W/W. C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY. PA. 



Annuals which Bloom the First Season. 



Carnations and Dianthus< 



Annual Forms, Biooming soon after the Seed is Sown. 



Larnalions. 



ate included in this choice mixture of single sorts. 

 5 cents per pkt. 



D. — diadematus 11. pi. (The Double Japanese, or Dia- 

 dem Pink). Flowers large and fine in form and very 

 double, ranging through all colors, from deep, velvety 

 crimson to delicate rose. One of the finest annuals 

 grown. True seed, in finest mixture, lo cts. per pkt. 



D. imperlalis fl. pi. (Double Imperial Pink). An extra- 

 fine mixture, producing all colors of these handsome 

 flowers. 5 cents per pkt. 



D. barbatus (Sweet William). See Perennials. 



COIiLiECTIONS OF DIANTHUS, including Margaret 

 Carnation and above 5 varieties, 35 cents. 



CARNATION MARGARET. 



This new, dwarf, double form of the hardy Carnation, which blooms four months from 

 the seed-sowing, and gives a large percentage of handsome double flowers, attracted 

 wide attentionfrom thetimeof its introduction, and is much admired and valued in all gar- 

 dens where it has been tested. The plants are vigorous, dwarf and neat in growth, and, 

 if sown under glass in March or April, begin blooming in early summer and yield a bril- 

 liant display of flowers until frost. Plants whieh have bloomed all summer in the garden 

 are frequently potted for winter decoration, and bloom in the window for a long 

 time ; but for this purpose it is better to sow seed later in the season. The 

 flowers are large, quite double and perfectly formed, never bursting the calyx, 

 and show all colors and variegations through beautiful shades of red, pink and 

 white. This is Especially fine Carnation for cutting, since, although the plant 

 is dwarf, the stems are good and the flowers produced in great profusion. 

 Eighty per cent, of the plants give double flowers, and may be planted so 

 closely that the single ones when weeded out leave no unsightly gaps. These 

 single flowers, however, are too pretty and graceful to be thrown away, and in 

 many gardens are given a bed to themselves ; they are as fragrant and finely 

 colored as the double forms. Our seed is an improved and valuable strain, 

 quite true and fixed in habit. Mixed, 15c. per pkt. ; pure white, 15c. per pkt. 

 ..^"For other Carnations, see Seeds of Greenhouse Plants. 



DIANTHUS. 



Brilliant and Popular^Garden Pinlcs. 



For this gay and spicily fragrant flower of the garden no special recom- 

 mendation or introduction is necessary ; it is well loved and grown every- 

 where, and proves itself well worthy of general esteem by growing away 

 f>^N^.^v%^v^%^%^N^>^/..^/N^ sturdily in almost any soil 



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and covering its dense thicket 

 of leaves and stems with bril- 

 liant masses of flowers. All 

 the species and varieties 

 named below bloom the first 

 year from seed and give bet- 

 ter satisfaction if sown yearly, 

 the young plants producing 

 larger, finer colored flowers 

 than the old ones. 

 D. Chinensls fl. pi. (Double 

 Chinese or Indian Pink). 

 Flowers large and very 

 double, in all rich colors ; 

 a fine mixture, 5c. per pkt. 



D. albus (Double White 



Chinese Pink). Flowers 

 large and snowy. 5 cents 

 per pkt. 

 D. Heddewigii (Japanese 

 Pink). An especially bril- 

 liant race, with very large, 

 richly colored flowers, 

 which in the single form 

 display their beautiful 

 markings well. "Crimson 

 Belle and Eastern Queen " 

 are two notably handsome 

 varieties, which with other 

 fine ones, in many colors, 



Diantlms. 



DAHLIA. 



Every one does not know how easily fine Dahlias may 

 be grown from seed, and that the plants bloom the first year, or more people would try it. A large percentage 

 of the double varieties come true, while the single ones are always superb, giving flowers of most beautiful form 

 and coloring, combined with graceful habit. The single Dahlias are favorites for corsage wear, and are in every 

 way to be recommended. The seed must be started early, and the tubers dug and stored like potatoes, before 

 frost. For Dahlia Tubers, see Summer-Blooming Bulbs. 



Dwarf Tom Thumb. \ new race of quite dwarf plants, very useful for bordering and pot-culture, and 

 extremely floriferous. The unique little plants are compact and elegant in habit, and the single flowers 

 come in rich stripes, or splendid self-colors. One of the best new plants of the year. 25 cents per pkt. 



Mixed Singfle. Seed saved from the best named varieties. 10 cents per pkt. 



Mi.ved Double. An extra-fine mixture, saved from the best double flowers ; will produce a large proportion of 

 double flowers, including bright and rich colorings. 10 cents per pkt. 



ERYSIMUM PEROFFSKIANUM. 



A free-blooming plant, about i K feet high, with very fragrant, orange-yellow flowers, somewhat resembling 

 Uiose of the single Wallflower. It deserves to be more widely grown, and will be greatly prized as it becomes 

 known to flower lovers. 5 cents per pkt. 



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