WM. C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Annuals for Bloom the First Season. 



ALL FLOWER SEEDS ARE 5 CTS. PER PKT., UNLESS OTHERWISE 

 QUOTED. 



SUPERB BALSAMS (ladys-slippers). 



Popular and easy to grow ; give brilliant masses of beautiful flowers for little eare. 

 Plants about 2 feet in height ; transplanting dwarfs them and makes the flowers more 

 double. Some are as double and perfect as camellias ; they range through all dark, 

 rich, brilliant and delicate colors. 



Improved Camellia-flowered. Regular Double Miniature. Small, dainty, very 

 and perfect ; large and full to the cen- perfect double flowers. Choice mixed, 

 ter. Choice mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Florists' Best Double White. Pkt. 10c. Mixed Double. All kinds and colors. 



BARTONIA aurea. Handsome, downy foliage ; fragrant, large, golden yel- 

 low flowers, which open in the evening. 3 feet. 



BRACHYCOME (Swan River Daisy). Flowers light and graceful, and 

 borne profusely ; colors blue or white, with dark center. 1 foot. 



BROWALLIA elata (Amethyst). Neat, compact little plant about a foot tall- 

 and blooms freely from June until frost. Flowers white or blue, with an eye. Mixed- 



CACALIA coccinea (Tassel Flower). The tassel-shaped flowers are bright 

 scarlet, and borne in graceful clusters. 



CAI,ANDR.INIA, Large-flowering. A creeping plant, with large, rose- 

 colored flowers, which make it one blaze of color whenever the sun shines. 



CALENDULAS, or POT MARIGOLDS. 



Produces a bright and constant mass of color; grows anywhere; flowers until frost 

 Pure Cold. Semi-dwarf plant ; handsome, double, pure golden yellow flowers. The 



best Marigold in cultivation ; flowers large and brilliant. 

 Prince of Orange. Rich flowers of deep orange, striped with a lighter color; large 



and double. 



CALLIOPSIS (bright; eyes). 



Gay and beautiful ; of graceful habit, easy culture, and flowering profusely through- 

 out the season. 



Tinctoria. Flowers double, of a rich, golden yellow color, with wine-maroon spots. 

 Drummondii (Golden Wave). Pure, bright yellow flowers, with an eye of rich, vel- 

 vety brown. Compact and bushy, and blooms freely. 



Camellia-flowered Balsams. 



CANDYTUFT (IBERIS). 



An old and universal favorite, largely cultivated, and continually in 

 bloom ; as valuable for cut-flowers as for edging and masses, and always 



trasses of pure white 

 plant strong, of candelabrum- 

 like habit. 

 Light Purple, Dark Purple, Car- 

 mine and Crimson. Each, 5 cts. 

 Tom Thumb. Very dwarf, form- 

 ing a low, dense mass of green 

 and white. 



Ciant Hyacinth -flowered. The | Empress. Large, handsome 

 finest summer variety. Flowers 

 pure white, and of immense size. 

 10 cts. 



Dwarf Hybrids. Plants only about 

 6 inches high. They form mass- 

 ive candelabra-shaped spikes of 

 various colored flowers. 10 cts. 



Amara. Clusters of pure white. 



CANNAS, Dwarf French. Foi rich effects in bedding, the Dwarf 

 French Cannas have now few rivals in popular estimation. As pot-plants 

 for winter-flowering they are also favorites. The seed should be soaked 

 in hot water 8 or 10 hours before planting, and started early in hotbeds 

 or in the house. Finest mixed. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts. 



CARNATIONS, Marguerite. Bloom four months from seed. 

 Plants vigorous, semi-dwarf, neat. If sown under glass in March or 

 April, begin blooming in early summer, and yield 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. Fine for cutting; stems are 

 good, and the flowers are produced in great profusion. Pkt. 10 cts. 



CATCHFLY (Silene). Free-blooming; appears in early sum- 

 mer and lasts continuously until fall. Mixed. 



CENTAUREA. 



Favorite old-fashioned flowers. The quaintly pretty flowers have good 

 stems and are brightly colored. 



Candytuft, Giant Hyacinth-flowered. 



Imperialis (Giant Sweet Sultan). 



Fine for cutting. Flowers very 



large, sweet-scented and in bloom 



until frost. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Marguerite. Very large, pure 



white and sweet-scented flowers. 



Prof use bloomer. VA ft. Pkt. 10c. 

 Cyanus (Cornflower). White or 



blue; plants tall, free-blooming. 



Chameleon. A companion to the 

 preceding, producing large, pale 

 sulphur- yellow flowers ; attrac- 

 tive. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Victoria. Diminutive, forming lit- 

 tle bushes, producing clusters of 

 bright blue flowers in great abun ■ 

 dance. 



Emperor William. Dark blue. 



JE^For other varieties, see Foliage Plants. 



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