WM. C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Annuals for Bloom the First Season. 



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



DWARF NASTURTIUMS. 



Tom Thumb Varieties, for Bedding. 



None of the old-fashioned plants deserve their renewal of popularity better than 

 the Nasturtium, so brilliant and varied in coloring, free in bloom, and picturesque 

 in appearance. Hardy habit of growth, even in hottest suns and poor soils; prime 

 favorites for cut-flower work and personal adornment. The Dwarf Nasturtiums 

 form thick masses of leaves and flowers not more than a foot in height. 



one packet 



King of Tom Thumbs. Crimson. 



Pearl. White. 



Purpureum. Dark crimson. 



Beauty. Very bright ; flowers yellow 

 and scarlet. 



Empress of India. A splendid dark- 

 leaved sort; brilliant crimson flowers. 



Colden King. Large flowers of deep 

 golden yellow. 



King Theodore. Dark, rich maroon; 

 the petals look as if cut from velvet. 



Aurora. Very beautiful flowers, vary- 

 ing in color from primrose to pale 

 pink; lower petals tinged carmine. 



Cloth of Cold. Golden yellow foliage ; 

 light scarlet flowers. 



Prince Henry. Leaves cream-colored> 

 marbled and spotted; bright crimson" 

 scarlet flowers. 



Bronze. Burnished coppery bronze. 



Scarlet. Bright scarlet. 



Crystal Palace Gem. Sulphur, spot- 

 ted maroon. 



Ruby King. Bright ruby-red. 



Regelianum. Purplish violet. 



Scheuermann!. Cochineal. 



Spotted. Deep orange, with crimson 

 blotches. 



Superb Mixture of above-named va- 

 rieties. Oz. 20 cts. 



Fine Mixed. Will produce flowers of 

 many colors: Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. ,1b. $1.50. 



NEMOPHHA. Of compact habit, oddly and 'beautifully colored flowers of blue, 

 purple and white, in unusual markings and blendings. Mixed. 



NICOTIANA. A stately plant, growing about 3 feet high, and producing fine 

 effects with its broad, tropical foliage and clusters of large, tubular, fragrant flowers. 



NIEREMBERGIA. For baskets and edgings. Flowers white, tinted lilac. 



NOLANA. Beautiful, trailing border plants, with flowers in all shades of blue, 

 yellow and white. Mixed. 



NYCTERINIA. A dainty little edging plant, growing in dwarfish masses, 

 brightened by a profusion of small, star-shaped, white or lilac flowers. 



(ENOTHERA (Evening Primrose). Flowers large, fragrant and showy, white 

 and yellow being the predominating colors, affording a brilliant display. Mixed. 



PETUNIAS. 



No annual of the garden is more lavish with its flowers, or more readily adaptable to 

 any and every purpose, than the Petunia. So popular has it become that enthusiasts " 

 given years of patient care to its improvement, and we now have superb show varieties, 

 fringed, ruffled and doubled, mottled, striped and self-colored. 



Giants of California. This is the grand- 

 est strain of Petunias ever sent out. The 

 large, beautiful, fluffy blossoms are hand- 

 somely crimped, fringed and ruffled, and 

 come in white, rose, vel- 

 vety crimson-black, etc. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Ruffled Ciants. Flowers 

 large, with deep throat 



and very deep fringing and fluting. Pkt. 

 25 cts. 



Large - flowering Single Fringed. A 



choice mixture from superb strains. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Large-flowering, all sorts Mixed. Pkt. 

 15 cts. 



Double Giants of California. Flowers very 

 large and double ; petals fluted and crinkled ; 

 has great variety of colors. Pkt. 50 cts. 

 Large-flowering Double Fringed. Flow- 

 ers very double and waxen, in all the best 

 colors. Pkt. 50 cts. 

 Nana compact multiflora. Bushy plants, 

 with regularly striped flowers. Pkt. 10c. 



Giants of California Petunia. 



Snowball. Dwarf, compact, bushy plants, 

 covered with small white flowers; fine 

 for pots and borders. Pkt. 15 cts. 



Brilliant Rose. Similar to above, but 

 with brilliant rose flowers. Pkt. 15 cts. 



Inimitable grandiflora. White and crim- 

 son striped. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Ordinary Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts. 



POPPIES. 



The annual Poppies are quite as brilliant and effective for all purposes 

 sorts. They grow freely in any good soil. 



perennial 



Double Poppy. 



SINGLE POPPIES. 



New Fayal. Flowers in every conceivable 

 shade of red, pink, maroon and white, 

 self and variegated, double and single. 



Tulip. Grows 12 to 14 inches tall, branches 

 freely, and bears brilliant crowns of from 

 50 to 60 large, vivid scarlet flowers; late. 



Shirley. Semi-double, with daintly marked 

 and colored flowers. Mixed. 



Danebrog. Brilliant scarlet, with a large 

 white spot at the base of each petal, form- 

 ing a Maltese cross. 



Single Mixed. All the best sorts and 

 colors. 



37- 



DOUBLE POPPIES. 



Irresistible. Grows 5 feet or more in 

 height. Flowers immense ; perfectly 

 round ; beautiful red ; petals fringed. 



Mikado. Each blossom is a large soft 

 ball of finely divided petals, pure white 

 at the base, flaming into brilliant crimson- 

 scarlet towards the tips. 



Pseony-flowered. Large, very double and 

 shapely, brilliantly colored, free-bloom- 

 ing. Mixed. 



Pseony-flowered Nankeen Yellow. 



White Swan. Handsome, snowy flowers; 

 graceful, of fine size, fringed and double. 



