WM. C. BBCKERT. 



ALLEGHENY. PA. 



PereT)T)l^A Pblox. 



(Plilox 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 

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

 pure white varieties are much prized for cemetery planting, and 

 snialter 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. 15 cents per pkt. 

 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 

 rf 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. 



(Tie Great White California Poppy.) South of Washington 

 this stately and handsome plant is entirely hardv, 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, 

 \Thich 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 tali. 10 cts. per pkt. 



SILENE. 



The gay flowers of the Silene, or Catchtly, appear in early j 

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

 are hardy, the different species, varying greatlv in height, color of 

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

 posed liorders, rockwork, etc. Mixed seed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



SWEET WILLIAM. 



See Diaitihus barbatus. 



TRITOMA UVARIA. 



(Red-Hot Poker.) 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 



bright colors, and borne 

 for pots and window-box 



great abundance. This is a favorite 

 i." Mixed seed. 10 cents per i)kt. 



VIOLA DO RATA. 



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

 little flowers, which bloom mostfreelv 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 of these old-fashioned 

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

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



like an orange-scarlet flame yeuuw auu v,uicL,j,,iuuiu give u.e.y <t pi^^^ ,,1 eve.y giiucL, »i.c,c 

 from amid th% Inntr rnrvinp- I they are not already grown and valued. When grown m the open 

 tuf" oHeaves Th g ^' ' ground the plants should be taken up and planted in pots in autunui. 



leaves. The flowers 

 open first at the bottom of 

 the spike, and last long, 

 10 cents per pkt. 



VALERIANA. 



(Garden Heliotrope.) 

 Early flowering, and suitable 



A better way is to transplant them into 

 small pots from 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 



for mixed bord%'rs and shrub- | the plants are left outside, and give 



Pentstenion. 



bery. The small, fragrant 

 red, rose and violet flowers 

 are borne in large corymbs 

 on long stalks. 



Mixed seed, from flowers of 

 various colors. 5c. per pkt. 



VERONICA. 



(Speedwell.) Pretty bor- 

 der plants, of low, spreading 

 habit, blooming in midsum- 

 mer. The flowers are of many 



abundance of beautiful flowers in spring. 

 Our seed is German grown and from the 

 very choicest varieties, in fine mixture. 



Double Mixed. This variety gives ^ 

 fine flowers in all the Wallflower 

 colors. IOC per pkt. 



Single Mixed. This seed is carefully 

 chosen from select plants of best colors. 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



THE INDEX 



on the third page of cover will help you to find 

 any plant for which you are lookinj:. 



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