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Wm. C. Beckert's Seeds of Greenhouse Plants, Pittsburg, Pa. 



covered with flowers of 



very dark scarlet, flow- 



BEGONIAS. continued 

 Erfordia. Very free bloomer; 



rosy carmine; foliage dark green and 

 glossy. Excellent for bedding. Pkt. 

 25 cts. 



Liimminghi. A fine climbing species, 



blooming almost continuously from 



December to August. Salmon-colored 



flowers; excellent for baskets, etc. 



Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Pfitzers' Triumph. TB Semperflo- 



rens type. A grand addition to bedding 



Begonias and very useful for pot cul- 

 ture. Very dwarf, 6 to 10 inches high. 



Snow-white flowers. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 SemperfloFens, Ruby. A new French 



variety of uniform growth, and about 



9 inches high. Foliage brilliant metal- 

 lic red-brown; buds coppery red, de- 

 veloped flowers carniine-pink, making 

 a brilliant and beautiful bed. Pkt. 25c. 



Vernon. Plant dwarf and branching; 

 coral-red flowers. Valuable for bed- 

 ding and pot culture. Pkt. JO cts. 



Dwarf Vernon. Forms a small, round 

 bush, profusely covered with brilliant 

 red flowers. Foliage deep brown-red. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Vulcan. Similar to Vernon. The plants 

 the most intense red. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Zulu King. Dwarf and branching; fol 

 ers brilliant red. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Tuberous-rooted. Large flowers of various shapes and colors. The 

 tubers must be lifted and stored in dry sand and in a dry, warm 

 place in autumn. Single and Double Mixed. Each. pkt. 50 cts. 



CALCEOLARIA (Slipperwort) TP 



The curiously shaped and oddly marked flowers of this plant at 

 once attract notice. 



Large -flowered Self-colored, Splendid strain; very large flow- 

 ers; robust and floriferous. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Large-flowered, Tigered and Spotted. Most brilliant and beau- 

 tifully marked flowers. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Rngosa, Queen of the North. Said to be the finest bedding 

 variety ever raised. Dwarf, sturdy and covered with yellow flowers 

 lasting a long time. 1 foot. Pkt. 25 cts. 



CAPSICUM Chameleon (Ornamental 

 Pepper). TP Very attractive tender 

 annual, forming neat, 1- foot -high 

 plants, bearing fruit which at different 

 stages are yellow, purple and scarlet. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Little Gem. Having erect small scar- 

 let fruits. A neat market plant. Pkt. 

 5 cts. 



CANNA, Crozy's Hybrids. Finest 

 mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Crozy's Dark -leaved Varieties. 



Pkt. 10 cts. 



CARNATIONS (Dianthus. 

 HHP 



A large proportion of the plants will 

 produce large, double, fragrant and bril- 

 liantlv colored flowers. See, also. An- 

 nuals: 



Perpetual. Tall plants, continually in 



flower. Our seed will produce 75 pe 



cent of double flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Double Self Colors. Flowers of pur 



and beautiful colors; fragrant. Pkt 



10 cts. 



Pieotee. Flowers either white or vellow 

 biirdered with purple, red or rose. Fin 

 mixed, pkt. 2o cts. 



CINERARIA HYBKIDA UKANDIFLORJ 



Frutescens (Paris Daisy) 



CENTAUREA (Dusty Miller). HHP 

 Silver-leaved; indispensable for rib- 

 bon beds and borders. 



Candidissima. Leaves broader and 

 whiter than in any other silver- 

 leaved sort. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Gymnocarpa. Of very graceful 

 growth; a fine variety. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Rutifolia purpurea. More compact 

 than the preceding and bears in pro- 

 fusion prettj- purple flowers, con- 

 trasting finely with the foliage. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Chrysanthemums exhibited every- 

 where at autumn shows have encouraged 

 many to grow the plants from seed. 

 Seed sown early, kept warm and moist, 

 and the plants carefully tended, they 

 will give handsome flowers the first 

 year. 



Finest Mixture. From choice flowers 

 of Chinese and Japanese sorts. Pkt.. 

 25 cts. 



White. 2 feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 



CINERARIA TP 



Hybrida grandiflora. The Cineraria is a very distinct and showy 

 window-phint, and it blooms at a season when its magnificent 

 crown of brilliant velvet flowers is most appreciated. Our seed is 

 from a splendid mixture of large-flowering varieties. 

 Large-flowering Superb Mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Dwarf Large-flowering Superb Mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Double Finest Mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Vilmorin's New Scarlet. This is a complete break in color from 

 older varieties, the color being bright scarlet, without the purplish 

 cast of the present red varieties. Very fine and unique Pkt. 50 cts. 

 Radiata. TEA pretty strain of the star variety, with long, narrow 



twisted petals. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Stellata (Star Cineraria). Large panicles of star shaped flowers, 



ranging in the same colors as the preceding class. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Maritima, Diamond. HHP A fine new white-leaved variety for 

 bedding, etc. Verv nice. IJ'o feet. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



CYPERUS alternifolius ([Jmbrella 

 Plant). An ornamental house plant. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Papyrus (Egyptian Paper Plant). Fine 

 for subtropical beds and aquatic gar- 

 dens. Pkt. 25 cts. 



CYCLAMEN hhp 



Valuable for spring and winter bloom- 

 ing. Leaves beautifully splashed with sil- 

 ver. Flowers large and handsome, show- 

 ing all shades of color, from crimson- 

 maroon to pure white, 'i'hey last long in 

 l)erfectioii, and the apjiearance of a well- 

 grown plant in full bloom is wonderfully 

 attractive. Very suitable for window or 

 house culture. The little seedlings grow 

 rapidly, and bloom in eight to ten months 

 from the sowing. 



Giant Deep Crimson, Giant White 

 with Red Eye, Giant Pure White, 

 Giant Pink, Giant Deep Rose and 

 Giant Mixed. Ea;-h. pkt. 25 cts., 100 

 seeds $1.50. 

 Rococo. A new class. Very fine large 

 fringed flowers of varying form. Pkt. 



CYTISUS glabrata. Large, fragrant 

 vellow flowers, (-ireeuhouse shrub. 

 1 foot. Pkt. 10 cts. 



ANEMONE. ST. BRIGID. SUPERB. MAINLY SEMI-DOUBLE FLOWERS 



