WM. O. BECKBRT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Annuals which Bloom the First Season. 



Helianthus Annuus. 



(Giant Russian Sunflower. ) The largest species of Sunflower grown. Very tall and stately; 

 showy for backgrounds and shrubberies, but grown principally for its seeds, quantities of which 

 may be gathered from the center of the immense yellow flowers. Quite useful to produce food 

 for poultry, and also as an absorber of miasma. Per oz., 5 cents ; per lb., 25 cents, postpaid. 



IPOMOPSIS ELEGANS. 



i, (Standing Cypress.) Handsome plants, with long spikes of red or bright scarlet flowers, 



""111^ and fine foliage. Properly a half-hardy biennial, but blooms the first year, if sown early. 

 Mixed seed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



"] KAUI.FUSSIA AMELLOIDES. 



DSJliLjlj A good plant for edgings or pots; compact, free-blooming, from 6 inches to i foot high. 



fThe flowers are blue, violet, white, crimson or rose, and look something like single Asters. 

 Quite graceful and pretty ; should be more generally grown. Mi.\ed seed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



MESEmBRYANTHEMUM CRYSTAI^LINUM. 



(Ice Plant.) The glistening waxen leaves and stems of this plant suggested its common 

 name ; they are covered with a shining granular coat, which sparkles in the sun like ice. The 

 ^ flowers, too, are quite pretty and of various colors, pink, white, etc. ; the plant is trailing, and 

 about 6 inches high, its habit well adapting it for baskets, vases, borders and rockeries. 

 Mixed seed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



NOEANA. 



Beautiful, trailing border plants, with flowers in all shades of blue and yellow and white, shaped something like Morning-Glories and 

 almost as freely produced. The plants are also admirable for hanging-baskets, rock-work, covering old stumps, etc. Mixed seed, 

 5 cents per packet. 



NYCTERIIVIA SE- 

 EAGINOIDES. 



Helianthus Annuus. 



IBERIS or CANDY- 

 TUFT. 



An old and universal favorite, 

 largely cultivated, and continually 

 in bloom ; as valuable for cut-flow- 

 ers as for edgings and masses, and 

 always desirable. 



Iberis amara. Clusters of pure 

 white. Per pkt., 5 cts. 



I. coroiiaria, Empress. Large, 

 handsome trusses of pure white 

 flowers ; plant strong, and of 

 candelabrum-like habit. Per 

 pkt., 5 cts. ^ 



I. Tom Thumb. Very dwarf, 

 forming a low, dense mass of 

 green, against which the large 

 clusters of white flowers show 

 finely. Per pkt., 5 cts. 



A dainty little edging plant, 

 growing in dwarfish masses, 

 brightened by a profusion of 

 small, star-shaped, white or lilac 

 flowers. Per pkt., 5 cts. 



CENOTHERA. 



(Evening Primrose.) The 

 hardy garden Primroses are 

 very useful as backgrounds for 

 lower plants, and for borders 

 along shrubbery. Their flowers 

 are large, fragrant and showy, 

 white and yellow being the pre- 

 dominating colors, affording a 

 brilliant display. Mixed seed, 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



Candytuft. 



MIRABIEIS JAEAPA. 



(Marvel of Peru, Four O'clock.) Old favorites, with sweet-scented flowers of 

 many different colors ; they open in the 

 afternoon, and wither in the morning. 

 The plant may also be treated like a half 

 hardy perennial, and the roots preserved 

 as for Dahlias. Mixed seed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



MARIOOI.DS. 



(See Calendula and Tagetes.) 



The plants classed under both these 

 names are very bright and showy, and 

 grow and bloom freely in any soil. The 

 African Marigolds (Tagetes) are taller- 

 growing than the French or Pot Mari- 

 golds (Calendula), but the latter give the 

 best flowers, and are more adaptable for 

 all situations. For pot-culture and bor- 

 ders they are especially fine. All Mari- 

 golds begin blooming in midsummer, and 

 continue to form bright masses of color 

 until after frost. 



?/ii3- For prices and varieties, see Ca- 

 lendula and Tagetes. 



Double Marigold. 



Marvel of Peru. 



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