O. BECKERT. 



ALLEGHENY. RA. 



Seeds of Select Hardy Perennials. 



Pzrenm^l Pblox. 



(Phlox decussata.) Nothing in the long ranks of hardy 

 perennial plants can vie with the hardy Phloxes in brilliancy and 

 profusion of bloom. Fine clumps of them form magnificent lawn 

 and garden ornaments, and nearly all bright colors are represented 

 in the large and handsome flower-heads, together with indescribable 

 blendings and markings in deep and delicate tints and shades. The 

 pure white varieties are much prized for cemetery planting, and 

 smaller side-clusters of flowers, produced beneath the large heads, are 

 valuable for cutting. Plants usually grow about 3 feet high. Mixed 

 seed from the choicest collections, 25 cents per pkt. 



JES* For Drummond Phlox, see Annuals. 



PENTSTEMON. 



A genus of plants much too handsome to be much longer neg- 

 lected. A few specialists have taken it up, and greatly improved 

 the flowers, which are borne in graceful spikes, not so stiff as those 

 of the Foxglove, and quite as brilliant and abundant. The plants 

 are herbaceous and quite hardy, and bloom from early summer until 

 frost. The flowers are of many shades and colors — white, blue 

 scarlet, crimson, yellow, etc. Mixed seed, 10 cents pet pkt. 



PAPAVER ORIENTALE. 



Among mixed borders or masses of shrubbery the large, bril 

 liant flowers of the Oriental Poppy have a meteor-like effect, so rich 

 and bright is their color. The loose, silken petals have each one a 

 blotch of black at the base. The plants are about 2 feet high, and 

 entirely hardy. 10 cents per pkt. 



ROMNEYA COULTERI. 



(The Great White California Poppy.) South of Washington 

 this stately and handsome plant is entirely hardy, but further north 

 it should be kept over winter in cellars or cold greenhouses. The 

 little care which it requires it well requites with its glorious flowers, 

 which are borne in great profusion from July until November. They 

 are round and poppy-like in shape, but from 4 to 5 inches 

 across, the large, pure white petals, being of waxen and semi-trans- 

 parent texture, and lighted in the center by a soft brush of bright 

 golden stamens. They have a delicate primrose perfume, and 

 when cut remain fresh for a long time. The plants grow from 6 to 8 

 feet tall. 10 cts. per pkt. 



SILENE. 



The gay flowers of the Silene, or Catchfly, appear in early 

 spring, and last until the host of later flowers bloom out. The plants 

 are hardy, the diflTerent species, varying greatly in height, color of 

 flowers, etc., but all free-blooniing, proving well adapted to ex- 

 posed borders, rock work, etc. Mixed seed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



SWEET WILLIAM. 



See Dianthns barbatus. 



TRITOMA UVARIA. 



A showy plant, which makes quite a fine 

 display of color when allowed 

 to form large clumps. Its 

 flower-spikes are often 4 feet 

 tall, and in late autumn rise 

 like an orange-scarlet flame 

 from amid the long, curving, 

 tuft of leaves. 10 cts. per pkt. 



VALERIANA. 



(Garden Heliotrope.) 

 Early flowering, and suitable 

 for mixed borders and shrub- 

 bery. The small, fragrant, 

 red, rose and violet flowers 

 are borne in large corymbs on 

 long stalks. 



Valeriana alba. Flowers 

 white ; valuable for bou- 

 quets. 5 cts. per pkt. 

 V. hybrida. Mixed seed, 

 from flowers of various 

 colors. 5 cts. per pkt. 



VERONICA. 



(Speedwell.) Pretty bor- 

 der plants, of low, spreading 

 habit, blooming in midsum- 

 mer. The flowers are of many 



(Red-Hot Poker.) 



Pentstemon. 



Perennial Phlo.v. 



bright colors, and borne in great abundance. This is a favorite also 

 for pots and window-boxes. Mixed seed, 10 cts. per pkt. 



VIOLA DO RATA. 



(Sweet-scented Violet,) Well known, delightfully fragrant, 

 little flowers, which bloom most freely in early spring and fall, and 

 are often grown in cold-frames, or window-boxes, for winter flowers. 

 The seed is slow in germinating, and should be sown early. 



Viola odorata alba. Pure white, single flowers. 10 cts. per pkt. 

 V, Mixed Seed. A fine mixture from flowers of best sorts, 10 cts. 

 per pkt. 



WALLFLOWERS. 



(Chionanthus.) The exquisite perfume o<" these old-fashioned 

 flowers, and their rich, quaint, bright colors, usually brownish red. 

 yellow and violet, should give them a place in every garden where 

 they are not already grown and valued. When grown in the open 

 ground the plants should be taken up and planted in_pots in autur 

 A better way is to transplant them into 

 small pots fr(?m the seed-bed, sink the 

 pots to rim in some sheltered border, and 

 keep the plants growing thriftily by fre- 

 quent watering and repotting. Treated 

 in this way, they will flower beautifully 

 in the house in winter, if given a cool 

 room. Where the winters are not severe 

 the plants are left outside, and give an 

 abundance of beautiful flowers in spring. 

 Our seed is German grown and from the 

 very choicest varieties, in fine mixture. 



Double Mixed. This variety givt 

 fine flowers in all the Wallflowt 

 colors. IOC. per pkt. 



Single Mi.xed. This seed is carefully 

 chosen from select plants of best colors. 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



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