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WM. C. BECKERT, ALLEGHENY, PA. — ANNUALS FOR BLOOM THE FIRST SEASON 



EUPHORBIA 



Heterophylla (Painted Leaf). Glossy leaves, changing to scarlet. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Variegata ( Snow-on-the-Mountain) . Of robust growth, with fine green leaves, 

 striped with white. Pkt. 5 cts. 



EVERLASTINGS 



The strawy texture of the flowers retains their shape and brilliant color indefi- 

 nitely. Cut them before they have opened fully, and dry slowly in the shade. 



ACROCLINIUM roseum. Graceful, double rose-colored flowers. 1 foot. Pkt. oc. 



Album. Double flowers, white. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 AMMOBIUM grandiflorum. Clusters of pure white flowers. 2 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 HELICHRYSUM nanum (Eternal Flower). Beautifully formed double flowers; 



plants dwarf and branching. Fine mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Monstrosum. Large and very double flowers. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 COMPHRENA globosa (Bachelor's Button). Roum. flower heads of red or white. 



Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 RHODANTHE, Fin« 



Mixed. The most deli 



cately beautiful of al 



Everlastings. 1 foot 



Pkt. 5 cts. 

 XERANTHEMUM. 



Bright, double, globe 



shaped flowers. Mixed 



Pkt. 5 cts. 



HELICHRYSUM. 



Special offer of Everlastings — 

 1 packet each, of 8 varieties, 

 30 cents. 



FEVERFEW, 



Double White (Matri- 

 caria). For cutting and pot 

 culture as well as for beds 

 and borders. Thrives in all 

 soils ; blooms until frost. 

 Flowers white, double. 18 

 inches. Pkt. 5 cts. 



FOUR O'CLOCK. 



Old favorites, with sweet- 

 scented flowers of many 

 lifferent colors. They open 

 n the afternoon, and wither 

 n the morning. Mixed. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts. 



GAILLARDIA 



Lorenzlana (Blanket Flow- 

 er). Showy bedding 

 plants, covered with 

 double flowers from mid- 

 summer until frost: many 

 bright colors. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Amblyodon. Large single 

 salmon-red flowers, deep 

 crimson in center. Pkt. 5c. 



GRASSES, 

 ORNAMENTAL 



Beds composed entirely of 

 Grasses, with tall varieties 

 planted in the center and 

 the shorter ones used for 

 edging, are especially beau- 

 tiful. 



ACROSTIS nebulosa. 



Feathery and elegant. 

 W 2 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



AVENA sterills (Animated 

 Oats). Drooping heads 

 i l A feet. Pkt 5 cts. 

 BRIZA maxima. The large form of Quaking Grass. 1% feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Minima gracilis. Small Quaking Grass. Fine for bouquets. 1 foot. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 BROMUS brizaeformls. Useful in many decorative ways when dried. 2 feet. Pkt. 5c. 

 COIX lachryma (Job's Tears). Broad blades, drooping seeds. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts. 

 ERACROSTIS elegans. "Love Grass.' Pkt. 5 cts. 

 CYNERIUM argenteum (Pampas Grass). See Perennials. 



LACURUS ovatus (Hare's Tall Grass). Small white spikes. 2 feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 PENNISETUM Ruppelianum. Handsome purple spikes. 2K feet. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 STIPA pennata (Feather Grass). Pl;t. 5 cts. 



TRICHOL/EANA atropurpurea. Purple spikes; fine. Pkt. 5 cts. 



One packet each o iabove 12 varieties for 45 cents. 



LOBELIA COMPACTA. 



page do. 



GODETIA 



HIBISCUS 



Africanus. Showy and effective. Large, 

 cream-colored flowers, with brown center. 

 Pkt. 5 cts 



Ciant Yellow. The flowers attain a great 

 size, measuring 7 to 8 inches in diameter; 

 canary yellow, with garnet throat. Pkt. 10c. 



Bright and attractive compact-growing 

 plants, always gay with a crop of their 

 pretty flowers. 



Glorlosa. Flowers large and brilliant red in 



color. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Duke of Albany. Satiny white. Pkt. 5c. 

 Brilliant. Bright crimson, Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Grandiflora compacta. Large-flowering 



white. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Mixed. All colors. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts. 



HO EE Y HOCK, Everblooming. 



Blooms first season if sown early; flowers 

 double, semi-double and single, and in a great 

 diversity of colors. Pkt. 2C cts. 



HCNNEMANNIA f u mariaefolla 



(Giant Yellow Tulip Poppy). Large, buttercup 

 yellow, poppy-like flowers. 2 feet Pkt. 5c. 



