Annuals which Bloom the First Season. 



WM. C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY. PA. 



Ciit-and- Come- Again Stock. 



STOCKS. 



For an Early and Profuse Display of Brilliant Flowers. 



We offer a fine selection of varieties of this favorite old-fashioned 

 flower, so fragrant and free-blooming, and so easy to grow, either 

 in beds or pots. Almost all the species and varieties have long, 

 handsome spikes of flowers, which are admirable for cutting, and 

 remain fresh a long while. The Ten-Weeks Stocks are especially 

 popular, because they bloom so soon after the seed is sown, 



Snowflake. This variety is very early flowering, and indispensable 

 for forcing. The plants are vigorous dwarfs of the Wallflower- 

 leaved section, and produce long spikes of large, double, snow- 

 white flowers. 15 cents per pkt. 



Victoria Bouquet. An exceedingly pretty new variet}-, with fine 

 spikes of dark blood-red flowers. 15 cents per pkt. 



LARGE-FLOWERING TEN=WEEKS STOCKS. 



The plants flower ten or twelve weeks after the seed is sown. 

 We offer a magnificent strain of this in separate colors : Pure White, 

 Flesh-Colored, Chamois-Buff, Carmine, Dark Crimson, Dark Blood 

 Ked, Copper Ked, Light Blue, Chestnut-Brown, Pink, Scarlet, Crimson, 

 Bose. 10 cents each ; mixed, 10 cents. 



FAVORITE TALL VARIETIES. 



Cut-and-Come-Again. A popular name for an unusually free- 

 bloommg species. The plants grow about 2 feet high, if the 

 seed IS sown early, and send out numerous side-branches, each 

 of which bears a cluster of pure white, fragrant flowers, beau- 

 tifully shaped and very double. Thev are verv useful for cut- 

 ting, and this only seems to make the blooms come thicker. From 

 spring until late in fall the plants are covered with flowers, and 

 they thrive equally well in pots or beds. 10 cents per pkt. 



Globe-Flowered Pyramidal. Plants strong and tall in habit • 

 flower-spikes long, showy and plentiful. Mixed seed of different 

 colors. 10 cents per pkt. 



VIRGINIAN STOCKS. 



(Malcolmia.) Pretty, profuse-flowering little plants, about 

 3 inches tall, with clusters of red and white flowers. They are 

 very useful for borders and edgings, and grow well anywhere s 

 cents per pkt. 



MATHIOLA BICORNIS. 



Another pretty relative of the Stock, with delightfully fragrant 

 lilac flowers. A capital edging plant for drv and sunny exposures. 

 5 cents per pkt. 



POLYGONUM ORIENTALE. 



(Persicaria.) Fine and showy for backgrounds. With slight 

 protection the plants live and bloom from vear to year. They grow 

 about 2 feet tall, and their red flowers open late in the season. 10 

 cents per pkt. 



PORTULACA. 



Sturdy, little trailing plants, that bloom brightest during our 

 warmest, dryest weather. Beds of them form brilliant rainbows of 

 color on sunshiny mornings. 



Single Mixed. Large flowers, in many rich, bright colors. 5 

 cents per pkt. 



Double Mixed. A large percentage of the flowers will be as 

 double as little Roses ; single ones should be weeded out as soon 

 as they bloom. 10 cents per pkt. 



j SALPIQLOSSIS. 



This elegant half-hardy annual flowers in late summer and 

 I autumn. The blossoms are velvety, with deep veins and markings, 

 I lily-shaped, and quaintly lovely. Our seed will give flowers in ali 

 rich deep and delicate colors. 5 cents per pkt. 



Salvia. 



(Flowering Sage.) Magnificent bedding plants, all ablaze with 

 long spikes of blue or scarlet flowers from June until October : i 

 , to 2 feet tall. 



S. patens. Leaves silvery ; flowers large, and beautiful sky-blue ; 



tenderer than .5. splendens. 25 cents per pkt. 

 S. splendens. Flowers bright scarlet ; a general favorite. 10 



cents per pkt. 



SANVITALIA PROCUMBENS. 



A dwarf-growing plant, continually bright with single golden- 

 yellow flowers. It thrives well in all soils, and is very popular for 

 [ edgings and rockeries. 5 cents per pkt. 



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j SAPONARIA CALABRICA. 



(Bouncing Bet.) A hardy and robust annual, growing into 

 thick clumps, and producing rnasses of fragrant red, cruciform flow- 

 ers. 5 cents per pkt. 



SCABIOSA. 



(Mourning Bride.) The tufted, double flowers of the Scabiosa 

 are curious and prett}', and abundant until frost. It is an old-fash- 

 ioned flower, still deservedly popular ; indeed, it has all the charms 

 of novelty to many of the younger flower-lovers. Mixed seed of 

 different varieties, 5 cents per pkt. 



i^^B^THP lUnPY °" third page of cover will 

 IflL I)i1JlA help you to find any plant for 

 which you are looking. 



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