WM. C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Annuals for Bloom the First Season. 



PRICE OF ALL. PACKETS, 5 CENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE QUOTED. 



SEEDLING DAHLIAS. 



Dahlias grown from seed bloom the first year. A large percentage of the double varieties 

 come true, while the single ones are superb. 



Dwarf Tom Thumb. Dwarf plants, very I Mixed Single. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 useful for bordering and pot-culture, and Mixed Double. Extra-fine mixed ; will pro- 

 extremely floriferous, bearing handsome duce a very large proportion of double 

 flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. ' flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 



SUMMER-BLOOMING DIANTHUS. 



(GARDEN PINKS.) 



Gay and spicily fragrant flowers, well loved and grown everywhere, in almost any soil. 

 They" cover their dense thicket of leaves and stems with brilliant masses of flowers. All the 



varieties named below bloom the first year from 

 seed. 



Double Seedling Dahlia. 



New Dianthus. 



Oriental Beauty. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA. 



(CALIFORNIA POPPY.) 



Flowers in rich hues of orange, yellow, 



scarlet, creamy white, crimson and carmine. 



Single and Double Mixed. 



Cross of Malta. Bluish green foliage and 

 golden yellow flowers, with a Maltese cross 

 in the center. 



Golden West. The flowers of this giant 

 measure 3K to 6 inches in diameter. The 

 large, overlapping petals are waved at the 

 edges. Some of the flowers are flat, others 

 saucer-shaped, others deep, with flaring- 

 edges. Color light canary, with orange 

 blotches at the base of petals, forming a 

 Maltese cross in the center. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Oriental Beauty. Prom Japan. A splendid 



strain, producing flowers 3 to 4 inches across, 



with petals IK inches in diameter; exquisitely 



formed, the petals being full, overlapping, 



crinkled and laciniated. Colors range from 



pure white through shades of pink and crim- 

 son; coloring and markings are rich beyond 



description. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Double Chinese, or Indian. Flowers large and very double, in all rich colors. Fine mixed. 

 Double White Chinese. Flowers large and showy. 



Heddewigii grandiflora fl. pi. (Crown of Perfection). Flowers of immense size and very 

 double; produced in greatest profusion. A great diversity of colors, from purest satiny white 

 to intense red, soft pink and flesh tints, and a large proportion of flowers marked in various 

 hues. Pkt. 10 cts. 



n. Beautiful rose variety. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 . Splendid brilliant dark red. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 hite, with purple center; very pretty. Pkt. 10c. 

 Double Japanese, or Diadem. Flowers 

 large and fine in form, and very double, 

 ranging through all colors. Finest mixed. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Double Imperial. An extra fine mixture, 

 producing all colors of these handsome 

 flowers. 



ERYSIMUM. Free-blooming, with 

 fragrant, orange-yellow flowers, somewhat 

 resembling those of the single wallflower. 



Eschscholtzia 



EVERLASTINGS. 



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

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



ACROCLINUM roseum. Graceful, double, rose-colored flowers; plant a foot high. 



Album. Double flowers, pure white. 

 AMMOBIUM grandiflorum. Cluster of pure white flowers; 2 ft. 

 HELICHRYSUM nanum (Eternal Flower). Beautifully formed 

 double flowers; plants dwarf and branching. Fine mixed. 

 Crandiflorum. Large-flowered and very double. 

 COMPHREN A globosa (Bachelor's Button). Round flower- 

 heads of red or white. Mixed. 

 RHODANTHE, Fine Mixed. The most delicately beautiful of 



all Everlastings; plants a foot high. 

 XERANTHEMUM. Bright, double, globe-shaped flowers. Mixed. 

 Special Offer of Everlastings.— I pkt. each, of 8 varieties, 30 cts. 



FEVERFEW, Double White (Matricaria). For cutting 

 and pot-culture, as well as for beds and borders. Thrives in all 

 soils; blooms until frost. Flowers white, double. 18 to 20 in. tall. 



FOUR. O'CLOCK (Mirabilis). Old favorites, 

 sweet-scented flowers of many different colors. They open 

 afternoon, and wither in the morning. Mixed. 



