WM. C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Choice Annuals for Bloom the First Season. 



PRICE OF ALL PACKETS, 5 CENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE QUOTED. 



SEEDLING DAHLIAS. 



A large percentage of the double varieties 



Dahlias grown from seed bloom the first year 

 come true, while the single ones are superb. 

 Dwarf Tom Thumb. Dwarf plants, very 

 useful for bordering and pot-culture, and 

 extremely floriferous, bearing handsome 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Mixed Single. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Mixed Double. Extra-fine mixed; will pro- 

 duce a very large proportion of double 

 flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 



SUMMER-BLOOMING DIANTHUS. 



(GARDEN PINKS.) 



Gay and spicily fragrant flowers, well loved and grown everywhere, in almost any soil- 

 They cover their dense thicket of leaves and stems with brilliant masses of flowers. All the 



varieties named below bloom the first year from 



Oriental Beauty. A splendid strain, produc- 

 ing flowers 3 to 4 inches across, with petals 

 1% inches in diameter; exquisitely formed, the 

 petals being full, overlapping, crinkled and 

 laciniated. Colors range from pure white 

 through shades of pink and crimson ; coloring 

 and markings are rich beyond description. 

 Pkt. 15 cts. 



Laciniatus (Double-fringed Japan Pink). Large, showy flowers with fringed edges; beauti- 

 fully striped. 



ouble Chinese, or Indian. Flowers large and very double, in all rich 

 colors. Pine mixed. 



Double Seedling Dahlia. 



Chinese. 



Eschscholtzia. 

 Maltese cross in the center. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA. 



(CALIFORNIA POPPY.) 



Flowers in rich hues of orange, yellow, 

 scarlet, creamy white, crimson and carmine. 

 Single and Double Mixed. 

 Cross of Malta. Bluish green foliage and 



golden yellow flowers, with a Maltese cross 



in the center. 

 Golden West. Flowers 3% to 6 inches in 



diameter. The large, overlapping petals 



are waved at the edges. Some of the flow- 

 ers are flat, others saucer-shaped, others 



deep, with flaring edges. Color light canary, 



with orange blotches at the base of petals, forming 



Pkt. 10 cts. 



EVERLASTINGS. 



The strawy texture of the flowers retains their shape and brilliant color indefinitely 

 Cut them before they have opened fully, and dry slowly in the s" 



ACROCLINIUM roseum. Graceful, double, rose-colored flowers. 1 foot 



Album. Double flowers, pure white. 

 AMMOBIUM grandiflorum. Cluster of pure white flowers. 2 feet. 

 HELICHRYSUM nanum (Eternal Flower). Beautifully 



formed double flowers ; plants dwarf and branching. 



Fine mixed. 



Grandiflorum. Large-flowered and very double. 



GOMPHRENA globosa (Bachelor's Button). Round flower- 

 heads of red or white. Mixed. 



RHODANTHE, Fine Mixed. The most delicately beautiful 

 of all Everlastings. 1 foot. 



XERANTHEMUM. Bright, double, globe-shaped flowers. 

 Mixed. 



Special offer of Everlastings.— I pkt. each, of 8 varieties, 30 cts. 



FOUR O'CLOCK (Mirabilis). Old favorites, with 

 sweet-scented flowers of many different colors. They open in 

 the afternoon, and wither in the morning. Mixed. 



For Seeds of Hardy Perennials, Foliage Plants, Climbers and 

 Greenhouse Plants, see special departments. 



Flowers large and showy. 



Heddewigii grandiflora fl. pi. (Crown of 

 Perfection). Flowers of immense size and 

 very double ; produced in greatest profu- 

 sion. A great diversity of colors, from 

 purest satiny white to intense red, soft 

 pink and flesh tints, and a large proportion 

 of flowers marked in various hues. Pkt. 10c. 

 Heddewigii, Eastern Queen. Beautiful 



rose variety. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Heddewigii, Crimson Belle. Splendid bril- 

 liant dark red. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Heddewigii, The Bride. White, with pur- 

 ple center ; very pretty. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Double Japanese, or" Diadem. Flowers 

 large and fine in form, and very double, 

 ranging through all colors. Finest mixed. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Double Imperial. An extra fine mixture, 

 producing all colors of these handsome 

 flowers. 



FEVERFEW, Double White (Matri- 

 caria). For cutting and 

 pot -culture, as well as 

 for beds and borders. 

 Thrives in all soils ; 

 blooms until frost. Flow- 

 ers white, double. 18 in. 



Dianthus, Double Chinese Pink. 



