WM. C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Greenhouse Plants — Ornamental Foliage Plants. 



Gloxinia hybrida. 



EUCALYPTUS globulosus. Tall-growing and handsome, with silvery linear leaves and curious 



flowers. Pkt. 15 cts. 

 FERN SEEDS. Finest mixed ; saved from the best varieties. Pkt. 25 cts. 



GERANIUM, Zonale. A superb strain of the largest and finest varieties. Finest mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 GLOXINIA hybrida grandiflora. The waxen flowers of the Gloxinias are large, bell-shaped, and richly 

 colored, producing grand effects when different sorts are grouped together. Choice mixed, 25c. per pkt. 

 GREVILLEA robusta (Silk Oak). A beautiful {little tree, grown for its graceful, fern-like foliage. 



When small, it is used for table decoration ; as it grows larger, for tropical garden effects. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 HELIOTROPE. Lemoine's Ciant Hybrids. Flowers range from pure white through all shades of 



violet, blue and indigo. Very fragrant heads of mammoth size. Very floriferous. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 IMFATIENS sultani. A bright little plant, with clusters of rosy scarlet flowers and glossy leaves of 

 plain dark green. It is neat and bushy in growth, and very cheery for winter windows or summer 



bedding.' Pkt. 15 cts. 

 LANTANA hybrida. The Lantana is a shrubby plant, 

 with a multitude of flower clusters something like the 

 verbena. Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 MIMOSA pudica (Sensitive Plant). So called from the habit which its fern-like leaves 



have of closing when touched. Flowers are bright pink and fragrant. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 OXALIS. A low-growing plant, with pretty three-parted foliage, and clusters of rose, violet, 

 yellow, or white flowers. For baskets and pot culture. 

 Delicata. Salmon-rose; very pretty. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Tropaeoloides. Dark yellowish brown foliage. Pkt. 10 cts. 



PRIMULA, or CHINESE PRIMROSE. 



(CHOICEST FRINGED.) 



Chinese Primroses are noted for their rich and profuse display of flowers in winter, and 

 the length of time to which they produce it. Growing the plants from seed is not difficult, 

 and full directions for Culture are given on our seed packets. 



Rosy Morn. Beautiful delicate pink ; finely fringed. Pkt. 25 and 50 cts. 

 Alba magnifica. Pure white, yellow eye. Pkt. 25 and 50 cts. 

 Kermesina splendens. Crimson, yellow eye. Pkt. 25 and 50 cts. 

 Coerulea. Beautiful blue. Pkt. 25 and 50 cts. 

 Double White and Double Mixed. Each, 50 cts. per pkt. 



PRIMULA Stellata, Star Primrose. Avery distinct and valuable variety. Desirable 

 for pot culture in the greenhouse or for cut bloom. The attractive dark red foliage makes 

 an effective contrast to the numerous pure white star-shaped flowers, which form large 

 pyramids. The flowers last much longer than those of other Primulas. Pkt. $1. 

 Forbesi, Baby Primrose. Rosy lilac ; very floriferous ; seedlings bloom in three months. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



Obconica grandiflora. Constantly in bloom. Flowers white, tinged lilac. A great 

 improvement on P. obconica. Pkt. 50 cts. 

 SMILAX {3fyrsip7iylJumasparagoid.es). Glossy green foliage; a superb climbing vine. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



TORENIA. Rich, bright colors are strangely mingled and contrasted in the flowers of the 

 Torenias, giving them bizarre rainbow effects. 

 Fournieri. Light blue flowers, marked with velvety violet, and centers of bright yellow. 



Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Bailloni. Golden yellow, with 



Double Chinese Primrose, 



throat. Among the most charming of all the varieties. 



with Crimson Eye, Pure White. 



rich brown-red 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



VINCA (Periwinkle). Rose-colored, White 

 Each separate or Mixed, pkt. 10 cts. 



PRICE OF ALL PACKETS, 8 CTS., UNLESS OTHERWISE QUOTED. 



Seeds of Ornamental Foliage 

 Plants. 



FOR SUMMER BEDDING, BORDERS AND POT CULTURE. 



We include in this department all the best ornamental foliage plants largely used 

 in outdoor bedding. More tender sorts, viseful chiefly for house and conservatory 

 decoration, will be found under Seeds of Greenhouse Plants. 



AJUGA metallica. Of regular and compact habit, with peculiarly curled foliage. 

 The very crimpled and curled dark green leaves have a metallic luster, and bend 

 outwards in rosette-like form. From their center rises a spike 4 to 5 inches 

 high, thickly set with small ultramarine blue flowers. Fine for carpet beds 

 and borders. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 AMARANTUS. Tall-growing plants, with showy, variegated leaves and long 

 racemes of curious flowers. 



Caudatus (Love-lies-bleeding). Three feet tall ; blood-red. 



Cruentus. The well-known Prince's Feather. 3 feet. 



Henderi. Of beautiful habit; brown, dark red and bronze. 



Nobllis pyramidalis. Very ornamental. 3 feet. 



Tricolor (Joseph's Coat), Leaves are a beautiful mosaic of color. 



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