 12 inches long, 7% to8 inches in circumference, containing 18 to 20 rows and .50 to 58 kern- els ina row,-and weighing from 12 to 20 oz.. Tips and butts are especially well filled. Kernels are creamy white, moderately rough, very deep, with fine large germ. They are % to % inch long, *s inch wide, moderately thick with little if any waste space be- tween the rows. The great depth of kernels insures a large per- 4 centage of Shelled corn. Stalk 9to13 feet high, exceedingly thick4J up to the ear, moderately large from ear to tassel. withstanding? the destructive effects of high winds. The foliage is abundant, leaves thick, broad and succulent, making peerless fodder. prices below.
BUCXBEE’S EARLY GOLD MINE.—This magnificent %, variety was bred from special and improved stock of Genuine & Pride of the North. This great variety will usually produceacrop in ninety days or less. It can safely be planted up to the middle of June and still be depended upon to ripen by the middle of Sep- tember. It produces a magnificent yield, there generally being two good-sized ears to the stalk, with immense, long, oily kernels. clgnely x and the eob well filled to the end. The corn is ofa rich zolden color.
Other Good Varieties
The following. too well known S ,S)\to need extended S/description, 1 will furnish aslong as my choice stock seed lasts. If my } supply of what} you order runs out,[ will prompt- ly return your} money. (
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CORN ON THIS PAGE SENT POST-PAID FOR 20 CENTS EAQOH.
( ‘ } Wakeman, Ohio—the largest grower of seed corn in the world— and his word is HONOR, Nar)
Prices of each of these 13 varieties listed on this page (ON EAR), by Express oe or Freight at Buyer's Expense, 1 Bu. $2.50; 2 Bu. 14.75; 5 to 10 Bu. lots or more, $2.25 per Bushel.
Same Shelled: Postpaid. 1+ 1b. 15c.; lb. 25c. By Express or Freight |
at Buyer's Expense, *g Bu. 80c,; 14 Bu, 50c.; % Bu. 80c; Bu. $1.50; 2 Bu, 32,90; 10 Bu. lots or more, $1.40 per Bushel. SAMPLF EARS OF THE
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FIELD CORN—Extra Early Flint Varieties
We urge our customers to place orders early, before allof our choice seed i® disposed. All of our fiint Corn Varieties will_be sold only in the shelled state-
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YELLOW YANKEE A Flint Oorn of Rare Merit Particularly adapted to the Northern Middle States. Earliest and best known yellow Flint variety. Will produce a good crop if planted as lateas July. Ears large. Ohoicest stock seed, postpaid, % lb. 15c.; lb. 25c. At buyer’s expense, bu. 35c.; 4% bu. 55c.; bu.
80c.; bu. $1.75. : LONGFELLOW Has Individuality that Oommends
A Flint variety that is particularly adapted to the North, It is an eight-rowed sort, with ears twelve to fifteen inches in length and about one and one-half inches in diameter. Small cob, large kernel and very broad. Postpaid % lb. 15c.:lb. 25c. At buyer’s expense, % bu. 86c.; 4 bu. 55c.; #¢ bu. 90c.; bu. $1.75.
Mr. Joseph Schmit, Vinton, Ia., writes :
“ The seeds I ordered from you thts Spring were the best I ever planted. I believe Buckbee’ s seeds are the best seeds on the market today, They are sure to grow.”
Mrs. Chas. Larsen, Forsythe, Mich., writes:
“ Our seeds from Buckbee’s turned out all right. We had among the Red Table Beets one that weighed ten pounds. Our Sugar Beets, on poor ground, were fine, weighting an average of four pounds From an
ounce of seed we raised ten bushels of Stump Rooted Yellow Danvers Car- rots, big ones, beside the small ones.
or Milo Maize.
mine for chicken feed. acre.
hogs will eat it rayenously.
eight tons to the acre. acre.
all others.
BUCKBEE’S LARLY NORTHER—The greatest only Corn for the extreme North; in fact, the greatest of all Flint varicties. fifteen inches long, of rich yellow color. Corn that we have ever grown in the far north. four ears on a stalk, Matures exceedingly early, from sixty to seventy da
JERUSALEM CORN
A New Forage Plant of Great Merit. to the non-saccharine sorghums, ind was broughta few years since from the arid plains of Palestine. It is pronounced the best and surest grain crop for dry countries and seasons—even better than Kaffir Corn 1 Tt grows several smaller heads on side shoots—often as many as eight heads on a stalk. Very valuable for feeding stock, and proves a gold Plant five to ten pounds per Postpaid, + Ib. 15c.; Ib. 25c. expense, 5 los. 40c.; 10 lbs. 75c.
BRANCHING DHOURA CORN
Yields from six to sixteen stalks from one seed. Being allied to Sugar Cane, cattle, horses and : The Rural New-Yorker says: ‘Though during the severe drought Corn dried up within a few feet of it, the branching Dhoura suf- fered but very little, producing from four to twelve branches, and grew sturdily-from six to ten feet high. If cut down it starts again with renewed strength. It yielded at the first cutting at the rate of sixty- Plant five pounds in rows per Postpaid, 4 Ib. 15c.; Ib. 25c. expense, 5 Ibs. 40c.; 10 lbs. 75c.
WONDERFUL MILO MAIZE CORN
Excellent Fodder Plant for Feeding. In a great many sections it is planted to the exclusion of It will produce an amazingly large crop of the richest green fodder of superlative quality. Tt will grow anywhere. The seed is an excellent fat- tener, and is relished by all cattle, hogs, poultry, etc, Plant 5 poundsin rows per acre. Postpaid, +1b. 15c;. 1b. 25c. At buyer’s expense, 5 Ibs. 40c.;101bs.75c.
fielding Flint Corn—the Ears ten to Enormously productive, outyielding any Field It is not uncommon to find t to being a fair average. surely prove of the greatest value to the farmers of the far north, particularly the Dakotas, Northern Min- nesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and the Canadian Provinces. You will be pleased with this earliest and.big yielding Flint Corn. REMEMBER that I control the entire seed supply of this variety. Send to Buckbee’s for reliable seed. Price to oneand all as long as my stock seed lasts: Postpaid, + lb. 15c.; lb. 25c.; 3 lbs. 60c. By express o: freight at buyer’s expense, $4 bu. 50c.; + bu. 75c.; 4 bu. $1.25; bu. $2.00; 2 bu. $3.90.; 10 bu. or more, $1.90 per bu.
EXTRA EARLY KING PHILIP A Red Flint that is Unbeatable
Earliest and best variety of red Flint Corn Ripens withm eighty days from time of planting. Ears large; good yieider. Choicest stockseed, postpaid 4 1b. 15c.; Ib. 25ce. At buyer’s expense, 1g bu. 35c.; 4 bu. 55c.; 6 bu. 90c.; bu. $1.75,
NORTH DAKOTA WHITE FLINT An Early Maturing Variety
This is a well established variety, with uniform characteristics, including early maturity and medium size, both of stalk and ear. Choic- eststock seed, postpaid, '4 1b. 15c.; 1b. 25c. At buyer’s expense 14 bu. 35c.; 4 bu. 55c.; % bu. 9Oc.; bu. $1.75
Prices.on all Farm Seeds are subject to change without notice. If prices are lower the day your order is received, more seed will be
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NOTICE TO added; if higher, the amount will be decreased. EVERY Safest Way—Write me your quantity re- quirements, give varieties, and I will quote you
BUYER OF © lowest market prices by return mail.
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NOTHING LIKE IT FOR IMMENSE FORAGE CROPS The World-Beating Fodder Producer. Surpasses Any Other fodder Corn On Earth
Buckbee’s Giant Fodder Corn is a great variety which we hove been developing for years. Thousands and thousands of our customers in every part of the country assert that it stands without a peer for feeding either i. the green state or for silo purposes. It is very rich in nutri- ment and a wondrously immense yielder. It grows rapidly, is carly, chort jointed, tall, and produces an overwhelming abundance of léaves and rich, juicy, sugary stalks, with strong tendency to mature several cars
Positively furnishes more tons of corn fodder to the acre and nearly double in nourishment than common Corn. .
The best silo authorities in the country use and endorse this Famous Giant Fodder Corn, and exclude all others forit. The reason is because
: this variety furnishes more dry matter and more nourishment to the ton than any other Fodder Corn on earth. Do BR not be influenced by statements intended to mislead vou in buying other Corn, which is always claimed to be as good ese Q as Buckbee’s Giant Fodder. For the surpassing elegance of this variety and the extra choice séed which we furnish, ReAys prices named are extraordinarily low. Postpaid, 4 lb. 15c.; lb. 25c. By freight or express at buyer’s
expense, + bu. 25c.; + bu. 40c.; 4 bu. 70c.; bu. $2.25; 2 bu. $2.40; 10 bu. or more $1.15 per bu.
BUCKBEE’S SUPERIOR EARLY KAFFIR CORN
THE GREAT DROUGHT RESISTER
A most excellent corn to plant. Easily yielding two crops of fodder the season. Grows from start to finish: whether it rains or shines it grows. Plants attain a height of from 6 to 10 feet, straight and upright.
Stems have a stalky tendency and produce numerous wide leaves. The stalks do not harden as do other fodder crops, but keep green, brittle and juicy. A most excellent fodder, either green or dry, being highly relished by all stock. It should be sown in rows, about 3 feet apart, planting 6 inches in the row. Use from 6 to 15 lbs. seed per acre. In case land is warm, rich and deep, plant more if a heavy growth is desired. | Its wonderful qualities are unaffected, even as far North as Dakota. It / js immensely productive and does well everywhere. If you want the best food for hogs or sheep, and are proud of fine-looking horses or | cattle it will pay you to plant a few acres of this great Kaffir Corn. Be- sides, it produces tons of seed which is as rich, nutritious and fattene ing as Corn. You can fatten your hogs on this seed at an extremely small outlay. Our peice for this very choice selected Kaffir Corn Seed, postpaid, 4 1b. 12¢.;lb. 20c. At buyer’s expense by freight ar PRDTESS« 5 lbs. 40c.; 10 lbs. 60c.; 15 Ibs. 7&c.; 50 lbs. $2.00; 100
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GREAT BRAZILIAN FLOUR CORN
One of the Greatest Novelties Ever Introduced. Originated in Brazil, where it constitutes the principal food of the inhabitants. It is truly a marvelous plant. For years our seed was always exhausted before the season ended, so great was the demand. You are sure to like it. It grows 8 feet high, and from one kernel sends enough stools to produce 100 ears. Its strong points are:
1. Twenty-five barrels of flour can be grown from one acre, and this flour is of as fine a grade as is made of wheat, which is five times as much as wheat produces per acre.
2, The bread and biscuits baked therefrom are fully as palatable ~ as frém any flour known,
3. When boiled in a green state it has no superior among Sweet Corn, while its yield is thrice that of Sweet Corn.
4, Matures in all latitudes where Corn ripens. \
5. Cultivate as you would Corn, allowing two kernels to a hill.
6. Teyacds at the rate of 100 bushels of green fodder per acre, for
: J cattle, of the most delicious, sweet, tender, juicy, nutritious food we (EBs S \> have ever seen. Indeed, it seems as though this will soon rank as the YZ S
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greatest fodder producing plant in the world. — 7. This is a wonderful Corn. It makes flour in quality equal to i hen AN
"wheat. Of course, it is not so white, but oh, what delicious cakes, rolls - paid, 41b.15c.;1b.25e. At buyer’s expense, 5lbs. 40c.;101bs. 75c. . GREAT BRAZILIAN , BUCKBEE’S SUPERIOR EARLY FLOUR CORN WRITE FOR PRICES IN LARGER QUANTITIES KAFFIR CORN : NO OTHER SEEDSMAN BREEDS SEED CORN TO EQUAL THE BUCKBEE VARIETIES
=« and biscuits! For flour, plant 10 lbs. per acre; for fodder 15 Ibs, Post-
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The Most Preductive Bean in the World
The most productive and heavy cropping Bean known, growing nearly two feet high, branching out in all directions, and bearing its pods so high that they seldom touch the ground, enabling it to stand a wet spell without any injury. All who have.raised Beans know that when the pods lie in con- tact with the ground after ripening a very little rain will ruin the crop, turning the pods and beans black. This is indeed a wonderful cropper, yielding from seventy- five to one hundred bushels per acre, aver- age cultivation, while hundreds of my cus- tomers report yields of from forty to sixty bushels per acre under average cultivation. Plant them two and one-half feet apart, eighteen inches in the row, two to three beans inahill. They are much easier cul- tivated than small-growing varieties and much easier harvested. They mature reas- onably early and ripen very evenly. Asa baking Bean, Buckbee’s Electric Tree is not equaled, and will meet your most sanguine expectations for market or family purposes. Postpaid,4 pt.12c. ; pt.22c.; qt.35c. (See wholesale prices in quantity, page 4.)
GIANT ,BEGGAR WEE
Great for forage and as a restorer of land. It is more valuable for fertilizing than either Peas or Clover and equal to them for feeding. i interfere with other crops, can be kept under by cultivation, can be eradicated in two years of successive pasturing. This is important, because some forage plants become pests when the land is needed for other crops. The plant is a strong feeder, with deep roots, like alfalfa, bringing from the subsoil the dormant fertilizing elements, and will en-
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rich the land by its decaying foliage without the expense of plowing it under. Land planted with Beggar Weed has improved 300 per cent in six years. Hogs, horses, cows and mules eat it greedily. Can be pasture land in Summer and Fall. Can be sown in the Corn field. Will thrive on much poorer land than most forage crops. _More
Farmers and Planters who | OOK require large quantities of Ae * field seeds, please mail .me
Cer [4] a list of your actual requirements and I will take
S7i pleasure in making you lowest market prices of date your list is received.
A FORAGE PLANT THAT NEVER BECOMES A PEST
When once established it grows every year without further attention. It will not
fattening to stock than all other known forage plants. Five pounds of seed for an acre. Drill or sow broadcast in the Spring after frost. Postpaid, oz. i0c.; 4 Ib. 25c.; Ib. 45c.; 5 lbs. $1.75.
BROOM CORN
Buckbee’s Improved Superior Evergreen. — The best variety for gen- eral cultivation on —ac- count. of color 2nd quality of brush. Ripens early. Grows about eight to ten feet high. Brush — good
length, fine and straight. Postpaid, 4 lb. 15c.; 1b. 25c. By express OF freight at buyer’s ex- pense, 10 Ibs. 60c.; 25 Ibs. $1.25; 100 Ibs. $3.75.
WM.S.WHITMAN, So. Durham, N.Y.:
“I take pleasure in reporting on the seeds bought jrom H.-W. Buckbee. I picked on September 23, from one vine of Paragon Tomatoes, I13 n10e, smooth Tomatces. The vine was 6 feet Io inches high and aver 5 feet around. Would have been much larger but_jor early frost. The Monarch ucumber was also very fine.”
matoes and
also beneficial to poultry. Pkt. 3c.; 0z. 20c.
HAMMOND’S SLUG SHOT
Guaranteed to destroy Potato Bugs and those on To- Egg Plants, Currant Worms, Cabbage Lice and Worms, Fleas, Beetles and Striped Bugs on Melons, Tur- nips, Beets, Onions, etc. Also a preventative of the Rose Bug and Cut Worm. Use in the morning while the dew is on. Postpaid,lb.15c. By freight or express at buyer’s expense, 5 Ibs. 30c.; 10 Ibs. 50c.; 25 lbs. $1.25; 50 Ibs.
HERBS—-Sweet, Pot and Medicinal
" The varieties marked with an asterisk [*] are perennial, and when once obtained in the garden may be preserved for years with but iittle care. Anise—Used for cordials, garnishing and flavoring. Pkt. 3e.= 0Z. 10c. *Balm—Leaves have a fragrant odor. Used for making a’ pleasant beverage known _as Balm Wine, also for Balm Tea for use in fevers. PEt. 3c.; oz. 20c, Basil, Sweet— Leaves used for favoring soups and seasoned dishes..-PKt. 3c.; 02. 15c. Borage—Leaves used for flavoring,and the fowers furnish bee pasture. PKt.3c.; 0z.10c. *Catnip—Leaves and young shoots used for seasoning, also used 2s a mild nervine for infants. PKt. 4c.; oz. 30c. *Caraway—Seeds used for flavoring bread, pastry, candy, ete. PKt. 3e.; 02. 7c. Coriander—Used in the manufacture of liquors, confectionery, ete. PKt. 3c.; oz. 6c. Dill—Seeds used as a condiment and also for pickling cucumbers. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c. *Fennel, Sweet—Leaves ornamental; are boiled for fish sauce. » PKt. 3c.; oz. 10c. *Hyssop—Is a stimulant, and used for asthma and chronic catarrh, Pkt. 3c.; 0z. 15c. *Horehound—Leaves used for seasoning and making cough medicine, PEt.3c. ; 0z.15c. *Hop Seed—Pkt. 25c.; oz. $1.50. *Lavender—An aromatic and medicinal herb. Pkt. 3c.; 02. 10c. Marjoram, Sweet—Leaves and shoots used for seasoning. PEt. $c.; 0%. 10c. Pennyroyal—Trve sort; particularly suited for planting in rock work, Pkt. 5c. Poppy, Opium—The plant from which opium is manufactured. PEt. 3c,; 02. 25c. Pot Marigold—A very pretty and useful plant. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 15c. *Rosemary—Ornamental herb; leaves wu: for seasoning. Pkt. 3¢.; oz. 20c. *Rue—For medicinal purposes; good for colds and croup. PEt, 3c.; 0Z. 15c. Saffron—Used in coloring certain dishes, also for flavoring. Pkt. 3e.; oz. 10c. *Sage—BPxtensively used for seasoning and dressing. PKt. 3c.; oz. 10c.; i Ib. 35c.; $ Ib. 65¢.; 1b. $1.25. ; ; Savory, Summer—Leaves and flowers are used in favoring soups. PKt. 3¢.; 0Z. i0c. *Savory, Winter—Leaves and young shoots used in flavoring. Pkt. 5c.; 02. 20c. *Tansy—For medicinal use. Pkt. 4c.; 0Z. 30c.” Thyme—Leaves and youngshootsused forseasoning. Pkt. 3¢.} 0z. 20c. Wormwood—Used medicinaily; it is
$2.25; 100 lbs. $4.25; ~1,000 lbs. $40.00.
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15 To FODDER R ACRE GO Days FROM PLANTING | zt a , aos a | AN EXCEEDINGLY VALUABLE FORAGE AND FEEDING CROP
For the Northern states there isno crop of greater value than Field Peas. They are a profitable crop to grow, in that the Peas when threshed are always marketable, and they stand in the front rank asa fodder plant. Likeall leguminous crops, Peas have the power of extracting nitrogen from the air, and the soilis richerin nitrogen than before the peas weresownupon it. They should be sown in March orearly April, one bushel of Peas and two bushels of Oats to the acre, _ The Peas should be sown first. and plowed under about four inches deep; theoats then sowed and harrowedin. They will be ready forcutting about the latter end of June when the oats arein milk and the pods formed on the Peas. Farmers who have never sown this crop will be surprised at its large yield. Itisa nutritious food and relished by all kinds of farm animals. This crop also makes an excellent soil improver when turned under like Cow Peas.
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BUCKBEE’S NEW EARLY SNOWFLAKE-—By far the best Field'Pea. IMPROVED WHITE CANADA FIZLD—A well known and standard Immensely productive. Height of vine3% to4feet. Dry Pea variety of Field Peas. Price, postpaid, Ib. 20c. By express OF ‘fa beautiful pearly whitecolor. Price, postpaid, Ib. 25c. At mreient at buyer’s expense, % bu. 25c.; 14 bu. 45c.; % bu. 80c.; bn. buyer’s expense, % bu. 35c.; 4 bu. 60c.: % bu. $1.00; bu. $1.75. $1.50.
Buckbee Field Seeds Grow Money-Making Crops
Prices on All Rarm Seeds Subject to Change without Notice. Please understand—If prices ARE LOwER the day your order is received, more seed will be added; m HIGHER, the amount will be decreased. :
The Safest Way, if y8u require considerable amounts of Farm Seeds, will be | tosend mea list of youractual requirements, and I will be pleased to. quote | you LOWEST MARKET PRicES by return mail. -
BUCKBEE’S NORTHERN GROWN SUGAR CANE OR SORGHUM
» Valuable for Pasture, Soiling, Green Feed in Cut Form, as Well as for Feeding in Dry State Through the Winter Months.
*~Sugat Cane not only possesses high value in producing syrup, but as an addition 3 to the daily ration for stock is almostinyvaluable, City owners of horses have found ‘| | thatcane syrup added to tho feed of theirstock gives splendid conditioning and | Postrengthening-returns—more fat,more.ability to stand hard work. Farmers who raise stock, even in a limited way, will find Sugar Cane, in the stalk, a wonderful : help in fattening and conditioning. It is not desirable as a full ration, but as an addition it beatsall the stock foods inexistence, | Try itand see how a small] quan- tity of it per day will tone up the live stock and make their keep much easier and
much cheaper.
FOR FODDER—Dairy farmers and stockmen say that this is the most valuable | fodder plant inexistence fortheiruse. Notwithstanding its great adaptability as a food for live stock, itis pny, quite recently that the rea] value of Sorghum (Sugar Cane) has attracted general attention. Its great merit is now beginning to be ap- preciated and the demand is increasing about ten fold every year. Itis profitabl: grown anywhere from Manitoba to Mexico, on any good corn ground, and does not appear to beaffected by drought. .Asa fodder plantit is the most economical plant _in existence and of the yery best quality, being sweet, tender and nutritious, and greedily eaten by cattle, horses and hogs. Dairymen find that the cows will give more and{richer milk from its use, and it is claimed that as high as 50 tons of green fodder have been grown peracre. It can be cut several times during the season if not allowed to get too high, and makes a. good,sweethay. Sow1to2bu. peracre for pasture and fodder purposes, and ¥% to 4 bu. peracre ifsownforsyrup. It isa pro- fitable crop also to grow for the seed, which is also excellent for feeding poultry. FOR PASTURE for cattle, sheep and swine it has nosuperior, because a large amountof pasture can be had at a’season when itis most difficult to obtain pasture from other sources. When properly sown it may be fed as fodder during more than half the year. As a soiling crop alsoit will always prove of great value,
BUCKBEE’S IMPROVED EARLY AMBER | Successfully grown even in ourextreme northern latitudes. Not only is it val- ae for fodderand pasture purposes, but itfmakesa high grade cane syrup or sor- ghum. Price, postpaid, lb. 20c.; 3 lbs. 50c. By freight or express at buyer’s ex- pense, 34 bu. 35c.; 34 bu. 60¢.; 14 bu, 90c.3 bu, $1.50. BUCKBEE’S IMPROVED EARLY ORANGE An exceedingly valuable variety, Very large, of strong and vigorous habit. Early, and frequently produces 240 gallons or over of beautiful colored and highly flavored syrup per acre.
Prico, postpaid, Ibi 2dc.. 3 Ibs. 60c. By freight or express at buyer’s ex-- : a Renee eounan cay en 0c.» bu. S1-Q0s bu..$1.79- BUCKBER'S EARLY AMBDR SUGAR CANE THE WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION OF BUCEBEE’S SEEDS 18 BABED ON MERIT ONLY
‘ EH. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
SOY BEANS
GUARANTEED NORTHERN GROWN
These Beans should be raised on si farm, either as a grain crop, or fodder crop to feed green, or for the silo. The grain is the richest known vegetable substance. Planted in rows two and one-half feet apart, with six or eight plants to the foot of row, requiring about half a bushel of seed per acre. They yield fifteen to twenty tons per acre of fodder extremely rich as a flesh-former. They are soil enrichers, gathering nitrogen from the air in the same manner as does Clover, the roots being crowded with tubercles, which give them thcir power. For the North it is absolutely necessary that the Early Soy Beans be used. Another year has served to emphasize the claims I have made for this wonderful Bean—it stands alone as the most _valuable agricultural acquisition of the twentieth century. Thousands are already growing Soy Beans, and in five years they will be as universally grown asis Corn. ‘lhey can be sown broadcast or drilled, one and one-half bushels per acre, but experience teaches us that the most satisfactory results are obtained by planting in rows.
EVANS’ EARLY
Originated by Mr. Evans, the noted Soja Bean specialist of Michigan. By long odds the best variety for planting in the Northern, Eastern or Western States. Choicest stock seed (Northern grown), postpaid, lb. 33c. By freight or express at buyer’s expense, 4 bu. 60c.; 4 bu. 95c.; 4 bu. $1.80; bu. (of 50 Ibs.) $3.50.
YELLOW SOJA or SOY BEANS
Well-known yariety; guaranteed Northern grown. a Postpaid, lb. 25e. At buyer’s expense, 4 bu. 40c.; . 2 bu. 75c.; 4 bu. $i 40; bu. (of 50 lbs.) $2.75.
SOY BEANS
RUSSIAN EMMER OR SPELTZ
(TRITICUM SPELTA)
This is the new cereal erroneously called ‘‘Speltz,” of which so much has been said in recent years. It is not related to barley any more than bearded eat is, though some misinformed writers have so stated. Botanically the plant is closely related to Wheat (TRITICUM VULGARE), to which the zrain, freed from its hull, bears a striking resemblance.- The berry is of <he color, texture and hardness of “No.1 hard” Spring Wheat, but about twice as long anc with pointed ends. It makes a fiour slightly darker than Wheat, but bread made from it appears to be fully as palatable and nourishing as Wheat bread. As yet the principal use of Emmer is for stock feeding, the general method being to chop with Corn or Oats. The hulls being rather harder than Oats, it is best to grind or chop this grain before feeding. For best results it should be sown as early in Spring as possible. It seems to fucceed equally well on all soils except zich bottom lands or those with a tendency to wetness. On ordinary upland clay or gravc! and on poor, light sands it outyields all other cereals. It withstands drought better th-n any other grain. Stock wil! eat er. straw up clean before they will touch any other. Some seedsmen advise sowing three bushels per acre. Don’t do it—seyen to eight pecks is the limit. Is stools freely. There is no standard weight for this grain, The grain in hull generally weighs about forty pounds per bushel; and I sell it at that weight. ;
My own growth, choicest Northern-grown pedigree stock seed, price, postpaid, pkt. 5c.; Ib. 25c.;3 1b, 60c. By express or freight at buyer’s expense, } bu. 25c.; } bu. 40c.; 4 bu. 65c.; bu. $1.10.
IMPORTANT TO FIELD SEED BUYERS—Prices on all Farm Seeds subject to change without notice. If prices are lower than quoted in this Guide day your order is received, more seeds will be added: if higher, the amount will be decreased. : ‘
Safest Way—lIf you require a considerable amount send me accurate list with full quantities, and
I will gladly, by return mail, quote lowest market prices.
MAMMOTH RUSSIAN
__ The single heads measure twenty-two inches in diameter and con- tain a large quantity of seed, which is highly valued by all.farmers and breeders who have tried it as an excellent and cheap food for fowls. They fatten well on it, and attain a bright, lustrous plumage and strong, healthy condition better than on any other food. It can be raised cheaper than Corn. Plant four quarts of seed per acre. Pos d, Oe. Reape 186. By freight or express at buyer’s expense, + bu.
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BUCK WHEAT
BUCKBEE’S GIANT JAPANESE
The greatest Buckwheat in the world. Has all the valuable char- acteristics of the Japanese Buckwheat, and in-addition is earlier an: will yield at least one quarter more per acre. Don’t fail to include this in your order. Choicest stock seed, postpaid, lb. 20c. By freight ue ie at buyer’s expense, } bu. 35c.; 4 bu. 60c.; 4 bu. 90c.;
u. $1.50.
IMPROVED SILVER HULLED
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= 1 : : A popular standard variety. Grain is of light gray color. Has - : : = thinner husks than the other sorts. Early and prolific. Choicest < ; 1 stock seed, postpaid, Ib. 20c. By freight or express at buyer’s
= a — 2 : expense, ? bu. 30c.; } bu. 50c.; 4 bu. 80c.; bu. $1.35.
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EMPORTANT TO QUANTITY BUYERS: BUCKBEE SECURES LOW FREIGHT RATES TO ALL POINTS
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Buckbee’s Best Millets
.My high grade, pedigree Northern-Grown Millets are quick growing, resist drought and possess the highest agricultural values
NEW JAPANESE MILLET P. Crus Galli
Grows from four to seven feet tall, but is not harsh and woody, as_other grasses are, This is one of the most profitable and valuable seed crops. I have grown this splendid Millet for years, and have been so careful in the selection and improvement of stock seed that Buck bee's strain is acknowledged to be the best in existence—so yaluable is it that many seedsmen look to me each year for their supply. In some sections of the country it is known as Barnyard Millet, while in other parts of the country it has been erroneously introduced under the name of “Billion Dollar Grass” by some seed houses. In spite of these names it is such a good thing that it has cone to stay, and will live long in the public favor under its proper name, Japanese Millet. In this lattitude we usu- ally sow from May 10th to 20th. Sownat these dates it will make an excellent soiling crop, giving two cuttings—about mid-July and late August. Ihave fre- quently bad this Millet attain a height of six and one-half to seven feet, and so heavy that no bindercould handle it. It yields _fifty to seyenty bushels seed per acre and three to fivetons hay. Two parts Japanese Millet and one part Evans’ Early Soy Beans are a fine ensilage combination. Don’t attempt togrow them together. Sow the Millet from eight to ten quarts per acre on the best ground you have. Plant the Soys in drills twenty-eight to thirty inches apart, and cultivate same as other Beans and Corn.
FEEDING VALUE Fooly eee and Turkeys all relish Japanese Millet in the green state, |
keep healthy and happy and fresh on the seed thereof when fed during the Fall and Winter months.
Hogs and Their Families—Nothing will do them more good than to turn them in on a field of Japanese Millet. They also relish and fatten readily on the seed.
Cows, Calves and Heifers look with pleasure on a field of Japanese Millet, and feed in happy contentment and flourish upon its luxuriant swath.
Horses and Other Stock will feed on it;readily and thrive.
Sow the seed broadcast at the rate of twenty to twenty-five pounds to the acre, or in drills twelve to eighteen inches apart gly ten to fifteen pounds per acre. (36lbs. to the bu.) Postpaid, lb.250. By ezpross or freight at Buyer’s expense, +4 bu. 50c.; Y% bu, 760.5 % bu. $1.25; bu. $2.25, ,
HUNGARIAN GRASS OFTEN CALLED HUNGARIAN MILLET
Valuable hay for stock Beet yields a good supply. It should be cut when in bloom, and the fiber will not too woody for feeding stock. Postpaid, lb. 20c.; 3\bs 500. By freight or express at Buyer’s expense, 44 bu. 26¢.; 14 bu.40c.; % bu. 760.3 bu. $1.35; 5 bu. lots or more at $1.30 per bu. =
NEW JAPANESH MILLET
CeraRNE HLAGuy MI L LET THE BEST HOG AND STOCK MILLET
It is positively the most remarkable leafy, bushy, vigorous- growing, earliest Millet in the world, Yields as high as fifteen tons of hay or more to the acre. It will make a magnificent crop of hay if sown immediately after your oats or barley, rye or wheat is cut, as it willripen in from sixty to ninety days. It is posi- tively the Millet wonder—very leafy, prolific,and exceptionally fine for hay and feed. Try it for 1907. This Millet, unlike any other Millet, stands the hot dry winds of the Dakotas, the burn- ing prairies of Kansas, and flourishes on the semi-arid soils of Western Nebraska and Colorado—in fact, it grows where no other Millet grows. It would be cheap at ten times the price. Sow one- half bushel peracre. (501bs. to the bu.) Postpaid, lb. 25¢. At Buyer’s expense, 4g bu, 350.; 14 bu. 50c.; 4 bu, 90c.; bu. $1.75; 5 bu. $8.25,
GERMAN OR GOLDEN MILLET
One of the best varieties. Quick growing, and will produce an immense amount of valuable fodder. It makes the best of hay. (50 lbs. to the bu.) Postpaid, lb. 20c. At Buyer’s expense; by express or freight 34 bu. 40c.; 46 bu, 75¢. bu, $1.35.
PEARL MILLET
This quick-growing forage plant has been long known under the name Hast India, or “Cat-tail” Millet. Sown in drills four feet apart and cultivated like Corn, the plants attain a height of eight to ten feet with slender, long-bladed leaves. These stalks can be cured for Winter use, and the seed makes an excellent poultry food. But the best use of the plant is to cut the stalk for green forage when about three feet high, and allow the plants to make a second growth for Fall feeding or ensilage.. Five pounds te eon phe ate per acre. Postpaid, lb. 30c. At Buyer’s exponse, 5 lbs., (50.5 is. $1.25.
80 _ H. W. BUOKBEE, ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS.
TURKESTAN ALFALFA
(Medicago Sativa Var. Turkestanica.)
Perfectly Hardy. Withstands Drought, Heat and Cold. Yields the Heaviest and Richest Crops of Fodder. The Best Clover for Permanent Hay and Pasture,
The seed was first secured from Russian Turkes- tan by Prof. N. E. Hanson, while engaged as agri- cultural explorer for the eee ees of Agriculture, Washington. In 1898 and 1899, 1.101 packages of seed were distributed by the Secretary of Agriculture throughout the United States, and upon careful in- vestigation it has proved vastly superior tothe com- mon Alfalfa, inasmuch as it withstands extreme
drought and cold much better. Thecli- Valueasa mate of Turkestan is not unlike that of Fodder Plant ourinterior states, being far removed on Dry from theocean and surrounded by wide Arid Soils, expansesofdryland. Thesummersare very hot and long, and in many places the evaporation exceeds the quantity of moisture that has fallen during the year. and here itis that Alfalfa grows and flourishes. [hayeevyery reason to believe it will prove equally as valuable in this country. The introduction of Turkestan Alfalfa per- mits of a great extension ofthe area heretofore de- voted to the cultivation of Alfalfa,and this, too, in sections where climatic conditions have almost pro- hibited the growing of leguminous forage crops. Not only does it endureextreme cold and Good Cropson drought, but excellent crops of it have Alkali Soils. been raised on strongly alkaline soils. Sown alongside common Alfalfa, the Turkestan made a top growth averaging 18 inches in height, with corresponding large root growth, while the common only grew a few inches high. Theplants grow strong, more leafy, with slenderer and less woody stems than the common sort, thus making afinerand more nutritious hay. Plant, and care for,same as common Alfalfa, The seed I offer is warranted the best and im- ported by me direct from Russian Turkestan. (60 lbs. per bu,) Plant12to141lbs.peracre. Price, postpaid. Pkt. 100.; Ib. 40c.; 3 lbs, $1,10. At Buyer’s expense, 4 bu, $1.65.; 44 bu, $3.00; 4 bu. $5.95; bu. $11.85,
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GIANT INCARNATE, OR CRIMSON CLOVER—(Trifolium, or Incarnatum)—A rapid and quick-growing Clover, val- uable for cutting green or for plowing underas 2 fertilizer. Sow.10 lbs. per acre. .(60 lbs. per bu.) Price posfpaid, Pkt, 20e: 5 lb. ate = re ape neseue - expense, *s bu. 90c.; 4 bu. $1.70; % bu. $3.30; bu. $6.50. be = S ——— - : . 8 TURKESTAN ALFALFA
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ALSIKE CLOVER—(Trifolium Hybridum)—This is the hardi-
est of all Clovers and never winter-kills, even in our severe winters. It adapts itself to all kinds of soils and is capable of resisting extremes of wet and droughtalike Makesa finer and better hay than Red Clover and is relished by stock. Sow 10 lbs. per acre. (60]bs. per bu.) Postpaid Pkt. 10c.; lb. 35c.; 3 lbs. 90c, At Buyer’s expense, 44 bu. $1.35; 44 bu. $2.75; 4 bu. $4.75; bu. $9.25,
MEDIUM RED, OR JUNE CLOVER— (Trifolium Pratense—My seed is carefully grown and selected for seed purposes. There is none better, ifas good. Sow 10tol4lbs. per acre. (60lbs. per bu.) Price, postpaid, Pkt. 10c.; lb. 30c.;3 lbs, 80c.. At Buyer's expense. % bu. $1.35, %4 bu. $2.60; % bu. $5.10; bu. $9.90,
MAMMOTH RED CLOVER—(Trifolium Pratense Perenne)—Often called English or Sapling Clover. Valuable for hog pastures and for plowing under as a fertilizer. Sow 15 lbs. per acre. (60 Ibs. per bu.) Price, postpaid. Pkt. 10c.: 1b. 80c.; 3 Ibs, 80c. At Buyer’s expense, % bu. $1.35; 4 bu. $2.75; % bu. $5.25; bu, $10.25.
ALFALFA, 0R LUCERNE CLOVER—Unequaled drought resisting Clover. Plant 10to 14 lbs per acre. (60 Ibs. per bu.) Postpaid Pkt, 10c.; lb, 35.; 3 lbs. $1.00, At Buyer's expense +4 bu. $1.45: 4 bu. $2.80; 48 bu. $5.55; bu. $10.90.
WHITE BOKHARA CLOVER —(Melilotus Alba) —Sometimes called Sweet Clover. A tall, shrub-like plant 4 to 6 feet high, with branches, whose extremities bear numerous small white flowers of great fragrance during the entire season, and constantly sought by bees. Sow 10 lbs. per acre. (601bs. per bu.) Postpaid. Pkt. 10c.; lb. 35¢,; 3 lbs, $1.00 At buyer’s expense, / % bu, $1.75; 14 bu. $8.25; 34 bu. $6.25; bu, $12.00, : :
Qe 2S = SK | ASP PS WHITE CLOVER— (Trifolium Repens)—Valuable Clover for sowing in lands intended for pasture. 1 | 7 Z = § Will] do well in almost all kinds of soil, except wet or moist ground. Sow6 Jbs per acre. (60 Ibs per bu.) Price. postpaid, Pkt, 10¢.; Ib, 40c.; Slbs. $1410,, At Buyer's expense, 5 lbs. $1.10; 10 lbs, $2.00.
SAND LUCERNE—(Medicago Media) Especially adapted to sandy soils. Largely usedin Europe. Sow 12to 141bs peracre. (60lbs.per bu.) Postpaid, Pkt. 10c,; lb, 85c,; 3 lbs. $1.00, At Buyer's expense, % bu. $1,'75; 34 bu. $3.25; 4 bu. $6.25; bu. $12.00,
YELLOW TREFOIL — (Medicago Lupulina)— Allied to common Red Clover. Valuable for dry, sandy or poor soil. Sow 12to 141]bs per acre. Postpaid, Pkt, 10c,; 1b, 30c.;.3 lbs. 80c. At Buyer's expense, }4 bu. $1.25; 74 bu. $2.25; % bu. $4.00; bu- $7.50,
ESPARSETTE—(Ozobrychis Sativa)—Sometimes called Sainfoin. A deep rooting perennial, de- sirable for feeding either green or dry, to milch cows. Increases quantity and improves quality of milk. Sow 2bu.peracre. (20 lbs. per bu.) Postpaid, Pkt. 10c-; Ib. 30c.; 3 Ibs, 80c, At Buyer's expense, % bu. 40c.; +4 bu. 70c.; % bu. $1.30; bu. $2.50.
= if ~ v iy Ss. es SERRADELLA—(Ornithopus Sativus)—The greatest honey producing plant inthe world. An an- TA So ; nual forage, especially valuable during the hot dry months of summer. Yields heavy NAVAS NREORS Nie cropsien ee soils. Sow 25 to 50 lbs. per ee 4 ag te pet Bape PEt. 10c,; Ib, 25c.5 it : ic, At Buyer’s expense, }4 bu. 85c.; 34 bu. $1.60; uu, $3.10; bu, $6,00, = ALSIKE- : :
NO CORN GROWER CAN MISS IT IF HE RELIES ON THE VARIETIES BUCKBEE OFFERS
H. W. BUOKBEEH, ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS. 61
TIMOTHY
In the Field Seed Department of my business I devote the same painstaking care that is given to all other departments. My offerings of Grass Seeds of all kinds are therefore not only thoroughly reliable, but are the best that can be produced, It is a fact too well known to be successfully assailed that Northern-grown Timothy Seed is far superior to that grown in lower latitudes, and will grow a greater crop, no matter where it may happen to be sown, My facilities for growing extra choice Timothy Seed are unequaled, my location for the work is the best in the world, which gives my cus- tomers the advantage to a tremendous degree. Furthermore, my prices fcr the best seed are as low as those charged by others for inferior seed. - The Buckbee quality in ’ Timothy Seed counts for as much as the Buckbee quality in all other seeds.
BUCKBEE’S RELIABLE TIMOTHY SEED Northern Grown; Thoroughly Recleaned; Free of Weeds
TI offer seed of the very highest germinating power that in the recleaning process has been given extra attention. Itis strictly Northern grown, and its value is double that of seed grown in lower latitudes. There is no climate in which it will not produce immeuse crops if the land is suitable for the growth of Timothy. (45 lbs. per bu.)
My prices, postpaid, lb. 20c.; 3 lbs. 50c. By express or freight at buyer’s expense, 14 bu. 69c.; bu. $2.47. TIMOTHY Makes the standard grass for hay. It can be sown alone or with Red
Clover, and in either case, on the right sort of land, yields immensely.
Sow twelve to fifteen pounds of seed to the acre, and cut when flowering. Thrives best on moist, loamy soils, and usually attains a height of four feet.
MAND’S WONDER FORAGE PLANT
T know of no forage plant, and I believe there is none in existence, that will give heavier yields of forage than will Mand’s Wonder Forage Plant. In all sections of this country where Corn can be grown this plant will succeed. It will certainly sup- plantas a forage plant Sorghum, Kaffir Corn and Milo Maize. It is easier to grow than Corn or any other forage crop, producing a large amount of fodder ata cost. of less than one dollara ton. T hope that every one of my friends will give this wonder- ful new planta trial. I know it will give satisfaction. —
Price per Pkt. 5c.; 14 1b. 15c.; lb. 50c., postpaid. By express or freight at buyer’s expense, 5 to 10 lb. lots, or more, at 30c. per lb.
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Prices on all Farm Seeds subject to change without notice,
IMPORTANT TO If prices are lower than quoted in anis-Gaude day your
FIELD SEED BUYERS order is received, more seeds will be added; if higher, the amount will be decreased.
Safest Wey—lIf you require a considerable amount, send me accurate list with
full quantities, and I will gladly quote lowest market prices by return mail.
TIMOTHY
THE VELVET BEAN
NATURE’S GREAT SOIL RESTORER
The Velvet Bean is a green manuring and foliage plant that is creating a great sensation at the South, where it is disputing for favor with the Cow Pea. It makes a strong growth at the North, also, and is now widely recognized as a thing.of high value. The vines grow toa length of ten to thirty feet, and form a deep mass of nutritious fodder. The Flordia Experimental Station reports 1€,680 pounds of green forage per acre, and it is said to cure in Jess time than the Cow Pea and to make an equally valuable hay. At the South its useis for hay, for soiling and for improving the character of the land; at the North its place is with the Cow Pea, as it will grow and flourish on poor land. Ithas a place in the flower garden as well as in the field, for it bears showy clusters of purple blossoms, and b arbors, lattice work, poles, etc. Plant twelve quarts peracre, in rows five feet apart.
Postpaid, 44 lb. 10c.; lb, 25c.; At buyer’s expense, 1g bu. 50c.; 14 bu. 90c.; 14 bu. $1.75; bu. $3.25.
~ PENCILLARIA THE GIANT WONDER FORAGE PLANT |
This plant has received many strong advertisements and write-ups in the past year—heralded B from one end of the earth to the other as the greatest forage plant, as the most wonderful fodder plant. as the most maryelous hay producer this side of the stars; indeed, several salesmen have
auded the merits of this plant until one stands bewildered and asks, “What next?” Onourown farms it has done exceedingly well. and we recommend for it a thorough trial, as it requires very little seed to give a most thorough test. We know farmers who have planted several acres and who would not part with this wonderful forage plant. It is atremendous stooler, and inits quality resembles our marvyeously prolific forage plant, Teosinte. It should be planted two or three feet apart in the row, and the rows about three and one-half feet apart. Cultivate two or three times if possible, and by that time the sight will astonish the beholder, and you will marvel at its lux- uriance and you will dream that you are in the tropics; but your wonder will but then begin.
MARVELOUS DENSITY OF GROWTH
Ag you watch it grow until it has reached twelve or fourteen feet and densely covered your land you will surely believe that you are finding your way through Central American tropical bottoms! It will average forty rich, juicy, leafy stalks to the plant, which will be covered with seed heads twelve to twenty-four inches long. The seed makes good feed for poultry, and ground for cattle cannot be beat. Sow Pencillaria as early as you would Indian Cori. The usual way of growing it, however, is to mow the crop when from three to six feet high, and is will im- mediately start again, and can be mowed four to six times during the season. If allowed to grow until the flower heads begin to develop before cutting it will yield the heaviest crop of any fodder
lant we know of, and it is greatly relished by all kinds of stock, either in its grcen or dry state,
ow seed very thinly in drills twenty-four to thirty-six inches apart. Every farmer, and in fact eyery-one who keeps cows, horses or hogs, should try it if they wish to grow an immense crop of fodder cheap on a small amount of ground.
Postpaid, 4 lb. 15c.; Ib. 35c.; 3 Ibs. $1.00. By express or freight at buyer’s ex- pense, lb. 25c.; 5 lbs. $1.00; 25 Ibs. $3.75; 100 lbs. $13.50.
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BROMUS -INERMIS
ACKNOWLEDGED KING OF THE DESERTS AND DRY SANDY SOILS
Lots of Early Spring and Late Fall Feed, Besides Good Crop of Hay
This highly useful grass grows to a height of three feet, and sometimes native of Hungary, it has done remarkably well in America. especially on ave eee A where its drought-resisting qualities are shown to wonderful adyantage. A hardy peren- nial, it is well adapted to cold climates and exposed situations. Produces satisfactory crops on land too poor for Timothy and other grasses. Tried widely, it has been encorsed everywhere, and is pronounced a great boon to farmers because
IT PAYS ON ANY GROUND
The Department of Agriculture has experimented with this grass at its United States stations in the arid regions. The Experimental Grass Station at Senn Kan., says: ‘‘We have grown Bromus Inermis successfully, and we think it is the coming ce arid regions of the West. It is green from the middle of March to about No- vember.
Prof. Shaw, of Minnesota, pertinently says: “‘This grass cannot be obtained too soon-by the farmers of the Northwest.” It is the grass for Boe dry climes and soils. It will grow on all kinds of soil, even on yellow sand, and is equally good for pasturing, curing into Hay or cutting green. All kinds of stock eat it readily, and it is very rich in nutritive value. Perennial, two to three feet high, fiowering in June and August.
The South Dakota Experiment Station, of Brookings, says: “This is the best grass that has yet been tried at this station. When properly sown it catches well, giving s good sod the first year; in favorable seasons a fair yield of hay may also be obtained. Up to the present the best results have been obtained by sowing plenty of seed on well- prepared ground as early as possible in the Spring. From two to two and one-half bushels _ should be sown to the acre, depending somewhat upon the season and condition of soil. The forage, though coarse, is of excellent quality, and under ordinary circumstances a large amount of early Spring and Fall feed may be obtained, in addition to a good yield of hay. Thus far the grass has endured drought perfectly, and has never winter-killed in the least. It does well sown with clover or with clover and timothy. se twenty pounds to the acre if alone; if with alfalfa, fifteen pounds—they will grow well together. It may be sown in the Fall with Winter wheat, or in the Spring. Cut when first coming into bloom.” A standard bushel weighs 14 lbs.
Choicest Northern-grown stock seed, postpaid, 3 Ib. i5c.; Ib. 25ce. At buyer’s expense, § DU. 50C.; % bu. 75c.; 4 bu. $1.25; bu. $2.00; 5 bu. ar more, $1.75 per bu.
BROMUS I. NERML S
TEOSINTE
THE WORLD-BEATING FODDER PLANT
Here is a truly wonderful forage plant worthy of general cultiva- tion. It comes to us from the rich, fertile plains of the Nile, where, travelers tell us, the enormous yield of 300 tons of green fodder per acre is not uncommon. ‘This is what it does in Egypt.
WHAT DOES IT DO IN AMERICA?
Almost equally as well. Give it a rich, warm, balmy soil, and it will yield from 100 to 150 tons of green fodder per acre. It is simply marvelous. Down in Georgia, in Florida and North Carolina its yield is all the way from 100 to 200 tons of green fodder per acre. It grows to a height of eighteen feet in those states, while a single kernel will produce from 60 to 100 stalks of the most nourishing green fodder imaginable. Our test in the North gives it an
AVERAGE YIELD OF ABOUT 50 TONS
of green fodder per acre.. On our Rockford Seed Farms, where the soil is sandy and warm, it yielded at the rate of fully 60 tons per acre, send- ing forth from twenty to sixty shoots from one kernel of seed. It was the most magnificent thing we had ever seen.
CULTURE We would advise sowing same in rows two feet
apart, and the hills far enough apart to work. It wants plenty of sunshine and cultivation, and then it will grow so rapidly that it will soon cover a whole acre and look like a dense forest. It can be cut with a reaper and fed in the green state, or it.can be dried, and makes magnificent fodder for cattle during the long winter months. There are unlimited possibilities for our annual fodder plant, Teosinte, and we know if you will give it a trial that it will more than pay you another year. Just try and grow this for your hogs. You will be surprised how they relish it and what a tremendous amount of fodder and food you will get out of an acre for them. About three pounds of seed are required per acre.
PRICE OF SEED, postpaid, oz. 10c.; } Ib. 25c.; Ib. 75c.; At pbuyer’s expense, lb. 65c.; 5 lbs. or more at 60c. per pound.
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BUCKBEE’S WONDERFUL DWARF BONANZA RAPE.—Professor Shaw, of the Minnesota. Agricultural College, reports on Rape: } "On 54 acres Rape after winter rye had been removed, 537 sheep and lambs were fattened thereon; 18 steers fed thereon for 59 days, and sev- eral acres were uneaten when winter set in. * * * Further, 1 acre of Rape will pasture 10 to 16 lambs 2 to 24 months, when rye has preceded it. Wen sown alone, it will pasture 36 head for 2 months. * * * That the lowest average gain on lambs fed on Rape alone, is 7 to 8 pounds | per -.onth.” There is a great need of Rape, especially in the fall of io ideed when the corn has been harvested, and just before the setting in | of winter. Farmers are obliged to depend solely on their pastures to feed their stock. Now, after the pastures give out, they must begin feed- | ing thcir hay. Buckbee’s Dwarf Bonanza Rape does away with all this and gives a luxuriant pasture and a tremendous yield during the months when 3i is so greatly needed. If sown in May, it grows rapidly and can be-cut.or pastured the latter part of July. If sown the first half of July it will come into fine play as a fodder in September, October and up to November. The main secret in the successful raising of sheep for mutton lies in the very general use of Fodder Rape for feeding them. After the corn is harvested and before winter sets in, there is need of nutritious green fodder, especially for she Dwarf Bonanza Rape is easily grown, perfectly hardy and possesses remarkable fattening qualities. One acre will pasture 36 head 2 months, and lambs will make again of 8 to 12 pounds a month. Pigs and cattle are also very fond of it.The plant | is a rank grower, and should have heavy manuring, as well as high cultivation. Sow the seed during the third or fourth week of June; it can then resist drought, and the crop can be ready to feed at a season when it is most needed. If the first crop were cut about 4 inches from the ground there would be an aftermath of second growth that would be useful after that time. It does well sown with oats. If the soil is rich.and clean, sow broadcast; if not clean, sow in drills and cultivate as for corn, Rape is especially adapted for a catch crop, succeeding when from any cause the other crops have failed. When sown broadcast, use 5 pounds and if in drills, 2 pounds to the acre.. Postpaid, 85c. per lb. By freight or express at buyer’s expense, 5 lbs. 74c.; 10 Ibs. $1.14; 50 Ibs. $4.37; 100 lbs. $8.19. ; ae ter a a RAPE—A standard variety. Postpaid, 30c. per lb. At buyer’s expense, 5 lbs. 57c.; 10 lbs. 96c.; 50 Ibs. $8.39;
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(SAND OR WINTER VETCH—Vicia Villosa.)
IN 1897 we procured from Europe a large amount of seed of this grand, good forage plant and distributed it very generally with our customers throughout the country for careful trial. So glorious were the results that we were in receipt of thousands of testimonial letters in its praise. So greatly has the demand for seed increased, we have been unable to fill thousands of orders in previous years. 1. It is a wonderful, rapid grower, and gets on with little moisture, and thrives. i 2. It withstands cold, Sand Vetch ean be sown in April and May and mown in fall, and the next spring, where sheltered, will come forth fresh and green, and vigorous, and will form green herbage for cattle at once. 8. It is a tremendous yielder, producing all the way from 5 to 7 tons of the very best hay imaginable per acre. 4. Quality. Buckbee’s Wonderful Sand Vetch makes the very best hay imaginable, the equal of clover. | 5. Culture. It is a great stooler. If sown in rows it will soon cover the ground as a complete network, furnishing a tremendous amount of luxuriant fodder. = 6. All agricultural colleges, all writers on agriculture, all practical farmers recommend the growing of Sand | Vetch. It is especially soin Europe. . You cannot find an agriculturist there who would not recommend it, and | it is also the case here in America with those who have given it a trial. |
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Dy / 5 7. As a fertilizer it has but few equals, as it enriches the soil very quickly, and can be plowed under twice |
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YUNA flowers have for the most part given way to the pods, and some of the seeds. become well-formed, ; a L The crop is then ready for the mower, and will yield, according to the soil, from 5 to 7 tons of hay
per acre.
9. All summer long. You can have this excellent fodder plant, this excellent hay pro- ducer, all summer long by sowing.at different times. You can have the pasturage from April until November by sowing two or three weeks apart, not only a little, but a great abundance, as Sand Vetch produces heavily.
10. Don’t fail to try it. +f you do you will miss one of the great treats of your lifetime in farming, because we believe that our Sand Vetch will give results that you have nevcr had before. It will give crops such as you never had before; and if your land is poor and you wish to enrich it this will do it as quickly as anything you have ever tried. Sow 25 pounds per acre. Our seed is the very choicest Northern-grown, and while we expect to have enough to fill all orders, would advise early orders. Send to Buckbee for the best seed. Postpaid 4 Ib. 30c.; 3 lbs. 80c. At buyer’s expense, 10 lbs. $1.10; 25 ibs. $2.50; 50 lbs. $4.75; 100 Ibs. $9.25.
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Northern Grown Re-Cleaned GRASS S®ZEDS_ BUCKBEE’S RELIABI =
High-Grade Pedigree Grass Seed. Free from Weed Seed and True to Name. Prices Subject to Market Fluctuations Without Notice. Write for Market Prices if You Desire to Buy in Large Quantities.
BERMUDA GRASS—(Cynodon Dactylon)—The most valuable grass for the Southern States, asit withstands heat and drought wonderfully well. Is valuable for hay and pasture, and un- surpassed for lawns in the South, as it runs over the ground forming a dense turf. (35lbs.per bu.) Sow 8 lbs. peracre. Postpaid Ib. 56c.; 3 Ibs. $1.66 By express or freight at buy- er’s expense, 5 Ibs. $2.39; 10 Ibs. $4.77.
CREEPING BENT GRASS—(Agrostis Stolonifera)—Somewhat re- sembles Red Top, Does best on wet, marshy soil. (14 lbs. per bu.) Postpaid ib. 34c.; 3 lbs. 99c. By express or freight at buyer’s expense, 34 bu. 67¢.; bu. $2.48.
CRESTED DOG’S TAIL-(Cynosurus Cristatus)—A fine dwarf-growing evergreen grass, particularly adapted for hard, dry soils and hills pastured by sheep. Itis very hardy, and islittle affected by extremes of weather. (141bs. per bu.)
Postpaid 1b. 39c.; 3 Ibs. S116. By express orfreight at buy-
CRESTED DOGS TAIL er’s expense, 14 bu. 89c.; bu. $3.34. TALL FESCUE
ENGLISH, OR PERENNIAL, RYE GRASS—One of the best and most nutritious grasses HARD FESCUE—(Festuca Duriuscula)—A very useful for permanent meadows and pastures. Endures close cropping, and recovers grass, and should be included in all sheep pastures | quickly after cutting. Does best on strong, rich soils. (l41bs. per bu.) Postpaid, or in permanent pastures for dry, gravelly soils. { 1b. 19c.; 3 Ibs. 54c. By express or freight at buyer’s expense, 17 bu. 31c; bu. 98c. Produces S ers fine and succulent herbage. (12‘
F S. per bu. ostpaid, jb. 2lc.;3 lbs. 62c. By express
FOWL MEADOW GRASS—(Poa Serotina)—Valuable grassfor sowing on low, wet lands or freight at b ; 14 bu. 38c.: bu. $1.32. that are occasionally overflowed. (12]bs. per bu.) Postpaid, 1b. 40c. ; 3 Ibs. 31.10. Seana a= 4 pu. S8e.> bu $13
By express or freight at buyer’s expense, 1/ bu. 93c.; bu. $3.50.
ITALIAN RYE GRASS—An excellent variety, producing a nutritious feed in early Spring. If sown early will produce a large crop the same season. (141bs. per bu ) Postpaid, Ib. 18¢c.; 3 Ibs. 53c. By expressor freight at buyer’s expense, 14 bu. 33¢. ; bu. $1.09.
JOHNSON GRASS—(Sorghum Halapense)—A perennial grass with*cane-like roots. It iS very tender and nutritious; good for stock. Hardy only in the South and South- western States. (25 Ibs. per bu.) Postpaid, 1b. Zic.; 3 IDs. 62c. By express or
freight at buyer’s expense, 4% bu. 66¢.; bu. $2.44.
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS, BUCKBEE’S SUPERIOR—(Poa Pratensis)—One of the first grasses to Start in the Spring. Much relished by all kinds of stock, and succeeds on a great variety of soils, particularly on rich, moist lands. Fancy cleaned seed. (4 lbs. per bu.) Postpaid, 1b. 29c.; 3 Ibs. 86c. By express orfreight at buyer’s expense, 44 bu. 73c.; bu. $2.69,
MEADOW FESCUE— (Festuca Pratensis) ENGLISH BLUE GRAsSS—One of the best of our natural grasses. Is greedily eaten by all kinds of stock, is very fatten- ing and makes excellent hay. It is very hardy and succeeds in almost all soils, but attainsits greatest perfection in moist, rich land. Comes intouse very early, and again late in the Fall. (14 lbs. per bu.)
Postpaid, Ib. 21c.; 3 Ibs. 62¢. By express or freight at buyer’s expense, 1g bu. 41c.; bu. 51.38.
MEADOW FOXTAIL—(Alopecurus Pratensis) — Closely resembles Timothy, but flowers much earlier and thrives in all soils excepting dry sands or gravel. It succeeds best in strong, moist, rich soils. Being of early and rapid growth, it is particularly valu- able for permanent pasture. It is highly relished by all kinds of stock, endures cluse cropping and forms a luxuriant aftermath. (10 lbs. per bu.)
Postpaid, 1 1b. 35c.; 3 Ibs. $1.00. By express or freight at buyer’s expense, 14 bu. 64¢.; bu, $2.36,
ITALIAN RYE GRASS MEADOW FESCUE HARD FESCUE
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ORCHARD GRASS — (Dactylis Glomerata) - Of exceptional value for permanent pasture and for hay crops. It is very early, coming in ahead of all other grasses, recovers quickly after being cut and endures. close cropping. If cut when it comes into flower makes excellent hay, butifallowed to stand, how- ever, it becomes hard and pithy. On this account it should never be sown with Timothy. It thrives wellon all soils. (14 lbs. per bu.) Postpaid, Ib. 24c.; 3 Ibs. 71c; By express or freight at buy- er’s expense, 144 bu, 59c.;
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RED or CREEPING FESCUE (Festuca Rubra)—A valuable grass for sowing on dry pastures, light soils and railroad embankments. It is of a creeping habit, and the roots penetrate so deeply into 44c.; ; bu. $1.54. TALL FESCUE—(Festuca Elatior)—A tall-growing grass particu- larly adapted for strong clay and wet soils, stands over flowing
the soil that it remains green after many other grasses have dried up. (14lbs. per bu.) Postpaid, 1b. 30c.; 3 Ibs. 85c.; By ex-
and should form a part of all mixtures intended for marshes and wet lands.
press or freight at buyer’s expense, 14 bu. 67c.; bu. $2.50. It is much relished by stock and makes an excel-
RED TOP, BUCKBEE’S SUPERIOR — (Agrostis Vulgaris) — Well- known and valuable pasture grass; also makes excellent hay. Grows on almost all soils, but does best on moist lands. Should be included in all mixtures for seeding down wet or marsh lands. (14 lbs. per bu.) Postpaid,1b. 21c.; 3 Ibs. 62c. By express or freight at buyer’s expense, 1¢ bu. 41c.; bu. $1.39.
ROUGH STALKED MEADOW GRASS—(Poa Trivialis)—An excellent grass for deep, moist meadows and stiff, heavy clays. (14 lbs. per bu.) Postpaid, 1b. 4ic ; 3 Ibs. $1.22. By express or freight at buyer’s expense, 14 bu. $1 09; bu. $4.19.
SHEEP’S FESCUE — (Festuca Ovina) — This grass should form a large part of all mixtures intended for sheep grazing on high upland or dry pastures. In growth it is short and dense, and of excellent nutritive qualities, deep rooted and not easily af- fected by drought. (121bs. per bu.) Postpaid, Ib. 21c.; 3 Ibs. 62c.; By express or freight at buyer’s expense, 14 bu. 38c.; bu. $1.32.
SWEET VERNAL GRASS, TRUE ANNUAL — (Anthoxanthum Qdor- atum)— Valuable on account of the rich perfume which it im-
lent hay. (141bs. per bu.) Postpaid, Ib. 35c.;3 Ibs. $1.00. By express or freight at buyer’s expense, 14 bu. 96c.; bu. $3.64.
TALL MEADOW OAT GRASS—(Avena. Elatior)—Very early and a luxuriant grower ; growth, which allows it to be cut “frequently. Postpaid, Ib. 28c.; 3 ibs. 83c. pense, 14 bu. 68c.; bu. $2.52. WATER, OR FLOATING MEADOW GRASS—(Glyceria Fluitans)— An invaluable grass for wet. soils, and- marshes and lands which (14 Ibs. per bu.) Postpaid, By express or freight at buyer’s expense, 1,
produces a large quantity of early and late (14 lbs. per bu.) By express or freight at buyer’s ex-
Ib. 40c. :3 A bu. $t.tt,;
occasionally overflow. 3 Ibs. $1.10. bu. $4.25.
WOOD MEADOW GRASS —(Poa Nemoralis) —A variety growing naturally in shady places and moist, rich soils. The herbage is succulent and much relished by cattle; forms a close sod and should be sown in all shady places in lawns, ete: (14 lbs. per bu.)® Postpaid, Ib. 44c¢.; 3 Ibs. $1.24. By express or freight at buyer’s expense, 4 bu. St. 09; bu. $4.17.
GRASS AND CLOVER SEED MIXTURES
BUCKBEE’S RELIABLE BLEND.
FOR MEADOWS AND PERMANENT PASTURES
All authorities agree that for PASTURE and HAY best results are obtained from the use of grass seeds IN
MiXTURE. Thereasons are obvious: First—A NUMBER OF SPECIES willinsure a much DENSER GROWTH than the same number of seeds of one or two species, and prove less exhausting to the soil, since they live to a great extent on different constituents. Second—Seasons that affect some grasses adversely are FAVOR-— ABLE to other sorts. So that with mixtures failureis PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE, provided, of course, the seed is good. We take great pains in selecting grass seeds, in order to secure the HIGHEST GERMINA-— gor ml we mixtures are based on a full appreciation of the requirements of different soils for which they are intended.
EXTRA GRASS AND CLOVER MIXTURES FOR MEADOWS
No.1 For Rich, Dry Soils. No. 2. For Rich, Moist Soils. Sow 1 to2 bu. yet acre. Sow 1 to 2 bu. vef acre. Tall Meadow Oat, Timothy, Meadow Foxtail, Creeping Bent, Creeping Bent, Fow] Meadow, Kentucky Blue, Italian Rye, Meadow Fescue, Alsike, Tall Fescue, Timothy, OrehardGrass, AlsikeClover, Rough-stalked Hard Fescue, Red Top Alsike Clover, Meadow oxtail, Red Clover, Meadow, Red Top Rough Stalked Floating Meadow English Blue, English Rye, Orchafd Grass, Wnelieh: Blue, White Clover.
Crested Dog’s Tail, Bu. (14 lbs.) $1,774, Bu. (14 lbs.), $1.98. Bu. (14 Ibs.), $1.97,
OUR EXTRA MIXTURES FOR PASTURE CONTAIN:
No. 4. For Rich, Dry Soils. No.5. For Rich, Moist Soils. No. 6. For Wet Soils. Sow 1 to 2 bu. per acre. Sow 1 to2 bu. per acre. Sow 1 to 2 bu. per acre. Meadow Foxtail, Blue Grass, Meadow Foxtail, Wood Meadow Creeping Bent, Orchard Grass, English Rye, Hard Fescue, Ked Top, Red Top, Rough-Stalked
Sweet Vernal, - Italian Rye, Orchard Grass, Dog’s Tail, Fowl Meadow, Meadow,
Meadow Fescue, White Clover, English Rye, Tall Fescue, Floating Meadow, Timothy,
Dog's Tail, Re provers Italian Rye, Red Clover, Alsike Clover.
Timothy, Alsi Rough-Stalked Meadow, Alsike. Bu. (14 Ibs.), a 3. Bu. (14 lbs.), $1.99, Bu. (14 lbs.) $1.96,
No. 7. For Orchard and Shade—This mixture consalns sorts adapted for orchard and shady places. Gives rich hay and will please. Sowlto2bu.peracre. Bu. (14 lbs.), $1.95.
No. 3. For Meadow, Wet Soils. Sow 1 to 2 bu. per acre.
Meadow,
Tall Fescue,
bu. $2.17. ROUGH STALKED . MEADOW GRASS parts to the hay when drying. (14 lbs. per bu.) Postpaid, Ib. 21c.; 3 Ibs. 62c. By express or freight at buyer’s expense, 14 bu. { | TALL ME: ADOW O. {T GRASS f
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Prices on Single Bulbs and Dozens Prepaid, larger quantities by express or freight at buyer’s expense.
DOUBLE HYACINTHS
Excellent for planting outdoors, or can be grown in the house in pots or glasses. Our bulbs are carefully selected and always come true, ‘ Charles Dickens—Soft rose.
Napoleon—Orimson. Gertrude—Dark red.
Marie— Dark blue. Rembrandt—Lilac. Minerva—Orange Ida—Golden Yellow
La Candeur—Pure White. Blandina— Cream color. Bloksberg—Light blue,
Best Mixed—Selected colors in assortment. Prices of the above, 9c. each; 97c- doz.: $7.18 per 100, Double Good Mixed—6c, each; 62c, doz. ; $3,96 per 100.
SINGLE HYACINTHS
Very fine large flowers, of great size and beauty. You will not be disappointed - in these strains,
Gigantea— Delicate Rose. Roi des Belges— Dark red. Garibaldi— Brilliant carmine. Snowball—Olear white. Voitaire—Blush white. King of the Blues— Purple. Schotel—Light blue. Lord Balfour—Lilac. Sonora,—Orange. King of the Yellows—Bright yellow. Selected colors in assortment. Prices of the above, 8c. each; 88c, doz. ; $6.84 per 100. tingle Good Mixed—ic. cach; 54c. doz ; $3.72 per 100.
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ROMAN HYACINTHS
GENUINE BERMUDA EASTER LILIES
Our stock of this most popular flower is unsurpassed. Either size bulb we offer is sure to please,
Extra Selected Bulbs, 15c. each; 4 for 50c, Mammoth Bulbs, 28c, each; 5 for 51.00 JAPANESE EASTER LILIES
Beautiful flower. True type. About two weeks later than the Bermuda. Fine Select Bulbs—18c. each; 2 for 25c.
CHINESE SACRED LILIES Fancy Bulbs 15 Cents each.
ANEMONE
These beautiful, hardy spring flowers are well
worthy ofa place in every gurden and are unsurpassed for their bright colors.
Excellent for forcing. Each bulb produces beauti- ful spikes of fragrant white flowers. 5c, each; 50c. doz, ; $3.50 per 100.
GIANT FLOWERING CROCUS Mammoth bulbs that always produce fine flowers. Anyone can afford to grow some atthe prices given below.
Light Blue Purple
Orange White
Yellow Striped
Cloth of Gold Cloth of Silver
Prices of the above, 14c. doz, : 58c. per 100: $4.97 per 1000. SNOW DROP
The earliest spring flower. Beautiful pure white flowers of great beauty and fragrarce.
Giant Flowering Single—Sc. each; 15c. doz.; $1.53 per 100.
Giant Flowering Double—3e, each; 20c, doz. ; $1.89 per 100,
Giant Elwesii—3c. each; l5c. doz.; $1 53 per 100,
Celestine— Blue. Fulgens—Scarlet.
The Bride. White. Mixed—Single Assorted
Mixed— Double Assorted. 8e, each; 18c doz.; $1.20 per 100,
JONQUILS
Our bulbs are sure to produce a profusion of large yellow flowers of great
beauty. Single Sweet Scented--17c, do. ; 88c, per 100.
Double Sweet Scented—24c.z per doz.; $1.49 per 100,
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Selected bulbs for either garden or house culture.
Double Von Sion—The well-known pop- ular, Double Yellow Daffodil used for forcing. Imported Holland Stock—True.
Extra Select Bulbs—4c, each; 48c. doz.; $2.89 per 100,
Poeticus or Pheasants Eye— Excellent for outside work. Single pure white. orange cup—Hardy 3c, each; 240, doz.; $1.73 per 100.
Poeticus Ornatus—Four weeks earlier than above. 8c, each; 29c. doz.; $2.11 per 160,
Polyanthus—Very fragiant. Borne in clusters on long stems. Ohoicest mnixed colors, 4c, each; 30c. doz.; $2.50 per 100,
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Highly prized for their graceful, fragrant blossoms.
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Double Yellow—The best-sorts ranging in color from pale yellow to canary and orange 4c, each; 89c. doz,; $2.44 per 100.
Double White— A great array of shades. Everything from pale white to blush and cream. 3c, each; 29c. doz.; $1.98 per 100,
Double Finest Mixed—Made up from the finest of the large double sorts. 3¢, each; 23c, doz.; $2.32 per 100,
Double Choicest Mixed—Not quite equal to the above, stillthey are very fine, 8c, each; 83lc, doz.; $2.29 per 100,
Single Yellow—Rich array of colors which are sure to please. 8c. each; 24c. doz,; $1.73 per 100,
Single White—All the whites including the delicate blush color. 8c, each; 22c. doz.; $1.64 per 100,
Single Finest Mixed—The best assortment ever offered. All the colors and yarieties. Se, each 22c. doz. ; $1.67 per 100.
Single Choicest Mixed—The grade usually ffered. Extra quality. 8c, eack; 2le. doz.; 0$1.59 per 100,
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IMPORTED BULBS for FALL PLANTING
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DOUBLE EARLY TULIPS
‘With great care we have selected only such varieties as never fail to give the best of satisfaction. Oolors always true and sure.
Gladstone— Soft rose. Cochenille—Orimson. Agnes—Brilliant scarlet. Alba Maxima— Pure white. Rose Blanche—Blush white. Blondin—Light Blue. Purple Crown— Dark blue. Violata—Violet.
Count of Leicester—Orange. Couronne d’or— Yellow.
Best Mixed—Selected colors in assortment.
: Prices of the above, 4c. each; 38c. per doz.; $2.56 per 100, Double Good Mixed—Sc. each: 29c. per doz.; $1.99 per 100.
DOUBLE TULIP—DUC VON THOL
Particularly desirable on account of earliness of bloom, profusion of flowers and richness of colors.
Red and Yellow—4c. each; 38c. doz, $2.56 per 100, Soarlet—4c, each; 48c. doz.; $2.87 per 100.
LATE OR MAY FLOWERING TULIPS
Come into bloom soon aiter the early sorts are through flowering.
Choicest Double Mixed—4c, each; 38c. doz.; $2.56 per 100. Choicest Single Mixed 40, each; 380. doz,; $2.56 per 100.
MISCELLANEOUS BULBS
Chionodoxa—Glory of the Snow, 3c. each; 2lc. per doz., $1.87 per 100. Calla White— Select Buibs, l5c. each, 3 for 40c, Gladiolus—Extra Select Mixed. 3c each. 25c. doz.; $1.25 per 100. 7 ; : ] Oxalis The daintiest flower of all. Mixed. 10c, doz., 400. per 100, as & SS SPA Rancpoulusiy reread. be ioe, pS: Ber fact § rench, 15c, doz.; 65c. per ° DOUBLE EARLY TULIPS Me Turban, 15c, doz.; '75ce per 100.
SINGLE EARLY TULIPS Preferred by many tothe double sorts. Extremely early. They should be planted by all.
Cottage Maid— Pink. Couleur Cardinal—Orimson. Artus— Bright red. Jacht van Delft—Olear white, Claermond—Blush white. Argus—Light blue. Elenora—Dark blue. Adelaine—Rich purple. Canary Bird—Orange. Yel'ow Prince— Pure yellow. Best Mixed—Selected colors in assortment. Prices of the above, 3c. each: 27c. per doz.; ¥1.94 per 100, Single Good Mixed—Sc. each; 28e. per doz.; $1.64 per 100.
SINGLE TULIPS—DUC VON THOL
Beautifully colored flowers, early and strong bloomers,
Red and Yellow. 3c. each; 27c. doz.; $1.94 per 100. Crimson, 3c, each; 27c doz.; $1,94 per 100, : Gold Striped, 3c, each; 27c. doz.; $1.94 per 100, White, 4c, each; 32c. doz,; $2.29 per 100.
Orange, 3c. each; 29c, doz, ; $2.15 per 100,
Violet. 3c, each; 27c, doz.; $1.94 per 100,
POTTEBAKER TULIPS
Especially adapted for bedding purposes, as these sorts make a mass of color indescribably beautiful
White, 3c. each: 27%c. doz.; $1.94 per 100. Yellow, 3c, each; 29c. doz, $2.15 per 100, Scarlet, 4c. each; 32c, doz.; $2.29 per 100.
PARROT TULIP
The largest Tulip grown. Flowers late (about May) and hayeimmense 4 attractive flowers of fine and varied colors. y =
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BUCKBEE’S FAMOUS
GRASS SEEDS
MAKE A PERFECT LAWN
QUANTITIES TO USE
A standard weight bushel of Blue Grass, and Lawn Grasses is 14 lbs. 1-lb. package for 400 square feet. 5-Ib. package for 2,000 square feet, 10-lb. bag for 4,000 square feet. 15-lb. bag for 6.000 square feet. 25-lb. bag for one-fourth acre. 50-lb. bag for one-half acre. 100-lb. bag for one acre.
A Lawn may be established either by ‘‘sodding” or “seed ing.’”’ The latter is not only much less expensive, bu’ sauch more satisfactory, as better grasses can be thus obtained, and the quality and variety of the grasses have a Groat deal to
do with the appearance and the permanency of the lawn.
SPECIAL QUOTATIONS I shall be pleased to quote special prices to golf clubs, insti- tutions, parks and others who require Lawn Grass and Clover Seeds in large quantities. BUCKBEE’S GREAT GRASS SEED SPECIALTIES
Great care should be exercised in the selection of Grass Seed. The
Red Top
L various varieties which I offer on this page are used and endorsed by thousands
of the best authorities on grasses. i lawn—there is nothing more certain to produce a beautiful green, grassy carpet than Buckbee’s Grass Seed Specialties,
There is nothing handsomer than 4 beautiful
BUCKBEE’S WORLD’S FAIR PRIZE LAWN GRASS MIXTURE HAS NO EQUAL.
BEAUTIFUL LAWN.
EASY TO GROW. WORLD'S FAIR; 1892.
MAKES THE MOST AWARDED THE GREAT COLUMBIAN PRIZE AT CHICAGO ADDS TO ITS TREMENDOUS POPULARITY AS THE YEARS COME
AND GO.
This famous Prize-winning Lawn. Grass is made up of a most evenly balanced combination of native and foreign fine-leaved, deep-rooting grasses that interweave and flourish in different soils and climates, showing each its best strength at seasons different from the others, and thus keeping the lawn vigorous ‘and: green from-winter’s-end to winter's next advent.
_.. Was awarded the great Columbian prize at the World’s Fair. na lawns, which were one of the greatest features of the Fair. wn. shows the amount of seed to plant in a given area. In small quantities, price, postpaid, 4-1b. 18c.; 1b. 30¢e. 15 Ibs. $2.50; 25 Ibs. $4.25; 50 Ibs. $8.00; 100 Ibs. $15.50.
VELVET GREEN MIXTURE
Is a careful selection of finer grasses which naturally thrive under the
shade of trees or buildings. Especially suitable for light sandy soil. It
is a fine mixture for dooryards and small lawns. It will give splendid
results. One pound is sufficient for a space of 400 square feet. Price,
postpaid, + lb. 15c.; Ib. 25c.; By freight or express at buyer’s
ees Tbs. 90c.; 15 lbs. $2.35; 25 lbs. $3.75; 50 lbs. $7.25; 100 Ss efde
BUCKBEE’S SPECIAL MIXTURE FOR OUTLYING GROUNDS
And fair greens is another very excellent special mixture, prepared to produce a close, velvety and very enduring turf. It is a mixture of strictly perennial grasses, with an entire absence of clover of any de- scription. Sow from 50 to 60 pounds per acre for a new lawn or bowling green; 15 to 20 pounds per acre wil! be sufficient to improve existing turf. Price, postpaid, lb. 30c. At buyer’s expense, 5 Ibs. $1.00; 15 Ibs. $2.75; 25 lbs. $4.25; 50 Ibs. $8.25; 190 lbs. $16.00.
BUCKBEE’S KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS
Specially Grown for Me ‘‘In Old Kentucky, Where the Meadow Grass is Blue.’’
Many prefer this to a mixture of grasses, and the fact cannot be denied that a lawn of Blue Grass only is magnificent; it takes longer, however, to get itestablished. Very desirable for wood lawns, pastures, and especially excellent for winter pastures because of its thick, heavy growth. Postpaid, lb. 25e. At buyer’s expense, 5 lbs. 90c.; 10 lbs. $1.75. Write for prices on larger quantities.
poor, rusty-looking, unsightly lawns. tilizer if you would have a beautiful and sturdy growth of grass. tures, will enable you to produce a perfect lawn.
will well repay you. = e in the early spring. Price, postpaid, Ib. 20c. Ibs. $1.50; 100 Ibs. $2.75.
HOW TO MAKE A LAWN.
Complete directions for this important but not difficult work are given in rull in my new pamphlet, which I take great pleasure in send- ing Frec with every package of Lawn Seed.
PRICES AT BUCKBEE’S ARE ALWAYS THE LOWEST.
This mixture was used by the World’s Fair authorities to produce the beau- re of 1 § With ordinary care, anyone can, by using this Complete and explicit’ directions on *‘How’ to Make a Lawn” accompany every package of this seed.
mixture, secure a beautiful The quantity table on this page
Larger quantities, by express or freight at buyer’s expense, 5 Ibs. $1.00;
ST. ANDREW’S SEED MIXTURE. A very new and special mixture, prepared expressly for Golf Links, Tennis Courts, Putting Greens, Quilying Grounds, and Fair Greens. This St. Andrew’s Seed Mixture will be found unusually well adapted for all purposes, an extremely close, velvety turf especially. It is prepared by me expressly for the best results for golf links, ete. This mixture is used exclusively on the famous Del Monte Tennis and Cro- quet Grounds in Galifornia, the celebrated Albermarle Grounds in Ashe- ville, N. C.,.and thousands of the most prominent places in the country. Per 41b., postpaid, 20c.; Ib. 32c.; By freight or express at buyer’s Taeeeiae s Ibs. $1.00; 15 lbs. $2.85; 25 lbs. $4.60; 50 lbs. $9.00; 100 S. «00.
BUCKBEE’S SPECIAL MIXTURE FOR PUTTING GREENS Is prepared with special reference to securing the best results for this purpose. It is unrivaled in its results.. Price, postpaid, lb. 35c. At buyer’s expense, 25 Ibs. $5.50; 100 lbs. $20.00.
BUCKBEE’S SELECTED WHITE CLOVER Is the best of the Clover family. Especially suitable to plant for pasture or to sow for lawns in connection with the Blue Grass. It produces a delightful, smooth and attractive surface; also makes excellent forage for bees. This, choice variety, postpaid, per Ib. 30c. At buyer’s expense, 5 Ibs. $1.10; 10 lbs. $2.00. Write for prices on larger
quantities.
BUCKBEE’S FANCY RED TOP, Well cleaned, makes a good permanent grass and produces luxuriant growth on almost any soil. This is a great variety, and you should send your orders for it early, as it usually sells rapidly. Postpaid, lb. 25c. At buyer’s expense, 5 Ibs. 80c.; 10 Ibs. $1.50. Write for prices on larger quantities.
BUCKBEE’S EXTRA SPECIAL LAWN FERTILIZER ECONOMICAL, WONDERFULLY BENEFICIAL. MAKES THE LAWN STRONG AND KEEPS IT HEALTHY
Especially prepared to furnish nutriment for all varieties of Lawn Grass, which being voracious for nutriment will not thrive and hold its dark green color and velvety appearance unless it be supplied with the best fertilizer. ¥ g 2 It is better than stable manure, because it acts quicker and is free from any waste. Use this Lawn Fer- This fertilizer, used in connection with any one of my special Grass Seed Mix- If you have a lawn in fair condition, rake off dead leaves and grass in the early spring. some of the Fertilizer broadcast over the surface, using in connection a little of Buckbee’s World’s Fair Mixture on the thin spots, and the results The grass can be kept luxuriant throughout the season with a little care. By freight or express at buyer’s expense, 5 Ibs. 30c.; 10 Ibs. 50c.; 25 lbs. $1.00; 50
The lack of a good fertilizer is the reason there are so many
Scatter
Never make the first application of Fertilizer except
LAWN GRASS MIXTURES.
May be offered at lower prices—though I doubt it. IT can assure every buyer, however, that what I offer is known to be thoroughly reliable and worth far more than I ask for it. :
SEEDS ARE ALWAYS THE BEST
BUCKBEE’S MARVELOUS
H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. Rg:
ASTERS
My Mixed Aster Seed is simply grand this year. The seed has been selected with great care, and the blending has been carefully supervised:
I unhesitatingly recommend them to my patrons,|because I know satisfac- tion up to the limit will be the portion of the thousands who will order
BUCKBEE’S SUPERB MIXED
The choicest, most superb and most widely varied strains of Asters ever offered. The Buckbee Su- perb Mixture astonished and de- lighted many thousands of Aster growers in 1905, thoroughly estab- lishing every claim made for it.
Pkt. 5c.; } 02. 20c.; 0Z. 60c.
BUCKBEE’S FINE MIXED
This is a most splendid collection q
of the leading types of this beautiful flower in choice mixture. I have made the price so low that you cane not pass it by.
Pkt. 3c.; + 0Z. 20c.; oz. 60c.
GIANT AMERICAN MIXED
Different in many respects from all other Asters. Decidedly beauti- ! ful for cut flowers. Plants of branching habitandvigorous growth. Flower quite large, very double;
colors clear, rich and handsome; long stems.
I know the results of plant-
ing this mixture will delight every buyer.
Pkt. 10c.
Buckhee’s Snowball — Magnifi- cent and exceedingly dwarf, com- pact-growing Aster. Never ex- ceeds ten inches in height. It is decidedly the handsomest pure white Aster ever introduced. In habit is very bushy, each plant bearing thirty or more beautifully formed and exceedingly large and perfectly double flowers, almost completely noe the foliage. Be sure to try it. Pkt. 10c.
Buckbee’s Fire King.—A pleas- ing companion to Buckbee’s Snowball. Dwarf variety. The individual flowers are of large size and of most faultless form. The color is distinctly rich and gor- geous, flowers when first opening being a pure scarlet, but when fully expanded change to a hand- some satiny deep scarlet, present- ing a most charming appearance
kt. 10c.
The New Yellow Aster—After the many vain Sa re of years past a yellow Aster has really been
roduced. ‘The form of the dou- ble flower is a perfect ball; the quill are close together, and of the brightest sulphur yellow. Flowers are borne on long, erect stems, excellent for cutting. From twelve to fifteen inches high, compact, bushy growth, an abun- dant bloomer. Pkt. 8c.
New American Aster, Mary Sem- ple.— This is an “American nov- elty of unusual merit, sure to be- come popular even in Germany, Grown at Rockford Seed Farms, it attracted much attention when in full flower during August and September. It grows two feet high, and owing to its free branch- ing habit each plant should be al- lowed sufficient space for its full development. Very soft but deep shade of rosy blush. Flowers are borne upon stems twelve inches long and most desirable for cut- ting. y a gem. Pkt. 8c.
New Harlequin—Very odd and attractive new variety. A con-
stant bloomer. Handsome dou-
ble flowers, composed of pure white petals quaintly interspersed in irregular manner with deep blue and bright red markings. Height twelveinches. Pkt. 8c.
New White Branching — The Magnificent large double white flowers, quite four inches in diam- eter, are borne upon long stems, mente them excellent for cut- ting. It is quite different in sev- eral respects from any Aster known. Height eighteen inches. PEt. 8c.; } OZ. 75c.; 0Z. $2.50.
Shakespeare, Mixed—A novel dwarf variety six inches high, Many exquisitely brilliant colors. Large globular flowers. Pkt. 8c.
Queen of the Market, Mixed— Eight beautiful colors and shades. A class of Asters characterized by extreme earliness and the pro- fusion of their flowers. Plants average one foot in height, are much branched, and carry ten to fifteen large flowers. Pkt. 5c.; 4 0z. 30c.; 0z. $1.00.
New Diamond, Mixed—Has large double flowers of rich and varied colors. Height eighteen inches. Pkt. 8c.; } 0Z. 75C.; OZ. $2.50.
Washington, Mixed—Flowers are very large, and often measure four to sixinchesin diameter. Height two feet. Pkt. 8c.
Dwarf Chrysanthemum, Mixed _7—Flowers about three inches in cjameter. Height one foot. Pkt. 8c.; 4 0Z. 50c.; 0Z. $1.50.
Imbricated Pompon, Mixed—Of perfect form, and so double as to appear spherical, Eighteen in- ches high; Pkt. 8c.
German Quilled, Mixed—Flowers large, freely produced and of bril- liant colors. Eighteen inches high. Pkt. 8c. °
Cocordeau, or Crown, Mixed— An excellent variety. Flowers fine. Height two feet. Pkt, 8c.; 4 oz. 50c.; oz. $1.50.
‘anthemum in size of flowers.
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SUCKBEE’S IMPROVED VICTORIA ASTERS Magnificent class. Flowers massive and showy, measuring over four inches across. The plants grow very evenly, about eighteen inches high, and carry frequently over fifty flowers. SNOW WHITE FLESH COLOR RICH PURPLE DARK CRIMSON . PEACH BLOSSOM: : Each, Pkt. 6c.; 4 0Z. 60c.; oz. $2.00. CHOICEST MIXED Pkt. 5c.; } oz. 50¢.; oz. $1.50.
TRUFFAUT’S PHONY FLOWERED PERFECTION Certainly one of the most perfect and deservedly popular Asters. Very double, large and beautiful. Height, 18 inches.
BRIGHT RED CLEAR WHITE VIOLET PEACH BLOSSOM WHITE, TURNING TO AZURE BLUE Each, Pkt. 7c.; 4 0z. 75c.; 0Z. $2.50.
FINEST MIXED Pkt. 5c.; 4 oz 50c.; oz. $1.75.
NEW GIANT COMET ASTERS -
This distinct class of Asters resembles very much the Japan Chrys- Extremely floriferous.
PURE WHITE CLEAR CARMINE LIGHT BLUE BRIGHT ROSE LILAC, BORDERED WHITE
Each, Pkt. 8c.; 4 02. $1.00; 02. $3.00. ee MIXED c
NEW GIANT AMERICAN ASTERS
BUCKBEE’S FLOWER SEEDS OFFERED IN THiS GUIDE ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD
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= : : ; ANCHUSA—Hardy annu- ALLIUM — The Bride — Appro- at ysspyt—Dwart plants. Each spreads ANEMONE—Among the earliest al two feet high. Bears a
priately so-called. Alkways cov- So as to completely cover a circular and brightest of spring flowers profusion of bright blue cred ees profusion d of guowers space 12 to 20 inches in diameter. Re- The colors cover a wide range flowers similar to, yet for their Beanie ha because of main in bloom from spring till frost. and are unusually attractive. neh one en aoe their great value in bouquet work. Little Gem—Pkt. 150 seeds 4c. The Anemone is a hardy annual. out the'S sear ieee 7 Pkt. 8c. Sweet—Pkt. 200 seeds 3c. I offer fine mixed seed. Pkt. 5c. eat Sa seodgie
ABRONIA—Beautiful trailing plant, with sweet-scented Verbena-like flowers. Pkt. 4c.
ACROCLINIUM—Fiowers pure pearly white, or an ex- quisite soft, clear shade of pink, with bright golden centers. Everlasting half hardy annual, Height one foot Mixed Colors—Very fine. Pkt, 4c.
New Double Mixed Colors—Larger and fuller than the above. Pkt. Te. =
ADONIS—Often called ‘‘Pheasant’s Eye?’ Hardy an- nual. Foliage graceful and feathery: Pkt. 3c.
AGROSTEMMA— Often called ‘“‘Crown of the Field.” “Rosé of Heaven,” “Flos Jovis-” and ‘‘Rose Gham- pion.” Much used for beds and borders. Finest mixed. Pkt. 2c.
AGROSTIS, Nebulosa—Elegant fine feathery variety of ornamental gress. Hardy annual. Height eigh- teen inches. Pkt. 3c.
ALONSOA—Known as ‘Mask Flower.’ Constantly
-overed with flowers throughout thi - FB 7 Mixed. Pit. 2c. = fob: sae. sity AGERATUM—Hardy annual. A profuse and j
. constant bloomer, with tassel-sha’ flow- AMMOBIUM, Alatum—Flowers pure white and very ers that are decidedly novel = peda at-
. . double. Everlasting. Hardy annual. Height two tractive. The plants-grow from six to six- plants sae ae eee pes feet. Pkt. 3c. teen inches high, and make a most desirable striking contrasts in color-are de- - AVENA, Sterilis—Often called “Animated Oat.” A addition to any garden or collection of sired. Choice Mixed, Pkt. 75 fine variety of ornamental grass. Hardy annual. Summer flowers. I offer the best mixed seeds, 4c. Height, thirty inches. Pkt. 4c. only.- Pkt. 3c.
BALSAMS
APOLLO—Flowers large, double and of perfect shape, beautifully and minutely
spotted and streaked. Pkt. 5c. 4 IANA—Flowers very large, double and handsomely formed, of the most delicate shades of flesh color; beautiful beyond imagination. PEt 5c.
FAIRY QUERN—Flowers pure snowy white, large, double and perfect. Great favorite with florists, and one of the most profuse bloomers, the plants being loaded with hundreds of deli:htful blossoms throughout the season. Pkt. 8c.
JUPITER—Superb color—glowing crimson. Flowers large and beautifully double. A strong and vigorous grower. Pkt. 5c. .
MARS—A rich, glowing scarlet, flowers large and finely formed. Pkt. 5c.
MERCURY—Hlegant variety of the softest lemon color. Double and perfect as a Camelia and large asa Rose. Pkt. 5c. : =
SE ee lowers gaily striped, streaked and spotted. Choicest mixed shades.
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SATURN—Grand variety. Clear frosted white, flaked and striped with rosy pur-
ple or scarlet. Pkt. 5c. = Z S—Flowers suffused with a soft shade of delicate lilac. Blossoms large and double. Pkt. 5c. :
SPLENDID MIXED—No finer mixture obtainable. Comprised of the above grandest of all varieties of Balsams and a choice selection ef numerous hybrid sorts. Pkt. 25 seeds 5c.; 1 oz. 30c.; oz. $1.00. Se
GOOD MIXED—This mixture is comprised of the standard sorts, and will give good results. Pkt. 25 seeds 3c.; 4 oz. 15c.; oz. 50c.
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Franklin J. Chapman, Clop- pers, Md., in the course of a bus- iness communication says: ““The : plants were received to-day O. K. Sailor,” “Corn Flower,” | I thank you for your honest way and “Blue Bottle ;” a beau- of dealing and hope to be able to ty, the national flower of help Buckbee in the future.” Germany, Hardy annual;
2tofeet high. Pkt. 4c.
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BARTO Showy annual, bearing a profusion of fragrant, white flowers of large size. ChoiceMixed. Pkt.4c.
BETA Most effective bedding plant, producing large leaves of a beautiful color. Frost does not kill them, only coloring them prettily, Pkt. 5c..
BRACHYCOME (Swan River Daisy) Free-flowering and dwarf-growing. Blossoms are daisy-like in appearance, blue and white, very beautiful. Choicest Mixed, Pkt, 4c,
BROMUS, Brizaeformis Handsome variety, with beautiful drooping panicles. Hardy annual. Height,18in. Pkt. 3c.
BRIZA, Gracilis Beautiful variety, with small, ‘graceful race- mes. Hardy annual, Height, 12 inches. Pkt 4c.
_ BRIZA, Maxima
Often called Quaking Grass. Very ornamental variety, with large racemes of beautiful rattles. Hardy annual Height, 1l8inches. Pkt. 3c.
BROWALLIA Beautiful free-blooming annual, often called “Amethyst.’’ Profuse bloomer, blue or white flowers. Splendid Mixed. Pkt, 2c.
BURNING BUSH
Attractive garden plant, of bush form, about 2% feet high. Foliage fine and lemon-scented. Fragrant flowers, borne profusely. Pkt. 5c.
COCKSCOMB (or Celosia)
Favorite everywhere. Hugh combs, from 6 inches to | foot across, of bright, fiery red color. Choicest Mixed, Pkt, 100 seeds 4c,
CACALIA
Commonly called “Tassel Flower.”’ Fine for. bedding or borders. Be sureand include this in your collection. Mixed. Pkt. 2c,
CALENDULA
The name of this flower is derived from the fact that it will bloom every calendar month in the year, Finest Mixed Colors. Pkt. 75 seeds 4c,
CALLIOPSIS (or Coreopsis)
This is one of our brightest, cheeriest annuals, and as easy to grow as any weed. Mixed Colors, Pkt. 200 seeds 3c,
CENTAUREA, Odorata New Marguerite
A beautiful flower resembling a fringed car nation, a free bloomer haying flowers of white, yellow, blue and rose. Pkt. 6c.
CANDYTUFT
QUEEN OF CALIFORNIA—The finest and best; everblooming pure white. Valuable for cut flow- ers or in the flower bed. Pkt. 200 seeds 10c.
Empress—This new, pure white Candytuft formsa dense bushy plant of a spreading habit, and bears its snowy flowers inendless profusion. Pkt, 100
seeds 4c, Dark Jrimson—Fine bright color. Pkt. 4c. All Colors Mixed—Pkt, 100 seeds 30, :
CANNA One of the most popular of bedding plants, while evcn single specimens are most attractive in the arden. They will bloom the first year from seed, e roots ican be kept in the cellar over winter and each clump gives 6 to & good roots for planting out the following Spring.
Crozy’s Hybrids 33 —Very beautiful. Pkt. 5c,
Fine Mixed — A fine mixture. Pkt,
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CATCHFLY An exceedingly beautiful annual of easy culture, producing delicate flowers profusely. Choicest I“ixed,
Pkt. 3c. CHINESE LANTERN PLANT (PHYSALIS FRANCHEITL)
The plant produces numerous large inflated husks, much the shape of Chinese lanterns; at first a beau- tiful green color, changing to a yellowish bue and then to brightest scarlet,and as they hang suspended among the green foliage they present a most novel and strikingly beautiful appearance Pkt. 80 seeds 5c.
CHRYSURUS, Cynosuroides. ’ Magnificent variety, with yeliowish feathery spikes. Hardy annual. Height, 12 inches. Pkt, 4c.
CLARKIA Beautiful bardy annuai from California, with rose-colored, white and purple flowers, in delicate but very brilliant shades. Profuse bloomers. Fine Mixed. Pkt. 3c,
COIX, Lacryma Often called Jobs Tears. Weil known favorite.
Pkt. 3c. COSMOS
New Mammoth Fancy Cosmos ‘I'he latest novelty from California The flowers measure from 4 to 5 inches across. Mixed. Pkt. 100 seeds 7c.
Giants of California Cosmos—Th gs strain is noted both for beauty and the gigantic size of its flowers which measure 4 to 5 inches across; the colors are very varied and beautift!.
Giant Pure White. Pkt. 4c.
Giant Pink, Pkt. 6c,
Giant Yellow. Pkt. ‘7c.
Giant Mixed. Pkt, 100 seeds 5c,
COTTON Fine curiosity inthe North. They bloom freely, and will ripen the pods if sown early and set out- side in real warm: weather. Pkt, 4c.; oz. 8c.
DATURA Cornucopia (“HORN OF PLENTY )
Very hardy and beautiful. Large branches, dark green foliage. Flowers are trumpet- shaped, measuring8 to10 inches in length and 5 to 7 inches across the mouth and form three distinct. flowers, growing each within the other. Pkt, 12 seeds 4c. :
DATURA, or Trumpet Flower A large, brancbing plant, producing hand- some double and single trumpet-shaped blos- soms, white, blue, ye'low and lilac, of exqui- site fragrance. Pkt. 22 seeds 3c.
DIAMOND FLOWER (I:- NOPSIDIUM)
Very Fine. The only annual flower that can be depended upon tu bloom out of doors in the winter. Plant 2to3incbes high,covered from October till Spring with innumerable blue and white flowers. Pkt. 5c.
DOUBLE DAISY
itongfellew— Double, a dark, rose red flower.
t. Ge,
Mammoth White— Double flowers, purest white. Pkt. Ge. :
Double Quviticd Mixed—A new, pretty strain. Pkt, 150 seeds Ge,
Mammoth, or Giant Mixed—Finest ever offered. Pkt. 150 seeds 8c.
Fine German Double Mixed—A good mixture. Pkt, 150 seeds 3c.
EVERLASTING FLOWERS Special Mixturc—A single packet will give in abundance a great variety of the most at- tractive Everlasting Flowers. My ‘Special Mixture” contains the cream of all varieties. Liberal Pkt. 10c., or 3 Pkts, for 25c,
92 H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
Mrs. Ida Peters, Smithfield, Va., says: ‘*Buckbee’s Seeds are the
best I ever planted.”
Double Largest Flow=- ering Mixed—A superb mixture of the “nest dou- ble varieties of the largest size and finest< colorings. Pkt. 40 seeds 10c.
Double Mixed—Pkt. 40 seeds 5c, _
Single Noveity Mixed —Brilliant flowers running through a wide range of striking colors. Of large size;.exceedingly popular for cut flowers. kt. 40 seeds 5c. ERIANTHUS,Ravennae
Fine as Pampas Grass. Tender annual. Thi inches high. Pkt. 4c.
ESCHSCHOLTZIA, or Giant Califorria Poppy
The Eschscholtzia — is one of the most hardy and easily grown of our annuals. It is a fine flower for blooming in pots, especially in Winter. Pkt. 150 seeds 4c. EULALIA, Japonica Zebrina Often called Zebra Grass. Mag- pificent variety, with striped leaves. Hardy perennial. Height five to six feet, Pkt. 12c. EUPHORBIA, Heterophylia,
or Annual Poinsettia This plant iS often called Mex- ican Fire Plant, Painted Leaf or Fire on the Mountain, Pkt. seeds 4c. EUPHORBIA—Variegata | Hardy annual. Foliage beauti- fully veined and margined with white—very showy. Sometimes known as Snow on the Mountain. Pkt. 40 seeds 3c.
EVENING PRIMROSE, or CGenothera Large saucer-shaped blooms of the purest white.or in the-softest, richest. shades of yellow, and de- liciously fragrant. Pkt. i50 seeds 4c.
ches high, but spread out like a Portulaca,
perfectly charming blossoms of lovely
colors. Pkt. 5c. : i a § ) FEVERFEW
White Gem—Very finest and most
beautiful of- all double. white varieties.
Pkt. 200 seeds 10c.
for the edging of beds,vas the foliage is beautifully serrated, of a rich golden color. Flowers smaller and pure white. Pkt, 200
Seeds 4c. - }
FORGET-ME-NOT, or Myosotis One of the most charming and_beautiful of all plants, either for open ground ¢ul- ture orfor the house. The foliage is light and graceful, while the dainty little flow- ers»star-like in form, are of the most del- icatesshade of blue__ Pkt. 100 seeds 4c.
FOUR O’GLOCK, or Mirabilis Often called Marvel of Peru. The plants are large, and require four feet of space. Flowers are funnel-shaped, white, red and striped, and are very fragrant, and open’ about four o’clock in the afternoon, re- ain open all night,ffand’ perish) before boon the next day.» Pkt. 20 seeds Sc.
GAILLARDIA
Exceedingly beautiful annual, produe- ing showy plants one to three feet ugh. Lerge flowers, from two to three inches across, pro- duced from early Summer until frost. Ghoicest Double Mixed. Pkt. 100 seeds 4c.; Choicest Sin- gie. Mixed. Pkt. 100 seeds 3c.
Mixed, pkt. 4c. GIA, Tricolor Grows in almost any sit- uation. Flowers blue, with . yellow and purple center. Hardy annual, one_ foot ‘ high. Finest Mixed, pkt. 200 seeds 2c.
The plants do not grow over threeane.... habit and profusion of charming little blue and w
and are thickly covered at all times with> _by enormous double flowers. Pkt. 10¢.
Golden Fleece—Especially adapted _
" 8e.; 4.02,-25¢.; 0z..-40e.
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Buckbee’s “Full of Life” Annuals
GIANT GHOST FLOWER Often called Wedding Bells. The most wonderful plant It blooms always, either in the house or out of doors,in the Summer. ow= ers drooping, bell-shaped, over a foot long and eight or nine inches wide. of creamy white color. Very fragrant and choice sort. PKt. 10c.
GLADIOLUS rs One of the best of all Summer and Fall flowers. There is no equal to it for brilliant shades, none easier grown. Choicest Mixed, pkt. 10c. GLORY PEA
_Curious greenhouse shrub with singularly beautiful foliage and mag- nificent clusters of long drooping flowers somewhat resembling a parrot’s beak. Pkt. 15 seeds 10c.
GODETIA
Beautiful hardy annuals, remarkable for delicacy of their fine large
blossoms. Mixed Pkt. 200 seeds 3c. GOMPHRENA, or Globe Amaranth e _ Remove cottony covering before planting. Plants bear great guanti- ties of clover-like blooms and very aitractive buds as well, Pender annual. Height twofeet. Finest mixed, pkt. 3c. : GYNERIUM, Argentium, or Pampas Grass
Magnificent ornamental grass, producing numerous flower stems sur-
mounted by plumes of silver inflorescence. Half-hardy perennial, ten
feet high. Pkt. 5c. r GYPSOPHILA : Delicate, free-flowering, little early plants, covered with 2 profusion of white and pink star-shaped blossoms. Well adapted for hanging baskets or edgings, and valuable in connection with other flowers for making bouquets, either green ordry. Willthriveanywhere. Choicest
Mixed, pkt. 4c. 2 HELICHRYSUM . Often called the Eternal Flower. . Very hardy, blooming until late Autumn. The white and light cofored varieties color easily, and are oiten dyed in shades not otherwise obtainable in Eyerlastings, and used in wreaths, crosses and other emblems. Hardy annual. Grows six inches to two feet hich. Monstrosum—Brichtest colors, very large, mixed, PEt, 4c. Golden Ball—Rich golden yellow; new. Pkt. 7e, Snow Bali—Beautiful, pure white. Pkt. Te. Dwarf—Finest mixed. Pkt» 4c. HORDEUM, Jubatum . _ Often called Squirrel-Tail Grass. Very fine. “Hardy annual. Height eighteen inches. Pkt. 4c. ; LAGURUS, Ovatus Often called Hare’s-Tail Grass. Splendid variety. Hardy annual. Height eighteen inches. Pkt. 3c. ICE PLANT Handsome and curious plants for hanging baskets, rockwork, vases and edgings. Sixinehes high. White. Pkt. 200 seeds 3c.
Excellent for clumps or edgings, and one ofthe best and most showy annuals for bedding. Pkt. 50.seeds 3c. ‘ LOBELIA sf A very valuable and beautiful dwarf-growing HES delicate, droopin: ite fowers. Choices
Mixed, pkt. 500 seeds 5c.
LOTUS, American .
This is one of the most beautiful and*valuable of all Water Lilies. The dark green leaves twelve to fifteen inches in diameter are surmounted LUPIN, Lupinus rar : icuous plant, with spikes of pea-shaped blos- ardy_annual; three feet hich. “Pkt. 2c.
LYCHNIS - 3
Called Sun Dial. “Con soms of various colors,
The. flowers are produced in ‘clusters, and are constantly coming ‘out all Summer, Mixed, pkt. 100 seeds ‘5c. : MATHIOLA
A-variety of the Ten Weeks Stocks, which is hardy and robust, so that seed can be sown in the open ground early. Mixed, pkt. 5c, ae _ MIXTURES OF FLOWER SEED : : Tall-Growing Annuais—Seeds of many of the handsomest annuals, none less than one foot high, many five and six feet... Liberal pEt. 8¢.; % oF. 25013 0z. 40c. aneraa : nove Foliage Plants—Annuais grown for their beautiful variegated silver, golden ‘or*bronze foliage.. Liberal pkt. 8c.; 4 02.;25¢.; 0Z. 40¢e. : Low-Growing Anni —This mixture contains seeds of the greatest numberof low-growing annuals eyer blended. “Few exceed four to six inches'in height. Large pkt. 8c.; 4 02. 25¢.5 0Z. 40c. es Flowers for Bouquets and Baskets—Seeds of annuals producing flowers fot cutting for vases and bouquets, as well as for baskets. Large pit: SCs Oz. 2555 oz, 40c. 4 ; i : <n Annuals—Carefully prepared from seed of fragrant flowers only. Liberal pkt..8c.7 3 oz. 25¢.; oz. 40e. ; 2 Evening Bloomers—This mixture is composed of annuals which bloom Jate in the afternoon and during the evening.» Liberal pkt. 8c: ; 4. 0Z..25¢.; 02. 40¢. - Ciimbers—Seeds of many beautiful annual climbers. Liberal pkt.
Everlasting and Ornamental Grasses—All the annual varieties ofeach. Liberal pkt. 8c.; 4 oz. 25c.; oz. 40c. ;
Biennials and Perennials—Great variety contained in this mixture. Large pkt. &¢.; 4 0Z. 25c.; 0z. 46c.
Wild Flower Garden—These mixed fiower seeds embrace more than a hundred varieties of such easy growing and pretty flowers as are suit- able for forming a wild flower garden. Liberal pkt. 8e.; 4 oz. 25¢.;
oz. 40c. MONKEY FLOWER—Mimulus Punchatus “*~
Tender-looking plants, with singular shaped and bmiliant colored flowers, blotched and spotted in every conceivable manner, Fine Hy- brid Varieties Mixed, pkt. 100 seeds 4c.
MUSK PLANT—Mimulus Moschatus
A well-known and favorite plant both for outside borders and for pot culture in Spring. Cultivated on account of the musky odor of the plant. Pkt. 100 seeds 4c.
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BUCKBEE’S FAMOUS SPLENDID MIXTURE
WITHOUT DOUBT THIS IS ONE OF THE FINEST MIXTURES EVER BLENDED. WORLD BEATING, FIRST, LAST AND ALWAYS. TRY IT.
This mixture comprises all the magnificent varieties offered on this page, with the single exception of my
“Louisiana Purchase’’ Mixture, listed at the bottom of this page, A BIG BARGAIN. Just think of it!
hybrids of wondrous beauty. (See illustration No. 1.)
DWARF, or TOM THUMB, 2 Of recent years remarkable improvements have been made in Dwarf or Tom Thumb Nasturtiums, so that now we have a class of plants unrivaled in beauty and effect for bedding and cut flower purposes. Buckbee’s Fancy Mixed—tThe best ever produced, and not equaled for gorgeousness of color and_bril- lianey of effect, embracing every known good sort and a choice collection of new hybrids. Pkt. 5c.; 0%. 12c.; 4 1b. 45c.; Ib. $1.50. Finest Mixed—Fine mixture, superior to that gen- erally sold. Pkt, 4c.; 0. 10c.; } Ib. 35c.; ib.
$1.25 Good Mixed—From a very fine collection. Pkt. 3c.; 0Z. 8c.; } lb. 25c.; lb. 80c.- Price of the Following Varieties Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c. Aurora—Yellow, petals blotched, veined carmine, Beauty—Scarlet, splashed canary.
Bronze Color.—Beautiful burnished bronze color. poe ae ae color, spotted and veined with
red. | Cloth of Gold—Poliage yellow, flowers scarlet.
General Jacqueminot—Fancy deep red rose. Golden King—Golden yellow; very fine. King of Tom Thumbs—{ntense scarlet flowers.
| Lady Bird—Yellow, barred with ruby crimson.
Mystic Shrine—New dark crimson, nearly black. Qcean Wave—Rare; flowers creamy white. Queen of Orange—FPlowers large, rich orange. Prince Henry—Golden yellow, marbled scarlet. Rose—A very pleasing shade.
Royal Scarlet—Most brilliant colored variety. Compact Lustrous—Flowers flashing scarlet. Crystal Palace Gem—Sulphur, spotted maroon, Empress of India—Dark leaves, crimson flowers. Intensity—Intense ‘crimson, almost black. Spotted King—A handsome sort.
Ruby King—Magnificent ruby rose, dark foliage.
LOBB’S NASTURTIUMS, 4° Lobb’s Special Mixed—Besides the six types here
describes, this embraces seed of many other; most —
beautiful varieties. ib. $1.25. Price of the Following Varieties’ ~~ Pkt. 5c.; 0z, i0c. : Cardinale—Striking cardinal red’ color. Giant of Battles—Sulpkur color, ‘spotted red; Gold Garnet—Shining: yellow, mottled garnet, King of the Blacks—Ricl deep brown. Lucifer—The richest; velvety, deep: crimson. Spitfire—New, brightest. most glowing of all.
Pkt. 4c,; 0Z..12c.; +. 1b. 35c.;
Nasturtium Mixture ever blended.
‘shades.
Gorgeous Louisiana Purchase Mixture
it was the Nasturtium sensation of 1905.
In addition there will be found many new Pkt. 7c.; 0z. 15c.; } lb. 50c.; ib. $1.75.
TALL, or CLIMBING, 5
Among the easiest grown and prettiest of climbers for fences, trellises, etc., quickly running six to twelve feét, thriving well even on poor soil. Free bloomers, and the green seed pods make excellent pickles. Fine Mixed—F'rom a very nice collection. Pkt. 3¢.3
oz. 8c.; } lb. 25¢.; Ib.. 80c.
Select Mixed—Fully equal, if not surpassing, the mixtures offered. by other seedsmen.. Pkt. 4c.5
_ 02. 10c.; + lb. 30c.; kb. $1.00.
Buckbee’s Superior Mixed—Without question the most superior mixture ever offered. Pkt. 5¢.é
OZ. idc.; 4 Ih. 50c.; lb. $1.75.
Price of the Following Varieties Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.
Crystal Gem—Handsome pearly white.
Dark Crimson—Deep, rich and velvety.
Dunnett’s Orange—Bright orange, blotched. red;
Eduard Otto—Velvety bronze, yellow. spur.
Fire King—Gorgeous scarlet; best of all.
Goiden Leaved Scarlet (Golden Climber; also called Scarlet and Gold)—Light yellow foliage contrasts brightly with the deep scarlet flowers.
Heinemanni—Silky bronze chocolate.
Hemisphericum—sStraw color, with rosy scarlet blotches. :
Regalianum—Purple violet. <8
King Theodore—Rich deep crimson, almost black.
Schuermani—Rich striped yellow and crimson. ©
Von Moltke—Bluish rose.
Hybrids of Madame Gunter. Nasturtiums, 3
These new hybrids make a
New Climbing
“strong growth, climbing from five to six feet, and
covered from Spring to Fall with large, substan- tial flowers of the most brilliant | They are remarkable for their wide range of colors, embrace ing almostevery color. Pkt. 5c.; OZ. 12¢c.
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES
Fine Mixture—Contains seeds of fifteen splendid varieties of or- namental grasses. I can recom- mend this, Mixture with confidence to the most exacting buyer. Libe eral Pkt. 10c.; 3 pkts.25c.
The astounding array of brilliant color
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price: Pkt. of 25 or more seeds, 10c.; oz. 25c.; 41b. 75c.
LIBERAL PACKETS, ALL OFFERED ON THIS PAGE, CONTAIN 25 0R MO
) ¢ s and rich markings, the giant size and the ever-blooming propensity make this unquestionably the best and most desirable I intend to show my continued liberality by offering it at this low
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Canary Bird Flower
(Tropeolum Canariense)
Beautiful climber, the charm- ing little canary colored blos- som bearing a fancied resem- blance toa bird With its wings half expanded. The plant has a luxuriant, rambling char- acter, ~ and- if seeds are planted by the side of arbor or trellis will run about twenty feet, -and will blossom from July until frost. Tender an- nual, Pkt. 5e.
RE-SEAGS.
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Buckbee’s Ever Popular Annuals MIGNONETTE (Reseda) The Time Honored Favorite B
BY -KBEE’S FINE I want to call very special attention to this mixt ST which I consider THE FINEST MIGNONETTE MIXTURE ever blended ROCKFORD MIXED by an expert florist. It possesses a world of beauty and indescribable _ blend ; sweetness. So firm is my opinion, that I will pay $100.00 for an ounee of ence seed Hat on produce better or apy Era Be It includes the following well i gether wi many new Hybrids. 4 AIL TO T. Vv. THIS OFFER. Pkt. 600 seeds i0c.; oz. 50c. nines we
GABRIELLE—New, red flowering, very sweet. NEW GOLDEN MACHET—A splendid vari-
Pkt. 5c. ety for pots and cut flowers; golden yell IMPROVED GOLDEN QUEEN—Golden yel- blossoms. Pkt. Sgdpe? PiiyRee at low flowers, powerfully fragrant. Pkt. 4c. PURE MACHET—Of vigorous pyramidal LARGE PYRAMIDAL BOUQUET, or GIANT growth, bearing massive spikes of deli- Pie ie, Tbust grower, very sweet. papson's GIANT WHITE FLOWERING MILE’S GIANT WHITE SPIRAL—Pleasing —Flowers almost pure white. Pkt. 4c. iety; as SWEET— (Reseda Odorata Grandiflora)—La: Pit. = very. showy; fragrant blossoms. flowered. The old BS Sweet ete
> NEW ette, improved. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 10c. W GIANT RED FLOWERED—Intense red, IMPROVED VICTORIA—It’ is ‘a robust and * ntact healthy grower and succeeds well even in
D—A fine mixture including many vari- 1 Mignon) eties. PKt. 5c.; oz. 20c. 4 oe a Pet Be.” pacar os
MARIGOLD
LEGION OF HONOR—A beautiful single, dwarf, bushy variety, bearing rich, golden yellow flow- ers with garnet blotches in the center of each petal; about one fvot high. Pkt. 150 seeds 4c.
EL DORADO—Flowers 3 to 4 mches in diameter, imbricated, extremely double. Pkt. 150 seeds 4c.
AFRICAN, DOUBLE MIXED—Very early; pro-
fuse bloomers of compact habit. Pkt. 150
seeds 4c.
FRENCH, DOUBLE MIXED—A class of showy and extremely effective plants; fine double flowers of rich and beautiful colors; very well adapted for large beds and borderings. Pkt. 150 seeds 4c.
eee NEMOPHILA, or Love Grove—Of dwarf, spread- ing habit, and well adapted for borders or pot culture. The flowers are single, each petal hav- ing a large distinct blotch. Pkt. 60 seeds 3c.
NICOTIANA, Affinis—A handsome genus of garden plants of the tobac- co family, which are noted for ae freedom and fragrance of their PORTULACA—(Moss Rose)—Valuable for baskets, beds, etc. Plant
MARIGOLD
bloom. Half hardy annuals, 3 feet high. Pkt. 100 seeds 4c. ees eee rtd — — = = r. - oices ouble Mixed— le see Cc.
Ee a A desirable plant for baskets,{vases and bedding. pynninest Single Mixed—Pit. 300 seeds 3 c. sai NIGELLA, or Love-in-a-mist—Hardy annual, known as the ‘'Devil- this is made the famous Persian ‘Insect Powder. oFlowers lnrar
in-Bush” and ‘‘Lady-in-Green,” because the blossoms are peculiarly yellow and_ rose-colored. kt. 8c. "
concealed by the abundance of finely-cut foliage. Pkt. 3c. RAINBOW PLANT—A grand plant 3 feet high, bearing brilliantly NOLANA—Beautiful trailing plants, almost equal to the Portulaca eolored Ieaves,making a fine cisplay. Pkt. 100 seeds 5c.
for growing in masses. Pkt. 4c. RHODANTHE—Retzins its brilliancy of colors for years. Tender an-
TE > E ae nual. Everlasting flower._ One foot high. Best mixed. PEt. 4c. RN ee little plants well adapted for rockeries RICINUS—zanzibariensis—From 1 cokeamin Aaeionece eacntad sr
PENNISETUM, Ponetety ese Sore fuzzy flower heads of great May the plants are in full foliage in July, and attain a height of 12
Teoge/ Hardy annual ornamental grass. Height, 18 inches._ be da eet Se en ele es os seed, Dae pane RICINUS, or Castor Oil Bean—Tall, majestic plants for lawns, with
PERILLA—Ornamental foliage plant similar to Coleus. Foliage metal-
ie Grouse: Pkt ieaves of glossy green. brown or bronze metallic hue, and long spikes
> » 4C. 5 * PHACELIA—Hardy annual, bearing erect cup-shaped flowers of of prickly capsules of scarlet and green. Of very quick growth in lovely blue, Towers profusely and a long time. Pkt. 4c. a ae x Pei EEL, 6 to 15 feet high. Best Mixed, Pkt.
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GORGEOUS PETUNIAS
GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA—A California strain of great beauty, size and lux- uriance. The flowers are of immense size, often measuring 5 to 6 inches across, but the variety of colors, markings, veinings and bletching dis- tinguish them from all others. They are usually ruffed and fringed on the edges, and present a great variety of beautiful effects, many colors being rich and glowing, while others are delicate. Pkt. 150 seeds 10c.
BUCKBEE’S NEW DOUBLE FANCY FRINGED—For years we have made careful trial of double Petunias, but this is better than any seed we have previously been able to obtain. They embrace a wide range of colors and show finer combinations than we have heretofore found in any double Petunias, including delicate mauve, porcelain blue, white, garnet and velvet shades. The delicate blue and white flowers, freely produced, are par- ticularly noteworthy. This carefully hybridized seed will yield a larger percentage of double flowers than any other Petunia in cultivation today. Mixed. Pkt. 40 seeds 15c.
GRANDIFLORA, Single Large Flowering—The largest-flowering and richest colored variety in cultivation. Single flowers frequently measure over 5 inches in diameter, ruffled or fringed on the edges and beautifully veined with various shades of purple, rose, lavender, yellow and crimson. Mixed. Pkt. 100 seeds 8c.
HYBRIDA, Single Mixed—A splendid mixture, embracing all colors, includ- ing striped and blotched varieties. Are excellent for bedding or massing, remaining in bloom the entire summer. Pkt. 200 seeds 5c.
FORDHOOK, Fancy Fringed Double—Mixture of the best large-flowering and fringed double Petunias. Yields 20 to 30 per cent. of doubles. Mixed. Pkt. 40 seeds 10c.
DEFIANCE, Large Flowering Single—Flowers unequaled in size. Mixture is remarksble for its large proportion of dark crimson; maroon and violet
GIANTS OF CALIFORNIA shades. Pkt. 100 seeds 10c. WHEN YOU BUY FROM BUCKBEE YOU GET WHAT YOU ORDER AND GET IT PROMPTLY
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WORLD- BEATING
BUCKBEE’S
Nothing But Beautiful New
HORTENSta FLOWERED PHLOX 2
This is undoubtedly one of the handsom- est species of the Phlox family. They are more floriferous than the others; the flowers are large, of good substance and of hand- somest colors.
Alba—Pure white, extra Jarge. Pkt. 6c. Coccinea—Scarlet, rich, striking. Pkt. 6c. Leopoldii—Rich red, with white eye. Pkt.
6c. Fine Mixed—From a splendid collection. Pkt. 5c.
NEW D
OUBLE PHLOX
The white is especially valuable as a cut flower. greatly pleased with these.
Price oY any of the four following varieties: Pkt,
only 25c. Double White, Double Yellow.
NEW LARGE FLOWERED YELLOW PHLOX
Among the many acres of Phlox growing at Rockford Seed Farms the past season few have excited such attention as the bed of this new large Yellow Phlox. It is a rich straw yellow, of warm and glowing tone, while the flowers are of extra large size and fine form. i clusters of blooms tre magnificent, Pkt.
ic. ;
Double Scarlet, Double Mixed,
Contains in splendid blend. many varieties. Invaluable for bedding and cut-flower purposes. Pkt. 8c,; %4 oz, 200, ;
oz. 50c.
SPECIAL PHLOX MIXTURE
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PERENNIAL, or HARD PHLOX 5
The varieties of the Perennial Phlox are among the choicest of flowers for bedding and
border plants. They are hardy and need no protection; will flourish in any soil, succeed- ing better, however, in deep, rich, rather moist ground, Pkt. of 25 seeds 7c.
Plowers are doubleand semi-double and last & much longer than those of the single Phlox. }
I am sure my customers will be ,S&
8c.; or the entire collection of 4 varieties for [FS
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PHLOX
Ones of Recent Introduction
BUCKBEE’S MAMMOTH PRIZE MIXED Far Superior to Any Other.
Flowers of great substance, beautiful form and uncommon size. ‘The colors are extra- ordinarily rich and varied, glowing crimson, dazzling scarlet, deep rose, soft pink, pale blush, maroon black, lavender purple and numberless other rare shades, any with contrasting eyes, stripes or featherings. They are of dwarf, stout branching habit, always erect. Grandest of all Phlox. In eres Mixture. Pkt. 5c.; 4 0Z. 25c.; oz. Cc.
NEW DWARF PHLOX _ A lovely strain, the plants growing only 6 to 8 inches high. Valuable for bedding alone or as bor- ders in beds with taller varieties.
- Fireball—Fine and showy scarlet. Pkt. 7c. Snowball—White; excellent variety. Pkt. 7c. Chamois—Rose; charming. Pkt.
Striata—Beautiful striped. kt.
Delicata—Blush; charming. Pkt.
Extra Fine Mixed—A choice mixture of countless shades, Pkt. 6c.
STARRED AND FRINGED PHLOX EXTRA MIXED
Entitled to Rank as a New Race. The Most Striking Novelties in Phloxes Ever Introduced.
In the fringed flowers the petals are partly fimbriate and partly three toothed, all distinctly bordered with white, which, together with the bright eye of the center, contrasts with the magnificent velvety colors, in_ more than twenty distinct shades. In the Starred Phloxes the pointed central. tooth of the petals are five to six times as long as the lateral ones and project beyond them like little spines, giving the flowers a distinctly marked, reg- ular star-like form. inest mixture,
kt. 5c.
NAMED PHLOXES Each, Pkt. 5c, Atropurpurea—Rich, deep purple. Black Warrior—Nearest approach to
black that we have in any flower; in-
tense dark crimson, deep and clear. Carmine Red—Strikingly showy variety Isabellina—Creamy yellow, desirable.
Kermesina Alba Oculata—Rosy crim- son, white eyes,
Purity—A beautiful pure white variety. Rosy. Chamois—Beautiful shade of rose. Rosea—Deep rose, exquisitely beautiful.
Splendens—Cnmson, pure white eye; one of the finest of this strain.
Stellata Splendens—Rich crimson, with star-shaped white eye.
S . BUCKBEE’S DAZZLER—The World-
EXTRA SPECIA ¢ Beating Prize Phlox Creation. An ex-
ceedingly brilliant variety of the Clearest, Richest scarlet. Large Pkt. 7c.
‘erorious. POPPIES
GLORIOUS GREAT advance has been made in _recent years in the development of the Poppy,
which has brought it into deserved popular-
ity, and it may be safely said that no other
fone produces a more brilliant display of
colors.
Grandest Mixed—An elegant mixture of standard and novelty varieties. Pkt. 4c.5 4 oz. 30c.; oz. 50c.
American Flag—Beautiful new variety; flowers large and double; snow white, bor-
hy) All packets of Phloxj¥ ij NU el Wet page con- Sc = ain seeds or more. PAW Gy ei) with. the exception oA } ‘
Bx
> the Perennial or bards i variety, which contain p WS,
25 seeds. re
Pzony Flowered—Flowers in size and color are
dered with scarlet. Pkt. 5c. equal to Paeonies. Mixed Colors. Pkt. Danebrog—Double flowers of deep red, 8c.; oz. 20c. ‘ Peacock—A striking feature of the flower is the
eee being marked with a white blotch. : kt. 4c. glossy zone, which marks the petals, forming Carnation Flowered—Double; large size; i
a ring. . 4c. great variety of colors. Pkt. 3c.; 0z. 20c. Rosebud—tThe prettiest of all; like a rosette. Iceland—A perennial variety; colors range Beautiful colors and shading. t. 4c. from Ey white and yellow to orange scar- §Shirley—Similar to the wild Scarlet Field Poppy |( let. kt. 5c. of England. Strikingly handsome, Pkt. 4c. Mephisto—Striking, rich glowing dark scar- Snow Drift—Pure white, grand. Pkt. 4c.
let, blotched with velvety black. Pkt. 4c. kado—Flowers pure white at the back,
fringed edges are of brilliant scarlet. Pkt. Cc.
Tulip—A dazzling variety, resembling the Tulip
in shape. Color intense scarlet. Pkt. 4c.
Pee ies rich beautiful scarlet variety. . OC.
THERE IS NOTHING IN FLOWER SEEDS THAT BUCKBEE CANNGT SUPPLY. PRICES ALWAYS RIGHT
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IN
PANSY SEED
deeply interested in gorgeous flower. My exha of more than eight years,
T know that exery one of the great host of Pansy lovers is
the development and improvement ef this ustive experiments, covering a period have been made for the purpose of
PERFECTED BY
From My Own Great Creations
Pansy-loving customers.
adding to the brilliancy of the shades and _ colors, the size, the prolific bearing, the vigor and the ease of growing. have suc- ceeded far beyond my greatest hopes and have produced a strain of Pansies that is far superior to any other ever
Years of Study s put on the market. J do not supply any other seedsman and Experiment with this Pansy Seed, reserving every bit of the crop for my
Please do not forget that this strain of Pansy Seed can be secured only from H. W_ Buckbee, Rockford, Illinois.
-BUCKBEE’S MIXED PANSY SEED
I pay paneer attention to the blending of the Pansy Seed that makes up Buckbee’s Famous “‘Full of Life’? Mixtures. Nothing is too good to be placed in these mixed packets. Each year finds them gaining in popularity. No “‘cull’’ seeds ever go into these mixtures, and I can con-
scientiously recommend them to my friends, knowing full well that every purchaser will be more than satisfied.
BUCKBEE’S MAMMOTH SUNRISE MIXTURE.—The flowers are of the largest size, most perfect shape and mich, gorgeous colors; frequently the blossoms measure 23 to 4 inches across. The mix- ture comprises an assortment of all tue varieties listed under the Sunrise Set.
Liberal Packet only 10 cents; 3 packets 25 cents. I would advise my friends to order early so as to be sure of getting some of this wonderful seed.
BUCKBEE’S SWEET-SCENTED MIXTURE.—This is certainly a most desirable novelty in the Pansy family. The flowers have the delicate perfume of the Violet, the Pansy size and also the rich colorings and markings of the Pansy. No matter what Pansy seed you order, you cannot afford not to include this'in your order. It is ridiculous to sell it so cheap, but Buckbee is noted for his liberality Liberal. Packet only 7 cents.
BUCKBEE’S WORLD’S FAIR PRIZE MIXED.—This mixture was awarded Grand Prize Medal at the World’s Fair. Itisan exceedingly fine mixture, producing flowers of rare beauty both i in colorings and markings.
Liberal Packet 8c.; 4 oz. 60c.; oz. $1.00.
BUCKBEE’S EVER-BLOOMING MIXTURE.—This high grade mix- ture will give you a profusion of flowers of the most beautiful and varied colors. Don’t fail to include it in your order.
Liberal Packet 4c.; 4 oz. 40c.; oz. 75c.
BUCKBEE’S MIXED HYBRIDS.—The Hybrid Mixture is a truly exquisite mixture of the best in the standard varieties, Liberal Packet 4c.; 4 oz. 35¢.; oz. 60c.
BUCKBEE’ S NEW GIANT WHITE PANSY. Mammoth flowering variety of Pure went color.
BUCKBEE’S MAMMOTH SUNRISE SET. Bach—Beautifully marked. Pkt. 7c. Beethoven—Creamy white ground, blotched with black. Pkt. 7e. Chopin—Immense flowers, delicately penciled. Pkt. 7c. Handel—A very lovely combination of violet and white. PEt. 7e. Liszt—Marked with heavy blotches of great beauty. PEt. 7c. Lohengrin—A rich golden yellow. Pkt. 7c. IMendelssohn—A uniquely striped beauty. Pkt. 7e. Mozart—A lovely combination of the blue shades. Very rich. Pkt.
Tc.
Schubert—Beautiful ultramarine blue, with violet purple eye. Pkt. 7c. ; :
Strauss—Deep velvety black of large size and great beauty. Pkt. 7c.
Wagner—Most superb, abounding in the richest colorings. Pkt. 7¢.
Weber—Magnificent white variety. Pkt. 7c.
BUCKBEE’S FLOWER SEED MIXTURES ARE WORLD-BEATING.
Always comes true, and makes a pleasing contrast to the other colors usually sold Large Packet, 10c. ~- BUCKBEE’S NAMED VARIETIES
These are the Best Pansy Seeds Sold. The Varieties are Distinct and True, and They Include My Wonderful New Mammoth Sunrise as well as Buckbee’s Great Beauty Collection
_ Blue King—Rich sky blue; very beautiful.
BUCKBEE’S GREAT BEAUTY SET.
Black Knight—Rich velvety shade of bee ee Sc.
2 oc, Butterfily—The markings remind one of the butterfly. a Se. Cardinal—Nearest approach to a pure red Pansy. Pkt. Comet—Beautifully rayed froma rich, fiery center. Pict an Emperor William—oOf a beautiful ultramarine blue. =a a Fawn—Beautiful, refined variety; lovely fawn color. PEt.
Giant Trimardeau—Flowers larce: most beautiful of all. Pict. 5c. Golden Crest—Gorgeous and striking yellow variety. Pkt. 5c. Lord Beaconsfield—Beautiful violet color. PEt. 5c. Oriental—Beautiful and exquisite shades of royal purple. Pkt. 5c. Peacock—Of large size, the side petals are gorgeous as a Peacock.
Petals a royal purple, = with peacock blue and margined with
terra cotta rose.
Rainbow—Beautifully pieebo Startling varieties. Pkt. 5c. Snow Queen—Grand; pure white. a 2.
TRY THEM THIS YEAR
SALPIGLOSSIS ~
Very showy bedding or border plant with richly colored,erect,funnel-shaped flowers. The colors are beautifully marbled and penciled, purple, scarlet, crimson, yellow, buff, blue and almost black. Bloom from August to Octo- ber.. Half hardy annual. 14 to 2 feet high. Pkt. 150 seeds 4c.
SENSITIVE PLANT An interesting and curious plant, with globular heads of pink flowers. Tender annual,height 13 feet, Pkt. 4c.
SCABIOSA, or Mourning Bride-
Often called Sweet Scabius. The stock we offer is a wonderful improve- ment over the old and common strains. The plants peace a profusion of large double flowers of striking shades of color, which are very useful in mak- ing bouquets. Hardy annual,
Double Dwarf Mixed, Pkt. 75 seeds 4c.
Double Tall Mixed; Pkt. 75 seeds 4c.
SCHIZANTHUS, or Butterfly Flower
Elegant and very free blooming an- i
nuals of much interest and beauty, and ‘when full grown rival in singularity of colors endl markings the Orchids. Large flowers spotted with crimson, lilac, purple and yellow, and the petals are cut in picturesque manner,
pots in the conservatory or house few plants are more attractive; also ele—
gant in a bouquet or vase, and fine for bedding.
seeds 4c.
ROSE—(New Dwarf Multifiora, also called Baby and
Fairy Rose.)
Roses from seeds the first year. The plants bloom in three months after sowing, so that seed ‘sown in February in the house may be had in bloom in June in the open ground, where they continue to bloom throughout the season, giving about an equal proportion of sin- gle, semi-single an
- double flowers borne in
clusters. The plants are dwarf and bushy, growing only about one foot high, and _ very pretty in solid beds and borders. They are very hardyand maybe treat- ed as annuals. Pkt
10c.; 3 Pkts. for 25c.
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SHELL FLOWER, or Molucca Balm
Although robust and easily grown everywhere, this interesting annual from Syria is but little known and annually excites much attention when growing on our Seed Farms. Flower is very curious. and veined; corolla white, striped with purple.
grance like balm. Pkt. 25 seeds 5c.
TEA PLANT
A handsome half hardy shrub, bearing white flowers from November until spring. A native of China, and grows from two to six feet high. The plant from whose leaves is made the favorite beverage ‘Tea.’
Its large shell-li!-> calyx is green When cut it emits a fra-
Pkt. 10c. TORENIA
(Fournieri, or Angel’s Wings.)—A fine
TEN WEEKS STOCKS Choice Mixed, Pkt. 150
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Buckbee’s Annuals
FAMILY FAVORITES THAT ARE EASILY GROWN BU
SENECIO ELEGANS A beautiful free flowering annual. Has dense heads of bloom and is of a very compact and regular habit of growth The flowers are of a fine lustrous purple red, bright crimson, rose colored and pure white, perfectly double and imbricated. Pkt. 100 seeds 3c.
SOLANUM, or Jerusalem Cherry
i Ornamental fruit-bearing plants, useful for conservatory or draw- ing room decorations. Tender perennial, 14 feet high. Pkt. 50 seeds
4c, : SANVITALIA (Procumbens, Double)
Very pretty, dwarf trailing plants. Double flowers of a brillian$ golden yellow, resembling a miniature double Zinnia. Hardy annu
kt. 4c. SUNFLOWER, or Helianthus
New Double Multiflora. Unlike Any Other. Handsome Plant. Many Mammoth Fiowers.
The plant is pyramidal in shape and the handsome flowers are pro- duced at the base of each leaf. Flowers are very double, full. centered and surrounded by a fringe of broad single petals. Pkt. 5c.
Finest Mixed—Adapted by stately growth for a background to a lawn or a screen to hide unsightly places. The seed is often used for feed and oil. Hardy annual. Pkt. 25 seeds 4~.; oz. 10c. \
STATICE SUWAROWI One of the showiest_annuals that we possess. with a crimson shade. PKt 100 seeds 4c.
STIPA PENNATA, or Feather Grass An exceedingly graceful sort. Half- hardy perennial; 12 inches high,
Pkt. 4c, STOCKS
(Ten Weeks.)—New largest flow- | ering globe pyramidal Stock. A mag- nificent race, with immense spikes of perfectly double flowers, the individ- ual bioom often measuring from 2 to 24 inches in diameter. The large double flowers are produced in great | profusion, the spikes being compactly pyramidal in shape and the plant of neat habit of growth. They are great- | ly prized for cut flowers on account of | their fragrance and diversity of colors. Choicest Mixed, Pkt. 50 seeds 5c.
White Perpetual. — (Princess Alice, or Cut and Come Again.)— Of strong growth and fine branching habit. Grows to the height of 14 feet, and if sown early will produce un- interruptedly a great abundance. of bloom from June until November. ‘The individual flowers are uncommon- ly large, of fine rosette-like shape, and the purest possible white. The flowers appear on each shoot, and the oftener cut the better they like it. Pkt. 50 seeds 5c.
SALVIA, or Scarlet Sage One of the grandest planis in cul- tivation, a bed of them surpassing the 2 finest’ scarlet geraniums in brillianey and continuous bloom, the flower spikes offen measuring 10 to 12 inches in length, and there are as many as two hundred spikes on a well grown plant. From the time they first begin to flower the
Color, bright rose,
plants are never out of bloom until killed by frost. constant delight to everyone.
Easily grown; Pkt. 25 seeds 5e:
SHELL FLOWER Ll GIVE
annual, with large sky-blue blossoms, with three spots of indigo blue and a yellow stain in the center. Darkest spotted varieties. Pkt. 150 seeds 5c.
White Wings—A very fine annual, un- usually attractive. Flowers white with some= times a tinge of bluish yellow throat. Pkt, 150 seeds 5c.
TREE CYPRESS
A. handsome plant with fine feathery foliage somewhat like that of the Cypress Vine, with long spikes of beautiful flowers. Half hardy biennial. Pkt. 4c.
TRICHOLZENA, Rosea
Most beautifully tinted, hardy annual, or-
namental grass; 12 inches high. Pkt. 4c. VALERIAN (Greek)
Standard border plant, often called Jacob’s Ladder. Flowers blue, stalks upright. Per- fectly hardy perennial. Pkt. 4c.
EVERY CUSTOMER EXTRA VALUE IN SEEDS AND FURNISH THE BEST ONLY
98 H. W. BUCEKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
BUCKBEE’S verse 3st. BEAUTY the plants are more hedlihy
and vigorous in growth, VERBENAS while they are also fragrant
particularly the white and light-colored varieties. SSown in spring, they flower quite early in the season, and each plant, in good, rich soil, will cover a space of 3 to 4 feet in diameter, producing, if the flowers are cut as they begin to fade, a mass of bloom until killed by frost.
VERBENA HYBRIDA—CHOICEST PRIZE MIXED
From a most superb collection of named varieties. Very large in flower and corymbs, and of the richest and most brilliant colors. Seed saved from a large collection of bright and pleasing self colors, and from the finest varieties of the auricula-eyed type. Pit. 5c.; 1 oz. 50c.; oz. $1.50.
HYBRIDA—FINE MIXED.
A very good strain, and fully equal te that offered by many dealers at a greatly advanced price. Pkt. 3c.; 4 oz. 40c.; oz. $1.00. :
Auricula Flowered—Splendid flowers of large size and bright colors, each with large-white eye. Pkt. 5c.
Trusses.
Cosmopolitan Pink—Pkt. 150 seeds 7c.
Blue King—Grand new variety of a beautiful blue shade; fine size. A prime favorite with all lovers of this delightful class of plants. Pkt. 5c.
Bliue with White Eye—Large blue flowers, each with large white eye; very showy. Pkt. 5c.
Dark Cloud—A French variety of arich black blue color, lighted by a white center. Fine. Pkt. 5c.
Fordhook Famous—Mammoth Verbena. The best strain, both as to size of flowers and variety of colors. Our seed is originally from seed se- cured from the introducers and can be relied on to produce excellent flowers of all colors. Pkt. 7c. .
Golden Bedder—A striking variety, with bright scatley blossoms and golden yellow foliage. Pkt.
e.
Italian Striped—Very showy striped flowers of ay bright colors. Pkt. 5¢.; } 0Z. 50c.; oz.
Primrose—A great advance toward the coveted yellow Verbena. Soft, pale yellow or primrose Yery pleasing. Pkt. 5c.
Pure White (often called Ocean Crest, Sea Foam or Candidissima)—A fine strain of large- flowering, pure white hybrid Verbenas. Pkt. 5¢.3 + 02. 50c.; oz. $1.50. Fr
Scarlct Defiance—True, brightest scarlet, intense- ly rich and striking; by far the finest variety of this splendid class. Pkt. 5c.; 4 0Z. 50¢.; 02. $1.59.
‘wy IKE the pansy, the aster and the petunia, the Verbena is a favorite with everybody, and one of the most universally popular of all flowers both for the garden and for pot culture. For constant and profuse
flowering, and for brilliancy and beauty of colors it has few equals.
COSMOPOLITAN MIXED
Undoubtedly the Most Magnificent Strain Ever Offered. Uniformly Large Individual Blossoms as Large as a Silver Half-Dollar
We.grow five acres of these superb flowers, and we know what we are talking about when we say they are the finest of all Verbenas. The plants are vigorous and short jointed, and perfect sheets of bloom. The richest and most velvety colors. Delicately sweet scented. Range of color great and shades mostly very delicate and dainty. Coloring perfectly ex- quisite, there being very little of the old blue or purple colors among them. In their place we have delicate blushes, lavenders, pinks, velvety indigoes, intense searlets, whites, mot- tled, striped, variegated, ete —in fact, a thousand different colors and combinations.
Pkt. 150 seeds 10c.; 3 pkts. 25c.; 4 oz. 75c.; 1 OZ. $2.50.
COSMOPOLITAN NAMED VARIETIES
Cosmopolitan Rose—Pkt. 150 seeds 7c. Cosmopolitan White—Pkt. 150 seeds 7c. Cosmopolitan Scarlet—Pkt. 150 seeds 7c. Cosmopolitan Striped—Pkt. 150 seeds 7c. Cosmopolitan Blue—Pkt. 150 seeds 7c.
This elegant, fragrant plant is easily grown from seed and sue-
ceeds everywhere. Have a good bed c* it in the garden over sum- mer, so that you can cut its fra- grant foliage and flowers to make up with bouquets. Pkt. 650 seeds 5c.
VERBENA ODORATA—(Sweet Scented)
NO GARDEN FLOWER MORE EASILY GROWN. Perfect Mass ox Bloom All Summer.
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200 seeds 10c.
THER:: ARE NO OTHER FLOWER SEEDS LIKE BUCKBEE’S.
This Jovely Verbena possesses three great points of merit over other varie- ies. fir=:, it is so hardy; seeds can be sown in the open ground early in the spring- where they will quickly germinate, grow rapidly, and in a few weeks be in bicom ard give a great profusion of beautiful blossoms all summer, blossoms, instead of being in clusters like other sorts, run up into spikes usually 3 or 4 inches long, as shown in cut. sweet scented. The flower is pure white, the plant short jointed and dwarf, and it always comes perfectly true from seed. Pkt.
Third, it is very
Second, the
THE “FULL OF LIFE” KIND
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BUCKBEE’S'- Mammoth Flowering Grand Varieties
ZINNIAS Eiegant Mixtures B kb 9 P e Mi Here is where au
UCKDCE'S FLIZE NUXe ve ions to Buckbee.” They all agree that I have produced the Prize varieties of Zinnias. The Grand colorings in so many shades, the extremely double flowers, the profuse bloom, the prolific growth, all combine to make a
mixture such as lovers of Zinnias have never seen. Notwithstanding all this, I have decided to make the Liberal Offer of Packet of 100 seeds
10c.
NAMED VARIETIES
Mammoth Zebra—This is really the finest strain of striped or Zebra Zinnias in cultivation, Pkt. 100 seeds 5c.
Crested and Curled—F lowers large and double, the petals being twisted and curled beautifully. Range of color is remarkable. Bushy plants 2 feet in diameter. Pkt. 50 seeds 5c.
Lilliput Mixed—Half the height of ordinary Zinnias. Blossoms small, double and of very brilliant colors. Pkt. 50 seeds 5c.
Fireball—Dwarf habit; large, double blossoms of intense scarlet, It makes a fine border or mass. Pkt. 50 seeds 5c. f
Snowball—Pxactly like Fireball, except color, which is white as snow. Makes a charming contrast. Pkt. 50 seeds 5c.
Double Yellow—Pxt. 50 seeds 4c.
Double Purple—Pkt. 50 seeds 4c.
Double Violet—Pkt. 50 seeds 4c.
Double Orange—Pkt. 50 seeds 4c,
K”, Double Black—Pkt. 50 seeds 4c.
bb MED Double Blood Red—Pkt. 50 seeds 4c.
—— A Buckbee’s Superior Double Mixed—tThe grandest mixture of double
ZINNIAS flowers, large size, brilliant colors. Pkt. 50 seeds 5c.
‘ Fine Mixed—All colors mixed. Pkt. 50 seeds 3c.
WHITLAVIA WALL FLOWER
t 5 i u 3 The gorgeou~ massive spikes of the Wall Flower are very conspicuous Grandifiora—A plant with a delicate, handsome foliage, producing @ jn beds and borders, and are very useful in making bouquets. Sow the
constant succession of beautiful violet blue, bell-shaped flowers eens eau in hotbeds and while the plants are small, nice then out into . . . 1 pots, and sink the pots in the earth. n approach of cold weather, about half an inch long, and borne in drooping clusters. Hardy remove the pots to the house and they will bloom all winter. Tender
annual; 1 foot high. Pkt. 4c, perennials; 14 feet high. Fine German Double Mixed, Pkt. 8c. Single, Finest Mixed, Pkt. 5c. WATER LILIES
THE Many persons have been deterred from attempting the culture of water plants by the idea that a special greenhouse and water tank must
aN ed] N ROUS be built for their accommodation. True, the various varieties may be W D had in flower almost the year ’round in such a structure, yet they can be grown with equal success out of doors in ponds or shallow streams of
WEATHER aig tay ne muddy, bottoms, or in tanks, or in aquariums in the house. PL ANT WILD OR MIXED FLOWER GARDEN
I make no apologies when offering this mixture, containing as it does, a varied and select lot of beautiful, easily grown flowers, producing constant and varied’ multitudes of blooms the whole season, and HIS beautiful plant has during the last two years created s great especially suited for those who wish wnly a few seeds of the leading
sensation throughout the world. It'is said that the leaves, by varieties, or a much more extensive collection than their means will per- Hayes thei ston: £ i the Sathee twordaysin advance mit. Inno other manner can so many seeds be obtained for such small changing their position, forete e weather y » cost. Liberal pkt. 8c.; 02. 25c.; } ib. 75¢.3 4 lb. $1.25; lb. $2.00.
and extensive experiments, by order of XERANTHEMUM
Edward VII some time since, prove that Leaves covered with a silvery down; flowers are of the prettiest it is in truth prophetic. Other tests and colors. Hardy annual. Everlasting flower. One foot high. Choicest experiments have not been so. successful, mixed. Pkt. 4c.
and it is yet an open question as to its YUCCA FILAMENTOSA
ues ; a Grandest evergreen plant we have for the lawn. Stately clumps of merits in this respect. It is at least a — hayonet-like leaves bristling out from the center; extremely Seaemtontall graceful vine, with lovely foliage but in mid-summer they take on an ad- and flowers. My cut shows ded glory. Thick, woody flower stalks h SPSS SE GHO ROE are thrown up which bear panicles of the position the leav UP. creamy, bell-shaped flowers. Panicle will posed to assume in foretelling
contain 300 florets. Pkt. 8c. the weather. If the leaves stand : upward from the twig, making with each other an angle of 45 degrees, the sky will be cloud- less and the weather beautiful, in all respects. If they stand out straight, changeable weather is indicated. As the leayes droop below the twig the indications range toward rain, until, when the leaves hang straight downward,water i may be expected to fall in torrents. A_ local storm is indicated by the curling together of the “leaves, and a fog by the bending of the twigs.
Seeds are of good size and sometimes slow to : germinate; should be Se eT soaked in luke warm
j pier Bek ing. zi WEATHER PLANT piie™goctore Planting FROM THE WILD FLOWER GARDEN
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Beautiful Climbers
My Great Success the Past Year with Vine Seeds Puts Me in Position to Serve My Customers With the Best That Money Can Buy. These are Surely the “Full of Life”
a. W. BUCKBEE, BROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. re Buckbee Offerings that Have the Rarest Merit
Kind That Make Every Buyer Happy
ADLUMIA—Cirrhosa — Fre- quently called Mountain Fringe, Wood Fringe, Alle- ghany Vine. A_ beautiful and gracefulclimber. _Har- dy biennial, Height 15 feet. Pkt. 5c.
AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII
—Ofiten called the Boston or
Clings tightly to rock, brick, ete.
FULL OF BUCK EES § EED
Japanese Ivy. Pkt. 6c.
BALLOON VINE—A rapid and graceful climber, Ten der annual, 6 feet high. The flowers resemble small balloons. PEt. 4c. ;
BR YONOPSIS—An ornamental climber bearing green fruit, which changes in color as the season advances to bright scarlet striped with white. Annual, 10 feet high. Pkt. 15 seeds 4c.
CALAMPELIS—Scabra—A beautiful climber from Chili, with delicate foliage and bright orange blossoms; tender perennial 15 feet high. Pkt. 4c.
CENTROSEMA gust swat bloom in June SOMETIMES GALLED oF July from seed sown “LOOK AT ME” in April and bears in pro-
fusion, inverted pea- shaped flowers from 1} to 24 inches in diameter, rang- ing in color from a rosy violet to a reddish purple,with a broad-feathered white marking through the center, while the large buds and back of the flower are pure white, appearing as if one plant bore many colored flowers. Pkt. 15 seeds 5c. i
CLIMBING BEAN—A very valuable and beautiful climber of very rapid growth.’ Half hardy annual. Scarlet flowered. Pkt. 5c. White flowered, Pkt. 5c.
} CLEMATIS Well known and universally ad-
mired climbers, some of the varie-
ties being remarkable for the beauty of their blos-
soms. Fine for covering arbors, verandas, etc., as
they cling readily to almost any object. Most of the
kinds are hardy, herbaceous perennials, but some lit-
tle protection in northern latitudes, through winter, isadvised. Choicest Mixed, Pkt. 5c.
COBZA—One of the finest of all climbers, and equally good for out-of-door or for house eulture. Pretty foliage and large, bell-shaped flowers. Tender per- ennial. These varieties:
Scandens—Fine bluish purple. Pkt. 10 seeds Sc.
Alba—Fine pure white. Pkt, 10 seeds 8c. COCCINEA—Indica—A remarkably -pretty climber.
Tvy-like foliage, bright and luxuriant; never troubled with insects. Hardy annual. Pkt. 25 seeds 6c.
YP (vepess VINE
BUCKBEE FLOWERS WERE GRAND PRIZE
COLUMBIAN CLIMBER ™=.=
all climbers and used almost exclusively for decorat- ing pillars, etc., at the World’s Columbian Exposition, where it was the admiration of all. Itisa fine, rapid grower, of easy culture and always a mass of exquis- ite green, showing no bare spots. Beautiful foliage, large, handsome bell-shaped blossoms in the ereatest abundance. Does grandly outside, also a yery fine house climber. A well established plant will run from 30 to 40 feetin a season. Grows and flourishes everywhere. Annual. Pkt. 10 seeds 5c.
CRUEL PLANT—A beautiful and a rapid growing. climber, bearing an immense number of pure white, bell-shaped, fragrant flowers. From 15 to 20 feet high. Hardy annual. Pkt. 8c.
WILD CUCUMBER VINE—The quickest annual climber known. Makes the most mosaic covering. Never suffers from the heat. will sow itself every year, and comes up in the same place. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 25c.
CYPRESS VINE (romcea Quamoclit.) A
most beautiful climber with delicate dark, green feathery foliage and an abundance of bright, star-shaped rose, scarlet and white blossoms, which contrast most beautifully with the graceful foliage. Tender annual. 15 feet high. Pkt, 25 seeds:
Scarlet, 5c. Rose, 5c.
Whiie, 5c. Mixed, 4c.
DOLICHOS—(Hyacinth Bean)—Splendid climber, with abundant clustered spikes of purple and white flowers, which are followed by exceedingly ornamen- tal seed pods; tender annual; 10 to 20 feet high. Mixed. Pkt. 25 seeds 4c.
GOURDS —ORNAMENTAL MIXED—A tribe
of climbers with. curiously shaped fruit
in variouscolors. Forms may be wonderfully varied
by tying strings around the young fruit or by enclos-
ing same in a carved mold while growing. Many of
these fruits keep for years, being very hard shelled. Tender annual. Pkt. 25 seeds 5c.; oz. 10c.
HUMULUS —* strikingly beautiful annual
climber of exceedingly rapid and
or dense growth, attaining a height of
Japanese Hop 1s to 30 feet ina few weeks’ time.
The leavesare arich green and marked with gray. Annual.
New Leopard Leaved— Beautifully variegated. Pkt. i2 seeds 8c.
Japonicus — Glistening green foliage. seeds 4c.
LINARIA, or Kenilworth Ivy—aA very pretty and weil known hardy trailing plant. Flowers are pretty and it is easily grown from seed. Annual. Pkt. 100 seeds 3c.
IPOMCGA—tThis beautiful flowering vine belongs to the Morning Glory family, and gives beautiful folhage and varied colored flowers in great profusion all the season. Sure to please and should be included in every order. Buckbee’s Rainbow Mixed. Pkt.
PEt. 20
Profuse in bloom. It -
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MORNING GLORIES *
THUNBERGIA, or Black-Eyed Susan—Choicest
1 mixed, very elegant. The colors are pure white,
light yellow and deep orange, and of each color
there is a variety with white eyes, also with
black eyes. TRUMPET 6
B '$
eharming and beautiful
Pkt. 4c.
PEDIGREED SWEET PEAS
THE NEW PEDIGREED CUPID SWEET PEAS ,
I have this year still further perfected these magnificent Dwarf varieties. The Cupids have demonstrated their complete Supremacy over all competitors among this charming variety. Espe— cially desirable for pots and edgings FINEST MIXED CUPIDS—I ae this year
piebated a particularly fine mixture of Cupid
weet Peas, embracing the best known named varieties as well as many new Hybrids—the
result will be pleasing and gratifying to oll.
Pkt. 4c.; 02. 7¢.; 2.02. 12¢.33 1b. 20¢.;19. 75c. Named Varieties—I can supply the iollowing
at these low prices:
Large pkt. 4c.¢ OZ. 1C.; 2 oz. 12¢c.; + Ib. 18c.
Countess of Radnor (lavender); Duke of Bdin- burgh (salmon red, wings deep tose); Firefly
glowing scarlet); Primrose (rich primrose tint); lanche Ferry (the best pink); Alice Eckford (freamy, white blended with soft pink); Beauty (rose, shaded with carmine); White (clear white). All splendid and up to the high Buckbee standard,
EED
= ST Vr j NEW CUPID SWEET PEAS SEE THE $500 CHALLENGE S\.
Pkt. 15 seeds 4c. CREEPER—Rapid growing, hardy climbing vine; covered summer and fall with
masses of bloom.
BUCK srk
CREATIONS
The Best Everlasting or Perennial Pea —
(LATHYRUS.,)
FINEST
favorites.
PRE 7.
(CoNVOLVULUS Maysor.) growth; 15 to 20 feet high. is a great improvement over the old fashioned sorts. PEt. 50 seeds 3c.; oz. &¢.
MAURANDIA—Choicest mixed.
MOMORDICA —
MOON FLOWER—New Groce Bd or Hybrid Variety—Of ereat value |
"MOON FLOWER— White Seeded—This is the variety most generally
MIXED—A _ wonderfully improved selection of these popular Perfectly } hardy live year aiter year, bearing mag- nificent clusters of flowers. mences to bloom early in the spring.
A BUCKRBEE’S BEAUTIFUL CLIMBERS
NEW IMPERIAL, OR GIANT JAPANESE FINEST MIXED COLORS
These magnificent single and double Japanese Morning Glories are entirely distinct, and vasuly superior to all others in richness and beauty of color. Vines
flowers give the vines an attractiveness which warrants their being placed in any position,
Pkt. 50 seeds 10c. MORNING GLORY—IMPROVED CLIMBING MIXED
Most popular climber in cultivation. Of rapid Our seed is selected from the best varieties only, aud
Graceful climber. Rich purple, white and rose, fox-glove shaped blossoms; tender perennial climber, blooming first season. Grows 6 feet high. Pkt, 100 seeds 4c.
MINA LOBATA—Tilalf hardy Mexican climbing annual, having beautiful
changeable blossoms. Pkt. 12 seeds 4c.
(Balsam Apple) — Finest mixed. A very curious annual climber with yellow blossoms and foliage similar to eel canary bird flower. Pkt.
for the North, as it is in full bloom one month before the White Seeded. The flowers are 4 to 6 inches across, and very numerous. The foliage | is of 3 distinct types, This is one of the most vigorous of all the sum- mer climbers. Will grow 30 to 40 feet in a single season, and be covered with its large white flowers every evening and cloudy day. Pkt. 8c.
grown; the vines are almost covered with thousands of amen white flowers, many of them measuring over 7 inches across, Pkt. 5c.
PASSION FLOWER—An elegant, easily grown climber. Beautiful for windows. Magnifi- cent as an puter summer climber. Choicest Mixed, Pkt,
RHODOC SITON— cvolubile)— The prettiest of all climbers. Easily grown, Pkt. 20 seeds 8c.
ican DA te known and popular climber. In-
uable for decorative purposes. PkKt. 60 s 5c.; 4 oZ. 30c.; 0Z. 50¢.
Grown, Tested, Perfected on Rockford Seed as |
HERE’S A NOVELTY
Buckbee’s New Dwarf Yellow Sweet Pea, A Wonderful Everblooming Variety.
This is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful, interesting and easily grown plants in existence; low growing, profusely branching plant, every branch ending in racemes 6 to 10 inches long, of beautiful, large Sweet Pea-like flowers. These flowers are of a thick substance, fragrant and of a golden yellow color (except the keel in the cen- ter, which looks like brown velvet) and are fol- lowed by clusters of short, smooth pods. I ean recommend this most magnificent variety, know- ing that it will give purchasers the greatest satis- faction. It blooms the first year from seed, and in the garden may be treated as an annual. | This is certainly one of the finest novelties ever intro- duced. A plant in bloom reminds one of a shower of gold. Pkt. 8c.
and
Com-
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5 grow 20 to 30 feet; handsome foliage; flowers measure 4 to 6 inches across. Pkt, © 60 seeds 10c. IIORNING GLORY—BUCKBEE’S NEW DOUBLE Novelty of my own introduction. Climbs forty feet or more. The fine double
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Buckbee’s Famous Pedigreed Sweet Peas
Unrivaled Mixtures;
7 |RUBY MIXTURE
This Grand Sweet Pea Mixture Has no equal for Gorgeousness,
Delicacy and Rare Beauty.
COLUMBIA —"
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FULL oF. I take an especial pride in
Ngee! my Sweet Pea Stock. If
EF EY there is anything first-class | MSS in Sweet Pea seed not listed here that you may want I can supply it at the right price.
Grand Named Varieties
The Colors Are True. Every One Is a Most Profuse Bloomer.
| \ EEDS | COLUMBIA—The best novelty color. White ground, suffused purple, penciled pink. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 7c.; 14 Ib. 18c.; 1b, 60c. EXTRA EARLY BLANCHE FERRY “—The best true pink produced to date. Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; 2 oz. 10c.; 14 Ib. 15¢.; 1b. 45: } MONT BLANC—The very best white. New. Liberal Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.; 2 oz. 15¢.;) 1% Vb. 25c.; 14 Ib. 40c.; lb. 75. NAVY BLUE—The best true blue. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 7c.; 2 oz. 12c.; 34 lb. 18c.; lb. 60c. OTHELLO—Nearly black. . The best dark sweet pea grown. ’ Pkt. 4c.; oz. 7c.; 2 0z. 12c.;_ 34 Ib. 18c.; Ib. 60c.5
QUEEN VICTORIA—The best yellow.
Perfect. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 7e.; 2 oz 12e.; 34 lb. 18c.; lb. 60c. ROUGH. RIDER—The best. scarlet. Rich. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 7e.; 2 oz. 12c.; »2¢1b. 18c.; lb. 60c. MONT BLANG
I haye the largest assortment inthe world of named standard and novelty varieties. If anyone interested in Sweet Pea Culture desires any I have not listed I will be more than pleased to tell them all about my stock if they ask for particulars.
RED, WHITE AND BLUE Tuiisisaspecial mixture composed of Special Mixture
BLUES AND PURPLES- Choicest Mixed. Pkt. 3c.: oz, 6c.; 34 lb 18c.; Ib, 50c. PINKS AND REDS—Choicest Mixed. Pkt. 8c.; oz, 6c.; 34 Ib. 18c.; 1b. 50, WHITES—Choicest Mixed. Pkt. 3c,; oz. 6c.; 34 lb. 18c.; Ib. 50c.
ECKFORD'S CHOICEST MIXED—Including, in splendid mixture, the cream of Mr. Eckford’s sorts. Pkt. 4c.; oz, 7c.; 74 Ib, 15c.; Ib. 50c, ALL COLORS MIXED—Sure to please, Pkt. 3c.; oz. 6c.; %4 Ib, 12c.; lb. 40c. WHITE HOUSE To awaken new interest in Sweet Pea Culture, and to giveall an op- portunity of having a splendid lot of these favorite flowers at small MIXTURE cost, I haye prepared this special mixture. While it is low in price, you will find that_it will compare most favorably with the mixtures which other firms offer at three to five timesits price. + Ib. 80, 15, 280, NEW DOUBLE A pleasing development of this popular sort, It hasbeen a difficult SWEET PEAS task by hybridization and selection to change the habit of the Sweet
Pea to the double form, and much remains to be done; but each year finds usnearer. The seed I offer is saved from the best plants; fully one-third will produce double flowers, Pkt. 4c.; oz, 10c.; 4 Ib. 300.; 1b, $1.00. e e Sweet Peas in Mixtures
One of the most satisfactory ways of growing Sweet Peas is in a mixed row. The mixtures we offer are not made up of inferior or cheap stocks, but are oft. very best qualities, and are well proportioned so as to give a pleasing variety cf bloom.
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H. W, BUOKBEE, ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS.
Fine Novelties;
This is the Rare Low Price: Liberal Pkt. 10c.; oz. 20c: % lb. 50c.
$500 REWARD
2qual parts of Rough Rider (the best red). Mont Blanc (the best white) and Navy Blue (tbe best blue). ever offered to the public. Large Pkt. 4c.; oz. 8c.: 4 1b, 20.; Ib, 75c.
Wondrously . Beautiful Ecstatically Fragrant Prodigaliy Productive
New Named Varieties
I challenge any Sead Grower in the w 1d to place on the market a Sweet Pea Mixture that would equal my Pedigreed l.uby Mixture. The results I have ob- tained from it have been astounding. Such wealth of rich color, such ecstatic fragrance, such a profusion of flowers was never seen on the Rockford Seed Farms as sinceI perfected Ruby Mixture. I have grown a good supply of this seed the past season and expect to have enough to meet all demands.
However, I cannot sell more than +4 1b. to any one person,
of Miss Virginia M. Robey,Ruby, Va. | ‘Our flowers from Buckbee q seeds cannot.be surpassed.
you are delighted
with the re- @ sults.” ; sa
BUCKBEE’S PEDIGREED GILT EDGED
SWEETPEA MIXTURE |
NOTHING LIKE 1T EVER BEFORE PRODUCED.
HAS PLEASED THOUSANDS
I have, deposited $500.00 in the Win- nebago National Bank, of Rockford, Til , to be paid to anyone who will pro- duce a better, or more carefully Blend- ed Mixture. This’ mixture contains my most magnificent and choicest Pedigreed Seed, blended in the most careful and scientific manner. There are many NEw PEDIGREED HYBRIDs in the blend.
Liberal Pkt, only 10c.; oz. 15c.; 34 Ib, 40c.; Tb, $1.00.
DO NOT FAIL—To include one of my Sweet Pea Mixtures in your order for flower seeds. I guar- antee that you willbe pleased immensely.
The most superior mixture
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT—THE NEW SWEET PEA. PKT. 10c.
H. W. BUOKBEE, ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS. — ——— —_—n—m—OlR Orr - :
onorcest WINDOWS AND
SEEDS FOR
eutrurz in GREENHOUSES
ABUTILON Prequentiy called ‘Flowering Maple’ or “Chinese Bell Flower.’ 3icoms quickly, easily grown, Pleases every - one. New Fancy California Seedlings Mixed—Pkt. 25 sceds 8c,
BEGONIAS Among the most beautiful and fashionable window plants; nice for outside bedding 10 summer.
Rex—Lerge leaved; exquisite colors. Pkt, 40 seeds ldc.
Vernon-—Vistinguished for splendid coloring of foliage und dowers. Pkt. 60 seeds Ze.
Fine Mixed—One of the most satisfactory pot plants for the Souse, and a popular bedding plant for the garden or lawn. It blooms with the greatest profusion throughout the summer. Flowers very brilliant and the foliage waxy and glossy, It is easily raised from seed and comes absolutely true. Valuable for bedding and general culture. Pkt. 100.
CACTUS
The latest craze in flowers. Plants curious and odd.
Flowers fragrant and beautiful. Choicest Mixed, Pkt. 8c. CALCEOLARIA
No collection is complete without this beauty. Flow- ers pocket-shaped, with richest markings. Finest Hybrids Mixed—Pkt, 100 seeds 10c. ;
CARNATIONS
One of the indispensable features in every collection of house or conservatory plants. Marguerite—Of recent introduction. Pkt, 100 seeds 5c, Extra Choicest Dovble Mixed—Saved from finest green- house varieties. Pkt, 100 seeds 8c,
CHRYSANTHEMUMS
Flower first year. My collection is the best in the country. Seed saved from hundredsof best plants of all classes. Buckbee’s Prize Mixed—Pkt. 75 seeds 10c,
CINERARIA
Nothing more wondrously beautiful can be grown. ) Extra Choice Mixed—Pkt. 75 seeds 10c.
: COLEUS
\ fl | Wiz Popular ornamental foliage plants of all shapes and EN WY i elon, = ; a Z AS (ide = j Choicest Mixed—Pkt. 150 seeds. 8c. \ 432 . CUPHEA, or CIGAR PLANT Be SE Beautiful ornamentaland free blooming favorites. Extra Fine Mixed—Pkt, 5c, CYCLAMEN
Famous the world over. Beautifulfoliage. Exquisite
flowers. Persicum—Persian Splendid Mixed—Pkt. 20 seeds 5c. Giganteum—Mixed Large Size—Pkt, 15 seeds 8c.
hae &i2 FERNS LE Exquisite for decorative purposes, . Bs | Finest Species Mixed—Pkt, 10c, A FUCHSIA
AN 2 Blowers freely first year. My seed is from the best. Single and Double Varieties—Pkt, 20 seeds 10c,
GERANIUM
Easily grown, flowers first year if started early. My 4 seed is selected from hundreds of the finest sorts—no ) finer is obtainable.
| Single and Double Mixed—Pkt, 50 seeds 10c.
Apple Scented—Pkt. 10c,
GLOXINIA—Magnificent pot plant, Handsome bell- shaped flowers. Mixed Pkt, 75 seeds 10c,
HELIOTROPE—World renowed. Frayzrance delichtful. Blooms continuously. Choicest Mixed, Pkt, 150 seeds 5e.
LANTANA—Exceedingly fine for summer bedding. Popular everywhere as pot plants. Choice Mixture. Pkt. 25 seeds 5c,
DWARF MORNING GLORY—The Wonder of the Age as a winter house blooming variety. Stocky grower. Flowers richly colored. Extra Mixed. Pkt, 25 seeds 4c,
OLEANDER—One of the most popular of all specimen flowering plants. Choicest Mixed, Pkt. 5c,
ORBLE oly preity plaut tor the house, conservatory, rock work and baskets. Selected Mixed. Pkt, 150 seeds 5c,
PALMS—For decorating the greenhouse, lawn, piazza, parlor, dinner-table, ete., they have no equal. Easily grown from seed. Soak in Iuke warm water and plant in light, rich, warm soil. Choitest Mixed, Pkt, 15c.
CHINESE PRIMROSE-—(Primula Sinensis)—Unequaled as winter bloomers. Eusily grown from seed. Prized for their beauty and delicate fragrance. Superfine Mixed, Pkt. 50 seeds 10c,
-VIOLET—Don’t forget to include this favorite in your order. Splendid Mixed, Pkt, 100 seeds 5c,
VINCA—Ornamental free flowering; flowers the first season; glossy-green foliage; handsome flowers, Plant in warm, sunny borders during summer; 15 inches high. Finest Mixed Colors, Pkt, 10 seeds 5c.
a PLANTS GROWN FROM SEED ARE THE CHOICESS AND RAREST. BUOKBEE’S ARE ALWAYS BEST
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BUCKBEE’S HARDY «
PERENNIALS ¥
ADONIS—Autumnalis—Blood red flowers. PEt. 6c. ADONIS—Vernalis—P ine border plant; yellow flowers. Pkt. 5c. ALYSSUM—Saxatile—Very hardy plant; mass of bright orange blossoms during spring and summer. Pkt. 4c. 3 ANEMONE—FEarliest of spring flowers. Pkt. 8c. Walid ARABIS—Hardy free bloomer. Pkt. Te.
AURICULA—Improvement over the old ‘French Cowslip.” Prize mixture of choicest varieties. Pkt. 8c. BOCCONIA—Japonica—Showy plant 4 to 7 feet high. Pkt. 8c. CANDY TUFT—Iberis Sempervirens—Unequazled fer cemetery work, being perfectly hardy. Color of flower white. Pkt. 5c.
CANDYTUFT—Snow Crest—Pkt. 4c.
CANTERBURY BELLS, or Campanula—Handsome plant with large bell-shaped flowers. Double Mixed colors, finest strain. Pkt. 100 seeds 4c. Single Mixed. Pkt. 100 seeds 3c.
CEDRONELLA—Cana—Hardy evergreen plant, crimson salvia-shaped flowers. PEt. 4c.
CHRISTMAS ROSE—Elegant variety, blooming in December out of doors, regardless of ice and snow. Pkt. 5c.
CLEOME, or Spider Flower—Deep purple flowers with extra long stamens. Pkt. 100 seeds 4c.
COLUMBINE, or Aquilegia—Extra fine. Pkt. 5c.
COREOPSIS—Lanceolata—Hardy, well known plant; golden yellow flowers, Pkt. 7c.
FOX GLOVE—Splendid mixture. Pkt. 200 seeds 4c.
FRAGRARIA—Indica—Hardy creeper from India, with small red fruit
and yellow blossoms. Pkt. 3c. :
GAILLARDIA—Grandifiora—Continuous bloomer. All colors finest mixed. Pkt. 7c.
GOLDEN ROD—The national flower. Pkt. 5e.
HIBISCUS—Hardy Hybrids—Bears an abundance of enormous flow- ers of bright colors, with distinct eye. Height 2feet. Pkt. 5c.
HOLLYHOCK—tThe indispensable well-known flower, Very imposing for backgrounds, screens, etc. .
Double White— Pkt. 8c. Double Magenta— PEt. 8c.
Double Lemon—Pkt. 8c. Double Pink—Pkt, 8c.
Double Black— Pkt. 8c,
Double Mixed—Very choice, embracing over twenty different vane- ties. Pkt. 50 seeds 5c.
TRis—Kempferi— Mixed. Pkt. 10c. Germanica—Fine mixed. Pkt. 10c. Siberica—Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. KSPUR, or Delphinium—Stately growing, bearing immense
flowers. Height 18 inches. Choicest mixed all sorts. Pkt. 150 seeds 4c.
Aes
8c. PZZ}ONY—Well known plants which should be in every garden. »Choi- cest selected seed. Double mixed colors. Pkt. 12c. FENSTEMON—Everblooming variety of great beauty. Mixed colors.
Laciniatus—Fancy fringed; single mixed. Pkt. 4c.
Pkt. 5c. Dwarf Fireball—Brilliant double red flowers. Pkt. 4c. Double Japan—Very double with deeply fringed petals. Pkt. 4e. Heddewiggii—Double—rinest double, choicest mixed. Pkt. 5c. Heddewiggii—Sinele—Finest mixed colors. Pkt. 4c. : Plumarius or Pheasant’s Eye—tThe old-fashioned Grass or Clove Pink. Unsurpassed for showiness. Large Pkt. 5c. Eastern Queen—Beautifully striped flowers. PEt. 5c. Chinensis—Double China Mixed. Pkt. 4c. Rockford Favorite Mixed—Comprises over 50 of the choicest Chinese and Japanese varieties. Pkt. 8c.; 4 oz. 40c.; oz. 75c. PLATYCODON—Grandifiora—Often bears 100 blossoms at a time, Choicest Mixed Colors. Pkt. 6c. ; Se ee plant with star-shaped blossoms. Mixed Colors.
t. 4c, SNAP DRAGON, or Antirrhinum—Tom Thumb—Best dwarf mixed. Pkt. 300 seeds 4c. Tall mixed—Pkt. 300 seeds 4c. SWEET ROCKET—Hardy perennial, bearing its blossoms in clusters. Finest Mixed. Pkt. 150 seeds 4c. ’ SWEET WILLIAM—Single Mixed—Finest varieties, Pkt. 100 (i) SS seeds 3c. Double Mixed—choicest varieties—Pkt. 100 seeds 4c. Wis THRIFT—Beautiful foliage plant bearing fine bright pink flowers in clusters. Large Pkt. only 5c. S TRITOMA—Known as “Red Hot Poker Plant,” also as “Torch Flower.” Splendid orange red flowers. Pkt. 5c. WALL FLOWER—Beautiful plant 14 feet high, bearing its blossoms in spikes. Finest Mixed. Pkt. 5c. YUCCA—Filamentosa—Fine evergreen-like plant, with bell-shaped flowers. Pkt. 8c.
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BUCKBEE’S SELECTIONS OF HARDY PERENNIAL SEEDS ARE FROM THE BEST AND CHOICEST STOCK
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FOUR nusi:es GRAND NEW ROSES
CHRISTIAN DE NUE
WHITE MAMAN COCHET
LA DETROIT
UNCLE JOHN
These are Gems of the My All Four are House Roses, Purest Ray. Easy to Grow Annual Bargain But Will Do Well Outside and Certain to Delight You. for Rose Lovers During the Summer Months.
SPECIAL OFFER No. P10l: Postpaid 232°3.28."" For 75c.
UNCLE JOHN—Ever-Blooming Tea—Certainly a very beautiful LA DETROIT—Oolor a rich, strikingly handsome rose pink, highly } variety. ‘Lue flowers are large, very full and double, charming in bud colored; a wonderful free producer, upward of 500 blossoms on a single and bloom. Produces its splendidly formed flowers on long, stiff stems; plant; flowers are large and fragrant and produced on long stems, which color sulphur yellow, shaded pink and fragrant. add greatly to its appearance.
WORTH 50c.; MY PRICE 20c. WORTH 50c.; MY PRICE 20c,
CHRISTIAN DE NUE—A distinguished imported Hybrid Tea Rose. The flowers are large, full and double, with petals well arranged. Bo ania bud and pen fully Spendal., they are extremely beautiful, and the fragrance is delicious. e color is unusually rich, a deep car- , 4 ‘
E = S - yellow at the center, but at times the flower will remain a pure snowy Me biakt vie ne 500 sb iO. eas a aslybipomer, # white. One of the most profuse bloomers I have ever grown, WORTH 50c.; MY PRICE 20c. WORTH 50c.; MY PRICE 20c.
WHITE MAMAN COCHET—Considered one of the most beauti- ful of all Tea Roses. The color is white, slightly tinged with pinkish
FOUR LATE NOVELTIES SPECIAL OFFER NO.Pio2 All FOUR are House Roses, But : The Set of Four Post- 5()¢, Will do Well Outside During the Roses of the Rarest Merit Worth $1.90 Summer Months.
LIBERTY—New Hardy Ever-blooming Rose—The color is in the world. This beautiful Rose has not only a royal name, but is a magnificent rich, fiery ruby, with deep crimson tones in the depth of the royal Rose as well. There are white Roses that have elegant buds, but flowers. Petals are covered with a rich velvety bloom, like those of when full blown are not all that is desired Then again, there are White General Jacqueminot. Fragrance is delightful, all-pervading and refresh- _ Roses that are elegant when full blown, but have poor bucls. This Rose ing, the crowning glory which alone would suffice to give it a high place combines both these good qualities. It is a continuous bloomer, produc- among fine Roses. Received medals and certificates at all horticultural ing successive crops of buds and flowers in the greatest profusion. Buds exhibitions, are very beautifully formed, with large petals of best substance. It
WORTH 50c.; MY PRICE 20c. shows no center when fully open; color pure snowy white; and when you
ETHEREAL—The Crystal White Tea Rose.—Best white Rose dda rich perfume, coupled with a vigorous growth, what more could } you ask? An easy winner over all competitors in its color. q
WORTH 59c.; MY PRICE 20c,
LADY DOROTHEA — New Ever-blooming Tea Rose—A new |} and beautiful Tea Rose, with which we }) are highly pleased; valuable alike for foreing under glass for winter flowers and outdoor bedding in summer. The color is a deep saffron yellow, flesh and peach pink. Very fragrant. One } of the most profuse bloomers we have ever grown. QOne hundred flowers and buds counted upon a single 1-year-old | plant.
WORTH 50c.; MY PRICE 20c. MAID OF HONOR — Ever- | blooming Tea Rose—Color isa rich,
glowing pink, much darker than | Bridesmaid, and a stronger grower;
‘ ; ‘I : 7 ( eye. \ flowers carefully made, after fashic KBEES GRAND AA. of Bridesmaid; Srodueed an lone stiff JC * Hr \ my Ce stems; free bloomer, hundreds of flow- vee pooMING 0 F \ ers and buds.on single plant; fragrant. " am VERB SKY WORTH 40c.; MY PRICE 15c. YOUR ROSE COLLECTION IS NOT COMPLETE WITHOUT A NEW BABY RAMBLER
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The Belle—This is a superb variety, and to see it in bloom one is lost to find words ‘to express its wonderful beauty. “Color a beau- tiful. snowy white, sometimes faintly tinged with the slightest suggestion of pale blush. Magnificent buds and flowers which are mar- velously beautiful in their perfection. It has the vigor of an_oak,
Mad. Schwaller—Blooms in Jarge clusters; large globular flowers; fine salmon rose, finely edged with violet carmine; highly. perfumed; a strong healthy grower; very profuse bloomer and a high elass variety in every respect.
1&c¢ each.
Mme. Abel Chatenay—A preat Rose of extra- ordinary merit. <A free and constant bloomer with flowers of good size, rosy carmine with darker shadings. Full, double and of splen- did substance.
15¢ each.
Mad. de Watteville—(THE TULIP ROSE)— The eolor is-a remarkable shade of creamy yellow, richly colored with rosy blush; the petals are large and each one widely bordered with bright crimson, which gives it a very striking and beautiful appearance. The flowers are large, very full and hichly per-
fumed. Fine for all purposes. Very pro- fuse bloomer.
Golden Gate—A glorious Rose. Fuli and double, extremely beautiful buds. Color is
itely tinged with rich
creamy white, exqui One of the
golden ycliow and ¢
most strikingly be t offered, flowers of Jarge size and freely pro
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H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
THE WESTERN BEAUTY SET OF 8 These are the Finest in every Respect.
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Z intense scarlety crimson, very ric large, very double and of beautiful
YG - and bright, and is beautitully e! (orm, _ Carri and erect on
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ZZ S with salmon yellow or buff rose at bright smooth stems. Would grace
G7, A \ N N center, very fragrant. eny bride in her wedding robes.
ZY : NS N . i5¢ each. Unsurpassed for purity -of color.
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YM SSS Larger Plants than those offered above, by Express, at Purchaser’s
LLL ET SOE LE PARLE ARRLLR KAISERIN AUGUSTA VICTORIA.
EVER-BLOOMING ROSES
THE ASTORIA SET CF_ EIGHT At the Very Lowest Price Ever Made.
Magnificent, Highly Perfumed, Bloom Forever. Set of 8, postpaid 70C
Worth 20 Cents Each, my Price1i0 Cents Each, Except as Noted.
Kaiserin Augusta Victori —As vigorous as a Hybrid Perpetual and as tree blooming aa sny Tea Rose. It is celebrated the world over for its elegant, large, pointed buds and
La Princess Vera—The flowers are large, finely made and open beau- lly; when fully open there ap- pears to be a flower within a flower, So perfect is the form. The color
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Ni\ys large, full, double flowers. The is a rich iv white, shaded and NSS ze, : ivory 5 e
N \ \' color is delicate, creamy white, veined with fine coppery yellow and X \N deliciously fragrant.
delicately penciled with pale blush. 15c each.
15¢ each,
Perle des Jardins—The one Tea Rose which you cannot do without. It has abgplutely no weak point. The color is faultless whether the waxy puts show the rich cream tint of cool weather or take rich- er golden shades which a warmer sun givesthem. The foliage is very thick; glossy and dark. ~
Niphetos—t1I consider this one of the very best and most satisfactory in the list. The superb extra long pointed buds are exceedingly beau- tiful, the flowers are extra large and double. The color is a beautiful glistening snowy white; strong, vig- orous grower and will produce bloom without end.
Souv. De Wootton—Bright magenta red, passing to fine violet crimson, richly shaded. Flowers large, full and regular with thick velvety pet- als and delicious tea scent. Makes beautiful buds, an immense bloomer and a glorious Rose in every-way.
Bridesmaid—(TEA)—This exquisite new Rose is a sport from the old favorite, Catherine Mermet. The Bridesmaid retains all “the goo qualities of its parent, and is similar except: as to color, which is ,two shades darker. It is a valuable acquisition,
J. B. Varonne—Superb extra long
pointed buds; flowers large, vase The Bride—Decidedly the best pure
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Expense, Each 30 Cents. All the above are House Roses, but will live outdoors in Summer. Nothing Choicer Ever Grown. Eight Lovely Roses, for only G
And I Pay the Postage. Worth 20c. Each; My Price i0c. Each, Except Where Noted Larger Plants by Express, 30c. Each.
Beauty Inconstant—A new ever-blcoming Rose. his is a pure Tea Rose, with flowers of good size and deliciously fragrant. The point of excellence in this Rose is that a plant-= =“ in bloom shows flowers of) different colors; some will be yellow,-others lighttawny, oF coppery yellow, buff, saffron, pink and light and dark crimson. It isa beautiful.sight to see.a plant in bloom, bearing many differ- ent, colored: Roses. E Dp Is
Price, 15¢ each. ; 194 At! 3
Champion of the World—This is the grand- 4X est of cll new Roses. It is claimedithat one BS plant of it will produce more flowers during -the year than ten plants of any Tea Rose. Always in full bloom. Plants which have bloomed all summer in the garden may be potted. in the autumn-and will bloom. pro- fusely all winter in any window. Blossoms are perfectly double in the center, good shape both in bud and bloom, while the color is deep, rosy pink, darker and richer than Her- mosa—a shade of the dclieate richness that is seldom seen. It is very large for an ever- bloomer and is as fine as La France or the best Hybrid Perpetual. Hes a delicious fragrance. Though a perpetual bloomer it is very hardy and robust as an oak, and is the most healthy Rose extant.
15¢ each.
All the roses on this page are House Roses, but will live outside in Summer.
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CHAMPION OF THE WORLD. It will save troubie.
Please designate which Set of Hight you want when you order.
NvuLick THE SPLENDID LINE OF BULBS ON PAGE 88
H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCEFORD, ILLINOIS.
CHARMING . MONTHLY
EVERBLOOMING ROSES
None Others so Splendid. Every One a Jewel. stantly. They are Sure to Please.
- WORTH 20c.; MY PRICE 10c. EACH
Any 3 for 25c. Postpaid. Larger Plants 30c. each by Express.
ANTOINE RIVOIRE—Handsome Rose, of vigorous, hardy growth. Large camelia-shaped flowers. Color rose flesh on a yellow round, shaded with a border of crimson. ‘The monstrous flowers have a exhibited 5 inches in diameter. A remarkable variety of good worth, 3 COMTESSE DUSY—Flowers are exceedingly large, full, deep and double; magnificently formed; the coloris a pure satiny white; a strong, ‘vigorous grower and a free bloomer. Be sure to try this variety.
GENERAL DE TARTAS—Carmine, shaded violet purple; one of the very finest Roses known.
WHITE BOUGERE—Flowers are exceedingly large, full and double; long stiff stems, bearing throughout the season in great abun- dance; the color is pure ivory white.
COQUETTE DE LYON—The color is a pure canary yellow; flowers are exceedingly large, finely formed, deep and double; the buds are exceedingly graceful; a strong, vigorous and constant bloomer..
ETOYLE DE LYON—Rich golden yellow; strong, hardy, vigor- ous grower; the flowers are very deep, rich and full; it is surely one o the most beautiful Tea Roses produced.
ISABELLA SPRUNT—Bright canary yellow, very handsome grower, and a constant producer.
QUEEN’S SCARLET—A constant and profuse- bloomer; color rich, velvety scarlet, very brilliant and striking; an excellent Rose for
bedding or pot. culture.
MARIE GUILLOT—The Queen of Roses, snowy white, sometimes faintly tinged with pale yellow. The flowers are magnificently made, extra large, full and double; very fragrant.
BON SIL —Very vigorous;_blooms in wonderfu! profusion the year round; beautifully formed buds of a rich carmine shade.
LA FRANCE—One of the finest Roses known, changeable silvery_ pink; very fragrant.
SAFRANO—It grows vigorously and PECunces a continuous crop of flowers the year round; quite hardy. he color is a pure apricot yellow, changing to orange and fawn, sometimes tinted with rose; very vigorous.
YELLOW MERMET—Color a beautiful deep sulphur yellow; very hardy grower, and produces an abundance of bloom.
VALLE DE CHAMO —A Rose of great fragrance, color changeable yellow, tinged with pmk and crimson, distinct and beautiful.
HELEN GO —The flowers are large and handsome, buds long and finely pointed; color clear rich maroon or deep purplish red; center sometimes streaked with silvery white. The petals are finely imbricated and flowers deliciously sweet.
SOMBRIE Pure white, edged with silvery rose; a strikingly =D variety.
HESS DE BRABANT—Rosy pink, edged with silver; a con- stant and profuse bloomer; one of the most satisfactory varieties known.
Famous Soupert Roses
ALL THESE ARE HOUSE ROSES, BUT WILL LIVE OUTSIDE DURING THE SUMMER.
Bloom Con-
CHLOTILDE SOUPERT
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PRINCESS DE SAGAN—This is a Rose of great value and beauty; } the color is rich yelvety crimson, brilliantly beautiful; blooms quickly | and abundantly. The flowers are very prettily made, while the buds } are exceedingly handsome.
HERMOSA—An excellent Rose; blooms in large clusters; large? }. very double and fragrant; color beautiful clear rose; a constant bloomer. Hardy. One of the best.
ONLY 10 CENTS EACH, POSTPAID
LARGER PLANTS, BY EXPRESS, AT
BUYERS’ EXPENSE, 30 CENTS EACH
NEW PINK SOUPERT—The flowers take their form from Chlo- tilde Soupert, and in color are a deep Hermosa pink. It is a continuous bloomer, each branch terminating in a cluster of flowers. Single plants, when but 6 months old under ordinary treatment, often produce 50 per- fect flowers. Blooms splendidly in open ground and js hardier than Chlotilde Soupert. ¢ CHLOTILD E SOUPERT—It is impossible to do this fine sort justice by description. It is of the Polyantha type, but larger and very double, and the flowers appear in such enormous clusters that they are really large panicles of bloom. Color fine pearly white, shaded with lovely soft pink in the center. Jt blooms freely when plants are small, f and continues in the greatest profusion. Will stand in the open ground over winter with a slight protection of straw or leaves. A particularly handsome Rose; always greatly admired. Be sure to order this variety.
Xv TURE—This is the smallest of all Roses, but of perfect form, regular, compact fairy-lile flowers, fully double and very fragrant. Flowers in wreaths and clusters seem to cover the whole plant; color ae rose, flushed red. Be sure to include this lovely Rose in your | order. ; MAD. CECIL BRUNNER—A very lovely Rose in every respect. | Flowers larger than most of the pihers perccily, double and of the most exquisite fragrance. Color a beautiful rosy pink on a rich, creamy white background. A rapid grower.
GNONETTE—-A splendid variety, one of the very best. finely formed flowers, Ppoeeee doubie and highly perfumed, clear pink, passing to white, tinged with pale rose. A profuse bloomer, | and ery valuable.
SPECIAL OFFER NO. P113 The 5 your uour ror 35 Cents
YOUR HOME FOR ONE OF THIS YEAR’S GREATEST ROSE BARGAINS
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THE NEW DWARF CRIMSON RAMBLER
(See painting from nature, | back cover of this Guide.) | Ever-blooming. . trusses of bright crimson Be.. The plants ase iy dwarf and compact, not pe over 18in. high; dark green foliage, never attacxed by Perfectly hardy. BS Prize winner at home and fy abroad. Phenomenal in DK the number of flowers it PY produces from early spring to late fall. Indoors it flowers the year round.
Fine young plants, postpaid,
Two-year-old plants, by ex- ff buyer’s expense, 500}x
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Beautiful Crimson Rambler—tThis new climbing
}¥ Polyantha Rose is the sensation of the day, and well 4 it may be, for it isindeeda marvel. Originating in
Japan, it is the latest and best contribution from the “Flowery Kingdom” to the gardens of the world. It is perfectly hardy in the open ground, and will grow eight to ten feet in a season. An ever-bloomer, con- tinuing from early spring until late fall, the flowers appearing in large panicles, of rich crimson color, like blood-colored velvet.. The flowers when cut last two weeks in water, and fully a month on the bush, which is a perfect mass of righ crimson at all times. It can be grown in various ws, either as a pillar rose, or a trellis rose, and for coyering a wall it has no equal.
New Diadem Rambler—Flowers of the Diadem Rambler have the charm of being sweetly scented. Color a pure white, without a blemish. They remain on the bush from three to five-weeks and a~- well- established plant is a creation of resplendent beauty. The habit of growthis vigorous, young plants throw- ing up shoots eight to ten feet in height in a single season.
LOW PRICES SPECIAL OF
size plants 50c. each, or theset of four for only $1.75.
A MOST MAGNIFICENT EFFECT CAN BE
MAMMOTH FLOWERED Oriental Rambler Roses
BLOSSOMS ON ONE BUSH
No Mere Words Can Describe the Magnificent Beauty of the Rambler Rose when it is in Full Bloom. Better Start One This Year.
Golden Beauty Rambler—The fact of this new hardy climbing Rose being identical with Crimson Rambler, with the exception of the color of the fow- ers, which are deep golden-yellow, is sufficient guarantee of its great excellence. It as *a notable fact that we have had no hardy yellow climb- ing Roses, hence we look upon the introduction of this Rose as perhaps more important than its re- nowned relative, Crimson Rambler... The—habit of growth; is very vigorous; if anything, somewhat stronger than Crimson Rambler, well established plants making numerous shoots eight to ten feet high in one season. AS Many as 120 to 150 blossoms are frequently produced on ashoot. The flowers are cup-shaped, nearly full and very sweetly scented.
Pink Pearl Rambler—The flowers appear in large, full, handsome pyramidal trusses, similar to Crimson Rambler, and are borne in great profusion from three to five weeks during theseason. The color of the flow= ers is pure shiny rose; the half-open bud is a brilliant light carmine, making a strong and effective contrast, The numerous yellow stamens lend an additional charm to the flower.
HAD BY GROUPING THE GOLDEN, WHITE
| AND PINK RAMBLERS WITH CRIMSON RAMBLER. NO SUCH IMPORTANT INTRODUC- TIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR MANY YEARS AS THESE NEW RAMBLER ROSES.
FER P1o4 Fine Plants 15c. each, set of four postpaid50c. Larger plants 30c. each. The set of four cost but $1.00, by express at purchaser’s expense. The larger and extra size plants shipped by express at buyer’s expense.
Extra
THE FINEST HARDY CLIMBING ROSES IN THE WORLD
THESE ROSES ARE HARDY AND WILL GROW OUTSIDE DURING THE WIN- ; TER MONTHS if NICELY MULCHED, WELL-COVERED AND PROTECTED.
Empress of China—(The Apple Blossom Rose.) height of 15 to 25 feet in a single season. somely-formed buds and flowers; color soft dark red, changing to lighter red or pink, like an apple blossom.
Carmine Pillar—A large single Rose; color a glowing, glistening carmine pink.
Baltimore Beile—One of the best hardy climbers. blush variegated carmine.
Tennessee Belle—Strong, vigorous, graceful grower. bright, beautiful pink.
Attaining a Produces hundreds of hand-
A-great Rose. It will please you.
Very fine and attractive. 2
Flowers pale Hardy everywhere.
Flowers of Perfectly hardy everywhere.
Queen of the Prairie—A ereat favorite; strong and rapid grower Flowers large and globular, of a bright red color.
Marechal Neil—Grandest of all golden-yellow Roses. superb, of extra large size, double and deliciously fragrant.
Reine Marie Henrietta—Extra large, finely formed flowers; very full and double, borne in clusters; eclor glowing crimson.
Climbing Wootton—Strong, free grower, it produces in most won- derful profusion its superbly-formed flowers, which are bright magenta red, passing to violet crimson, richly shaded and very fragrant.
Flowers
Greville, or Seven Sisters—Flowers varying in color from light pink to crimson. Hardy everywhere.
Mary Washington—Named by the “Father of his Country” in honor of his mother. Flowers large, pure white and very double. Its fragrance is tinged with that old-fashiened musky flavor.
La Maraue—Pale canary-yellow, almost white; beautiful buds, large, full flowers, very double and sweet.
Climbing Meteor—It is a free, persistent bloomer, producing in great profusion-magnificently formed buds and flowers which in color are dark velvety crimson,-the-equal of any Rose in cultivation.
WORTH 50c.; MY PRICE i0c. EACH; $1.00 PER DOZEN. LARGER PLANTS BY EXPRESS, AT BUYER’S EXPENSE, 30c. EACH; $3.00 PER DOZEN.
IF YOU LOVE FLOWERS, GROW ROSES. NOTHING SO SATISFYING
NO ROSE COLLECTION IS COMPLETE WITHOUT A BABY RAMBLER.
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All the Roses listed on thig page are hardy and will live outside during SN the Winter = monthsifnicely SJ mulched, well |
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Hardy Hybrid
Perpetual Roses ROSES THAT LIVE FOREVER FLOWERS of LARGE SIZE and DELISHTFULLY FRAGRANT
Alfred Colomb—Justly celebrated as one of the very. finest; extra large round flowers, very double and full. Color is clear cherry red passing to bright crimson,
American Beauty.—It is a vigorous grower and free bloomer. In color the flowers are of a rich shaded crimson, and are great keepers. Very large and double; exceedingly sweet.
Anna de Deisbach—The color is the most lovely brilliant carmine; long pointed buds and large, finely formed flowers, very full, double, and delightfully sweet.
Capitaine Christy—tlresh delicate pink, with deeper shading in center of flower; beautiful.
Clio—The flower is of flesh color with a‘rosy pink center; large and globular; very hardy.
Coquette des Alpes—A lovely pure white Rose; very full and free in flower; delicious fragrance.
x Duke of Edinburg—One of the finest dark red Roses known; very ragrant. 3
_ General Jacqueminot—The best known hybrid_ perpetual in existence. Buds of a bright and shining crimson, very rich and velvety, exceedingly brilliant and handsome.
Sion of Battles—Fine, large, double, rich, red Rose, very fra- grant.
Glorie de Il? Exposition: Bruxelles—Large, perfectly double bright crimson, of velvety texture.
Glorie de Margottin—Rich dazzling red; one of the most brilliant of all Roses.
Mad, Alfred de Rougemont—Pure snow white flowers finely tinted with pale rosy blush; large, full and double, very fragrant.
Mad. Chas. Wood—Color bright, fiery scarlet; passing to fine rosy crimson, elegantly shaded with maroon. ,
Mad. Plantier—This ironclad variety is as hardy as an oak. It bears thousands of snowy white, fragrant Roses and is unequaled where a hardy white Rose is needed.
Magna Charta—Large, full flowers, very double; fine form and sweet; color clear rosy red, beautifully flushed with violet crimson; a profuse bloomer, extremely hardy,
Marie Bauman—One of the very best dark red Roses.
Paul Neyron—Deep, shining Rose, very fresh and beautiful, flowers of mammoth size. The buds always develop fine and it is a strong grower.
Prince Camill. de Rohan—Rich, deep velvety crimson, passing to anions maroon, shaded black, flowers are tare, handsome and freely produced. -
SPECIAL PRICE: Fine Plants postpaid, 20c;3 for 50c. Large pale ae Roses, by express, at buyer’s"expense, 35c each; 3 or UY,
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Extremely Hardy. No Roses
Perpetual Moss Roses *."G.26
Blanche Moreau—tThe flowers, which are borne in clusters, are very large, full, sweet and of perfect form. They are pure waxy white in color and daintily framed in the most exquisite green moss
Henry Martin—tThe ground color of this exquisite Rosé is a rich glossy pink, richly shaded with the most beautiful tint of crimson toward the center. “The flowers are of large size, of globular form and very full and double. Flowers and buds are furnished with an abundance of fairy-like moss.
John Cranston—This elegant variety completes my set of Moss Rose beauties. When you have planted a waxy white and a dainty pink Moss Rose, then you will only lack my superb red to make your collec- tion complete. This rose combines the good qualities of the other Moss Roses, and is the most beautiful deep glowing crimson imaginable. The flowers are of large size and perfectly double, borne in the greatest profusion. An exceptionally grand variety.
SPECIAL PRICE: Fine Plants postpaid, 20c each; 3 forj}50c. Large 2-year-old Roses, by express, at buyer’s expense, 35c.each: 3 for $1.00.
BUCKBEE’S FLOWERS WERE GRAND PRIZE MEDAL WINNERS, WORLD’S FAIR FLOWER SHOW,
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(ROSA WICHURAIANA.)
Téis difficult to conceive anything more appropriate, beautiful and enduring for covering graves and plots in cemeteries than the Hardy Memorial Rose. It creeps along the ground almost as closely as an Ivy, growing 10 feet in one season, and forming a dense mat of very dark green, lustrous foliage. The Flowers are produced in lavish profusion, in clusters on the ends of the short side branches after June Roses are past, from the first week in July throughout the month, and sparingly throughout the season. They are single, pure white, with a golden yellow disc, 5 to 6 inches in circumference, and have the strong fragrance of the Banksia Roses. The contrast between the satiny white of the petals and the golden yellow disc is sharp and pleasing and is one of the distinct charms of the beautiful Hardy Memorial Rose, and they fairly cover the entire plant when in bloom, a mass of great snow-flakcs 4 them as large as my with the rich, dark green showing here and there. Butits use isnot [& 4 arm. Several friends confined to cemeteries. Planted in the Rose garden, alone oramong {have said wey wanted nie to get them other Roses, and trained upright to a stake, it may be from 3 to 6 feet |a packet of that fine radish uext year. high, as desired, and it will send sprays of flowers drooping downward, |Tiere are no garden seeds like H. making the prettiest sight imaginable. It is largely used throughout |W. Buckbee’s. I praise them to all.’ the famous park system of Boston for covering rocky slopes, embank- ments and such places as it is desired to cover quickly with verdure. It quickly adapts itself to all conditions of growth, whether barren soil, rocky ledge, fertile garden, shady nook or sun-kissed slope, and no more fitting place can be found for it than running through the grass.
Fine Plants, postpaid, 15¢c each, By Express at buyer’s expense: Large Plants, 30c each; Extra Large Plants, 35¢ each.
FOR USE IN CEMETERIES
Creeps on the ground like Ivy. Hardy as grass and will grow in sun or shade. Bears great quantities of satin-like white flowers, with golden yellow discs.
I received this letter from Addie E. Strin- ger, Eadsville, Ky.: “The New Radtsh ts the finest I ever saw, surely a _ Dtamond ITratsed
ATTENTION, PLEASE
All of the Roses offered on this page are Hardy and will live outside during the Winter months if nicely mulched, well covered and protected.
Beauty.
SPECIATI PRIvE: The seven new and rare Hybric varieties listed below, postpaid, EACH, 10c.
Larger plants, by express, at buyer’s expense, EACH 30c.
Extra large plants, by express, at buyer’s expense, EACH 5c.
A New Race of Roses
HYBRIDS of ROSA WICHURAIANA
Bouble White Memorial Rose, Manda’s Triumph—This is the gem of this excellent collection and may well be called the Double Memorial Rose, as it preserves the tolor of the parent, with its char- acteristics of growth and foliage, but the flowers are double and very fragrant. They are produced in clusters of from twelve to eighteen flow- ers in each cluster on small side shoots, literally covering the plant and standing well above the foliage, giving a very graceful appearance. This variety will be valuable for all purposes, whether for trailing on the ground for cemetery use, growing on fences or gate posts, boundary walls, or as specimens in pots or tubs.
Double Pink Memorial Rose—(UNIVERSAL FAVORITE)— A fitting companion to the above, identical in growth, but with perfectly formed double flowers 14 to 2 inches in diameter, of a soft light pink, and very fragrant.
Evergreen Gem—Flowers double, yellow, buff in bud, opening to almost white, 2 to 3 inches in diameter, perfectly double, and with a delicate Sweet Briar fragrance.
Gardenia—Buds bright yellow, open flowers cream color, and 3 to 34 inches in diameter; delightfully fragrant.
South Orange Perfection—This variety is similar to the pre- ceding ones in growth. It has double flowers, soft blush changing to white, about 14 inches in diameter. The blossoms are, if anything, more freely produced than on the preceding, and are more double; per- fect rosettesin shape. Thisisa very pretty variety and entirely distanct from the others.
Jersey Beauty—Flowers single, 3 inchesin diameter, pale yellow, covering the plant entirely; very fragrant.
i Roamer—tThis variety shows undoubted traces of descent from the Sweet Briar, both in the color and. the shape of the blossoms aad in its exquisite fragrance. The growth is much stronger than the preceding. The single flowers are over 2 inches in diameter, a bright rich pink, with a large silvery white center and orange red stesmens, pro- ducing a most charming effect. This variety, from its artistic appear- ance, will undoubtedly be very largely planted in parks and large private grounds. The fragrance is not the least charm of this beauti Rose, and we believe that eventually it will become one of the most valu- able productions of recent years.
The Double Varieties will unquestionably make grand pet plants for the greenhouse or conservatory, and ean be used as climbers, and we believe that the white variety will eventually take rank with the Crimson Rambler and form a splendid-contrast to it.
NOTICE:—THE LARGER ROSES WILL BE SHIPPED BY EXPRESS AT BUYER’S EXPENSE.
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DOUBLE ingo—Dazzli A —Choicest TUBEROUS S0utrea = = TUBEROUS sinaie ‘scarier, 1° prand
VARIETIES | doubie pink. VARIETIES Ida May—A dainty pure sin-
15 Cents Each = oxhinition variety.
2 See ak Oks The above are all splen- Special Offer hose single Begonias have
Set of Six for 75 With ought to appeal to Set of Six for lected with a view to pleasing
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BUCKBEE’S PRIZE | Fr=sz vartetizs in, BoTH DOUBLE |
AND SINGLE. PRIZE WINNERS. MANY AT BARGIAN: PRIZES wiiva .. Fahey.
ird— ite. ry E ie—A beautiful Tepon of Hover FINEST = *Shiste yellow. Soft, beautiful double Mme, Berdeau—An exquisite yellow. SINGLE soft singie pink.
Fortuna—Clear, delicate variety.
gle white. : i Madame Qarnot = ire single silvery white. _ re Gente nee Princeton—Large single red, id beautifully shaded,
Royal Red—Mammoth double scarlet; grand
Lael—Clear, soft pink, beautifully shaded.
did. The prices made here- No. P.106 noequal, My stock is all se-
every buyer of plants. 40 Cents. the expert buyer,
Cents. Postpaid.
10 Cents Each
Except Where pure white. Noted. Sandersonii—Bright waxy red. Fine. Set of Bight Vernon—Waxy white and pink. BECONIA-~ MME, BERDEAU Only 75 Cents. Scandens—Beautiful pink trailing variety. ° \ 15 Cents Each Set of Six Only 75 Cents King of Begonias—Ofa beautiful metallic luster. Center and edge a soft velvety “ag green, with a broad silyer zone terminating at the point. -There is no hand- FAB somer plant, Queen Victoria—Solid silvery leaf of crepe-like texture, reddish veins, embroidered margins and fluted reddish edge. Siebold—Dark reddish green center, very broad; light metal band,'this bordered with light shade of green; beautifully mottled. 4 Edward Pynaert—An elegant discolor Rex, of fine upright growth and very. beau- tiful bright coloring. Very showy. + Bronze Beauty—One of the very choicest varieties, of a beautiful combination of : velvety green and bronze, . Golconde—One of the showiest. Broad irregular zone follows the form of the leaf, terminating ina point; edged with very dark green; red velvety stems. | f THE BEAUTIFUL LACE FERN | The rare and delicate boauty of this plantiean scarcely be shown by a picture 40r conveyed by a description. It has bright green foliage, which is gracefully _j arched, ciyingitastyleandan airthatcan not be surpassed, The delicacy of texture '} and richness of color are among tie marked characteristics. No more beautiful '| decorative plant has ever been produced. The fronds are 12 to 15 inches in length, and taper to a point from a widthofi2inches. It willlast for weeks after being gpg p> TUEDY. uses aoe een ihe pice: of pas Asa house plant it is deser- vedly popular because of the fac at it does well under almost all conditions. > fr : r '15c. each, postpaid; larger plants, 25c., 50c., '75c., $1.00, by express at buyer’s expense. BEGONIA—FORTUNA Vy | Ornamental Asparagus : | s (ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI) A ie This is one of the most charming of dec- BL orative plants. It grows free the whole year ae round, withstands a dry atmosphere, which @ z makes it a mostexcellent house plant, and is ff; a vigorous grower, producing sprays 4 or 5 ie feet long of fresh green, feathery foliage. When introduced, at a high price, a little } RAN Y over a year ago, this variety was received Nt \5 with some hesitation as to its desirability, but after only a limited trial it has come for- a ward with such prominence that the supply TT will be inadequate to the demand for some a time tocome. Notonly is it useful for cutting in sprays for fine cut flower work--more partic- ; ularly in connection with Jarge Roses, etce.— i but grown in suspended pots it-makes one of the prettiest decorative house plants we know | ; . of. Used in decorations—as,; for example, in the decorations of mantles—nothing can equal it. Strong plants, 10c. to 15c, each, postpaid, 1 : = : Larger plants, 25c. to 50c, each, by express at - buyers expense, . } ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS
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Emerald—Leaves bronze and green, flowers beautiful pink. — 160, EVER- Erfordia—Rich, glowing, rosy salmon. BLOOMING President Carnot—F lowers rich coral red, large and beautiful.
BEGONIAS Dew Drop—Clear:snowy white flowers, always in bloom. Argentea Guttata—Handsome glosssy leaf, dotted with white, flowers
ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI BUOKBEE FILLS ALL PLANT ORDERS IN A MANNER THAT PLEASES BUYERS
112 H. W. BUCEBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
THE NEW HARDY A SIGHT TO BEHOLD
J AP AN ESE Grand Beyond Description SNOWBALL tessore Sea eae Ss
valuable of all hardy shrubs. It forms
; an erect, compact plant 6 to 8 feet in height, blooms in June and for a long time the plants are filled with hundreds of big snowy balls that glisten with ethereal whiteness like gems in the sunlight. One of the grandest and most striking of all hardy decorative plants. Well worth 50c.; my price is 15c. each. Larger plants 25c. to 35c. each, shipped by express at buyer’s
NEW LEMON VERBENA
a4 uable for its fragrant leaves, so grace- ful when mixed with bouquets, ‘They will retain their fragrance for years when dried. As a plant for the garden or for pots it is equally valuable, its fine sprays of foliage. with its delicious fragrance, making italways desirable for bouquets, ete: They flower profusely, and each piant in good, rich soil will cover a space of 3 to 4 feet in diameter, pro- ducing, if the blooms are removed as soon as they begin to fade, a mass of bloom continually, This plant is well known and is very easy to grow. Admired by all for its unrivaled splendor and brilliant beauty.
Strong and healthy plants only 10c. each.
Palestine.
beautiful. This can be
10c. each, 3 for 25c., post- paid.
NE ATE ie = ME rE CYCLA LOWERED (PERSIAN VIOLET) _.
Most beautiful of all pot plants, giving the richest profusion of elegant flowers; foliage decidedly handsome, being variegated with different shades of green, helping to show off the richly-colored flowers. In fact, a plant in bloom resembles a tastily arranged vase of flowers and beautiful foliage.
Price of choice bulbs 15c. each, or 2
set bears a flower stalk. bowl of water.
. << * NEW GIANT FLOWERED CYCLAMEN
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RESURRECTION PLANT 39g. Daiauenorsy.
A Marvel of Plant Life This peculiar plant is found among the pines and cedars of It is a ball of tightly folded leaflets, dry and ap- parently dead. But a transformation takes place once it is dropped into a bowl of water, for in a short time there is a great, loose, expanded rosette of fine fern-like leaves both odd and
i repeated many times, the plant curling tightly together when dry, expanding when soaked.
Chinese Sacred Lily
The flower is white with a yellow-tinted cup. The bulbs are large with from three to six various sized offsets, and nearly every off- Usually grown in a We can furnish them till the last of March, when the supply is usually ex- hausted, and we do not have more until fall.
Bulbs 15c. each; postpaid.
‘f ns “ ‘ Ba AWbL NT UA Sa THE NEW HARDY JAPANESE SNOWBALL
The Napoleon Climber
This charming climber has a history that is Teally interesting. When Napoleon Bonaparte was in the height of his reign, all nations bowed to his conquering power. Many sent him costl Presents and souvenirs ost without end. Among the latter, a province of China sent a bulb of this valuable climber, which was highly cher- ished by Napoleon, and the original ma seen growing at Versailles by all who may elismner to visit the favorite residence of the great Emperor.
The Climber is a great sill ornament. Per- fectly hardy, growing up early in spring and spreading rapidly. Vines often run 25 feet or more and the clusters of delicate white flowers are beautiful and fragrant. Should be grown in light, Tich soil and mulched every fall.
ann each; extra long roots 20c. each, post-
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CHINESE SACRED LILY
i CAN SUPPLY ALL YOUR WANTS IN SEEDS, PLANTS AND BULBS.
" THE NAPOLEON CLIMBER
PRICES THE LOWEST
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jiature Calla, growing only about 8 inches high. It is indeed a beauty, completely enveloped in its regal white blossoms, through the entire season. As easily grown as the other Callas, and will
a constant delight to you and your friends. Be careful of spurious stock. Send to me for true, fine bulbs. (See No. 2 above.) 15c.
MAMMOTH EVER-BLOOM- ING WHITE CALLA — One of the grandest, most majestic of all Callas, being a great favorite everywhere.
AN UNPARAL=
LELED OFFER OF RARE
Its foliage alone makes it de- sirable as a decorative plant, | being of perfect form with large, stately leaves of a bright green color, giving it a tropical appearance. Add to this its profusion of superb’
each; 3 for only 40c.
NEW SPOTTED LEAF OR BOUQUET—A great favorite every- where, each plant being a veritable bouquet in itself. It is of the ‘dwarf, compact, bushy habit, producing a mass of amazingly beau- tiful leaves, and an abundance of small, pure white Callas, so small that they serve admirably for corsage bouquets. Foliage is deep green, covered with innumerable white spots, giving the plant a mag=
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white flowers, yielced through- pent appearance. (See No. 3 above.) Fine bulbs 15¢c.; 3 for out the season, and you have / WONDERFUL BLACK CALLA, OR KING SOLOMON’S LILY— |
a plant you may well be Ths oe -
; grand new variety is the wonder and amazement of all. Comes THE SET OF proud, of a My: pele Broce direct from the “Holy Land.’ The magnificent flowers are sweet LARGE man seh at ae Pe uu ae scented, and often measure more than a foot in length, by 5 to 8 i nately te. T gaa hesuie inches in width. The inside color is of the richest velvety purplish BULBS gC Stron Sulb ae. will le: ys black imaginable, while the outside is of pleasing green. ‘The center ONLY an z6 S No. 1 ey spadix rises to a height of 10 to 12 inches and is of the deepest black. isc, each: 3 for Sat hos The foliage is of solid texture, rich, deep green, and elegantly re- ° ’ v 0 ticulated. True original stock, strong, well-grown bulbs. (See
No. 4 above.) 20c. each; 3 for only 50c.
| TRUE LITTLE GEM—The pet of all is this new and beautiful min-
Beautiful hardy shrubs, of easy culti- 5 vation, rapid growth, furnishing an ie S Mabe 4 J (i |
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NEW CRIMSON SPIREA—Anthony Waterer—It outshines all the Spireas BZ, in brilliancy of color, a bright crimson, and is a persistent bloomer; bearing - () continuously large clusters of lovely bloom throughout the summer and , WA autumn. Fine S plants i5c. each; 2 for 25c.
SPI nO y Wareren ORANGE ote, TREE
\ (OtaheiteOrange)
» A grand new and hardy Orange. This is the most hardy of the Orange family and will stand our northern cli- mate with little or no protection, and is also a grand plant fo pot culture, where it blooms ana fruits freely. Itis very dwarf and symmetrical in its growth. Order one of these little beauties and enjoy the sweet fragrance of the orange
The oranges are a sight that is inspiring
I have grown a large stock of clean, 10c. each; larger plants, 25¢c.
blossoms as they are upon the tree. as they hang among the green leaves. healthy plants that will bloom and fruit at once.
DO NOT MISS A SINGLE PAGEIN THIS GUIDE. BARGAINS ON EVERY ONE.
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BUCKBEE’S LARGE-FLOWERED ”~ 2 Beauty of Growth, Grace, Dazzling Color-
ing of Flowers, which are Exquisitely Striped
and Spotted, Rich in Various Hues, Soft yet orilliant—All These Charms, Coupled with
i é Dre: Their Easy Culture, have Marked Them the The Latest Creations. The Finest Varieties Most Popular of All Summer Bedding Plants.
SIX BEAUTIFUL NEW CANNAS Extra Special Offer No. Pro8, Postpaid: Each 25c.; the 6 for $1.25.
King Humbert—Tive feet. Blooms of extra size and a cross in color between 2 rich orange and bright sed, inciining to the latter. Foliage a rich bottle green overspread with deep plum. A beautiful and distinct variety.
Mont Blanc—Three feet. The only White Canna in existence. Blossoms pure ave foliage a deep green. Fine dwarf grower. Worthy a place in any col- ection.
Black Beauty—Five feet. This is the darkest leaved Canna known, making it extraordinarily fine for foliage effects. Wonderfully strong grower.
Jean Tissot—Five feet. Very large-flowered; the color an intense brilliant ver- milion with bright orange shadings; may be seen as far as the eye can carry, Massive green foliage; strong, uniform growth.
Rubin—Four feet. Dark bronze leaf; strong, robust grower, senéing up numerous flower stalks well above the foliage, each stalk carrying five or six flowering spikes. Color deep scarlet; petals large and rounding. Foliage and flowers produce a beautiful effect. ‘
Mrs. Kate Gray—Four feet. Dark green foliage. Flower spikes numerous and extra large, the petals iong and rounding, Color a rich dazzling scarlet orange.
OTHER FINE VARIETIES OF
FRENCH AND ITALIAN CANNAS
Austria—Six feet. The largest flowering Canna in the world today. Single flowers measure 8 inches across. An entirely new and distinct strain of Gannas, the production of which was certainly never expected. In size of flower, in vigor of growth, in grand effect, Austria 1s not equaled by even Itaiia, its com- panion plant. Planted out early in the season, Austria begins to bloom when only two fect high, and immediately sends forth a large number of side-shoots in rapid succession. so that in July a single plant has produced from 15 to 25 enormous flowering stems, towering 5 to 6 feet in height, densely packed with immense musa-lile foliage, which resists sun and wind with impunity.. The fiowers, of which there are 20 to 30 0n a single shoot, are the largest of any Canna known, measuring, when extended, over 8 inches accrcss. The color is a pure canary yellow. the purest yellow of any large flowering Canna known, merely two of the segments being slightly spotted with crimson.
Al Wigesbaete: Se nice 100.4 $1.00 per. doz. Dare BeUANGA &
emania—sSix feet. e flowers are enormous and ofte in size is : SEHR GEaie eal nas A cobain {Outer petals scarleh with a Chas. Henderson—Four feet. Deep crmean, aay flame at throat,
broad vellow border; inside scarlet and red. ae pase pais tare homaneelahes p , always in bloom Worth 20c.; my price 10c.; $1.00 per doz. Worth 20¢.; my price 10c.; $1.00 per doz.
Pinaud suns feet. Colon pre eee home Florence Vaughan—Five feet’ Undoubtedly the finest sent out; Wien) LU Trsts Opens; CRADEINE V0.8, C&D ees = re color rich golden yellow, spotted with bright red; flowers of t develop. The shoots flower three or four times in succession, & 2 : } + flow grea eee plant having as ne a aoe plasters ae a time. Bub sane and periect form, borne in large heads and in the great-
to) ¢.; My price 10c.; $1. c 2 :
Burbank —Five feet, |The flowers when fully expanded, mensure 7 Grand Bouges~Four fect, Handsome red foliage, flower striking inches; in color they are rich. clear canar ; very = r Ne * : large petals with fine erimsop spots in center of flower. beautirul red, aiways in bioom. One of the very best Cannas
: : grown. Worth 25¢.; my price 15c.; $1.50 per doz. Worth 25c.; my price 10c.: $1.00 per doz. Stalia—Five teet. Newest orchid-flowered Canna. Single flowers measure 8 inches across. In size and brilliancy of flowers, in magnificence of wth of foliage, this new departure in Cannas has not been equaled: e flowers of Italia are indeed of extraordinary beauty The ground colot of the ficwer is golden yellow, the three upper segments being heavily Diotched with two shades of scarlet. The lower segment is the widest, being thus entirely distinct from other Cannas This and the fifth segment are bright scariet, edged with golden yellow. In growth this Canna is majestic Remarkably free bloomer and stands hot weather better an other Cannas, : Worth 25¢.; my price 15c.; $1.50 per doz, Maiden Bilush—Three feet Color soft, beautiful rose-pink. ve petentely shaded. One of the most handsome varieties ever offered. Foliage ri
een orth 25¢.; my price 15c.; $1.50 per doz.
Miie Serat—Five feet Green foliage. It is a soft shade of rosy carmine. A bed of this variety is simply superb in its rare coloring. Worth 25¢.; my priee 15c.; $1.50 per doz.
Queen Charlotte—F cur fcet. A fine new variety from Germany; claimed to | be the finest introduction up to date. The enormous flower spikes, tower- { ing grandiy above the foliage, bear a beautiful bouquet of large fiowers of perfest form. with petals of velvety grenade b) red, banded with bor- der of eanary yellow Worth 25¢.; my price 15c.; $1.50 per doz.
Rosewan—Three feet, Greer foliage, strong grower, Flowers highly colored deep rose-pink. 3 very attractive and striking variety.
Worth 25c.; my price 15c.; $1.50 per doz.
Souv. de Antoine Crozy—Three ana one-half feet. Flowers dazzling crimson- scarlet, bordered with golden yellow. One of the finest varieties known Worth 20c.; my price 10c., $1.00 per doz.
Souvenir de Mad. Nardy—Height 5 feet. Dark green foliage. Flower spikes extra large and long, every flower showing distinctly. Color is a rich, dark yellow, covered with blotches of bright crimson, making a most beautiful and striking variety.
Worth 40c.; my price i5c. 5 5 : é
Souv. du Pres. Carnot-Five feet. Distinct variety, commanding atter ‘ion wherever seen. Blooms are of extra size and a cross in color between a rich orange and bright red, favoring the latter. The foliage is rich bottle green, overspread with deep plum. : Worth 25c.; my price i5c.; $1.50 per doz.
DONT FORGET—BUCKBEE’S PLANTS ARE GUARANTEED TO REACH YOU SAFELY
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CARNATIONS
POPULAR VARIETIES
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BUCKBEE CA RN ATIONS Are sensational prize winners wherever and whenever
shown.
the best shows. choicest varieties.
OFFER this year, as usual, an assortment of the best and t latest novelties, among them creations that are sure to be- come immensely popular favorites among those whose first flower is the Carnation. The place to get the best is where
the best are grown—that is BUCKBEE’S. Mi
SUPERB EXHIBITION COLLECTION
The Set of 6 worth $1.70. My price only 75c Postpaid
Rose Pink Enchantress—A true pink in color. Surpassingly beautiful. Largest of any and a prize winner over the strongest competition. Strong grower, free bloomer.
Worth 35c.; my price, 25c.
The Beacon—Ideal shade of scarlet; exquisitely fragrant. of the most popular new Carnations. growth.and blooms freely.
- Worth 35c.; my price, 25c.
Enchantress—Delicate flesh pink, the largest and most beautiful Carnation ever raised. A giant among Carnations.. Not anything yet produced can approach it in size, color or free- dom of growth. :
Worth 25c.; my price, 15c.
White Perfection--A great new white, very fragrant. Thelarg- est flower, longest and best stems of any white Carnations. Thoroughly up-to-date in every respect,
Worth 25c. ; my price, lic.
Harlowarden—Brilliant crimson. A big advance over all others of this color. The plant is a free and easy grower, and always in bloom. A gem in every way.
Worth 25ce.; my price lic.
Mrs. M. A. Patten—The best of all variegated Carnations. White, with broad scarlet stripes. The flowers are borne in great profusion, the plant making a vigorous growth. It has a stiff, wiry stem.
Worth 25c.; my price, 15c.
One Plant is of strong
A VISIT TO BUCKBEE’S CARNATION HOUSES IS A VISIT TO A BIG FLOWER SHOW.
Every variety catalogued below is a winner at I make a specialty of new creations in Carnations and sell none but the
Y IMMENSE new Carnation Conservatories afford moa M facilities that are positively unequaled for the produc-
tion, in endless variety, of these pre-eminently popular plants. These houses cover a vast and wondrously beauti- ful flower show, one to which visitors are welcome.
The following varieties are offered with every confidence that they will satisfy and delight all my customers.
THE PARADISE COLLECTION
The Set of 6 worth $1.35 My price only 50¢ ANY THREE FOR 30 CENTS. POSTPAID.
Red Lawson—A bright and beautiful red sport of the Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson, Same habit and productiveness that have made that popular Carnation justly famous. ‘The only difference is in the color.
Worth 25c.; my price, 15c.
Prosperity-—-A most beautiful Carnation. Splendid bie flowers of white prettily overlaid with pink, making a striking combination. Flowers profusely; plant vigorous.
Worth 25c.; my price, 15c.
Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson—The famous ‘‘Lawson Pink.’ This is the most popular Carnation of all, producing more flowers and of larger size than any other variety. The best of any of the dark pink Carnations. .
Worth 20c,; my price, 10c.
White Lawson—One of the most free blooming varieties ever offered. Color clear, snowy white. Flowers are very striking and fragrant, stem long and stiff. First-class keeper.
Worth 25c.; my price, L5c. The Cardinal—A fine large scarlet. Strong grower, free bloomer. Worth 20c.; my price, 10c.
Lady Bountiful—A perfect wonder. Large white, with excel- lent calyx and stem. Strong, vigorous grower, very free bloomer.
Worth 20 c.; my price, 10e.
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oa CHRYSANTHEMUMS
BUCKBEE WON GRAND PRIZE MEDALS
3 Grand New Creations
on . EXCELDA—(Pink) . - 30c.
CHRYSANTHEMUMS WHITE HALL BEAUTY—(White) 30c. at the World’ é low CAR REA see at St. Panis in 1904. s LET D. M— (Scarlet) 3Cc. eae Peale 2 2300) in SPECIAL OFFER NO. 14. St. Louis, New York, Kan- THESE A sas City,Chicagoand Little BUCKBEE PRODUCTS ; bi ee 73¢ Rock—1904-1905-1906-1907. (See Colored Plate.)
SPECIAL OFFER WM. WELLS—Large Japanese white; immense reflex flower. No 58 SE Jae Hengeome tolaer . ort. e.; my price 20c, oe aoe ee H. W. Buckbee—Deep yellow reflexing flower, A beautyin every way. TIES POSTP Worth 50c.; my price 20c. AID J. H. Silsberry—Color old gold and crimson, The petals arrange 50c ieeaselves to show off both colors at once, making a Peansifal com- ination. = Worth 50c.; my price 20c.
Percy Plumridge—The most pleasing shade of yellow yet produced
GRAND PRIZE Worth 0.3 my price tie MEDAL OFFER LA FELKINS—An enormous reflexed rose pink, with broad
etals. A big advance in pink Chrysanthemums. No. Piio Worth 25c.; my price 15c. r , Chiltenii—Bright golden yellow. Sport of Nellie Pockett One of the
finest ever grown, WORTH $1.50. MY Worth 25¢.; my price 15c. PRICE T. Carrington—Japanese incurved of great size, Color magenta with silver reverse, a fine variety. Worth 25c.; my price i5c. 50c¢ Brutus—Bright red, shaded with orange. Broad, flat petals, Extra : goad power with fine SEES 0! ¢.: my price 15c. Se 3 25c¢ POST- yrs, Barclay—Lovely rosy mauve, enormous flower with broad flat OR 2 PAID florets; one of the best growers and largest flowers among Chrysan- Six in the Set themums. Worth 25c.; my price 15c.
Madame Yon Andre—Splendid large, yellow flower. Dwarf, sturdy grower; perfect in every way.
Worth 50c.; ice 25c. f GRAND PRIZE EF. se VALE Pat sla on yellow; long drooping florets, which
ED form one of the largest and most graceful flowers in existence. M AL OFFER Strong grower; one of the best. No. Pili Worth 35c.; my price 20c. Sey. F Oo. ae P. nate beautiful Bue rose En white, is is a splendid strong grower wit ne foliage; a noble flower. WORTH $3.00. MY Worth 35c.; my price 20c.
PRICE Chas. Longley—Crimson amaranth; a novel color. Among Chrys- anthemums promises to be ore of the very finest Japanese varieties; makes a beautiful plant.
$1 00 Worth 50c.; my price 20c. e e Miss Alice Byron—Best of all white Chrysanthemums. Large in-
Eee HOWEN: Strong erower with handsome foliage, ANY 2 fe fs) c.; my pricez0c. FOR 50c ESD F. J. Taggert—The most striking novelty of recent years. Belong- ; ing to the hairy or plumed varieties. Color light yellow; a big Six in the Set. advance over all others in the class, the hair-like filaments being very pronounced, A strong, vigorous grower. Worth 50c.; my price 25c.
Thos. Humphrey—A large bright crimson, reflexed, decidedly Ly ae GRAND PRIZE double. One of the very finest. ~ MADAM VON ANDRE Worth 20c.; my price isc. : B MED AL OFFER Col. D. Appleton—A very large, bright, deep yellow incurved; of fine finish and form, No. Pii2 Worth 20c.; my price 15c, : t Timothy Eaton—The great prize-winner. Pure white of the WORTH $1.20. MY largest possible size, grand, PRICE Worth 20c.; my price ide. : Kate Broomhead—A grand variety, producing a massive flower of golden amber or orange; a prize-winger everywhere. Cc. Worth 20c.: my price iie. Dr. Enguehard—Dcep pink shading to lighter pink on outside. Under artificial light the color has a most brilliant effect. = ANY 3 25¢ POST- Worth 20c.; my price 15¢. j FOR PAID wellie Pockett—An Australian variety ef great beauty; a fine Six in the Set. white of elegant form, incurving and reflexing; a beauty, Worth 20c.; my price 15c.
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Golden Hair—Bright chrome Beauty of Truro—A _ change- GRAND PRIZE yellow, suffused amber, petals able glistening purplish bronze,
broad and incurved. Worth 20c.; my price idc. MED AL OFFER Worth 20c.; my price i0c. Mrs. Bigginbotham—\ large, L’Enfant des deux Mcondes— rich bright pink, extremely No. Pii3 Magnificent large glistening beautiful. white. Strong grower Worth 2Cc.; my price i0c. SET OF EIGHT Worth 20c.; my price 10c. Queen of Plumes—YVery double. PLUMED VARIETIES Mrs. C. B. Freeman—Color of a most beautiful shade of varies from yellow to bronze, a bright pink, one of the very WORTH $1.50. MY handsome and striking variety. finest. PRICE Worth 20c.; my price i0c. Worth 20c.; my price i5c. White Swan—One of the finest Leocadie Gen tils—An ex- 60¢ of all whites. Closely incurved, tremely handsome yellow, © high built flower and very Color is bright and pure, a Ei ANY 3 25¢ POST- heavily plumed. grand variety. je: = FOR PAID Worth 25c.; my price 15c. Worth 20c.; my price 10c. MISS ALICE BYRON
BUCKBEE’S CHRYSANTHEMUMS WON GRAND PRIZE MEDALS AT WORLD’S FAIR FLOWER SHOW.
HB. W. BUCKBEEF, ROCEFOK., ILLINOIS.
FUCHSIA BARGAIN
Set of Seven By Mail, For Only .. 50c. Postpaid.
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I Have Kept My Fuchsia Stock for Many Years at the Very Highest Standard
Not ‘““How Many” but ‘““How Good’?
Pres. F. Gunther—(Double)—A grand variety with immense double flowers. Light prune corolla; rich red sepals. Color new and dis- tinct. Produces thousands of flowers. Worth 15¢.; my price 10c.
Trailing Queen—(Single)—Nothing is so pretty as a pot suspended in a window filled with luxuriant foliage and bright blossoms. This new Fuchsia never grows erect, but al- ways trails down or over the side of the pot. Robust and easy to grow, the branches reach- ing a length of four or five feet, blooming nearly the whole year. Flowers and buds long and graceful, of a bright, rosy scarlet. 10c. each,
Beauty of Exmouth—(Double)—The largest of all Fuchsias. Very distinet in its rich, dark coloring. The flowers are of enormous proportion, very double and broad, of great substance; well reflexed, tube and sepals of beautiful coral red, while the corolla is of the very richest violet shade imaginable. A plant of this variety in full bloom presents a picture never to be forgotten, 15c. each.
Pres. Carnot—(Double)—Enormous double corolla of a rich violet purple with velvet re- flex, with mast beautiful carmine sepals. One of the grandest of all Fuchsias, and is very striking from the immense size and beautifully marked flower. 10c. each.
Those offered below are the
Very Best and Very Latest.
Blossoms by the Thousand on a Single plant
Charmer—(Single)—The grandest of all wine ter bloomers. Tube and sepals waxy care mine. Its clusters of long, drooping, tube+ like, brilliant flowers, and very large, green foliage give it a most striking and beautiful
appearance. Five thousand flowers have been counted upon a single plant. Worth 15c.; my price 10c.
Trophee—(Double)-—Violet blue corolla; very dark rich red sepals, waxy lustre. Plaut of fine form, easy to grow, continually in bloom. Positively one of the grandest varieties ever offered. Worth 15c.; my price 10c.
Carmeliata—(Double)—A decided acquisition to the Fuchsias. Plant is of a dwarf habit, forming round, beautiful shaped bushes, com- pletely covered with exquisite flowers. Foli- age is small—exceedingly pretty and waxy. Flowers are of mammoth size, elegant form and exceptionally handsome coloring; a beau- tiful combination of white and coral red. The sepals are prettily refiexed, giving an additional charm to this grand Fuchsia. These flowers have been grown to the size of a small teacup and are so full of handsome blooms as to resemble a perfect ball in shape. You will be amazed at the rare qualities pos- sessed by this magnificent Fuchsia, for words cannot convey half the beauties of this floral gem. Never out of bloom. You will find it even necessary to remove some of the buds, at times, or the branches will break under the pre of flowers. Fine plants, 15c. each.
BEST AND CHEAPEST ALWAYS—BUCKBEE’S PLANTS. ENDLESS VARIETY—PROMPT SHIPMENT
118 H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
NEW IMPERIAL GLOXINIAS
Bridal Wreath tc to ne SPIREA FRUNIFOLIA Name it Bears
Nothing is more attractive than this lovely shrub, and it is very justly 2 popular favorite with all who grow it, because oi its real beauty- It is vemarkably hardy; the flowers it bears are pure white and are pro- duced in wonderful profusion, in long sprays, the entire length of branches, A beautiful floral wreath is made at once by bending and ty- ing the ends of the branch together. One of the most beautiful hardy shrubs in existence.
Fine plants, 15¢e. each; 2 for 25c., postpaid.
GRAND SPECIAL OFFER No. 159.
1 Orchid Flowered Gloxinia Bulb.
i New Wonderful Comet Plant.
i Giant White Scented Snapdragon.
2 Giant Flowered Tuberose Bulbs.
2 Orchid Flowered Gladioli,
20 Spring Flowering Bulbs.
The 27 Bulbs and Plants, worth $1.00, delivered free by mail for only 50c.
THE TRULY WONDERFUL
OMET PLANT
(ACALYPHA SANDERID
- The most unique flowering plant of the =! seasons, always presenting a fresh, century. Fluffy, trailing, tail-like blossoms, ST°&™ pitractive DEES eEe Invalua- soft crimson scarlet. It is difficult to con- ble as an aquatic plant.
IMPERIAL Beyond all Question one of the Most Beautiful
GLOXINIAS Flowers that Blooms.
Certainly among the handsomest of our summer flowering plants, presenting, as they do, such a variation of rich and exquisite coloring, equal to the orchid in novelty and beauty. The flowers are of handsome shape and large size, and a great variety of colors that are velvety in the depth and richness of shading. The flowers often measure 3 inches in length and 2 in width, and are upright and pendulous. They succeed well with ordinary care, and should be grown in a moderately shady place, as the sun burns the foliece when wet, causing brown spots to appear. Plant bulbs in a mix- ture of light loam, manure and sand, equal parts, giving but little water until signs of lifeappear. You will have a succession of bloom from June to September, and words cannot describe the rare beauty of these flowers to one who has never seen them. When done bloom- ing, dry gradually, and keep in pots over winter in a warm place.
Distinct varieties, 10c. each; 3 for 25c.; 1 doz. $1.00,
postpaid. The Giant White—Scented
SNAPDRAGON "hover ascrscsive, sasting
Always in bloom. This remarkable new plant has in one season jumped to foremost place among choice winter blooming plants, No novelty in our green- c houses has attracted the attention or re- ceived the praise equal tothis. It isa perpetual bloomer, compact and branch= ing in habit, sending up flower spikes by the dozen, i to 2 feet in length, almost as large and beautiful as Gladiolus. Color pure white, with lem- on tinged throat and lovely fragrance. Flowers keep two weeks after being cut. Tt has created a sen- sation in the New York flower market.
Fine plants only idc., 2 for 25c., postpaid.
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GIANT WHITE, SCENTED SNAPDRAGON
Umbrella Plant
As decorative as 2 palm. Hardy, useful and beautiful window plant for
Throws up
NEW COMET PLANT DO NOT
ceive anything more unique, more pleasing, St™S 2 to 3 feet high, surmounted by
or More satisfying than this new plant fresh from theOrient. It is easily grown, and must become immensely popular. There is noth- ing approaching it, with its soft, crimson scarlet, fluffy tail-like blossoms 20 to 30 inches long on specimen plants. We have it grow- ing in our greenhouses, and it has been the admiration of all visitors. Try one or more of these beautiful plants, which are always in bloom. : Fine plants, 15c. each, postpaid.
Mrs. A. Wehrly, Deilvale, Kansas: “I received the seeds O. K. that I ordered and I desire to say that Buckbee sent me more seeds jor the money than I ever got anywhere else. I want to ask you to let me know
just how to plant and tend Peanuts, as I expect to try ratseng them.”
SS THE SPECIAL OFFERS WITH WHICH THIS GUIDE ABOUNDS :
whorls of leaves.
Price 10c., postpaid.
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UMBRELLA PLANT
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GLADIOLI
African—Black Crimson
Chameleon—Slate, orange, white and violet. :
Duchess of Edinburgh —Purplish rose, carmine stripe.
Grand Rouge—Flaming scarlet.
Isaac Buchanan—Canary yellow.
Lord Byron—Red, white blotch.
Martha Washington—Yellow, tinged With rouse.
Gladiolus Childsii
- i el | (Mixed Colors.) BLOOM OF THE NEW GIANT GLADIOLUS (I have seen them as large as tea plates.)
This elegant class of Gladioii is famed for size of spike, flower and vigorous blooming. _ The colors are varied and exceedingly brilli- ant. 6c. each; 3 for 15c.; 55c, per doz. ; 100 for $4.00, postpaid,
Kelways Hybrid Gladioli
GORGEOU
ous. No deseription can begin to do them justice. They have ‘al! the colors of the rainbow, and are of enormous size, often Jarge as tea plates. Produce freely, st ~ long and graceful. My price, the season's bargain. 10c, each, post- paid; $l. _ 2
Twelve Named Gladioli—Buckbee’s Famous Grand Astonishingly Low Price—Postpaid 5c, each; per doz, 50c.
Of Dazzling Splen- dor. Varieties Hasily Grown.
Blossoms by Thou- sands. |
NEW GIANT ORCHID, or RAINBOW GLADIOLUS |
This uncommonly beautiful Gladiolus is the grandest achievement in the roduction of this deservedly popular flower,
The flowers are simply marve-
May—White, crimson penciling.
Meyerbeer— Bright scarlet. flamed with vermillion.
Octoroon Salmon pink.
President Lincoln —Blush white, suf- fused with rose.
Shakespeare— White, suffused with carmiune rose.
Lemoine’s Gladioli (Mixed Colors.)
Thenoted Butterfly Hybrids. I offer the finest of th.s type in mix- ture. The rich colorings rival the finest orchids, 5c. each; 8 for 10c.; 35c. per doz.; 100 for $2.00, postpaid. By express, buyer's expense, $1.75 per 100.
The celebrated English hybridizer has given us a fine assortment of Gladioli with immense spikes and an end- ess variety of coloring. 5c, each; 50c. per doz., postpaid.
Buckbee’s Famous Rockford Mixed Gliadioli
I make a feature’of Gladioli, importing bulbs as well as raising those that Iam sure willbe choice. My Gladiolus gardenis almost a small farm, and in it Iam able to discover the varieties that are the best and will be most.certain to please. I am now able to offer choice bulbs in mixture of my own growing at exceeding'y low prices. 4 for 10c,; 25c. perdoz.; 50 for $1.00; 100 for $1.75, postpaid. By express at huyer’s expense, $1.25 per 100.
I am sure that if you have never grown the beautiful Gladiolus and will take my advice and begin this year, you will thank me for having urged you to try it.
Nothing Mors Exquisite Than Their Perfume. They are In Flower Constantly. The New Varieties I List are Charming.
Lemoine’s Giant
HELIOTROPES
La Duse — Most beautiful foliage — small, stiff and glossy; stems are quite uni- form in height, and support enormous
dark velyety bloom, very rich in color. 10c, each,
( 3 ht , the trusses of bloom that are semi-globular a Hee eee ee ane: ertra lize,
in form, making a great spread of color ; mci beauti
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which is blue shading ¢o lavender; the FIER SH leerery re-
odor is exquisite. 15¢, each; 2 for 25c, spect, valuable alike as a pot plant or Prince Charmant— Handsome foliage, ex- for outdoor culture. 10c. each.
tremely free in bloom, coior a lovel 7 : tint of bluish mauve; this variety Rae Le Glain—A beautiful, deep, intense pur- pie, with a large glistening white eye,
pemieics of bloom of enormous size. Is Size : i makiug it very striking in appearance,
warf and compact in growth and a
great advance on older sorts, 165c, each: 2 for 25c. > Czarina—Dwarf-growing variety; a deep
The single f.ets often measure half an inch in diaméter, and are borne in im- mense trusses. One of the most desir- able of a!l the Heliotrepes in every re-
PIE DipEWNS USES
indigo blue, with white eye; enormous trusses measnring I2 ip. across; of the fianttype. 10c, each,
The Czar— Pwarf-growing variety, with black stems and enormous panicles of fragrant.
THIS SET OF 7 VARIETIES ONLY 50c. FOSTPAID.
spect. 10c. each,
Mad. Bruant—Very dark purple, with im- mense trusses of flowers, delightfully 10c. each.
ANY 3 FOR 25c.
; BUCKBEE BUCK BEES ere ee LA DUSH HELIOTROPE pant foo} 6B Cut Flowers E SE SS te e I HELP Have a national reputa ion. Bleeding Heart 5 PLANT Fao0 FOR 20 You My fa-ilities are unequaled.
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(Dielytra).
I present no illustration of this most beautiful and novel plant. for the reason that none has ever been made that does the subject justice. Bleeding heart 's an old and justly popular favorite. rank-
The lesssons taught by years of experience in the business enable me to supply customers at a distance with cut flowers that are delivered in spiendid
My plant food has superlative merit as an invigorator. Its use
produces the bealth condition : : jig with the Paeony as anecessity to those who and color patnral to My prices. aré exceedingly Jove the old-time flowers. It is one of the first to plant orvine. Ad it low, 1 invite yon to wrue for flower in the Spring. and bears long chains of
prices and detuiied informa-
gracefnl heart-shaped pink flowers. Special price Lion.
for fine plants, 15 cents each, postpaid.
costs bn t little. 25¢. per package, postpaic.
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ALT, YOUR-WANTS IN SEEDS, PLANTS Anu BULBS
120 H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
sucererszg” GERANIUMS
For only 50c., Postpaid—THE SUNSHINE SET Six of the Most Showy Single Geraniums
Jacquerie—Just the color of My Lady’s Velvet Gown. Large, full trusses of rich velvety scarlet. Extremely choice in every way. 165c.
Telegraph—Bright, glowing red blooms. Nothing more beautiful in red produced for years. 15c.
Gen. Leonard Wood—Color violet lake, base of upper petals marked with white. 10c.
La Aube—Pure pearly white, lerge florets, very striking. Plant of fine, bushy, free-flowering habit. A very distinct and beautiful variety. 15c.
Crimson Queen—Beautifu! bright, rosy crimson. One hundred and nine trusses and buds have been counted upon a single exhibition plant. This variety will astonish all who grow it. 15c.
Granviile—Fine, large flowers. Color an exquisite deep rose pink, most interesting and penetrat~ ing, attracting attention along distance. 15c.
GERANIUM—LA AUBE
THE RAINBOW SET “out soc, Postparp. ONLY 50c., POSTPAID. Meteor—Enormous flowers of beautiful deep, flaming scarlet color, constantly in bloom. 15c. : Mar. de Layre—Pure pearly white, large florets, very striking. Plant of fine, _ bushy, free-flowering habit. A distinct and beautiful variety. 10c. Alice of Vincennes—An exceedingly pretty and dainty variety of fine habit. Flowers are of a lovely pale pink color, delicately penciled with deeper shade. Florets are unusually large, and the trusses are of immense size. 10¢. Purity—White as the driven snow, large trusses, a perpetual bloomer. 15¢. Wf. P. Morlan—Salmon pink, blotched with white, shading to a deeper pink toward the center of the floret. Luxuriantcluster. 10c. Mrs. E. G. Hill—Wonderfully attractive, light, single salmon of rare beauty, alwaysin bloom. 15c.
Among the hosts of pleased patrons who wrote during the past year expressing their pleasure, one of the brzefest yet most em- phatic came from S. C. Laxcaster, of Hartman, Arkansas, whose evidence. was given in this one sentence: “I never had better seeds, nor plants io do as well as Buckbee’s’’ I try to please every customer and that is why they voluntaruy testify to the merit of my goods and my way of doing business.
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GERANIUM—ALICE OF VINCENNES TRI-COLORED GERANIUMS ONLY 10c. EACH, OR THE SET OF 3 FOR ONLY 25c., POSTPAID Sweet-Scented Geraniums roc. Each; 3 for 25c¢ Mad. Salleroi—Foliage green edged with white.
Snow Storm—Center of leaves bright green, edged with
The Set of 6 for Only 4oc, postpaid. Se ra ee sere Sy Large Leaf Rose—Indispensable in the formation of bouquets. magenta flowers. Mrs. Taylor—Fragrant foliage. Flowers scarlet magenta, REX Nutmeg—Highly scented. A valuable variety. y Small Rose—One of the finest fragrant sorts. Vv
Dr. Livingston—Deliciously fragrant. A splendid variety. Lemon—Lemon scented. A grand variety.
pUCKDE'S "eW TVY LEAF GERANIUMS
Worth r5c. each; my price 1oc. each; any 3 for 25C.3 or
THE SET OF 7 FOR ONLY 50c.
Incomparable—Rich reddish purple. One of the largest and finest flowers in this class.
Etincelent—A grand variety ofa beautiful scarlet color. The florets are of a fine rose form, of largest size, measuring 6 inches in circumference.
Mrs. G. L. Day—A decided beauty. One of the most prodigious bloomers, bearing trusses of large flowers of a most beautiful! salmon pink,
Ool. Baden Powell—Rosy salmon. shaded violet. Always loaded down with bloom A very striking and attractive variety. 5
Joan @’Arc—The flowers are perfectly double, pure as snow, and literally cover the plant when in full bloom.
Souvenir de Chas. Turner—One of the finest Ivy Geraniums ever introduced. Florets 24 inches across; immense truss, 6 inches across. Color deep bright pink, approaching scarlet; upper petals feathered with maroon; flower quite
double. = Beauty of Castle Hill—Immense truss; large floret. Color beautiful rose, upper Ong = = —~ petals blotched. Profuse bloomer, splendid grower. INCOMPARABLE MRS. G. L, DAY
I TAKE PRIDE IN GIVING MY CUSTOMERS FULL VALUE FOR EVERY DOLLAR
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GERANIUM—MME,. CARNOT
THE Alphonse Ricard—The « ~~‘ among Geraniums. One of the ~ edding r} Geraniums of all varieties. ~ dant abounds with vigor. Foliage stron; i} ariS e ing and of perfect habit. Color a
flower is a bright orange red of a mos, pleasing shade. The flowers are absolutely perfect in shape, color and makeup; trusses exceptionally large, and borne in immense spherical balls, often measuring 12 inches in diameter. It makes a compact, dense growth, and has all the qualities that go to make the perfect bedder that it is. Fine also in poe. It is of semi- double , the most striking of all, only the double form takes place near the base of the petals, allowing them free development and at the same time showing the semi-double type. 15c. each.
At the Extra Low Price
75C.
For the Six, Postpaid
Color bright,
Jean Viaud—Very large blooms, borne in large trusses. i The best pink
rosy pink, with distinct white blotch in center. Geranium yet introduced. 15c. each.
Mme. Carnot—Clear bridal white, individual floret very large, habit ~ compact, free bloomer, a perfectly charming variety. 15c. each.
Gloire de France—White shaded bright rose, each petal marked with strong lines of carmine lake, a changeable color of rare beauty. One of the very best. 15c. each.
Triumph de Nancy—White shaded bright rose, each petal marked with strong lines of carmine lake, a changeable color of rare beauty. One of the very best. 16c. each.
Mons. Paul Blondeau—Florets large as a pansy, of a most beautiful sbade of rosy pink: under side of petals a light salmon pink. Immense trusses. A charming variety. 16c. each.
Collection of New Double Geraniums 25 CENTS EAOH; SET OF 8 FOR $1.50
RICHELIEU-——Double crimson, fine rich color. The plant is a strong, vigorous grower, producing an abundance of large trusses of flowers.
BERTHA de PRESSILY—Beautiful shade of soft Pink, which does not fade out during hot weather, fine in every respect.
LE SOLEILI—Brightest of all scarlets, the color of this variety is exquisite, it being an intense «scarlet overlaid with orange—a Gem. mE
MARQUIS CASTELLANE—A soft rosy pink, one of the largest Geraniums ever introduced, a favorite with all whosee it. Fine, healthy grower.
THOS. MEEHAN —Bright rose, pink shading to violet, the finest Geranium of the color, a beauty in every way.
MME LANDRY—A fine shade of salmon color, enormous trusses of blooms borne on long stems each individual truss of flowers making a boquet in itself.
DOUBLE DRYDEN—The best of all the double auriole section, - a grand geranium appreciated by everyone.
M. L. BRETON —Exceptionally large size, bright rosy scarlet with white eye, a variety of great merit.
DOUBLE GERANIUMS
The Best Twelve Ever Grown.
Nothing can equal Gerani- ums for bedding or window For artistic show they are unsurpassed. I offer the grandest and most striking varieties ever pro-
GERANIUM—ALPHONSE RICARD
Mad. Jaulin—Entirely distinct col- or in the Bruanti type. Center of flower very delicate pink, bordered with fine white. The finest variety offered in years. 10c. each.
Gen. S. A. Nut— Flowers large and round, 2} inches in diameter, borne in immense trusses and pro- duced with great. freedom. The color is a beautiful rich shade of rosy crimson. One of the very largest
50c. - * and finest of all double Geraniums. For the Six, Postpaid Tee
J. J. Harrison—The most valuable double Geranium in existence. Size of floret and trusses something enormous. Color rich deep scarlet, grand beyond description. For house and general decora- tion it is a beauty, and will replace all other varieties. 10c. each.
Brilliant Bliss—One of the most striking varieties ever offered. Color a rich glowing red, always in bloom, large trusses and beautifully formed. 10c. each.
Beauty Poitevine—Enormous flowers, aurora pink, shading to bright palmer in center. The grandest. of all light fancy Bruants. 10c. each.
Red Bruanti—Fine large flowers of a most intense_and penetrating red, attracting attention even at a distance. Extremely hand- some. 10c. each.
THE
London Set
At the Extra Low Price
Mrs. H. J. Kline, Lexington, Ky., writes: ‘‘The seeds, plants and cut flowers that I have had from H. W. Buckbee have all been marvel-
ously fine. It seems to me that every seed youever sent us grew quickly,
Our Sweet Peas and Nasturtiums are surely world beating. I never
before saw such fine Chrysanthemums as those you sent.”
Collection of Single Geraniums 265 CENTS EAOH; SET OF 6 FOR $1.25
RICHMOND BEAUTY—Single scarlet with white eye shaded with violet, a beauty.
MRS. E. RAWSON—Single red enormous size, making the largest truss of any of its color, one of the very best.
MRS BROWN POTTER—The newest and best of all the single, true, pink Geraniums. The florets are of the largest size and perfect round form, a very rare variety.
THE SIRDAR—The most wonderful of all single Geraniums, the color is of the richest shade of true scarlet, each floret having a white eye, another very rare variety.
CLYDE--Bright rosy, salmon red, a soft beautiful color, very free in bloom, making a fine showing, in great demand.
SYCAMORE—Flesh pink, one of the finest among our large collection of Geraniums.
A COLLECTION OF PALMS FROM BUCEKBEE’S IS ALWAYS HIGHLY PRIZED
1¥2 | El. W. BUOKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
Chrysanthemum Novelties
H. W. BUCKBEE Sz£T
25e. each. The Set of Four Wonderful Varieties for 75c.
Hybridized and Introduced at our Forest City Greenhonses. C-rtificated by Chrysanthemum Society of America. MONOGRAM —A fine incurved light pink shading toa bright pink in the center.
Flower of largest size, fine commercial variety and equally as good as an exhibition variety.
U HW, W. 'T. ROBERTSON—Large Japanese filesh-pink flower of largest size; strong, Mis healthy grower; a strikingly handsome yariety.
MD : 3 fia CASH—Fine early rose-pink; ready to cut October 8th. We consider thisa big lpn advance over any early pink to date.
lin lt “SPECIAL OFFER No. 14—The three new prize winning varieties shown on colored insert; oniy 73e:
The Wells-Pockett Set--Foreign Novelties
25c,. each. The Set of Six Varieties, $1.10. BEATRICE MAY—Extra large incurved, perfectly finished, drooping outer petals snow-white, sometimes flushed pink.
BETES WEDGE—Bright bronze red with old gold reverse; a massive incurved ower.
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MONOGRAM
MPS. F. F. THOMPSON—An enormous flower of the largest possible size; deep in- curved pink with creamy certer
Tis. W. :INOX—Deep yellow of beautiful shade, good havit; very broad, with level reflexec petals.
MRS. “OHN E, DUNNE —A terra cotta, with enough pink and yellow to make it shine; very striking variety.
| RS MISS MAY SEDDON Pure white of the daintiest finish, with narrow level or SSSSQ““aa slightly reflexing petals of large size; extra fine.
BEATRICE MAY
- SALVIA
Postpaid, 10c. each; $1.00 per Dozen. i By Express at Buyer’s Expense, $6.00 per 100. Wonderfully Popular Bedding Plants, very showy and effective.
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SNOWDREIFT—Flowers white as snow, very beautiful; height 20 inches.
SILVER SPOT—Flowers scarlet with golden and green leaves.
ST. LOUIS—F lowers vivid scarlet; early bloomer; forms large bushy plant. Heisht 24 inches.
CHRETEIN—One of the finest new varieties known; flowers scarlet. Height, 3% feet.
FIRE BALL—Beautiful dazzling scarlet. Makes dwarf bush plants. Height, 18 inches.
ALFRED RAGUENEAU—Wonderful free early blooming scarlet, effective and
COLEUS
Brilliant and Showy-Leaved Bedding Plants.
We grow all the leading first-class ~ varieties, and can furnish in any quan- tity.
Price 8c. each; 75c. per Dozen, by mail prepaid. $4.00 to $5.00 per 100 by Express at buy-
ers expense.
WO GARDEN I8 COMPLETE WITHOUT FLOWERING BULBS. SEE PAGES 86-87-
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The Wonder of All Hardy Ever-Blooming Climbers. Extremely graceful, every es- tablished plant producing hundreds and thousands of picturesque and strikingly
- henutitul plonscras at flowers re pro- ; uced so freely a e exquisite green Pp erpetual Flowering drapery-like foliage is compietely covered
with a perfect mass of bloom,
Our plants are ready from March until June Ist. Assoon as plants are set
ulture out, shield them with wire netting, 2 feet high by 2 feet in diameter, com-
letely encircling the plant. The best way of growing Clematis is to dig
large holes about three feet across and two feet deep,and fillin with fresh loam and well-rotted
manure in the proportions of three-fourths loam and one-fourth manure. Place one or
more plants in the center of this hole and press firmly around roots; also place two stakes for
piants to climb on, which they wili do very readily after being tied once or twice and given afair start, Give a medium supply of water, not enough, however, to sour the soil,
Beautiful Jackmanni—A perfect beauty. In growing Clematis, plant Jackmanni and Paniculata first, then think of others. 5,000 blossoms have been counted on a single specimen plant, and I dare say when you have secured such a pant that $100 in gold would not tempt you to sell it, Jackmanni is of rapid growth, early, abundant and continuous bloomer, Perfectly hardy and adapted to all kinds of culiness In flower from middle of June to middle of October. The blossoms are of large size, intense royal velyety-purple when in full bloom, varying through all the exquisite shades of violet; 6 inches across, richly veined and handsomely shaded. The most striking and picturesque variety known.
ee field-grown 3-year-old roots, well worth $1.50; my price 50c. each; i ss y mail, Greatest bargain of the century.
CLEMATIS, PANICULATA
Clematis, Paniculata—(Japanese Virgin’s Bower)—One of the most beautiful of our hardy flowering vines. ‘The flowers of pure white, three-fourths of an inch in diameter, star-shaped, and are borne in great panicles or clusters of bloom, fairly covering the plant. These clusters are borne on long, slender stems, which stand out boldly from between the glossy-green leaves. The fragrance is delicious, resembling the English hawthorne blossoms, and will fill the air with fragrance, It begims to bloom in August, at a time when most other hardy climbers are out of bloom—an inestimable advantage. It is a strong, rapid grower, quickly reaching a height of from 15 to 20 feet and spreading out when trained to wires or string... It is perfectly hardy in all sections of the country,and itis, in our opinion, ™ the most valuable among hardy climbing vines.
Large, strong 2-year-old roots, worth 60c.; my price 35c. each; 3 for $1.00, postpaid.
| Henryii—White as the driven snow, glistening like gems in the sunlight; flowers measure 6 inches across under good cultivation, and thousands are often produced on a single well grown plant. Positively the finest white perpetual climber known.
Large fleid-grown rocts, 3 years old, well worth $1.50; my price only 50c. each, postpaid.
CLEMATIS, HENRYI
New Red Ciematis—(MAD. EDOUARD ANDRE)—An entirely dis- tinct and most novel variety, and the nearest approach to a red ever sent out. The plant is a strong, vigorous grower, being a bya of the popular Jackmanni, which it resembles in freedom of bloom. Thousands of flowers produced ona single speci- men piant; blooms of large size; in color it is a most distinct striking carmine-red of a very beautiful shade, entirely different from all other varieties.
Large 3-year-old roots. well worth $1.50; my price 50c.
Standishe—One of the most striking beauties ever offered. In color it is a most exquisite Jayander-blue of large size, often measuring 6 inches across. Thousands of howers may be produced on asingle plant. Every year’s growth adds toits beauty. Itisea perpetual bloomer.
Large roots 3 years old, well worth $1.50; my price 50c.
SPECIAL NOTICE On account of the brittleness of the bark
on Clematis it cracks very easily, and
eas SEES many people believe the plant to be per-
manently injured, when such is not the case. We wish to say also,
that we examine all plants carefully before shipping, to see that they
are in good condition, and if they die after being planted, as must some- times happen, we do not agree to replace them.
plants be shipped VIA EXPRESS, though we can send safely by mail, if desired.
SE In all instances we would advise that Clematis -
CHINESE WISTARIA
PERFECTLY HARDY, STRIKINGLY BEAUTIFUL.
One of the most elegant and rapid growing of all climbing plants; attains an immense size, growing at the rate of 15 to 20 feet in a single season, Bears an abundance of long, pendulous clusters of purple-lilac flowers in May and June and again in autumn. Single specimen plants are often valued at $100.
Large 2-year-oid plants worth $1.50; my price 35c.
“CLEMATIS, MAD. EDOUARD ANDRE = BE SURE 10 INCLUDE SOME OF OUR FLOWERING BULBS IN YOUR ORDER. PAGES 86-87.
H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCZXFORD, ILLINOIS.
BEATIFUL AND HYDRANGEAS 22 ATIVE PLANTS LOW PRICES
Paniculata Grandiflora—Most valuable and ornamental shrub in existence. Completely covered with gigantic pyramidal trusses of bloom from 16 to 18 inches long and as much in diameter; composed of hundreds of florets of a most dazzling white, changing to an exquisite pink, the whole producing a gorgeous efiect. These blossoms remain from 6 to 8 weeks without fading. Perfectly hardy in all parts of the country; needs no pro- tection. Grand for cemetery use and all kinds of outdoor bedding. lam so in love with this beautiful shrub that I planted 500 plants of it last sezson to beautify our home flower gardens. It is as hardy as an oak, and ci the thousands of plants that have been sold I have yet to hear a single complaint. It should be cailed the hardy satisfaction plant.
Price, 15 cents each, by mail prepaid; larger size, by express, not prepaid, 25c. each; extra strong plants, 3 years old, 50c. each by express.
Thomas Hogg—Splendid variety; has all the characteristics so valu- able in a plant of this kind. When fully grown attains a height and width of over 6 feet, and is fairly covered with immense trusses of creamy white flowers, often measuring fifteen inches in diameter.
10 cents each; larger plants by express, 25c.
Otaksa—A splendid new variety from the Orient. Flowers large, bright pink, tinted blue, produced very freely.
15c. each; larger plants by express, 25c.
HYDRANGEA MONSTROSA COMPACTA
Monstrosa Compacta—The flowers are something enormous, ae trusses 18 inches in diameter being a common occurrence, while the individual florets measure 3 inches in diameter, and are of the most pleasing shade of bright satiny pink. Plant is of a compact, bushy 75¢ growth, and attains a height of 2 feet. While not perfectly ~ hardy, it will stand out with good protection, but can best wintered in a dry, dark cellar. When brought to light in early spring, will produce its blooms in time for Easter decoration. 15¢. each; larger plants by express, 25c.
Hortensis—Well_ known variety; exceedingly popular; of fine size, producing large handsome white flowers, which gradually turn pink as they open; strikingly showy and handsome. 15c. each; larger plants by express, 25c.
Red Branched—This variety, with heads of blooms_as large as a water pail, commences to bear its enormous trusses of deep rose pink blooms while very small, increasing constantly in size and profusion. ‘The stems and branches are dark purplish red, which, with the green leaves, set off the clouds of rosy blossoms admir- ably. Price, 15c. each; larger plants by express, 25c.
No. Pii4
GRAND OFFER 3°: 2214
Hydrangeas. 12.Lily of the Valiey. 32 Beautiful Large Pansies. The 50 plants by ex- press, not prepaid, for $1.50.
PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA
THE Lest RAINS LENS perce
lanted in October. Wintered in Cold EDIBLE Frames. 500,000 Choice Plants. LEMON Absolutely the finest stock I have ever grown. None
but the choicest. Magnificent colors. Infinite variety.
IN THE If you desire a flower bed that will excite the admiration
of all who see it, or if you want to make a friend a
WORLD beautiful gift, there is nothing that will equal them for ten times times the money. ;
. READY FOR SHIPMENT FEBRUARY i5th UN-
Oi the veryeasiest iT, JUNE ist. I SHIP THEM BY EXPRESS,
culture, flowering NoT PREPAID. HERE IS A GREAT BARGAIN.
and fruiting on any 799K AT THE PRICE: ordinary soil.
25 Handsome Pansy Plants................-- $ .50 A true ever 50 Handsome Pansy Plants............-...-- -90 bearer.Flavor 100 Handsome Pansy Plants.................. 1.50 of fruit un LARGE ROOTS ALL TRANSPLANTED surpassed. I GUARANTEE THEM TO PLEASE YOU Pro Pp erly = _ named “The SJ
American Wonder Lem- on,”
Ona plant iess than six feet high 89 great lemons have been produced, They are of the juiciest, making splen- : —= = did lemonade
a and the best BUCKBEE’S EVER-BEARING PONDEROSA LEMON of pies.
x gr Ste FOR see NERY Pik ate Goase Select eset eas ~ tes = c. Smaller, thrifty plants, postpaid, 10c ceach. Splen -year- 3 ———= old plants, by Srareanie Extra large plants, by express, $1.00 to $2.00. BUCKBEE’S HANDSOME PANSIES
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I HAVE AN UNEQUALLED STOCK OF ALL VARIETIES OF PLANTS, AND CAN PLEASE YOU
“. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
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Se iii SEAFORTHIA LATANIA
Palms and Decorative Plants *
Pp A I MS Latania Borbonica — On Kentia Forsteriana—Without excep-
= = account of its strong, healthy Aen peau bardy Balm in a ‘i _f pe = “+ thig Palm j ; class. uite graceful and scarcely RUBBER PLANT papa Ebe ziaiea Isunore Penul an aweny has an equal for table decoration. AURAUCARIA other. It is magnificent in appearance , $ Rafat Fine, young plants 20c. each, postpaid.
and quite beautiful for baskets, jardinieres, etc. Seaforthia Elegans—A magnificent plant for jardinieres or center of
Fine, young plants 20c. each, postpaid. tropical bed. Most graceful. Leaves of rarely beautiful formation. Kentia Balmoreana—Exceedingly popular parlor Palm. Decidedly Fine, young plants 20c. each, postpaid.
rugged under all kinds of treatment. DECORATIVE PLANTS Ficus Elastica—(India Rub-
Fine, young plants 20c. each, postpaid. ber Tree.)—The large, shining
as . “4 =A “ green leaves bear the dry air of a living room better than almos} Phenix Canariensis—Beautiful, strong-growing Palm with glossy, any dother, plan tieiNio wonder, then\ thateyerybody likes it.
dark green foliage. Sure to please and easily grown. Plants 12 inches high 50c.; Larger Plants 2.00 each. Fine, young plants 20c. each, postpaid. 3 ~ Rubber Plants ayernicss Brig! St 00xb0' 92:00
Cocos Weddeliana—Most elegant and graceful of all the smaller Palms. Auraucaria Excelsis—Nothing more beautiful in the way of a house Slender, erect stems; abundant, gracefully-arching leaves. Admir- plant. Resembles apine tree in appearance, but is of very fine texture able for fern dishes. Z Plants 12 inches high $1.50; Larger Plants $2.00 to $3.00. Fine, young plants 20c. each, postpaid. . _ Sent by express only.
SPECIAL OFFER No. P115 LARGER PALMS EXCELLENT SPECIMEN PALMS
AME BY EXPRESS, BUYER’S BY EXPRESS, BUYER’S ABOVE FREE BY MAIL, ONLY. . 1 OCs EXPENSE, 7s5c. to $2.50 EXPENSE .... . $3.00 to $5.00
NED mzoleris. SS Te el Ostrich Elune peta) eet ne ADMIRAL TOGO illustration given on this page conveys but a slight idea o
the grace and beauty of the feathery, plume-like foliage of : this magnificent Fern. The name Ostrich Plume is certainly F E R N B A LL
happily selected. To fully appreciate the beauty and value of the Piersonii one must see it growing. The fronds grow RARE AND BEAUTIL broad and heavy, and measure at least six inches across when fully developed, increasing in’ rare beauty as they grow. Itis wonderfully valuable for its beauty and for the ease of culture, hardiness and general adaptability to conditions. It has taken gold medals wherever shown, and many good judges pronounce it the greatest Fern that has ever been produced. I can unhesitatingly recommend the Piersonii Fern to every one of my customers, for I know they will praise it as highly as I do when they have seen it develop in all its wondrous beauty. I sold a large number last year and every purchaser from whom I have heard has no other terms than those of the highest commendation for this rarely beautiful Fern. Let me send you one. I have made the price extremely low and my stock is fine. i Fine, young plants 15c. to 25c. each, postpaid. Larger plants, by express, 75c., $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 each.
Nephrolepis Exaltata Bostoniensis—(Boston Fern.)—Ferns may come and Ferns may go, but the Boston ¥ern promises to go on forever. As a matter of fact, its great popularity increases with every passing year. It has stood the test of time gloriously, which is the very best evidence that it possesses superlative merit. The illustration gives only a fair idea of the beauty and strength of this wonderfully popular Fern Roots, about the size of a
» Fern. It differs from the ordinary Sword Fern in that it has much longer fronds, which not infrequentl pencil, woven outside and around attain the marvelous length of six feet. These arch and droop with exceeding grace, on account of whic a ball of moss. These roots pro- it is often spoken of as the Fountain Fern, This drooping habit makes it an excellent plant togrow as duce beautiful sprays of ferns from 2 single specimen on a table or pedestal. My stock is extra choice and I am sure I can please the most eyes, or buds, at nearly every inch exacting patron. of their length. All you have to Fine, young plants 15c. to 25c. each, postpaid. do to start them to growing is to Larger piants, by express, 50c., 75c., $1.00, $1.50 each. soak them well with tepid water
p / for half an hour and hang them up = inawarmroom. It usually takes about six weeks to start them. They need no earth,
_oor Nephrolepis Whitmanti “yesh soe.*iatrg.oa ns oe
4 Larger size 75c. each; 12 for $7.50. Postpaid.
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Fine Young Plants, 26 and 85c. each; postpaid.
Larger Plants by Express, $1.00 $1.50, $2.00 each.
Nephrolepis Scotti
The new dwarf Boston Fern. A com- pact dwarf form of the famous Boston Fern, very beautiful at every stage of its growth growing into grand large specimens.
Fine Young Plants, 20 and 30c.
j each; postpaid. ; , Larger Plants by Express, 75c. . $1.00, $1.50 each. THE SCOTTI FERN THE WHITMANII FERN
MY STOCK OF PLANTS WAS NEVER SO COMPLETE. PRICES ALWAYS RIGHT.
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“RUDBECKIA Zt BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN GLOW
THE MOST EFFECTIVE, MOST SHOWY AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER FLOWE2- ING PLANT EVER CULTIVATED.
A glorious, hardy plant and one that ought to find a placein every garuen. One who has never seen it cannot imagire its beauty in full bloom, nor the wealth of blossoms it will produce; flowers of the brightest golden color. Mr. William Falconer, the best authority on plants in this country, says ofit: ‘When I saw the double-flowering form of Rudbeckia Laciniata in bloom in your grounds in summer recently, I was amazed, for notwithstanding my long and intimate ac- guaintance with plants, I had never before seen a double-flowered Rudbeckia, and I was delighted with the fullness and gorgeousness of the blossoms and their clear, bright yellow color. You gave me a plant, and it was set outin goed garden ground, It grew vigorously and threw up strong branching flower stems 6 feet high, laden with sheaves of golden blossoms as large as fair chrys- anthemums, and all having an elegant graceful appearance, without any of the stiffness in habit or blossom peculiar to sunflowers. Many eminent florists and amateurs have seen it bere and all admired it. As cut flowers, the blossoms last well. In fact,1 unhesitatingly regard it as the most desirable introduction among hardy perennials since we got Clematis Paniculata.”
Strong plants that will bloom freely this season, postpaid, 15c. each; 2 for 25c.
OXALIS—SUMMER FLOWERING
MAMMOTH OXALIS BULBS AT THESE LOW PRICES; Each Sc,; 3 for 10c,: 12 for 25c., postpaid,
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== Hichly valuable for borders of walks and flower- beds. Bloom quickly and through the season. = F Showyin mass beds, Plant first of May, or earl- RUDBECKIA—GOLDEN GLOW ier, and they will bloom in a month or earlier. Easily grown and succeed almost anywhere. offer choice bu:bs of these named varieties.
TUBEROSES Lasandria—Rosy pink, beautiful cut foliage. . Dieppi—Pure white: very fine.
Shamrock—Clover-like foliage, pink blossoms.
= 3 Buckbee’s Monstrous Flowering Re PRE OE GS colors, Bulb: of good size. each 5c.; per doz. 40c.; per 100 $3,00, postpaid. = A most delightfully fragrant and beau” =-Rr 2 +
ir dmost Gehiehttuily tragrantand bean’ LILY OF THE VALLEY--Buckbee’s Mammoth Flowering properly S succession of flowers may ve The sweetest, the loveliest and in many ways the most charming spring blooming plant,
ad the year round. For early flowers producing delightfully fragrant blooms. Will thrive in any common soil and do well in See a ebruary Or Marchin Breennouse shady places where many other plants fail. or hotbed, planting atintervals as late as = ~ August.” For floweringin open border Large-fiowering roots, each 50; 6 for 250; 12 for 40c; post paid. pliant aboutthe middle of May. My select
strain of bulbs has no equal aud will pro- Swainsonia Galegifolia Alba
duc2 ‘he bestand sweetest scented towers ever seen. This is certainly a Mammoth Bulbs 10c; 3 for 25c.; per doz. 75c. INos¢ charming ever- - blooming plant of won- derful freedom of growth and blooming the whole year through. Every shoot, as soon as it attains the height of 6 inches, begins to send forth large spikes of ivory white flowers, which resemble a Roman Hyacinth. The The individual flower is fashioned aiter the Sweet Pea sits lasting qualities as a cut flower gre remarkable.
Strong Plants, 150. each.
Swainsonia Oarminea —Grows with same free- dom as Alba. The color is a beautiful carmine : red. 15c. each.
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The dear old Honeysuckle is never out of place, at the rich man’s mansion or the poor man’s cottage. Fora cheap, hardy, robust, yet lovely vine, itis the chief standby. Flowers exceedingly beautiful and yery fragrant.
Golden Leaved—Marvelously effective. It bears innumerable sprays of the most perfect little leaves, that are covered with a network of gold and green, often marked with pink also. A strong grower, with white blossoms. A unique yine. -
Ealleana—The best monthly Honeysuckle, with dark green foliage, which keeps fresh and green nearly all the Winter, and beautiful clusters of the sweetest scented flowers, that open a snowy white and turn a pale yellow
Novelty for 1908. . Buckbee’s Carnation -- NEW CREATION
BUCKBEE'S MONSTROUS Plants are worth and are cheap at $1.00 each, my special price to you is S5c. TUB ERUSES., each; 3 for $1.00, postpaid
FOR BEST RESULTS BUY LARGE SiZED PLANTS AND GET THEM BY EXPRESS
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NEW HARDY THE “PINEYS” THAT GREW IN GRAND-
PAEONIES MOTHER’S GARDEN
The Paeonies are among the showiest and most. useful of all hardy poe They succeed well in almost any situation, but flowers will be righter and finer if planted in deep, rich loam, well manured. The flowers are of immense size, perfectly double and richly colored. Are gorgeous when planted alone on the lawn, attracting attention from everyone.
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Venus—An elegant double white of the purest color. Of immense size, and queenly in its splendor. 25c. each.
Zada—A delicate soft pink of exquisite shade and great beauty. Free bloomer of excellent merit. 25c. each.
Chieftain—The finest red variety, being a deep, rich red of rare beauty, the favorite color of our grandmothers and very beautiful. Nothing can take its place. 25c. each.
SPECIAL OFFER No.*P 116—The Set
of Three Paeonies Prepaid by Mail for Only 50 Cents
ELEPHANT’S
Caladium Esculentum "28
One of the most effective and easily grown plants for the lawn or flower border. Will thrive in any or- dinary garden soil, but to get the best results plant in rich soil and give plenty of water. With such treatment a select size bulb will make a plant about five feet high with leaves three feet long and twenty inches wide. I make a specialty of supplying bulbs of this splendid plant, and handle them in large lots, which enables me to furnish my customers the best all the time, as I do.
FIN 3 Bulbs or Less Postpaid. Larger Quantities by Express, Buyer's Expense. E BULBS FIRST SIZE BULBS—1% to 2% inches indiameter. 15c. each; 3 for 40c.;
85c per doz.; $5.00 per 100. , WITH C E N T E R SELECT SIZE BULBS—2% to 3 inches in diameter. 20c. each: 3 for 50c,;
HE SHOOTS pot torr toys s7aneec io, EXTRA LARGE BULBS~—3 to 4inchesin diameter. 25c. each; 3 for 65c.;
$1.75 per doz.; $13.00 per 100. MAMMOTH SIZE—Beautiful Bulbs. 40c. each; 3
=: i 7; ei : UUTS an ej CALADIUM ESCULENTUM apeet uo es -Co nen doz,
THE LOVELY VIOLETS
GEMS OF SWEETNESS NONE TO TAKE THEIR PLACE
THE CALIFORNIA—The greatest acquisition to the Violet family can America claim in this splendid variety. We are indebted to Pro- fessor Emory HE. Smith, of California, for the introduction of this grandest of all Violets. By our extensive trials of ‘California’? the past season we have proved it to be vigorous anda bsolutely free from clisease, Flowers single, of immense size, sufficiently large to more than cover a silver dollar. Its color is clear violet purple, and will NN = aS not fade. The fragrance is-delightful. The flowers are borne on Zi g \ AAS strong stems 12 to 16 inches in length, and from 300 to 500 flowers, TYE Z Wik RSS may be picked from a single plant in one season. . ¥ I} <ZE
grown plants, 10c. each. :
Princess of Wales—Largest and most fragrant of single Violets. Color deep violet purple. Strong grower and free bloomer. 10c. each.
Improved Marie Louise—Surely one of the very finest of double blue Violets grown. Color deep violet blue. Very fragrant and a continual bloomer. It is of extremely easy growth. Be sure to in- glide one or more of these charming plants in your order. -10c. each.
Admiral Avellan—A French variety with distinct reddish flowers, which are freely produced, of large size and fragrant. 10c. each.
The Bride—A grand pure white variety. Flowers are double and immense in size, extra early and deliciously fragrant... A free bloomer, ¢ and will astonish all by its delightful beauty. 10¢c. each.
La France—Of French origin., Flowers single, large as a silver dollar, Color soft, rich violet purple. Stems 9 to 12incheslong. 10c. each.
Lady Hume Campbell—The choicest of all the new double Violets The flowers are of a beautiful azure blue, and delicately pretty inbs form; of rare fragrance. Good strong plants, i0c. each.
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for 25c, or one ‘each of i the above seven beautiful Violets only 50c. i NE LEH)
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i MPLETE COLLECTION, 22% su ASA 14 GETS THIS COMPLETE COLLEC
Comprising 56 Sterling Varieties of Vegetable and Flower Seeds and Bulbs, Fd Pint Packages of Beans, Peas, Sweet Corn, Etc.
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This Collection Cannot Be Broken Under Any Condition.
¥% pt. BEANS. Best Wax Variety. 1 large pkt. WATER MELON. Best Variety. Say ‘6 ‘* Green Pod Variety. | ‘¢ ONION. Buckee’s Wampum, Wak ‘* Pole. Variety. 1 ‘* ‘* PARSLEY. Best Curled Variety. 1 large pkt. BEET. Best Turnip Variety. 1. - ££ c= PARSNIP. “* Sugar <d 1 “* <‘* CABBAGE. Best Early Variety. % pt. PEAS. Best Early Variety. 1 sé “sé ee se ate “e %y% “e sé éé Medium “é 1 ‘“ ‘ CARROT. Buckbee’s Danvers. ee po << Late se bee oS CELERY. de Golden Heart. 1 large pkt. PEPPER. Best Red Variety. 1 ‘* ** CORN SALAD. Ne ce ‘¢ PUMPHIN. ‘ Pie de 1 “ ** CUCUMBER. Best Pickling Variety. Lee et RADISH.) 2i-*urkarly~ °*' 1 “c ce “ce sé Table “é 1 4é iz 3 sé “6 Long “ée % pt. SWEET CORN. Best Early Variety. 1 ‘* ‘* SALSIFY. Vegetable Oyster. VE * RS a A ate ee 1 ‘* ‘* SPINACH. Best Variety. % “* POP CORN. Buckbee’s Snowball. i ce tt SOUASH: ‘« Table Variety. 1 large pkt. EGG PLANT. Best Early Variety. 684" . DOMATO? 26": arly. :* ; : 1 large pkt. ENDIVE or Winter foe <* oTURNIP: <!'** vTable. >“ FULY of. TIRES 1 LETTUCE. BestEarly | 1° ® NaSTURTIUM, 8 ee EA KEY S| = “é «é 5 est arly se “sé A < se “é _ “f> = = a “He ; =a, Variety. ZF MELE Nira =| ao 1 ‘* ‘ MUSK MELON. Best 20 SPRING FLOWERING BULBS. ~~? ‘BEES EE'S
Early Variety. 0 ‘ IN NO OTHER WAY CAN SO MANY GOOD THINGS BE SECURED FOR THIS SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY. SEEDS
Asparagus Plumosus Asparagus Sprengeri Auraucaria Excelsis Begonias
Bridal Wreath..
Bulbs
Carnations
Ohinese Sacred Lily .... Ohionodoxa 87 Chrysanthemum7- pee Olematis
Oyclamen.
Daffodils 86 Dielytra( Bleeding Heart).119 Easter Lily Bulbs...........86
Heliotropes.. Honeysuckles.. Hyacinth Bulb
Lemon Verbena Lily of the Valley Maderia Vine Bulbs Napoleon Cimber. Narcissus..
Tuberoses..... Tulip Bulbs Umbrella Plant.... Violets..... Wistaria Vegetable Seeds Artichoke. <2 5.500... ss0< sa Banc 9 Asparagus Asparagus Roots Beans....8-6-11- ciueiaisiae
Ooffee Berry.. Oollards Oorn--Pop.... Oorn—Salad
Oucumbers 3-6- Oucumber (Wild)...........28 Dandelion........... AG 10 Egg Plant..
Melon—Musk... Melon—Water.. Mushroom Spaw Mustard
H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.
INDEX
Nasturtium........... Okra
Rhubarb (Pie Plant) Rhubarb Roots
Sugar Beet........... windtete 17 Sunflower
Farm Seeds, Ete. Amber Oane.
Bermuda Grass,.
Branching Dhoura.... Brazilian Flour Gorn. Bromus Inermis...
Oorn—Field
Orested Dog’s Tail 84 Eng’h or Peren’] Rye Grass 84 English Blue Grass. 84 Field Peas...... A ale cig aise erat 77 Fodder Oorn
Giant Beggar Weed Grasses...... eratatelalsverehete ate Hard Fescue....... Hungarian
Italian Rye aEane 55 Jerusalem Oorn......... Pe! Johnson Grass
Kaffir Corn,
Lawn Grasses.......... S86 ce 88 Lawn Fertilizers... Mand’s Forage Plant.. Meadow Fescue...
Meadow Foxtail
p 83 Red or Oreeping Fesque... ROGLOD Ener etinais seins . 85-88 Rough Stalked Meadow Grass
Salt Bush
Sheep’s Fescue
Slug Shot..... 30 SG00N-eBeaege Soja Beans Rs-r: Soy Beans...... Boon baStEeeeoe Speltz......... sone te dae wees Sugar Oane
Sunflower
..-85 Tall Meadow Oat Grass.. eet Teosinte.......... sata 26cqneteZ7 Timothy......... sdSocc0de8609 Vetches Velvet Bean.... Vicia Villosa.....
Wood Meadow Grass........ Flower Seeds
90 ADACHOR 52h. sw atinceense « . 103 Acroclinium 90
Ageratum Agrostemma. Agrostis........ HSonnocao 50700 90
Amaranthus Amethyst (Browallia) Ammobium Ampelopsis
Anemone...
Antirrhinum (Snap Dragon)6-104 Aquilegia (Columbine)....104 Arabis 04
ASPOCTUIG .......c0.ccccsescces
9 Balsam ania (Momordica) ...101 Partonia 91 Begonia.
Bryonopsis
Burning Bu
Butterfly Flower “(Bebisantboa) Oacalia,
Oalampelis
Oalceolaria..
Calendula.
Oalliopsis... 6-91 Campanula (Canterbury Beil)” 104 Oanary Bird Flower 93 Oandytuft
Canterbury Bells. Carnation
Oedronella Oana Centaurea...
Chrysanthemum. Ohrysurus Oineraria....
Olematis.... Climbing Bean ....
Coccinea Cockscomb ....
Cruel Plant 100 Cuphea (Cigar Pig +92 103 Oyclamen 03 Oypress Vine..
Diamond Flower...........- Dianthus Pinks...........6- Dolichos
Double Daisy.... Erianthus
Eschscholtzia
Eternal Flower....
Euphorbia
Evening Primrose 92 Everlasting Flowers (Mis. ke Fenzlia.
Feverfew. aE Forget-Me-Not........ Four O’Olock......... Fox Glove
Fragraria Fuchsia..... ...
Glory Pea.... Gloxinia
Gypsophila........
Hearts Ease (Pansy)... Helichrysum ...... Heliotrope
Hibiscus
Hollyhock ..
Hordeum
Horn of Plenty (Datura).. Humulus
Hyacinth Bean (Dolichos) 100 Ice Plant .-92
DENT FORGET THE BULBS ON PAGES 86-87.
Pees eee eewens
04 Jacob's Ladder (Valerian )..97 Kenilworth Ivy (Linaria).100 Lagurus
Marigold Marvel of Peru (4 OrGiock). i Math iola
Monkey Flower...0.0...... 92 Moon Flower..........-..:- 101 Morning Glory..........101-108 Moss Rose (Portulaca) 94 Mourning Brite ee 6-97 Musk Pl 92 Nasturtium..
Nemophila
Nicotiana
Nycterinia.. : Oenothera (Evening Prim- -
Pyrothrum7. 23.365. ec: .- 94 Rainbow Plant
Rose (Dwarf) ............+ $7 Salpiglossis 97 Salvia
Sanvitalia.......... pray SRS - es 97
Scarlet Sage Schizanthus
Senecio Elegans..... SBec52 Sensitive Plant....
Shell Flower........
Smilax... ....2.0.55 BS
Snap Dragon.............. 6-104
wes Oe Spider Plant (Oleome) °° 7: a
Sweet Peas..... «sess Sweet Rocket............... 104 Sweet William............. 104 Tea Plant ms
Thunbergia
Torenia........ Seog SppoCS % Tree Oypress.. Tricholt#onte-cosce neces cee 97 Tritoma
Trumpet Creeper........... 101 Valerian......... ES 97
Virein’ s Bower (Olematis) 100 Wall Flower .........-... 99-104 Water Lillies
Wild Flower Garden
Wind Flower (Anemone). . 90-104 Wondrous Weather Plant..99 Xeranthemum 99
Miscellaneous Wholesale Pages.. 45 Seed Drills & Oul’rs.65-66-67-76 Special Collections :3-6-7-8 Lawn Grasses
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