WM. C. BECKERT, 

 ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Beckert's Select Sweet Peas. 



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



Newest and Best 



SWEET PEAS. 



Primrose ground, veined 



We offer a very fine assortment of these beautiful, fragrant and very popular flowers. We have 

 these grown for us under the most favorable conditions as to soil and climate, and the quality of 

 our stock is unexcelled. Sweet Peas should be sown very late in the fall, or as early in spring as 

 possible. The soil should be rich, the drills six inches deep. Cover first about an inch, and as the 

 plants grow fill in until the drill is full. 



All the following varieties, 5 cts. per pkt., 10 cts. per oz., IS cts. for 2 ozs., 25 cts. per 1-4 lb., 

 75 cts. per lb. ; 85 cts. per lb. by mail. 



Princess Beatrice. A popular rosy pink. 

 Princess of Wales. Striped mauve on white ground. 

 Queen Victoria. Yellow, overlaid with faint purple. 

 Ramona. White, splashed with pale pink. 

 Royal Robe. Rich, delicate pink, wings blush-white. 

 Royal Rose. Deep rosy pink. 

 Stanley. Rich, dark maroon. 

 Senator. Brown, shaded and striped on white. 

 Salopian. One of the best scarlets. 

 Venus. Salmon-buff, shaded rosy pink. 

 Waverley. Rosy claret, wings light blue. 



white 



Crown Jewe 



violet-rose. 

 Daybreak. Watered crimson-scarlet 

 ground. 



Duchess of York. White, delicately suffused 



with light pink. 

 Dorothy Tennant. Deep rosy 

 Emily Eckford. Standard reddish 



wings blue. 

 Emily Henderson. White; blooms early. 

 Extra-Early Blanche Ferry. Pink and white. 

 Firefly. Deep brilliant scarlet. 

 Cray Friar. Beautiful watered purple on 



white ground. 

 Golden Cleam. Deep primrose-yellow. 

 Her Majesty. Most beautiful rose. 

 Juanita. White, striped lavender. 

 Lady Penzance. Orange -pink standard, 



wings deep pink. 

 Lovely. Soft shell-pink. 



Lottie Eckford. White, suffused with lav- 

 ender-blue. 

 Lady Nina Balfour. Delicate mauve. 

 Maid of Honor. White, edged blue. 

 Mars. Bright scarlet ; large. 

 Monarch. Deep bronzy maroon and dark blue. 

 Mrs. Jos. Chamberlain. Striped, bright rose 

 on white. 



Modesty. Most delicate shade of pink. 

 Mikado. Cerise ground, veined with white. 

 Ovid. Rose pink, margined with deeper rose. 

 Oriental. Suffused bright orange-salmon. 

 Prima Donna. Lovely shade of soft pink. 

 5 cts. per pkt., 10 cts. per oz., 15 cts. for 



America. Brightest blood-red, striped. 



Aurora. Flaked orange-salmon. 



Blanche Ferry. The popular pink 

 and white. 



Blanche Burpee. Purewhite; of im- 

 mense size. 



Black Knight. Deep maroon self- 

 colored. 



Captivation. Beautiful light magenta. 

 Celestial. Delicate azure-blue. 

 Countess of Aberdeen. Self-colored 

 soft pink. 



Captain of the Blues. Purplish 

 mauve and pale blue. 



Columbia. White ground, suffused 

 purple, penciled pink. 



Countess of Powis. Orange, suf- 

 fused with light purple. 



Superb Mixture of above 47 varieties 



2 ozs., 25 cts. per %lb., 85 cts. per lb. ; by mail, 95 cts. 

 Good Mixture. 50 cts. per lb. ; by mail, 60 cts. 



DWARF SWEET PEAS. Foliage deep emerald-green; plants, not over 5 inches 

 high, and spreading in habit; very profuse and continuous bloomers. White and 

 Pink Cupids. Each, 10 cts. 



THUNBERGIAS. 



These are among our best half-hardy annual climbers. The vine is of slender and 

 graceful but very rapid growth, with elegant foliage and extremely pretty, dark-eyed 

 flowers of white or yellow. Separate or Mixed. 



Alata. Flowers buff, with dark center. I Aurantiaca. Orar.ge. 

 Alba. White, with black eye. | Bakeri. Entirely white. 



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Cupid Sweet Pea. 



