C. BECKERT 

 ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Choice Annuals for Bloom the First Season 



PBICE OF ALL PACKETS, 5 CENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE QUOTED 



SEEDLING DAHLIAS 



Dahlias grown from seed bloom the first year. A large percentage of the double varieties 

 come true, while the single ones are superb. 

 Dwarf Tom Thumb. Dwarf plants, very 



useful for bordering and pot culture, and 

 extremely floriferous, bearing handsome 

 flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Mixed Single. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Mixed Double. Extra-fine mixed; will pro- 

 duce a very large proportion of double 

 flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 



SUMMER=BLOOMING 



(Garden Pinks) 



DIANTHUS 



Gay and spicily fragrant flowers, well loved and grown everywhere, in almost any soil. 

 They cover their dense thicket of leaves and stems with brilliant masses of flowers. All varie- 

 ties named below bloom first year from seed. 

 Salmon Queen. Bright salmon, changing 

 to salmon-rose; flowers fringed. Pkt. 10c. 

 Oriental Beauty. Flowers 3 to 4 inches 

 across; exquisitely formed, the petals 

 being full, overlapping, crinkled and la- 

 ciniated. Colors range from pure white 

 through shades of pink and crimson; col- 

 orings and markings are rich beyond de- 

 scription. Pkt. 15 cts. 

 Laciniatus (Double-Fringed Japan PinkJ. 



striped. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA 



(California Poppy) 



Flowers in rich hues of orange, yellow, scar- 

 let, creamy white, crimson and carmine. 

 Single and Double Mixed. 

 Cross of Malta. Bluish green foliage and 



golden yellow flowers, with a Maltese cross in 



the center. 



Golden West. Flowers 3K to 6 inches in 

 diameter. The large, overlapping petals are 

 waved at the edges. Light canary, with 

 orange blotches at the base of petals, 

 i cross in the center. 



Double Seedling Dalilia. 



, showy flowers with fringed edges; 



Flowers large and very double, in all 



Flowers large and showy. 



Heddewigil grandiflora ft. pi. (Crown 

 of Perfection). Flowers of immense 

 size and very double, produced in 

 greatest profusion. Mixed. Pkt. 10c. 

 Eastern Queen. Beautiful rose variety. 

 The flowers are 2 to 6 inches across, 

 splendidly striped and stained. Pkt. 

 10 cts. 



Crimson Belle. Splendid brilliant dark 



red. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Double Japanese, or Diadem. Flow- 

 ers large and fine in form, and very 

 double, ranging through all colors. 

 Finest mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Double Imperial. An extra fine mix- 

 ture, producing all colors of these 

 handsome flowers. 

 DIDISCI S cceruleus. This pretty 

 plant produces its beautiful lavender- 

 blue flowers all summer. Pkt. 10 cts. 



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 Pkt. 10 cts. 



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EVERLASTINGS 



For Seeds of Hardy Per- 

 ennials, Foliage Plants, 

 Climbers and Greenhouse 

 Plants, see special de- 

 partments. 



The strawy texture of the flowers retains their shape and brilliant color indefinitely 

 Cut them before they have opened fully, and dry slowly in the shade. 

 ACROCLINIUM roseum. Graceful, double, rose-colored flowers. 1 foot. 



Album. Double flowers, pure white. 

 AMMOBIUM grandiflorum. Cluster of pure white flowers. 2 feet. 

 HELICHRYSUM nanum (Eternal Flower). Beautifully formed double flowers ; plants 

 dwarf and branching. Fine mixed. 

 Crandiflorum. Large-flowered and very double. 

 COMPHRENA globosa (Bachelor's Button). Round flower- 

 heads of red or white. Mixed. 

 RHODANTHE, Fine Mixed. The most delicately beautiful 



of all Everlastings. 1 foot. 

 XER ANTHEM UM. Bright, double, globe-shaped flowers. 

 Mixed. 



Special offer of Everlastings.— 1 pkt. each, of 8 varieties, 30 cts. 

 FEVERFEW, Double White (Matricaria). Forcut- 

 ting and pot culture, as well as for beds and borders. Thrives 

 in all soils; blooms until frost. Flowers white, double. 18 in. 



FOUR. O'CLOCK (Mirabilis). Old favorites, with 

 sweet-scented flowers of many different colors. They open in 

 the afternoon, and wither in the morning. Mixed. 



GAILLAKDIA Lorenziana (Blanket Flower). Showy 

 bedding plants, covered with double flowers from midsummer 

 until frost; many bright colors. 



Rhodanthe. 



Dianthus, Double Chinese Pink. 



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