WM. C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Annuals for Bloom the First Season. 



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



PORTULACA. 



Sturdy little trailing plants, that bloom brightest during the warmest, dryest weather. Beds of 

 them form brilliant rainbows of color on sunshiny mornings; the sun cannot be too warm for them. 

 Single Mixed. In many rich colors. 



Double Mixed. A large percentage of the flowers will be as double as little roses. 10 cts. 



SALVIA (FLOWERING' SAGE). 



Magnificent bedding plants, all ablaze with long spikes of blue or scarlet flowers from June until 

 October. 1 to 2 feet tall. 



Splendens. Flowers bright scarlet; a general favorite. 10 cts. 



Bonfire. Dwarf form of splendens. Very early and free blooming; fine for bedding, borders and 



pots. 2 feet. 25 cts. 

 Patens. Leaves silvery; flowers large, beautiful sky-blue. 25 cts. 



SALPIGLOSSIS. 



Large-flowering. The blossoms are velvety, with 

 deep veins and markings, lily-shaped, and quaintly 

 lovely. Mixed. 

 Tom Thumb. A dwarf bushy form; plants about 

 1 foot high, well-branched, blooming continually 

 during the summer. Mixed, 10 cts. 

 SANVITAWA Procumbens. A dwarf- 

 growing plant, continually bright with single golden 

 yellow flowers. 



SAPONARIA (Bouncing Bet). A hardy annual, growing into thick clumps, and 

 producing masses of fragrant red cruciform flowers. 



SCABIOSA, Large-flowering (Mourning Bride). Curious and pretty; an old- 

 fashioned flower, still deservedly popular. Mixed. 



Ten-Weeks Stocks. 



STOCKS. 



Almost all the 



Zinnia. 



Fragrant, and free-blooming, and easy to grow, either in beds or pots, 

 varieties have long, handsome spikes of flowers. 



LARGE-FLOWERING TEN-WEEKS. The plants flower 10 or 12 weeks after the seed is 

 sown. We offer a magnificent strain of this in separate colors: Pure White, Flesh- 

 colored, Chamois-buff, Carmine, Dark Crimson, Dark Blood-red, Light Blue, Chestnut-brown, Pink, Scarlet, Dark 



each; Mixed, 5 cts. * 

 Cut-and-Come-Again. An unusually free-blooming species. From spring until late in fall the plants are covered with flo^ 



thrive equally well in pots or beds. 10 cts. 

 Snowflake. Very early flowering, and indispensable for forcing. 10 cts. 

 Dwarf Queen. Of dwarf, compact growth, producing numerous umbels of 



large, intense blood-red flowers, which stand out effectively from the broad 



green leaves. 10 cts. 



VIRGINIAN STOCKS (Malcolmia). Pretty, profuse-flowering little 

 plants about 3 inches tall, with clusters of handsome red and white flowers. 



SUNFLOWERS (helianthus). 



Globosus. Flowers large, very double; rich saffron color. 

 Dwarf Double. Very floriferous. 



Thousand-flowered. Grows 10 to 12 feet high, forming 

 densely covered with golden-yellow flowers with black centers 



VERBENAS. 



These are among our brightest and best bedders. 



ue. 10 cts. 

 :s, and they 



Mammoth. The florets average an 

 inch in diameter, and have clearly 

 defined margins and large white 

 centers. White, Scarlet, Pink, 

 Blue, and Mixed, each 10 cts. 



New Dwarf Varieties (Nana com- 

 pacta). Very dwarf, spreading 

 habit. Mixed, 10 cts. 



Coerulea. Large, sky-blue flowers 

 Defiance. Bright scarlet flowers. 

 Italian Striped. Mixed. 

 Auricula-flowered. Mixed. 

 Candidissima. Pure white. 

 Choice Mixed. From finest flowers. 



VISC AM. I A. Flowers all tints 

 and shades of red. 



ZINNIA ELEGANS 



(YOUTH AND OLD AGE). 

 All of them, but especially the dwarf sorts, give gay effects in bedding, 

 taller sorts are very useful for mixed borders or massing in large clumps. 

 New Clant. Very large and double 

 flowers. 



Lilliput-flowered. Tiny flowers of 



double, perfect form. 

 Elegans, Double Mixed. 



The 



Elegans, Curled and Crested. 

 Fireball. Flowers very large, double 



and dazzling fiery scarlet in color. 

 Pompon. Flowers of symmetrical 

 cone shape, many fine colors. 

 WHITLAVIA, Beautiful bell-shaped flowers of white or blue, borne 

 clusters; adapted to baskets, borders, etc. Mixed. 



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