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BECKERT SEED AND BULB COMPANY 



Verbena 



New Giant Hybrids. AHH. An 

 old-time favorite which has but 

 lately been taken up by the hybri- 

 dizers with truly marvelous re- 

 sults. Plants are compact, bushy 

 and bear extra large trusses, the 

 individual florets of which meas- 

 ure an inch in diameter. "With this 

 new strain we look for an immedi- 

 ate re-popularity of this fine floyver. 



3061 Etna. Geranium red with yel- 

 low eye. ~ 



3062 Iiucifer. Bright glowing scar- 

 let. 



3063 Iiuminosa. Flame pink shad- 

 ing to salmon. 



3064 Rose Cardinal. Cardinal-rose 

 with white eye. 



3065 Vlolacea. Deep violet-purple, 

 white eye. 



3066 White. Large pure white. 

 Each, pkt., 15c; oz., $1.00. 



3069 COIiIiECTION: One pkt. of each of the 

 above 6 colors, 75c. 



3070 Mixed. A superb array of color. Pkt., 

 10c; V4. oz., 60c. 



3052 Beauty of Oxford Hybrids. The largest 

 flowered Verbena. Flower trusses are held 

 erect and individual florets are very large. 

 Pkt., 25c. 



3053 Iiavender Glory. Extra large lavender. 

 Pkt.. 25c. 



3072 l^emon Verbena (Lippia citriodora). 

 PT. Not a true Verbena. Grown for its 

 fragrant lemon-scented leaves. Pkt., 20c. 



3068 Dwarf Fireball. New dwarf scarlet. 

 Pkt.. 25c. 



Verbena. Giant Hybrids 



Tithonia 



VERBENA— Continued. 



3071 erinoides (Moss Verbena). AH. Thick 

 mossy foliage and clusters of little lav- 

 ender flowers. Pkt., 10c. 



3045 USSINIA anetboides. Flowers are 

 daisy-like with orange colored petals and 

 central bands of ruby-red. Pkt., 25c. 



3025 TITHONIA speciosa. AH. Large 



Dahlia-like plants up to 6 feet tall. Flow- 

 ers are flame orange, shaped like a single 

 Dahlia and borne on long stems. An excel- 

 lent cut flower. Pkt., 25c. 



3014 SWEET WIVEIiSFIEIrD. AH. A new 



race of hardy annual flowers, being the 

 result of a cross between Pinks and Sweet 

 William. Flowers are borne in heads like 

 Sweet William, but the individual flowers 

 are much larger. Blooms all summer. 

 Pkt., 25c. 



3015 TAGETES sig-nata pumila, Iiittle Giant. 



AH. Very pretty miniature Marigolds. 

 Plants are dwarf, bushy and very free 

 flowering. Pkt., 15c; % oz., 50c. 



3020 THUNBERGIA (Black-eyed Susan). 

 AHH. Rapid-growing, slender climbers 

 with dainty, black-eyed cream, yellow, 

 and bufC flowers. Excellent for porch- 

 boxes. Pkt., 10c; ^ oz., 40c. 



3030 TORENIA Pournieri. AT. Compact 

 plants, covered with blue flowers. Splen- 

 did for baskets. Height 8 in. Pkt., 20c. 



3075 VENXDIITM fastnosum. AH. The larg- 

 est African Daisy. Plants 2 to 3 feet tall 

 bear numerous large daisy-shaped flow- 

 ers, 4 to 5 Inches across, orange with 

 brown central discs. Pkt., 25c. 



309S VIRGINIAN STOCK (Malcolmia mari- 

 tima). AH. Dwarf plants blooming all 

 summer; shades of white, pink and rose. 

 Pkt.. 10c. 



3333 Wn^D CUCUMBER (Echinocystis lo- 

 bata). AHH. Very rapid climbing vine 

 for quick covering of trellises, banks, 

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



VINCA rosea (Periwinkle). PT. Handsome 

 bedding plants, blooming the first sum- 

 mer from seed started indoors in Febru- 

 ary or March. 



3091 Pure White. 3093 Rose with Red 



3092 White with Rose Eye. 



Eye. 3094 miized. 



Each, pkt., 10c; M oz., 50c. 



