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



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Seeds of Greenhouse Plants 



The rarest and handsomest Stove and Greenhouse Plants may be grown from seed. 

 Directions for culture are printed on all our seed packets, and the seed contained in them is 

 fresh and of strong germinating power. Among these are included some varieties that are 

 planted outdoors but of which the seed should be started under heat. 



ABUTILON (Chinese Bell-Plower). Flowers pure white, lemon-yellow, rose, scarlet- 

 crimson, yellow and red shades beautifully veined. Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 ACACI A. Ornamental foliage and showy racemes of flowers. 

 Dealbata. Leaves large, silvery and fern-like; flowers clear vellow and sweet-scented. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Lophantha superba. Bright yellow; fine delicate foliage. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 ALOYSIA citriodora (Lemon Terbena). An old favorite; leaves delieiously fragrant; 



grows easily from seed. Pkt. 10 cts. 

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

 like foliage. Pkt. 25 cts. 

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

 Pkt. 15 cts. 



BEGONIAS 



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

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



Vernon. Plant dwarf and branching; coral-red flowers. Valuable for bedding and pot culture. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Dwarf Vernon. Forms a small, round bush, profusely covered with brilliant red flowers. 



Foliage deep brown-red. Pkt. 15 cts. 

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

 Ertordia. Very free bloomer; flowers rosy carmine; foliage dark green and glossy. Excellent 



for bedding. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Zulu King. Dwarf and branching; foliage very dark scarlet, flowers brilliant red. Pkt. 25 cts. 

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



stored in dry sand and in a dry, warm place in autumn. Single and Double Mixed. Each, 



pkt. 50 cts. 



CALCEOLARIA (Slipperwort) 



The curiously shaped and oddly marked flowers of this plant at once attract notice. 

 Large-flowered Self-colored. Splendid strain; very large flowers; robust and floriferous. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



Large-flowered, Tigered and Spotted. Most brilliant and beautifully marked flowers. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



CARNATIONS 



A large proportion of the plants will produce large, double, fragrant and brilliantly colored 

 flowers. 



Perpetual. Tall plants, continually in flower. Our seed will prodnce 75 per cent of double 

 flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Double Self Colors. Flowers of pure and beautiful colors; fragrant. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Margaret Carnations. See Annuals. 

 Pieotee. Flowers either white or yellow, bordered with purple, red or rose. Fine mixed, pkt. 25 cts. 



Chabaud's Everblooming. Flowers in about five months after sown; very profuse and continuous bloomer. Fine mixed, 



BEGONIA VULCAN 



J." cts 



CENTAUREA (Dusty Miller). Silver-leaved; indispensable for ribbon beds 

 and borders. 



Candidissima. Leaves broader and whiter than in any other silver-leaved 

 sort. Pkt. 10 cts, 



Gymnocarpa. Of very graceful growth ; a fine variety. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Rutifolia purpurea. More compact than the preceding and bears in profu- 

 sion pretty purple flowers, contrasting finely with the foliage. Pkt. 10 cts. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



Chrysanthemums exhibited everywhere at autumn shows have 

 many to grow the plants from seed. Seed sown early, kept warm and moist, and 

 the plants carefully tended, they will give handsome flowers the first year. 

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



CINERARIA 



a very distinct and showy window 

 :s magnificent crown of brilliant vel- 

 seed is from a splendid mixture of 



INERARIA HYBRIDA 



Hybrida grandiflora. The Cineraria 

 plant, and it blooms at a season when 

 vet flowers is most appreciated. Ou 

 large-flowering varieties. 

 Large-flowering Superb Mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Dwarf Large -flowering Superb Mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Double Finest Mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Stellata (Star Cinereria). Large panicles of star-shaped flowers, ranging in 



the same colors as the preceding class. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 CYPERUS alternifolius (Umbrella Plant). An ornamental house plant and 

 also for growing in winter in damp places. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Papyrus (Egyptian Paper Plant). Fine for subtropical beds and aquatic 

 gardens. Pkt. 25 cts. 



