WM. C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, RA. 



Annuals which Bloom the First Season. 



Hehanthus Annmis. 



Beautiful, trailing border plants, with 

 almost as freely produced. The plants 

 5 cents per packet. 



Helianthus Aimuus. 



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

 grown principally for its seeds. Quite useful to produce food for poultry, and also as an 

 absorber of miasma. Per oz., 5 cents; per lb., 25 cents, postpaid. 

 H. annuns, Double and Variegated-Leaved. Each, 5 cents per pkt. 



IPOMOPSIS EI.EGAISS. 



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

 and fine foliage. Properly a half-hardy biennial, but blooms the first 5'ear, if sown early. 

 Mixed seed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



KAULFXJSSIA 



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

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

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



MESE^BRYANTHEMUM CRYSTAI^EINU»I. 



(Ice Plant.) The glistening wa.xen 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. 

 Mi.xed seed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



NOEANA. 



flowers in all shades of blue and yellow and white, shaped something like Morning-Glories and 

 are also admirable for hanging-baskets, rock-work, covering old stumps, etc. Mi.xed seed, 



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. coronaria, 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. 



(Marvel of Per 



NYCTEREVIA SE- 

 EAGIXOIDES. 



.\ dainty little edging plant, 

 growing in dwarfish masses, 

 brightened by a profusion of 

 small, star-shaped, white or lilac 

 flowers. Per pkt., 5 cts. 



tENOTHERA. 



(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. Mi.xed seed, 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



Candy tufi. 



MIRABIEIS JAEAPA. 



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. 



MAR100I.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. 



For prices and varieties, see Ca- 

 lendula and Tagetes. 



Marvel of Peru. 



THE INDEX 



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Double Marigold. 

 on the third page of cover will help you to 

 any plant for which you are looking. 



