Wm. C. Beckert's List of Select Flower Seeds, Pittsburg, Pa. 



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CHRYSANTHEMUM SEGETUM 

 Helios, or Eveniag Star. Bright golden yellow flowers, 3 to 4 inches in diameter. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Morning Star. Yellow flowers shaded primrose. Pkt. 10 ets. 

 Wtiite Star. A new large-fiowering white, dark disk Pkt. 10 cts. 



OTHER CHRYSANTHEMUMS 

 Lencanthemum hybridum. H Po. Spring Marguerites. Very valuable on account of their early 

 blooming habit. Established plants will flower as early as May. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Maximum. New, very large white flowers. Pkt. 15 cts. 

 Maximum Westralia, Shasta Daisy. Huge white flowers. Pkt. 15 cts. 

 Maximum California. Large, creamy yellow Shasta Daisy. Pkt. 15 cts. 



COSMOS HHA 



Fine for cutting, on long, slender stems, airy, graceful flowers, with feathery foliage. Plants tall and 

 strong-growing, from 4 to 6 feet high, and a perfect fountain of bloom from September until frost. 

 Should be started early. If topped when half-grown, the plants will bloom much earlier. 



LADY LENOX. Of extraordinary size and beauty. Flowers 6 to 7 inches in diameter, petals oval 

 and forming a perfectly circular flower. Flowers beautiful shell-pink, of much substance and will last 

 a long time after cutting when placed in water. Plant of vigorous growth, attaining a height of 6 to 7 

 feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Mammoth Perfection. A grand strain, some of the flowers attaining 4 inches in diameter. White, 

 Pink, Scarlet. Bach, pkt. 10c. 

 Mixed, pkt. 5 cts., oz. 60 cts. 



Klondike. Blooms early and 

 until frost. Flowers 2% to :i 

 inches across, orange - vellow. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Dawn. Semi-dwarf. F'o^^'ers 

 large, pure white tinged with 

 rose; early and free-bloominy. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 60 cts. 



New Early Blooming. Iden- 

 tical in growth, etc.. witli Dawn, 

 but contains all colors of fhe or- 

 dinary Cosmos. Mixed, pkt. 10 

 cts., oz. 60 cts. 



Red Star. New. Brilliant 

 red star-like flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 



DATURA cornucopia 



(Trumpet-Flower). HHA. Large 

 and trumpet shaped, formed of 

 two or three flowers growing one 

 within the other. Interior white, 

 exterior purple, and of exquisite 

 perfume. Pkt. 5 cts. 



DIDISCUS coeruleus. Tliis 

 pretty plant produces its beautiful 

 lavender-blue flowers all summer. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



L'OSMOS, LADY LENOX 



COEEOPSIS (see page 26 1 



SEEDLING 

 DAHLIAS HHP 



Dahlias grown from seed bloom 

 the first year. A large percent- 

 age of the double varieties come 

 true; the single ones are superb. 



Giant Semi-double. A new 

 strain of large-flowering Dahlias, 

 said to far surpass anything 

 heretofore offered. Single and 

 double flowers almost without 

 exception, of enormous size and 

 gorgeous in color, and flower 

 readily from seed the first sea- 

 son. Very useful for cutting. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



Gloriosa. Its double flowers 

 are produced in numerous dis- 

 tinct forms; even individual 

 plants produce flowers of vari- 

 ous shapes, sizes and colors. 

 The flowers are from IK to 3 

 inches in diameter. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Cactus. Petals loosely twist- 

 ed and fluted, producing a very 

 fine effect. Finest mixed. Pkt. 

 10 cts. 



Mixed Single. Large single 

 flowers. Pkt. 5 cts. 



DIANTHUS 



Barbatus (Sweet William). Attractive, profuse-blooming garden plants. The flowers have a 

 quaint perfume. New annual varieties. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Caryophyllus, Earliest French, or Chibaud. HHP°. Produces high percentage of double 

 flowers of flue quality, blooming freely within 5 or 6 months after sowing. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Marguerite. H H P°. Blooms in four months from seed. Plant vigorous, semi-dwarf, neat. If 

 sown under glass in March or April, begins blooming in early summer and yields a brilliant display 

 of flowers until frost. Flowers large, quite double and perfectly formed, never bursting the calyx. 

 They show all colors and variegations through beautiful shades of red, pink and white. Mixed, pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. $1; separate colors: White, Pink, Scarlet, Yellow and Striped, each, pkt. 10 cts. 



Giant Marguerite. An improved and large-flowering form of the above. Mixed, pkt. 10c. , oz. $2. 



SUMMER-BLOOMING DIANTHUS (Garden Pinks) HB° 



These, although biennials, flower the first year, but flower much stronger the second year. The col- 

 ors are wonderfully varied and rich. They are semi-dwarf in habit, and are especially adapted for 

 small beds or edgings; they bloom profusely and continue until frost. 



Chinensis (China, or Indian Pink). For small beds or edgings; bloom early in summer and con- 

 tinue until frost. Finest Double Mixed, pkt. 5 cts., oz. 40 cts. Double White, pkt. 5e., oz. 50c. 



Chinensis double rose. A charming dwarf rose-colored variety. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Heddewigii (.lapanese Pink). H. Flowers large and of many beautiful and brilliant colors. Finest 

 Double Mixed, pkt. 5 cts., oz. 75 cts. Single Mixed, pkt. 5 cts., oz. 75 cts. 



