Seeds of Easily Grown Greenhouse Plants. 



WM. C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Seeds of Greenhouse Plants. 



The rarest and handsomest Stove and Greenhouse Plants may be grown from s« 

 packets, and the seed contained in them is fresh and of strong germinating power. 



Directions for culture are printed on all our seed 



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ABUTILON. Flowers of all sizes and forms; pure white, lemon-yellow, rose, scarlet- 

 crimson, yellow and red shades beautifully veined. Mixed, pkt. 25 cts. 

 ACACIA. Fine ornamental foliage and showy racemes of yellow, globular flowers. 

 Mixed, pkt. 10 cts. 



ANGELONIA grandiflora. Flowers bright scarlet, spotted with white; cup-shaped, 



and borne on long spikes. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 ARALIA Sieboldi. A fine decorative plant, with large, ornamental foliage. Pkt. 25c. 

 ASPARAGUS plumosus nanus. A graceful greenhouse climber, with feathery, lace- 

 like foliage. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Sprengeri. Very desirable to grow as a pot-plant or for planting in suspended baskets. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



BEGONIAS. 



Begonias are now grown in such large quantities, both for summer bedding and winter 

 flowers, that many people prefer sowing the seed to buying the plants. 



Vernon. The plant is strong, dark-leaved, dwarfish and branching in habit, and the 

 coral-red flowers cover it thickly all summer long. Valuable for bedding, pot culture 

 and winter decoration. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Dwarf Vernon. Forms a small, round bush, 5 inches high, profusely covered with 

 brilliant red flowers. Foliage deep brown-red. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 can. Similar to Vernon. The plants are covered with flowers of the most intense red. Pkt. 15c. 

 uberous-rooted. Large flowers of various shapes and colors. The tubers must be lifted and stored 

 in dry sand in a dry, warm place in autumn. Single and Double Mixed. Each, pkt. 25 cts. 



CINERARIA hybrida grandiflora. The Cineraria is a very distinct and showy window plant, and 

 it blooms at a season when its magnificent crown of brilliant velvety flowers is most appreciated. 

 Our seed is from a splendid mixture of large-flowering varieties. Pkt. 25 and 50 cts. 



CARNATIONS. 



Carnation. 



A large proportion of the plants will produce 

 flowers as large, double, fragrant and brilliantly 

 colored as those from purchased plants of named 

 varieties. The Vienna and Grenadin species are 

 excellent for open air culture, and bloom several 

 weeks earlier than the other sorts. 



Early-f lowerin: 



. 25 cts. 



Sright scarlet flowers, 60 to 



Flowers of all colors. 

 70 per cent of them double, 

 flower. Our seed will pro- 



Vienna. 



Choice mixed, pkt 

 Early Grenadin. J 



Pkt. 25 cts. 



Perpetual, or Tree. Tall plants, continually ic 



duce 75 per cent of double flowers. Pkt. 20 cts. 

 Double Self Colors. Flowers of pure and beautiful colors; verv fragrant. 



Pkt. 10 cts. 



Margaret Carnations. See Annuals for Bloom the First Season. 



Picotees. Flowers either white or yellow, bordered with purple, red or rose. 

 Fine mixed, pkt. 25 cts. 

 CALCEOLARIA grandiflora. The curiously shaped and oddly marked 

 flowers of these plants at once attract notice. Large-flowering, self-colored 

 varieties; a great diversity of colors. Mixed seed, pkt. 50 cts. 



Cyclamen giganteum. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



The beautiful seedling Chrysanthemums 

 exhibited everywhere at autumn shows Cineraria, 

 have encouraged many amateurs to try 



growing the plants from seed, and this is very easily done. If the seed is sown early, kept warm and 

 moist, and the plants are carefully tended, they will give handsome flowers the fh-st year. 

 Finest Mixture. From choice flowers of Chinese and Japanese sorts. Pkt. 25 cts. 



CALIFORNIA GIANT, CYCLAMEN. 



Valuable for spring and winter blooming. Leaves beautifully splashed with silver. Flowers large, 

 curious and handsome, showing all shades of color, from crimson-maroon to pure white. They last long 

 in perfection, and the appearance of a well-grown plant in full ploom is wonderfully attractive. Enjoy- 

 ing a cool or moderate temperature, these plants are very suitable to window or house culture. The 

 seed is slow but sure in germinating. The little seedlings grow rapidly, and bloom in eight or ten 

 months from the sowing. 



Butterfly. Large, beautifully fringed flowers. Pkt. 50 cts. 



White, White with Red Center, Crimson, Pink-Red Center, Rose, and Choice Mixed Seed. 



Each 25 cts. per pkt. 

 DRAC2ENA. Graceful decorative foliage plants; fine for vases. 

 Australis. Fine green leaves. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Indivisa. Very graceful. Pkt. 10 cts. Lineata. Dark green. Pkt. 10 cts. 



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