WM. C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Greenhouse Plants — Ornamental Foliage Plants. 



Tall-growing and handsome, 

 flowers. 15 cts. 

 ed from the best varieties. 



EUCALYPTUS globulosus 



with silvery linear leaves and 

 FERN SEEDS. Finest mixed 

 25 cts. 



GERANIUM, Zonale. A superb strain of the largest and 



finest varieties. Finest mixed. 10 cts. 

 GEOXINIA hybrida. The waxen flowers of the Gloxinias are 

 large, bell-shaped, and richly 

 colored, producing grand effects 

 when different sorts are grouped 

 together. Choice mixed, 25 cts. 

 GREVIEEEA robusta (Silk 

 Oak). A beautiful little tree, 

 grown for its graceful, fern-like 

 foliage. When small, it is used 

 for table decoration ; as it grows 

 larger, for tropical garden 

 effects. 10 cts. 

 HELIOTROPE. Le- 

 moine's Giant Hybrids. Flow- 

 ers range from pure white 

 through all shades of violet, blue 

 and indigo. Very fragrant heads 

 of mammoth size. Very florif- 

 erous. 10 cts. 



IMPATIENS sultani. A bright little plant, with clusters of 

 rosy scarlet flowers and glossy leaves of plain dark green. It is 

 neat and bushy in growth, and very cheery for winter windows or 

 summer bedding. 15 cts. 



EANTANA hybrida. The Lantana is a shrubby plant, with a 

 multitude of flower clusters something like the verbena. Mixed, 

 10 cts. 



MIMOSA pudica (Sensitive Plant). So called from the habit 

 which its fern-like leaves have of closing when touched. Flow- 

 ers are bright pink and fragrant. 10 cts. 

 OXALIS. A low-growing plant, with pretty three-parted foli- 

 age, and clusters of rose, violet, yellow, or white flowers. For 

 baskets and pot-culture. 

 Delicata. Salmon-rose; very pretty. 10 cts. 

 TropBeoloides. Dark yellowish brown foliage. 10 cts. 



Gloxinia Hybrida. 



PRIMULA, or CHINESE PRIMROSE. 



Choicest Fringed. 



Chinese Primroses are noted for their rich and profuse display of 

 flowers in winter, 

 and the length of 

 time to which they 

 produce it. Grow- 

 ing the plants from 

 seed is not difficult, 

 and full directions 

 for culture are 

 given on our seed 

 packets. 



Alba magnif- 



i c a . Pure 



white, yellow 



eye. 25 and 



50 cts. 

 Cocci n e a . 



Bright red. 25 



and 50 cts. 

 Kermesina 



splendens. 



Crimson, yel- 

 low eye. 25 



and 50 cts. 



Ccerulea. Beautiful blue. 25 and 50 cts. 



Fern-leaved. Mixed. 25 and 50 cts. 



Double White and Double Mixed. Each 50 cts. 



Obconica grand if lora. Constantly in bloom. Flowers white, 



tinged lilac. A great improvement on P. obconica. 50 cts. 

 SMIEAX (Myrsiphyllum asparagoides). Glossy green foliage; 



a superb climbing vine. 10 cts. 

 TORENIA. Rich, bright colors are strangely mingled and 



contrasted in the flowers of the Torenias, giving them bizarre 



rainbow effects. 



Fournieri. Light blue flowers, marked with velvety violet, and 



centers of bright yellow. 10 cts. 

 Bailloni. Golden yellow, with rich brown-red throat. 10 cts. 

 VINCA (Periwinkle). Rose-colored, White, with Crimson Eye, 

 Pure White. Each or Mixed, 10 cts. 



Primula sinensis. 



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



Seeds of Ornamental Foliage Plants. 



FOR SUMMER BEDDING, BORDERS AND POT CULTURE. 



We include in this department all the best ornamental foliage plants largely used in outdoor bedding. More tender sorts, useful chiefly 

 for house and conservatory decoration, will be found under Seeds of Greenhouse Plants. 

 AJUGA metallica. Of regular and compact habit, with pecu- 

 liarly curled foliage, distinctly observable in the illustration. 

 The very crimpled and curled dark green leaves have a metallic 

 luster, and bend outwards in rosette-like form. From their cen- 

 ter rises a spike 4 to 5 inches high, thickly set with small ultra- 

 marine blue flowers. Fine for carpet beds and borders. 25 cts. 

 AMARANTUS. Tall-growing plants, with showy, variegated 

 leaves and long racemes of curious flowers. 



Caudatus (Love-lies-bleeding). Three feet tall : blood-red. 



Cruentus. The well-known Prince's Feather. 3 feet. 



Henderi. Of beautiful habit; brown, dark red and bronze. 



Nobilis pyramidalis. Very ornamental. 3 feet. 



Tricolor (Joseph's Coat). Leaves are a beautiful mosaic 

 of color. 



BEET. Ornamental-foliaged Beet 

 CENTAUREA (Dusty Miller). 

 Silver-leaved, and indispensable for 

 ribbon beds and borders. 

 Candidissima- Leaves broader and 

 whiter than in any other silver-leaved 

 sort. 10 cts. 

 Cymnocarpa. Of very graceful growth; 

 a fine variety. 

 COEEUS. The leaves are of many 

 shapes and bright colors, and nearly 

 all varieties have a rich, velvety 

 appearance. Seed sown in March or 



April will produce fine plants for bed- •:yr n Ji2t£ZLs*&5& -* 

 ding. 25 cts. Ajuga metallica. 



In various colors 



CINERARIA candidissima. Used in ribbon-bedding, vases* 

 etc. Leaves are silvery white, flowers yellow. 



EUPHORBIA heterophylla (Painted Leaf). Glossy green 

 leaves, changing in midsummer to brilliant scarlet. 

 Variegata (Snow-on-the-mountain). Of robust growth, with fine 

 green leaves, striped with white. 



PERIEEA Nankinensis. A beautiful plant; leaves rich, dark 

 purple; fringed. Contrasts finely with silver-leaved foli- 

 age plants. 



PYRETHRUM aureum (Golden Feather). Golden 

 yellow foliage, finely cut, producing rich, soft effects in 

 bedding; annual. 



WIGANDIA caracasana. The leaves' of this plant, 6 

 feet long and more than a foot wide, 

 are effective in sub-tropical bedding, 

 10 cts. 



RICINUS (Castor Oil Bean). 



Borboniensis arboreus. Grows 15 



feet. Leaves enormous. 

 Cambodgensis. Red -black stems, 



very dark leaves; very distinct. 

 Cibsoni. Dark purple leaves and 

 stems. 



Zanzibariensis. New and distinct. 

 The plants present a splendid aspect, 

 with their gigantic leaves. Seeds 

 also very distinct, very large and of 

 exquisite tints. Mixed. 



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