Seeds of Easily Grown Greenhouse Plants 



WM. C. BECKERT 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Seeds of Greenhouse Plants 



The rarest and handsomest Stove and Greenhouse Plants may be grown from seed 

 packets, and the seed contained in them is fresh and of strong germinating power. 



ABUTILON. Flowers of all sizes and forms 



Directions for culture are printed on all our seed 



pure white, lemon-yellow, rose, scarlet- 

 crimson, yellow and red shades beautifully veined. Mixed, pkt. 10 cts. 

 ACACIA. Fine ornamental foliage and showy racemes of yellow, globular flowers. 

 Mixed, pkt. 10 cts. 



ANCELONIA grandiflora. Flowers bright scarlet, spotted with white; cup-shaped, 

 and borne on long spikes. Pkt. 25 cts. 



ARALIA Sieboldii. A fine decorative plant, with large, ornamental foliage. Pkt. 10 cts. 



ASPARACUS plumosus nanus. A graceful greenhouse climber, with feathery, lace- 

 like foliage. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Sprengerl. Very desirable to grow as a pot-plant or for planting in suspended baskets. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



BEGONIAS 



Begonias are now grown in such large quantities, both for summer bedding and winter 

 flowers, that many people prefer sowing the seed to buying the plants. 



Vernon. The plant is strong, dark-leaved, dwarfish and branching in habit, and the 



coral-red flowers cover it thickly all summer Ions 

 and winter decoration. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Dwarf Vernon. Forms a small, round bush. 5 inches high 

 brilliant red flowers. Foliage deep brown-red. Pkt. 15 cts. 

 Similar to Vernon. The plants are covered with flowers of the most intense red. Pkt. 15c. 

 Tuberous-Rooted. Large flowers of various shapes and colors. The tubers must be lifted and 

 stored in dry sand in a dry, warm place in autumn. Single and Double Mixed. Each, pkt. 25c. 

 CINERARIA hybrida grandiflora. The Cineraria is a very distinct and showy window plant, and 

 it blooms at a season when its magnificent crown of brilliant velvety flowers is most appreciated. 

 Our seed is from a splendid mixture of large-floweri 



Valuable for bedding, pot culture 

 profusely covered with 



varieties. Pkt. 25 cts. 



CARNATIONS 



1 i|i MIMA A large proportion of the plants -will produce 

 II Iw IwWMWMtlfi flowers as large, double, fragrant and brilliantly 

 ,;,,:,,] . i ip>m purchased plants of named 



fifjf WJj ii '<' •-ri- it--. The Vienna and Grenadin species are 

 rJlP tMmmmwmm excellent for open air culture, and bloom several 

 Carnation weeks earlier than the other sorts. 



Early-Flowering Vienna. Flowers of all colors. 

 Choice mixed, pkt. 10 cts. 

 Early Crenadin. Bright scarlet flowers, 60 to 70 per cent of them double. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



Perpetual, or Tree. Tall plants, continually in flower. Our seed will pro- 

 duce 75 per cent of double flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Double Self Colors. Flowers of pure and beautiful colors; very fragrant. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Margaret Carnations. See Annuals for Bloom the First Season. 

 Picotees. Flowers either white or yellow, bordered with purple, red or rose. 



Fiue mixed, pkt. 25 cts. 

 CALCEOLARIA grandiflora. The curiously shaped and oddly marked 



Bowers of these plants at once attract notice. Large-flowering, self-colored 



varieties; a great diversity of colors. Mixed seed, pkt. 25 cts. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



The beautiful seedling Chrysanthemums exhibited everywhere at autumn 

 shows have encouraged nianv amateurs to try growing the plants from seed, and 



this is very easily done. If the seed is sown early, kept warm and i 

 will give handsome flowers the first year. 



Finest Mixture. From choice flowers of Chinese and Japanese 



Cineraria. 



ist, and the plants are carefully tended, they 

 rts. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Chrysanth 



CALIFORNIA GIANT, CYCLAMEN 



Valuable for spring and winter blooming. Leaves beautifully splashed with silver. Flowers large, curious 

 and handsome showing all shades of color, from crimson-maroon to pure white. They last long in perfection, 

 and the appearance of a well-grown plant in full bloom is wonderfully attractive. Enjoying a cool or moderate 

 temperature, these plants are very suitable to window or house culture. The seed is slow but sure in germi- 

 nating. The little seedlings grow rapidly, and bloom in eight or ten months from the sowing. 



White, White with Red Center, Crimson, Pink-Red Center, Rose, and Choice Mixed Seed. Each 

 25 cts. per pkt. 



Butterfly. Large, beautifully fringed flowers. Pkt. 50 cts. 

 DRAC/ENA. Graceful decorative foliage plants; fine for vases. 



Australis. Fine green leaves. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Indivisa. Very graceful. Pkt. 10 cts. Lineata. Dark green. Pkt. 10 cts.- 



