Seeds of Hardy Perennial Plants. 



WM. C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Seeds of Hardy Perennials. 



MANY PERENNIALS BLOOM THE FIRST SEASON IF SOWN EARLY. 



The permanent character of the Hardy Perennials, which live and bloom from year to year for an indefinite period, with but little care, 

 renders them very popular among all classes of gardeners. Some of our very finest flowers are to be found among these plants for the hardy 

 garden, many of which, though old-fashioned, are dear through associations. Perennials sown in fall will often bloom the next season. 



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



Delphinium. 



Fine mixture. 



ACANTHUS. Grows in almost any soil and situation ; of 



character. 

 Lat if o I i us. Flower-spikes tall and 



handsome. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Mollis. Showy; verv ornamental 



foliage. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 ACONITUM, Large-flowering 



(Monk's-hood). Curious helmet- 

 shaped flowers, produced on tall 



racemes above the finely cut foli- 

 age from midsummer until late 



autumn; bright blue. Pkt. 10c. 

 ADONIS vernalis. A bright, early 



spring flower, with large, showy, 



sunshiny yellow flowers. 

 ADENOPHORA llliifolla. A 



beautiful plant, with charming, 



lily-like, fragrant blue flowers ; 



2 feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 ALYSSUM saxatile compactum. 



Low-growing, with light green, 



silky foliage and golden yellow 



flowers. Very useful for shaded 



places. 



ANEMONE. Among our earliest- 

 spring flowers. Their blossoms 

 are various shades of scarlet, pur- 

 ple, blue, white, sometimes striped 



ANTHERICUM liliago (St. Bernard's Lily). Pro- 

 duces magnificent spikes of fragrant white lily-like 

 flowers; IK feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 



ANTIRRHINUM (Snapdragon). Blooms the first 

 year from seed if sown early, and make very bright 

 and showy bedding plants. Varieties with dark 

 flowers are rich and velvety in depth of color. The 

 dwarf sorts grow 6 or 8 inches to 1 foot tall. 

 Tall Mixed. Seed from fine flowers of best colors. 

 Tom Thumb, Mixed. All colors; fine for bedding. 

 Ciant-flowering.| Flowers are double the usual size, 

 and closely set on the stems. Choicemixed. Pkt. 10c. 



AQUILKGIA (COLUMBINE). Large-flowei 



Handsome and free-blooming. Bears curiously shaped flowers in 

 many bright and delicate colors, and displays them well against a mass 

 of light and pretty foliage. 2 feet. 



Large-flowering Yellow. Gold spurred. Much admired; flowers 

 large and bright golden yellow. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Large-flowering White. Large, snow-white flowers, with long 

 spurs. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Glandulosa vera. Large, erect, blue flowers with pure white co- 

 rolla; very fine. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Vulgaris fl. pi. Double varieties mixed. These will give an 

 abundance of odd and very pretty flowers. 



ARABIS alpina. Low-growing little plant, which covers its mat 



of green leaves thickly with pretty white flowers very early in 



the spring. Good for rockwork and edging. 

 ARMERIA maritima (Thrift, Sea-pink). Dwarf, hardy plants. 



Rosy pink flowers, borne in clusters above the tufts of leafage. 

 CALLIRHOE. Lilac and white flowers, produced the first year if 



the seed is started early. Very pretty. 

 CAMPANULA (Bellflower). Very popular for mixed beds and 



borders. These bear a profusion of large, bell-shaped flowers in 

 . blue, rose, pink and white. 



Pyramidalls- Flowers in many shades of blue and white. Mixed. 

 Caiycanthema (Cup and Saucer). Handsome flowers in many 



tints of blue, rose and white. Mixed. 

 Canterbury Bell. Produces large, bell-shaped flowers of charming 



form in many beautiful shades. Single and Double Mixed. 



CANDYTUFT ( Iberis ) . D warf-growing and free-flowering plants ; 

 very useful for the border. 

 Cibraltarica. White, suffused with pink; IK feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Sempervirens. White, with glossy foliage; % foot. Pkt. 10 cts. 



COREOPSIS lanceolata, Large-flowering (Harvest Moon). The 

 flowers of this giant sort are nearly double the size of the older 

 variety, measuring nearly i inches across ; deeper yellow in color, 

 with petals broader and more overlapping ; flowers very freely; 

 fine for cutting. Pkt. 10 cts. 



CRUCI ANELL A. Low, tufted plants, seldom more than a foot high ; 

 rose-colored flowers in profusion the greater part of the summer. 



ENGLISH DAISIES (bellis perennis). 



This dainty little flower is a favorite everywhere. It is of easy cul- 

 ture, and grows well in all soils if given a rather moist, shaded situ- 

 ation. Flowering plants grow rapidly from seed sown in the border 

 in early spring or in boxes in the house. They seldom exceed 6 

 inches in height, and bloom from spring until midsummer; in some 

 localities sparingly in autumn. An exquisite plant for shady borders 

 and edging to beds, or for window-boxes in a cool room, where in win- 

 ter flowers are sent up thickly, forming rainbows of pink and white. 

 Maximus. Choice, large-flowering strain. Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Maximus alba. Extra double, large white flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Longfellow. The bright, rose-colored flowers are very large and 

 double, and borne on long, stiff flower-stalks ; fine flowers for 

 ^^^jsss^^, cutting. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Snowball. A pure white variety, with flowers very 



large and perfect, and long stems. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Mixed Colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 



DIANTHUS and CARNATIONS. 



Sweet William (Z>. barbatus). Attractive, profuse- 

 blooming garden plants. The flowers have a quaint 

 perfume. 



Double Mixed. Many colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Single Mixed. 



Hardy Carnations. Fine for the garden; all colors, 

 shades and markings, most of the flowers double. 

 Seed sown in the spring will, the following year, 

 bloom all summer, and if lifted can be bloomed all 

 winter indoors. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Plumarius (Pheasant's-eye Pink). Double fringed 

 flowers, fragrant, of white, crimson or purple shades. 



Pkt. 10 cts. 

 DELPHIN- 

 IUM i Peren- 

 nial Lark- 

 spur). Indis- 

 pensable to 

 the hardy 

 garden, be- 

 cause of their 

 long and 

 graceful 

 spikes of 

 bright blue. 

 Formosum. 

 Rich blue 

 flowers, with 

 white cen- 

 ters. Splen- 

 did mixture. 

 Bellis perennis. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Formosum ccelestinum. Of distinct, delicate azure-blue ; very 



pretty. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Cashmerianum. Beautiful dark blue. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Large-flowering White and Blue. Large, single flowers on long 



spikes; 2 feet. Each, pkt. 10 cts. 

 Large-flowering Double. Flowers very double, ranging through 



shades of blue to porcelain, and white to violet; 2 ft. Pkt. 15c. 

 Hybridum. Splendid mixture. 



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