WM. C. BECKERT 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Annuals for Bloom the First Season 



Ten- Weeks Stocks. 



STOCKS 



Fragrant and free-blooming, and easy 

 to grow, either in beds or pots. Almost 

 all the varieties have long, handsome 

 spikes of flowers. 



LARGE-FLOWERING GERMAN 

 TEN-WEEKS. This plant flowers 10 

 or 12 weeks after the seed is sown. We 

 offer a magnificent strain of this in sep- 

 arate colors: Aurora, Pure White, 

 Flesh-Colored, Chamois-Buff, Car- 

 mine, Crimson, Light Biue, Pink, 

 Scarlet, Dark Blue. 10 cts. each; 

 mixed, 5 cts. 



Cut-and-Come-Again. An unusually 

 free-blooming species. From spring un- 

 til late in the fall the plants are covered 



with flowers, and they thrive equally well in pots or beds. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Snowflake. Very early-flowering, and indispensable for forcing. Pkt. 1C 

 Dwarf Queen. Of dwarf, compact growth, producing numerous umbels 



large, intense blood-red flowers, which stand out effectively from the bro: 



green leaves. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Giant Perfection. Of pyramidal habit, with long spikes of beautiful lari 



double flowers. 2 feet. Mixed colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 



VIRGINIAN STOCKS (Malcolmia). Pretty profuse-flowering li 

 tie plants about 3 inches tall, with clusters of handsome red and white flower 



VERBENAS 



These are among our brightest and best bedders. 



PRICE OF ALL PACKETS, 5 CENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE QUOTED 



PORTULACA 



Sturdy little trailing plants, that bloom brightest during the warmest, driest weather. Beds of 

 them form brilliant rainbows of color on sunshiny mornings; the sun cannot be too warm for them. 

 Single Mixed. In many rich colors. Oz. 30 cts. 



Double Large-Flowerins Mixed. A large percentage of the flowers will be as double as little 

 roses. Pkt. 10 cts. 



SALVIA (Flowering Sage) 



Magnificent bedding plants, all ablaze with long spikes of blue or scarlet flowers from June until 

 October. 1 to 2 feet tall. 



Silver Spot. Dark green foliage sprinkled with light sulphur or cream-colored spots. Flowers 



large and intense bright scarlet. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Splendens. Flowers bright scarlet; a general favorite. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Bonfire. Dwarf form of Splendens. Very early and free-blooming; fine for bedding, borders and 



pots. 2 feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Patens. Leaves silvery; flowers large, beautiful sky-blue. Pkt. 15 cts. 



SALPIGLOSSIS 



Large-Flowering. Blossoms are velvety, 

 with deep veins and markings, lily-shaped, 

 and quaintly lovely. Mixed. 

 Tom Thumb. A dwarf, bushy form; well 

 branched, blooming continually during the 

 summer. 1 foot. Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 SANVITAIJA procumbens. A 

 dwarf-growing plant, continually bright with, 

 single golden yellow flowers. 



SAPONARIA (Bouncing Bet). A 

 hardy annual, with thick clumps, and produc- 

 ingmasses of fragrant red cruciform flowers. 



SCABIOSA, Large-Flowering 

 (Mourning Bride). Curious and pretty; an 

 old-fashioned flower, still deservedly popular. 

 Mixed. 



SUNFLOWERS 



(Helianthus) 



Clobosus. Flowers large, very double; rich 



saffron color. 

 Dwarf Double. Very floriferous. 

 Thousand-Flowered. Branches covered 

 with golden yellow double flowers ; 8 feet. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Zinnia elegans. 



Coerulea. Large, sky-blue flower 

 Defiance. Bright scarlet flower 



Effective in bedding. 

 Italian Striped. Blixed. 

 Auricula-Flowered. Mixed. 

 Candidissima. Pure white. Bea 



tiful for cutting. 

 Choice Mixed. From finest flower 



Mammoth. The florets average an 



inch in diameter, and have clearly 



defined margins and large white 



centers. White, Scarlet, Pink, 



Blue, and Mixed, each 10 cts. 

 New Dwarf Varieties {Nana com- 



paeta). Very dwarf, spreading 



habit. Mixed, 10 cts. 



VISC ARIA. Flowers all tints and shades of red. 



WHITI.AVIA. Beautiful bell-shaped flowers of white or bh 

 borne in clusters; adapted to baskets, borders, etc. Mixed. 



ZINNIA ELEGANS (Youth and Old Age) 



All of them, but especially the dwarf sorts, give gay effects in beddi 

 The taller sorts are very useful for mixed borders or massing in large clum 



Striped, or Zebra. Flowers double, 

 distinctly striped. Only a portion 

 of them come true. 



New Giant. Very large and double 

 flowers. 



Lilliput-Flowered. Tiny flowers of 

 double, perfect form. 



Elegans, Double Mixed. 

 Elegans, Curled and Crested. 

 Fireball. Flowers very large, 



double and dazzling fiery scarlet 



in color. 



Pompon. Flowers of symmetrical 

 cone shape, in many fine colors. 



Mammoth Verbena. 



