WM. C. BE.CKE.RT 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Annuals for Bloom the First Season 



PRICE OF ALL PACKETS, 5 CENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE QUOTED 



DWARF NASTURTIUMS 



Tom Thumb Varieties, for Bedding 



None of the old-fashioned plants deserve their renewal of popularity better than 

 the Nasturtium, so brilliant and varied in coloring, free in bloom, and picturesque 

 in appearance. Hardy habit of growth, even in hottest suns and poor soils; prime 

 favorites for cut-flower work and personal adornment. The Dwarf Nasturtiums 

 form thick masses of leaves and flowers not more than a foot in height. 



pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts. 

 Prince Henry. Leaves cream-colored 

 marbled and spotted ; bright crimson- 

 scarlet flowers. 

 Crystal Palace Cem. Sulphur, spot- 

 ted maroon. 

 Ruby King. Bright ruby-red. 

 Scheuermann!. Cochineal. 

 Spotted. Deep orange, with crimson 

 blotches. 



Lady Bird. Orange-yellow, with red 

 spots. 



Regelianum. Purple-violet. 

 Coeruleo-roseum. Bluish red. 

 Superb Mixture of above-named va- 

 rieties. Oz. 20 cts., 2ozs.35cts., 4ozs. 

 GO cts., lb. $2. 

 Fine Mixed. Oz.l5c, 4ozs. 50c, lb. $1.50. 

 Collection of 6 named sorts, 25 cts., 

 12 sorts 45 cts. 

 abit, oddly and beautifully colored flowers of blu 



All the following 

 Chameleon. Splashed crimson, bronze 



and yellow. 

 King of Tom Thumbs. Crimson. 

 Pearl. White. 

 Purpureum. Dark crimson. 

 Beauty. Very bright ; flowers yellow 



and scarlet. 

 Empress of India. A splendid dark- 

 leaved sort; brilliant crimson flowers. 

 Golden King. Large flowers of deep 



golden yellow. 

 King Theodore. Dark, rich maroon; 



the petals look as if cut from velvet. 

 Aurora. Very beautiful flowers, varying 



in color from primrose to pale pink; 



lower petals tinged carmine. 

 Cloth of Gold. Golden yellow foliage; 



light scarlet flowers. 

 Bronze. Burnished coppery bronze. 



NEMOPHILA. Of compact 



purple and white, in unusual markings and blendings. Mixed 



NICOTIAN A. A stately plant, growing about 3 feet high, and producing fi 

 with its broad, tropical foliage and clusters of large, tubular, fragrant flowers. 



NIGELLA ( Love-in- a-Mist). A delicately pretty plant; light blue or white flowers, 

 set in a mist of feathery green foliage, and bearing curious seed-pods. Mixed. 

 MEREMBERGIA. For baskets and edgings. Flowers white, tinted lilac. 

 NOEANA. Beautiful trailing border plants, with flowers in all shades of blue, yellow 

 and white. Mixed. 



NVCTERINIA. A dainty little edging plant, growing in dwarfish masses, brightened 

 by a profusion of small, star-shaped, white or lilac flowers. 



OENOTHERA (Evening Primrose). Flowers large, fragrant and showy, white and 

 yellow being the predominating colors, affording a brilliant display. Mixed. 



PE/TUNIAS 



No annual of the garden is more lavish with its flowers, or more readily adaptable to any and 

 every purpose than the Petunia. So popular has it become that enthusiasts have given years 

 of patient care to its improvement, and we now have superb show varieties, fringed, ruffled and 

 doubled, mottled, striped and self-colored. 



Giants of California. This is the grandest 

 strain of Petunias ever sent out. The large, 

 beautiful, fluffy blossoms are handsomely 

 crimped, fringed and ruffled, and 

 white, rose, velvety; 

 crimson-black, etc. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



Large-Flowering Single Fringed. A choice 

 mixture from superb strains. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Large-Flowering Double Fringed. All the 



best colors in Petunias. Pkt. 50 cts. 



Double Poppies. 



Large Flowering Single Fringed Petun 



Inimitable Dwarf. Striped flowers, dwarf bushy plants; 



very effective. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Inimitable. Striped and blotched. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Large-Flowering Single. Striped and blotched. Pkt. 25c. 

 Good Mixed. Oz. 75 cts. 



Snowball. Dwarf bushy plants; small white flowers. Pkt. 10c. 

 Brilliant Rose. Similar to above in habit. Pkt. 15 cts. 



POPPIES 



The annual Poppies are quite as brilliant and effective for 

 all purposes as the perennial sorts. They grow freely in any 

 good soil. 



SINGLE POPPIES 

 Tulip. Vivid scarlet flowers; late. 12 to 14 inches. 

 Shirley. Semi-double; daintily colored. Mixed. Oz. 40 cts. 

 Danebrog. Brilliant scarlet, with a large white spot at the 



base of each petal. 

 Single Mixed. All the best sorts and colors. Oz. 25 cts. 



DOUBLE POPPIES 



Irresistible. Tall; flowers immense; perfectly round; beau- 

 tiful red; petals fringed. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Mikado. Each blossom is a large, soft ball, pure white at 

 base, scarlet toward the tips. Oz. 25 cts. 



Paeony-Flowered. Mixed. Oz. 25 cts. 



Paeony-Flowered Nankeen Yellow. 



White Swan. Fine size, fringed and double. 



Double White. Very double, pure white flowers. 



Double Chamois-Rose. Large, globular flowers. 



Double Cardinal. Immense, bright scarlet flowers. 



