WM. C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Annuals for Bloom the First Season. 



Ten-Weeks Stocks. 



STOCKS. 



Zinnia elegans. 



Fragrant and free-blooming, and easy to 

 grow, either in beds or pots. Almost all 

 the varieties have long, handsome spikes 

 of flowers. 



LARGE-FLOWERING C E R M A N 

 TEN-WEEKS. This plant flowers 10 

 or 12 weeks after the seed is sown. We 

 offer a magnificent strain of this in sep- 

 arate colors : Aurora, Pure White, 

 Flesh-colored, Chamois-buff, Car- 

 mine, Crimson, Dark Blood-red, Light 

 Blue, Pink, Scarlet, Dark Blue. 

 10 cts. each; mixed, 5 cts. 



Cut-and-Come-Again. An unusually 

 free-blooming species. Prom spring un- 

 til late in the fall the plants are covered 



with flowers, and they thrive equally well in pots or beds. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Snowflake. Very early flowering, and indispensable for forcing. Pkt. 10c. 

 Dwarf Queen. Of dwarf, compact growth, producing numerous umbels of 



large, intense blood-red flowers, which stand out effectively from the broad 



green leaves. Pkt. 10 cts. 



VIRGIXIAK STOCKS (Malcolmia). Pretty profuse -flowering lit- 

 tle plants about 3 inches tall, with clusters of handsome red and white flowers. 



VERBENAS. 



These are among our brightest and best bedders. 

 Mammoth. The florets average an 



inch in diameter, and have clearly 



defined margins and large white 



centers. White, Scarlet, Pink, 



Blue, and Mixed, each 10 cts. 

 New Dwarf Varieties (Nana com- 



pacta). Very dwarf, spreading 



habit. Mixed, 10 cts. 



VISCARIA. Flowers all tints and shades of red. 



•ZINNIA ELEGANS (youth and old age). 



All of them, but especially the dwarf sorts, give gay effects in bedding. 

 The taller sorts are very useful for mixed borders or massing in large 

 clumps. 



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



PORTULACA. 



Sturdy little trailing plants, that bloom brightest during the warmest, driest weather. Beds of 

 them form brilliant rainbows of color on sunshiny mornings; the sun cannot be too warm for them. 

 Single Mixed. In many rich colors. 



Double Mixed. A large percentage of the flowers will be as double as little roses. Pkt. 10 cts. 



SALVIA (FLOWERING SAGE). 



Magnificent bedding plants, all ablaze with long spikes of blue or scarlet flowers from June until 

 October. 1 to 2 feet tall. 



Silver Spot. Dark green foliage sprinkled with light sulphur or cream-colored spots. Flowers 



large and intense bright scarlet. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Splendens. Flowers bright scarlet; a general favorite. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Bonfire. Dwarf form of Splendens. Very early and free-blooming; fine for bedding, borders 



and pots. 2 feet. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Patens. Leaves silvery ; flowers large, beautiful sky-blue. Pkt. 25 cts. 



SALPIGLOSSIS. 



Large-flowering. The blossoms are velvety, 

 with deep veins and markings, lily-shaped, 

 and quaintly lovely. Mixed. 

 Tom Thumb. A dwarf, bushy form ; well- 

 branched, blooming continually during the 

 the summer. 1 foot. Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 SANVITAUA procumbens. A 

 dwarf-growing plant, continually bright with 

 single golden yellow flowers. 



SAPONARIA (Bouncing Bet). A 

 hardy annual, with thick clumps, and produc- 

 ing masses of fragrant red cruciform flowers. 



SCABIOSA, Large-flowering (Mourn- 

 ing Bride). Curious and pretty, an old-fash- 

 ioned flower, still deservedly popular. Mixed. 



SUNFLOWERS (helianthus). 



Clobosus. Flowers large, very double ; rich 

 saffron color. 



Dwarf Double. Very floriferous. 



Thousand-flowered. Grows 10 to 12 feet 

 high ; branches covered with golden yellow 

 flowers with black centers. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Ccerulea. Large, sky-blue 

 Defiance. Bright scarlet 

 Italian Striped. Mixed. 

 Auricula-flowered. Mixed. 

 Candidissima. ' Pure white. 

 Choice Mixed. From finest flowers. 



Striped or Zebra. Flowers double, 

 distinctly striped. Only a portion 

 of them come true. 

 New Caint. Very large and double 



Lilliput-flowered. Tiny flowers of 

 double, perfect form. 



Elegans, Double Mixed. 

 Elegans, Curled and Creste'd. 

 Fireball. Blowers very large, 



double and dazzling fiery scarlet 



in color. 



Pompon. Flowers of symmetrical 

 cone shape, many fine colors. 



WHITLAVIA. Beautiful bell-shaped flowers of white or blue, 

 borne in clusters; adapted to baskets, borders, etc. Mixed. 



imoth Verbena. 



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