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BECKERT SEED AND BULB COMPANY 



Giant 

 Single Asters 



We are determined to have you give this 

 fine annual a trial. Last year we listed it 

 as a novelty because it was so old as to 

 be new again, but here we list it in its 

 proper place and setting as an old time 

 favorite. We call your attention particu- 

 larly to the red Marshal Joffre, a bunch 

 of which in our window last summer caused 

 as much comment and inquiries as the 

 finest Dahlia. 



912 Marshal Joffre. Red. 913 White. 



911 Lavender. 920 Mixed. 



Each, pkt., 10c; X A oz., 50c. 



Chrysanthemum 



1300 Single Annual Mixed 



Painted daisies is the common name but 

 who would paint a daisy. They are Daisies, 

 not painted, but colored with exquisite 

 blendings of creamy-yellow and autumn 

 bronzes. Height 2 ft. and a cut flower par 

 excellence. Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c. 



Marigold 



2172 Leg-ion of Honor 



A colorful dwarf border plant that blooms 

 from midsummer until frost. Flowers are 

 a rich mahogany brown with yellow lights 

 and practicallv cover the plants from top 

 to bottom. Pkt., 10c; */£ oz., 30c. 



Old-Fashioned Sweet-Scented Mignonette. 



Old Time Flowers 



This year, instead of calling to your par- 

 ticular attention flower novelties, we sug- 

 gest that you try some of the old time 

 favorites and feel sure that you will be as 

 delighted in finding new beauties in them 

 as you have been in the past in realizing 

 your expectations in the newest of the new. 



57i Ageratum, Tall Blue 



Practically all flower gardeners know the 

 Dwarf Blue Ageratum so largely used for 

 borders, but far too few know the Tall 

 variety and its charming qualities. Tall 

 Blue Ageratum is 18 to 20 inches high. 

 Stems are long and straight and flower 

 heads are that light clear Delphinium blue 

 so seldom found in the annual flowers. 

 Pkt., 10c; Yi oz., 25c. 



633 Amaranthus Tricolor 

 Splendens 



With foliage as brilliantly colored as the 

 Christmas Poinsettia, Amaranthus Tricolor 

 is an ideal plant for the garden artist. It 

 is most effective in the Rose garden in mid- 

 summer and can be used to advantage in 

 both perennial and shrubbery borders. 

 Height, 2 feet with leaves gorgeously 

 splashed crimson, scarlet and yellow. The 

 flower itself is inconspicuous. Pkt., 10c; 

 % oz., 30c. 



Mignonette 



2225 Sweet Scented 



Not the new tall stiff spiked variety, but 

 the old graceful, airy kind that more than 

 makes up in fragrance what it lacks in size. 

 Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c. 



Salpiglossis 



Painted Tongue 



This will prove a new flower to many 

 modern gardeners but it was dear to the 

 hearts of our grandmothers. Graceful 

 plants about a foot and a half tall that 

 bear Nasturtium-like flowers on long stems 

 in shades of red, purple and white, all deli- 

 cately veined with purest gold. 



2651 Crimson. 2654 Scarlet and Gold. 



2652 Purple and Gold. 2655 White and Gold. 



2653 Rose and Gold. 2660 Choice Mixed. 



Each, pkt., 10c; *4 oz., 50c. 

 2659 Collection: One pkt. of each of the 

 above 5 colors. 40c. 



Scabiosa 



Mourning- Bride or Pincushion Plower 



The first common name we cannot ac- 

 count for but the latter is very descriptive 

 as the flowers greatly resemble small pink, 

 lavender, maroon and red pincushions with 

 silver white pins stuck in them. Height, 

 18 inches and excellent for cut flowers. 



2701 Black-purple. 2704 Lavender. 



2702 Crimson. 2705 Rose. 



2703 Plesh-color. 2706 White. 



2710 Mixed. 

 Each, pkt., 10c; oz., 30c. 

 2709 Collection: One pkt. of each of the 

 above 6 colors. 50c. 



OLD TIME FLOWER COLLECTION 



One packet of each of the above eig"ht Old Time Plowers (the Mixture will be sent 

 of those varieties offered in separate colors unless a specific color is requested). 

 70c, postpaid. 



