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



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Ornamental Grass 



See, also Perennials 

 Beds eoruposert entirely of Grasses, 

 with tall varieties planted in the cen- 

 ter and the shorter ones used for edg- 

 ings, are especially beautiful. 

 AGROSTIS nebulosa. Feathery 



and elegant; 1% feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 AVENA sterilis (Animated Oats). 



Drooping heads; 43^ feet. Pkt. 5c. 

 BRIZA maxima. The large form of 



Quaking Grass; 1>2 feet Fkt. 5c. 

 Minima gracUis (Small Quaker 



Grass). Fine for bouquets ; 1 toot. 



Pkt. 5 cts. 

 BROMUS brizaeformis. H P°. 



Useful in many decorative waj'S 



when dried; 2 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 COIX lachryma (Job's Tears). 



Broad blades, drooping seeds. 



Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts. 

 ERAGROSTIS elegans ("Love- 

 Grass"). Pkt. 5 cts. 

 LAGURUS ovatus (Hare's Tail 



Grass). Small white spikes; 2 ft. 



Pkt. 5 cts. 

 PENNISETUM Rupellianum 



(Purple Fountain Grass). Hand- 

 some purple spikes; 2}4 feet. 



Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Atrosanguineum (Crimson Foun- 

 tain Grass). Gracefully recurved 



dark bronze foliage, ends of shoots 



terminating with crimson plumes; 



4 feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 liOngistylum. Graceful greenish 



white plumes. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 TRICHOLAEANA atropurpu- 



rea. H P°. Purple spikes; tine. 



Pkt. 5 cts. 

 ZEA - MAIZE Setaria alopecu- 



roides nigra. New. Graceful 



black spikes, very fine. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Gracillima. Very graceful and 



beautiful; 3 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Gracillima variegata. Beauti- 

 fully striped white. Pitt, o^cts. 

 Japonica quadricolor gigantea. 



Majestic plant, with long, brp^d 



drooping foliage, striped cream, 



green, rose and dark red ; 6 feet. 



Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Japonica quadricolor perfecta. 



Differs from foregoing in its 



dwarf or bushier habit, and more 



intense coloring of the broad 



bands on the leaves, valuable for 



beds or specimen plants, and also 



for pots. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 1 pkt. ea. of above 17 varieties for 5dc. 



GYPSOPHILA 



Elegans grandiflora. A new 



white large-flowered form. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Rosea. A charming rose variety 

 of the preceding, both elegant for cut- 

 ting. Pkt. 6 cts. 



HIBISCUS 



Africanus ( Marshmallow) . Large, 

 cream - colored flowers, with brown 

 center. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Crimson Eye. HH A. Flowers 5 to 

 6 inches across, pure white, with rich marigold 

 crimson center. 4 feet. Pkt. lOc. 



Golden Bowl. Ijarge cup-shaped, cream-colored flowers with ma 

 roon center. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Manihot. H H A. Handsome annual. Large sulphur flowers, dark 

 eyed. 1% feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



HOLLYHOCK, Everblooming. 



Blooms the first season if the seed is 

 sown early. Flowers in a great diver- 

 sity of color. Double Mixed, pkt. 

 15 cts. Single Mixed, pkt. 10 cts. 

 Double Fringed. HP°. Elegant 

 double fringed flowers; bloom first 

 season if sown early. Pkt. 10 cts. 



HUNNEMANNIA fumariae- 

 folia (Giant Yellow Tulip Poppy). 

 Large, buttercup-yellow, poppy - like 

 flowers. 2 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



KOCHIA Tricophylla. HHA. 



(Burning Bush, Summer Cypress). 

 Beautiful pyramidal form. Leaves 

 finely cut, light green and turn crim- 

 son in the fall. Fine for borders. 2 

 feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 



LARKSPUR (Delphinium) 



A popular annual and now much 

 improved in colors and size of flowers. 



Cardiopetalum. Fine dwarf vio- 

 let. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Giant Hyacinth-flowered. Flow- 

 ers very large and double, immense 

 spikes. " Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts. 



Dwarf Double Rocket, TaU 

 Double Rocket. Mixed colors of 

 each. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



Emperor. Plant of symmetrical 

 habit; double flowers. Mixed. Pkt. 

 5 cts., oz. 30 cts. 



Double Stock Flowered. Borne 

 on tall spikes, colors white, shades of 

 rose and blue. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts. 



LAVATERA 



(Annual Mallow) 



Free - blooming plant, with showy 

 flowers. 2 feet. 



Trimestris alba splendens. 

 Beautiful rosy pink. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Trimestris rosea splendens. A 

 white-flowering form, both of these 

 are larger and better foi^raed flowers 

 than the old Trimestris. Pkt 10 cts. 



LEPTOSYNE Stillmanni. 



Dwarf habit, neat golden yellow cor- 

 eopsis-like flowers, bloom six weeks 

 after sowing; fine for cutting. 1 ft. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



LEPTOSIPHON. Beautiful in 



flower and foliage ; effective grown in 

 inches. Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 



LINARIA 



Maroccana excelsior. A charm- 

 ing mixture of rich and varied colors. 

 1 foot. See, also Hardy Perennials. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Reticulata. Flowers golden yel- 

 low and purple; charming. 1 toot. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



LINUM 



Grandiflorum rubrum. V e r y 



fine large-flowered Scarlet Flax. i]4 

 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Grandiflorum roseum. Hand- 

 some rose-colored variety. Pkt. 5 cts. 



LOBELIA HHP» 



Compacta alba. White Lady. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Erinus Hamburgia. See, also Hardy Perennials. A very nice 

 new Lobelia for hanging-baskets, sky-blue flowers, with wliite eye. 

 Plant grows rapidly and throws out 12- to 15-incb long shoots which 

 hang gracefully over sides of baskets. Pkt. 10 cts. 



LINARIA MAROCCANA EXCELSIOR. CHARMING ANNUALS. RICHEST COLORS 



