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Wm. C. Beckert's Choice List of Flower Seeds, Pittsburg, Pa. 



ECHINACEA Helianthus (Red Sunflower). 

 Its large ray-florets, 4 to 10 inches in diameter, 

 spring from a flat disk and extend horizontally; 

 color bright purplish red, and in form closely 

 resembles the single Sunflower. Pkt. 15 cts. 



GAILLARDIA 



Very handsome flowers, having dark crimson cen- 

 ters marked with rings of many brilliant colors. 

 Grandiflora. Splendid mixture of large-flowering 



class. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Grandiflora compacta. Of bushy habit, about a 



foot high; flowers rich and varied. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Grandiflora, Semi-double. Flowers nearly 4 



inches in diameter; varying from light to deep 



yellow, tinged at base with aurora or wine-red. 



Pkt. 15 cts. 



GRASSES 



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ANDROPOGON argenteus. With 



plumes. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 ARDNDO Donas variegata. Drooping green 



and white striped leaves. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 ERIANTHUS Ravennae. Fine silvery plumes. 



Pkt. 10 cts. 



EULALIA Zebrina. Leaves barred with yellow- 

 ish white. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 PENNISETUM maculatum atrosanguineum 



(Crimson Fountain Grass). Foliage gracefully re- 

 curved dark metallic bronze in color, shoots ter- 

 minating with crimson plumes. 4 feet. Pkt. 10c. 

 STIPA pennata. Silvery white feathery plumes. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



GYPSOPHILA panieulata. White, star-shaped 



flowers and delicate foliage. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 HELIOPSIS pitcherianus (Orange - Flower). 



Flowers 2 inches in diameter, deep golden yellow 



ously. 3 feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 HIBISCUS, Crimson Eye. Flowers 5 to 6 inches 

 center. 4 feet. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Golden Bowl. Large cup-shaped, cream-colored 



COREOPSIS laneelaota grandiflora (Harvest Moon). The flowers are nearly 

 double the size of the older variety, measuring nearly 4 inches across; deeper yel- 

 low in color, with petals broader and more overlapping; flowers very freely; tine 

 for cutting. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Lanceolata. Flowers yellow, with brown eye; profuse bloomer. Pkt. 10 cts. 



DELPHINIUM (Perennial Larkspur) 



of their long and graceful spikes 



of 



Indispensable to the hardy garden, becau 

 richly colored flowers; fine for cutting. 

 Formosum. Rich blue flowers, with white centers. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Formosum coelestinum. 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. 

 Hybridum. Splendid mixture. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Sulphureum (Zalil). Produces tall spikes of sulphur - yellow flowers; very fine. 

 Pkt. 15 cts. 



Nudicaule. Scarlet; dwarf and compact. Pkt. 15 cts. 



DIANTHUS 



BARBATUS (Sweet William). Attractive, profuse-blooming garden plants. The 



flowers have a quaint perfume. 

 Holborn Glory. Trusses and flowers of a remarkable size, each flower having a 



clear white eye; ranges in many shades of color. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Double Mixed. Many colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Single Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 



PLUMARITJS (Pheasant's Eye Pink). Single 

 fringed flowers, fragrant, of white, crimson or 

 purple shades. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Semperflorens (Everblooming Garden Pink). 

 Single, semi-double and double flowers in a 

 great diversity of color. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Flore pleno (Double Hardy, or Grass Pink). 

 Flowers double and semi-double, in many beau- 

 tiful colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Nanus fl. pi. Habit of growth very compact, 

 and comes into bloom much earlier than other 

 varieties; attains a height of about 12 inches; 

 flowers of spicy fragrance and produced in a 

 large variety of colors and markings. Pkt. 25c. 

 DICTAMNUS (Gas Plant). Bright red flower- 

 spikes often a foot long and pleasantly fragrant; 

 flowers profusely. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 DIGITALIS (Foxglove). Stately and handsome 

 plants, with fine waxen flowers, gracefully 

 drooping from long stems on which they are 

 thickly set. 3 feet. 

 Gloxinia - flowered. Large - spotted flowers. 



Mixed colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Grandiflora. Large-flowering mixed. Pkt. 10c. 

 Monstrosa. Long spikes, surmounted by one 



very large flower. Mixed colors. Pkt, 5 cts. 

 Maculata 

 s u p e rb a . 

 B eaut i f ul 

 spotted flow- 

 ers of various 

 colors. Pkt. 



SIP 



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DOUBLE HOLLi'HOCK 



in color, blooms early and continu- 

 across, pure white, with rich crimson 

 flowers witli maroon center. Pkt. 10c. 



HOLLYHOCKS (Althaea rosea) 



Stately and handsome biennial plants. Their tall spikes of double silken flowers are 

 magnificent when grown in clumps or rows. Superb strains of White, Yellow, Crim- 

 son, Pink, Salmon, Dark Rose, Scarlet, Canary, Apple-blossom, Maroon and 

 Mixed. Each, pkt. 10 cts., Uoz. 40 cts., oz. $1.50. 



Chater's Double Finest Mixed. Pkt. 15 cts., Moz. 50 cts., oz. $1.75. 

 Allegheny Mammoth Fringed. Mammoth flowers formed of loosely arranged fringed 



petals; shell-pink, pink, red, maroon and salmon flowers; spike 



Pkt. 10 cts., %oz. 35 cts., oz. $1.25. 

 Single Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts., 34oz. 30 cts., oz. $1. 



6 to 7 feet. Mixed 



DIANTHUS BARBATUS 



