Wm. C, Beckert's List of Select Biennials and Perennials, Pittsburg, Pa. 4i 



Dwarf-growing and 

 very useful for the 



GAILLARDIA 



CANDYTUFT (Iberis) 

 free-flowering plants; 

 border. 



Gibraltarica. HB White, suffused with piuk. 



13^ ft. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Sempervirens. White, with glossy foliage. 



1% ft. Pkt. 10 cts. 



CLEMATIS Davidiana. An erect-growing 

 new Chinese species. Flowers blue and 

 sweet-scented; seeds germinate readily. 3 ft. 

 Pkt. 15 cts. 



COREOPSIS lanceolata grandiflora ( Har 



vest Moon). The flowers are nearly double 

 the size of the older variety, measuring 

 nearly 4 inches across; deeper yellow in 

 color, with petals broader and more over- 

 lapping; flowers very freely; fine for cutting. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



DICTAMNUS (Gas Plant). Bright red flower- 

 spikes often a foot lontr and pleasantly fra- 

 grant; flowers profusely. Seeds germinate 

 slowly. Pkt. 5 cts. 



DIMORPHOTHECA Echlonis. HHP A 

 beautiful Marguerite with large white flowers, 

 having a blue disc. 13^ feet. Pkt. 25 cts. 



DIANTHUS PLDMARIUS 



DELPHINIUM (Larkspur) 



Indispensable to the hardy garden, because of their long and grace- 

 ful spikes of richly colored flowers; fine for cutting. 

 Formosum. Rich blue flowers, with white centers. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Formosum coelestinum. Delicate azure-blue ; very pretty. 



Pkt. 10 cts. 



Cashmerianum. Beautiful dark blue. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Kelway's Hybrids. Very beautiful, and a great improvement on 

 the older varieties. Many shades of blue. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Large -flowering White and Blue. Large, single flowers on long 

 spikes. 2 feet. Each, pkt. 10 cts. 



Sulphureum (Zalii). Produces tall spikes of sulphur-yellow flow- 

 ers; very fine. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Nudicaule. Scarlet; dwarf and compact. Pkt. 10c. 



DIANTHUS 



Plumarius (Pheasant's Eye Pink). Single fringed 

 flowers, fragrant, of white, crimson or purple 

 shades. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Plumarius, Cyclops, Dark rose, with crimson 

 ring; very fine. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Plumarius, Mrs. Sinkins. Large double white, 

 clove-scented. Pine for cutting. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Semperflorens (Everblooming Garden Pink). 

 Single, semi-double and double flowers in a great 

 diversity of color. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Flore pleno (Double Hardy, or Grass Pink). Flow- 

 ers double and semi-double, in many beautiful 

 colors, Pkt. 10 cts. 



Nanus fl. pi. Habit of growth very compact, and 

 comes into bloom much earlier than other varieties ; 

 attains a height of about 12 inches; flowers of 

 spicy fragrance and produced in a large variety of 

 colors and markings. Pkt. 25 cts. 



DIGITALIS (Foxglove) 



Stately and handsome plants, with fine waxen 

 flowers, gracefully drooping from long stems on 

 which they are thickly set. 3 feet. 

 Gloxinia-flowered. Large-spotted flowers. Mixed 



colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Grandiflora. Large-flowering mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Monstrosa. Long spikes, surmounted by one very 



large flower. Mixed colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Maculata superba. Beautiful spotted flowers of 



various colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Rudbeckia Hybrids, smothered with dark-disked 

 yellow flowers. See list 



DOUBLE HOLLYHOCK 



ECHINACEA Helianthus (Red Sunflower). Its large ray-florets, 

 4 to 10 inches in diameter, spring from a flat disc and extend 

 horizontally; color bright purplish red, and in form closely resem- 

 bles the single Sunflower. Pkt. 10 cts. 



GAILLARDIA 



Very handsome flowers, having dark crimson centers marked with 

 rings of many brilliant colors. 



Grandiflora. Splendid mixture of large-flowering class. Pkt. 10c. 

 Grandiflora compacta. Of bushy habit, about a foot high; flow- 

 ers rich and varied. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Grandiflora, Semi-double. Flowers nearly 4 inches in diameter, 

 varying from light to deep yellow, tinged at base with aurora or 

 _ wine-red. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Kelway's Hybrids. A very fine strain. Pkt. 25c. 



GALEGA offlcinalis carnea fl. pi. Dense clus- 

 ters of pink flowers; free and verv showv. Fine 

 for cutting. 3 ft. Pkt. 10 cts. 



GENTIANA acaulis. Fine blue; beautiful for 

 edging. Soak seeds before sowing. 4 inches. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



GEITM coccineum semi -pleno. New semi- 

 double, deep crimson- scarlet. Fine. 2 feet. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



GRASSES 



ANDROPOGON argenteus. With silvery 



plumes. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 ARUNDO Donax variegata. Drooping green 



and white striped leaves. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 ERIANTHUS ravennae. Pine silvery plumes. 



Pkt. 10 cts.; 



EULALIA Zebrina. Leaves barred with yellow- 

 ish white. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 PENNISETUM maculatum atrosanguineum 



(Crimson Fountain Grass). Foliage gracefully re- 

 curved dark metallic bronze in color, shoots ter- 

 minating with crimson plumes. 4 feet. Pkt. 10c. 

 STIPA pennata. Silvery white featherv plumes. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



GYPSOPHILA paniculata. White, star-shaped 

 flowers and delicate foliage. 3 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



HELIOPSIS pitcherianus f Orange Flower). 

 Flowers 2 inches in diameter, deep golden yellow 

 in color; blooms early and continuously. 3 feet. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



ICELAND POPPIES. FULLY 20 SHADES IN THE EXCELSIOR STRAIN 



