WM. C. BECKERT, ALLEGHENY, PA.— Seeds of Hardy Perennials 



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Seeds of Hardy Perennials 



MANY PERENNIALS BLOOM THE FIRST SEASON IF SOWN EARLY 



The permanent character of the Hardy Perennials, which live and bloom from year to year for an indefinite period, with but little care, 

 renders them very popular among all classes of gardeners. Some of our very finest flowers are to be found among these plants for the hardy 

 garden, many of which, though old-fashioned, are dear through associations. Perennials sown in fall will often bloom the next season. 



AQUILEGIA (Columbine) 



Handsome and free-blooming. Bears curiously shaped flowers in 

 many bright and delicate colors, and displays them well against a 

 mass of light and pretty foliage. 2 feet. 



Coerulea hybrida (Rocky Mountain Columbine). Flowers very 

 large, more or less double toward the center, with long spurs; 

 flowers white, marked with shades of blue; very line. Pkt. 10c. 

 Clandulosa Vera- Large, erect blue flowers; pure white corolla; 



very tine. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Large-flowering Yellow. Gold-spurred. Much admired; flowers 



large and bright golden yellow. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Large-flowering White. Large, snow-white flowers, with long 



spurs. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Vulgaris fl. pi. Double varieties mixed. These will give an 

 abundance of odd and very pretty flowers. Pkt. 5 cts. 



BELLIS PERENNIS FL. PL. (English Daisy) 



This dainty little flower is a favorite everywhere. It is of easy 

 culture, and grows well in all soils if given a rather moist, shaded 

 situation. Flowering plants grow rapidly irom seed sown in the 

 border in early spring or in boxes in the house. They seldom exceed 

 6 inches in height, and bloom from spring until midsummer; in 

 some localities sparingly in autumn. An exquisite plant for shady 

 borders and edging to beds, or for window-boxes in a cool room, 

 where in winter flowers are sent up thickly, forming rainbows of 

 pink and white. 



Clant Red. Choice large-flowering double red. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Giant Longfellow. The bright, rose-colored flowers are very 

 large and double, and borne on long, stiff flower-stalks; fine 

 flowers for cutting. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Giant Snowball. A pure white variety, with flowers very double, 



large and perfect. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Giant Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts. 



CALLIRRHOE. Lilac and white flowers, produced the first 

 year if the seed is started early. Very pretty. Pkt. 5 cts. 



CAMPANULA (Bellflower). Very popular for mixed beds 

 and borders. These bear a profusion of large, bell-shaped 

 flowers in blue, rose, pink and white. 

 Pyramidalis. Flowers in many shades of blue and white. 



Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Calycanthema (Cup and Saucer). Handsome flowers in many 



tints of blue, rose and white. Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 

 Canterbury Bell. Produces large, bell-shaped flowers of charming 



form in many beautiful shades. Single and Double. Pkt. 5c. 

 Carpatica (Carpathian Blue 

 Bells). Producing in pro- 

 fusion their erect bell- 

 shaped flowers; blue a 

 white. Pkt. 5 cts. 



CANDYTUFT (Iberi 

 Dwarf-growing 

 and free-flow- 

 ering plants; 

 very useful for 

 the border. 

 Glbraltrlca. 

 White, suffused 

 with pink. 1 Vi 

 foot. Pkt. 

 10 cts. 

 S e m pervlrens. 

 White, with 

 glossy foliage. 

 Y 2 foot. Pkt. 

 10 cts. 



ANTIRRHINUM. 



ACANTHUS. Grows in almost any soil and situation; of a 

 stately character. 

 Latlfolius. Flower-spikes tall and handsome. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Mollis. Showy; very ornamental foliage. Pkt. 10 cts. 



ACONITUM (Monk's Hood). Curious helmet-shaped flowers, 

 produced on ■tall racemes above the finely cut foliage from mid- 

 summer until late autumn; bright blue, Pkt. 5 cts. 



ADONIS vernalis. A bright early spring flower, with large 

 showy yellow flowers. Pkt. 5 cts. 



ALYSSUM saxatile compactum. Low-growing, with light 

 green, silky foliage and golden yellow flowers. Useful for shaded 

 places. Pkt. 5 cts. 



ANEMONE. Among our earliest spring flowers. Their bios 

 soms are various shades of scarlet, purple, blue, white, some- 

 times striped. Fine mixture. Pkt. 5 cts. 



ANTIRRHINUM (Snapdragon). Blooms the first year 

 from seed if sown early, and makes very bright and showy bed- 

 ding plants. The dwarf sorts grow 6 to 8 inches to 1 foot tall. 



Nanum grandiflorum. Plants very stocky, growing to a height 

 of only 6 inches, and densely covered with their large and beau- 

 tiful flowers. Bloom continuously. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Striata. Flowers white, striped with rose and carmine. Pkt. 10c. 



Golden Queen. Pure yellow. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Giant-flowering. Flowers are double the usual size, and closely 

 set on the stems. White and Mixed, each per pkt. 10 cts. 



Queen of the North. Semi-dwarf, bushy plants, covered with 

 large, white, sweetly perfumed flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Tom Thumb, Mixed. All colors ; fine for bedding. Pkt. 5 cts. 



ARMERIA formosa (Thrift, Sea-Pink). Dwarf , hardy plants. 

 Rosy pink flowers, borne in clusters above the tufts of leafage. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



BAPTISIA australis. A fine herbaceous plant; flowers beau- 

 tiful blue, pea-shaped, produced on long spikes. Pkt. 5 cts. 



Use Our Evergreen 

 [Lawn Grass Seed 



BELLIS PEKENN1S FL. PL. 



