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



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COLEUS 



The leaves are of many shapes and brightest 

 colors and nearly all varieties have a rich vel- 

 vety appearance. Seed sown in March will pro- 

 duce fine plants for bedding. 

 Hybridus. Choicest hybrids, best selected 



varieties, splendid mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Large-leaved. Very large and superbly 



variegated foliage. Pkt. 25 cts. 



CYCLAMEN 



Valuable for spring and winter blooming. 

 Leaves beautifully splashed with silver. Flow- 

 ers large and handsome, showing all shades of 

 color, from crimson-maroon to pure white. 

 They last long in perfection, and the appear- 

 ance of a well-grown plant in full bloom is won- 

 derfully attractive. Very suitable for window 

 or house culture. The little seedlings grow 

 rapidly, and bloom in eight to ten months from 

 the sowing. 



Giant Deep Crimson, Giant White with 

 Red Eye, Giant Pure White, Giant 

 Pink, Giant Deep Rose and Giant 

 Mixed. Each, pkt. 25 cts., 100 seeds $1.50. 



DRACAENA indivisa. 



for vases. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Graceful decorative foliage plants; fine 



GIGANTEUM 



fine as a pot-plant, 

 and Mixed. Each, 



FERN SEEDS. Finest mixed; saved from the best varieties. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



GERANIUM. A superb strain of the largest and finest varieties. 

 Finest mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 



GLOXINIA. The waxen flowers of the Gloxinias are large, bell- 

 shaped and richly colored, producing grand effects when grouped 

 Hybrida grandiflora. Erect; finest mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 



GREVILLEA robusta (Silk Oak). A beautiful little tree, gro-wn 

 for its graceful, fern-like foliage. Used for table decoration and 

 tropical garden effects. Pkt. 10 cts. 



HELIOTROPE, Lemoine's Giant Hybrids. Flowers range 

 from pure white through all the shades of violet, blue and indigo. 

 Very fragrant heads of mammoth size. Very floriferous. Pkt. 10c. 



IMPATIENS holstii hybrida. New and pretty varieties, with 

 larger flowers than Impatiens Sultani; plants vigorous and free- 

 blooming, ranging in color through shades of red, carmine, deep 

 violet, chamois-rose, rosy white, white with red center and orange- 

 vermilion. Pkt. 25 cts. 



LANTANA nana compacta. A dwarf-growing variety, far 

 superior to the ordinary plant ; bushy and compact and very desir- 

 able for pot culture or bedding; very floriferous. Pkt. 25 cts. 



MIMOSA pudica (Sensitive Plant). So called from the habit 

 which its fern-like leaves have of closing when touched. Flowers 

 bright pink and fragrant. Pkt. 10 cts. 



MIJSA Ensete (Abyssinian Banana). A magnifi- 

 cent foliage plant. Seeds sown in heat will pro- 

 duce strong plants the first season. Pkt. of 10 

 seeds 25 cts., 100 seeds $2. 



OXALIS. A low-growing plant with pretty three- 

 parted foliage and clusters of dainty flowers. 

 For baskets or pot culture. 



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



Tropaeoloides. Dark yellowish brown foliage. 

 Pkt. 10 cts 



Primula, or Chinese Primrose 



(Large-flowering ; [Choicest Fringed) 



Chinese Primroses are noted for their profuse dis- 

 play of flowers in winter, and their long flowering 

 season. Growing from seed is not difficult, and full 

 directions for culture are given on our seed packets. 

 Alba magnifica. Pure white with vellow eye. 



Pkt. 25 cts. 



Rosy Morn. Beautiful delicate pink. Pki 

 Atrosanguinea. Blood-red. Pkt. 25 cts. 



25 cts. 



PRIMULA, or CHINESE PRIMROSE, con. 

 Coerulea. Rich blue. Pkt, 25 cts. 

 Kermesina splendens magnifica. Rich 



crimson, yellow eye. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Choicest Single Mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Giant-Flowering Fringed. Flowers of the 

 largest size and great substance. Giant 

 White, Giant Pink and Giant Copper- 

 colored. Each, pkt. 50 cts. 

 Fern-leaved. Single-flowering. Finest mixed. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



Alba flore pleno. Double white. Pkt. 50 cts. 

 Carminea flore pleno. Double red. Pkt. 50c. 

 Double Mixed. Pkt. 50 cts. 

 Stellata, or Star Primrose. 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. 

 Pkt. 50 cts. 



Forbesi, or Baby Primrose. Rosy lilac; 

 very floriferous; seedlings bloom in three- 

 months. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Obconica grandiflora fimbriata. Excel- 

 lent for winter and spring blooming; flowers 

 produced in large clusters on erect stems; 

 Fringed White, Pink, Lilac, Deep Red 

 pkt. 25 cts. 



Obconica grandiflora Gigantea. Bears enormous umbels of very 



large flowers. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Obconica hybrida. Pkt. 25 cts. 



PYRETHRUM aureum (Golden Feather). Golden yellow foli- 

 age, finely cut, producing rich, soft effects in bedding. Pkt. 5 cts. 



SALVIA (Flowering Sage) 



Magnificent bedding plants, all ablaze with long spikes of blue or 

 scarlet flowers from June until October. 1 to 2 feet tall. 

 Splendens. Flowers bright scarlet; a general favorite. Pkt. 10 cts. r 



%oz. 50 cts. 



Bonfire. Dwarf form of Splendens. Very early and free-blooming; 

 fine for bedding, borders and pots. 2 feet. Pkt. 10 cts., %oz. 75c. 



Little Lord Fauntleroy. Plant very compact and bushy, being 

 as broad as it is high. The flowers in number, size and brilliancy, 

 surpass any other variety. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Farinacea. Flowers bright light blue; long bloomer. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Patens. Beautiful blue flowers, desirable for the border or green- 

 house. Pkt. 25 cts. 



SMILAX (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides) . Glossy green foliage; a 

 superb climbing vine. Pkt. 10 cts. 



STREPTOCARPUS hybridus (Cape Primrose). The plant is of 

 dwarf, neat habit, with clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers. Shades 

 of rose, purple, red, violet and white, some being blotched and 

 striped; of easy culture; superb mixed. Pkt. 50 cts. 



TORENIA. Rich, bright colors are strangely 

 mingled and contrasted in the flowers of the 

 Torenias, giving them bizarre rainbow effects. 

 Fournieri grandiflora. Large flowers 1 inch 

 and over in diameter. Blue and white, yellow 

 throat. Pkt. 15 cts. 

 Fournieri compacta grandiflora. Compact; 

 flowers large, light blue, lip and wings violet; a 

 constant bloomer. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Bailloni. Golden yellow, with rich red brown 

 throat. Pkt. 10 cts. 



VINCA (Periwinkle). Very effective for beds and 

 borders, and bloom from early summer until 

 frost. 



Rose-colored, White with Crimson Eye, 

 Pure White and Mixed. Each, pkt. 10 cts. 



WIGANDIA caracasana. The leaves of this: 

 plant, 6 feet long and more than a foot wide, are 

 effective in subtropical bedding. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Sow our Evergreen Lawn Seed as early in spring 

 as conditions will permit 



IMPATIENS HOLSTII 



