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BECKERT SEED AND BULB COMPANY 



Double or Crested Cosmos 



Cosmos AHH 



No garden is complete without Cosmos. Long 

 before they bloom their fernlike foliage makes a 

 most attractive background for the earlier 

 blooming sorts and when they do bloom they 

 yield a mass of blossoms unsurpassed by any 

 other flower. 



EARLY-FLOWERING. Start to bloom in 

 July. Height 5 ft. 



1205 Crimson 1207 White 



1206 Pink 1208 Mixed 



Each, pkt. 10 cts., V4OZ. 30 cts. 



LATE-FLOWERING GIANT. Bloom in fall 

 and bear the largest flowers, often over 4 

 inches across. Height, 6 to 7 ft. 



1215 Giant Crimson 1217 Lady Lenox, 



1216 Lady Lenox Pink White 



1220 Late Giants Mixed 

 Each, pkt. 10 cts., Vioz. 25 cts. 



DOUBLE or CRESTED. A rare and beautiful 

 new type with double or crested centers and 

 an outer row of guard petals. We are very 

 glad to be able to offer this season, an early 

 as well as a late-ffowering strain of this 

 wonderful Cosmos. 



Early Double Crested 



1210 Crimson King 1212 White Queen 



1211 Pink Beauty 1213 Mixed Colors 



Each, pkt. 20 cts., V^oz. $1 



Late Double Crested 



1225 Crimson 1227 White 



1226 Pink 1228 Mixed Colors 



Each, pkt. 15 cts., V40Z. 60 cts. 



1229 Klondyke. A distinct dwarf bushy form 

 bearing single yellow flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 



CLARKIA. AH. Easily grown; bushy; free 

 flowering from July to frost. Nice for cutting 

 and pretty in beds. Flowers are double and 

 borne on leafy racemes. 



1185 Brilliant. Crim- 1187 Scarlet Queen 

 son. 1188 White Prince 



1186 Salmon Queen 1191 Double and 



Single Mixed 



Each, pkt. 10 cts., Vioz. 40 cts. 



1195 CLEOME pungens. (Giant Spider Plant.) 

 AH. Showy for borders, blooming all summer. 

 Rose-colored flowers with long "spidery" 

 stamens. Height, 4 ft. Pkt. 10 cts., }ioz. 

 25 cts. 



1196 COBilAscandens. (Cathedral Bells.) PT. 

 A vigorous climber. Blooms the first summer 

 from seed started indoors in March or in the 

 open ground in May. Climbs 20 feet; flowers 

 large, beli-shaped, purplish blue. Plant the 

 seed edgewise and cover lightly. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 }4oz. 25 cts. 



198 COLEUS, Choice Hybrids Mixed. PT. 



Fine bedding plants, grown for their bril- 

 liantly colored variegated foliage. Start in- 

 doors in March. Pkt. 25 cts. 



1200 COREOPSIS lanceolata. PH. Splendid 

 for cutting; bright golden yellow cosmos-like 

 flowers; blooms all summer. Height, 2 ft. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., >ioz. 30 cts. 



CYCLAMEN. PT. Beautiful flowers, suggest- 

 ing butterflies. One of the most popular 

 greenhouse pot-plants. The finest giant 

 strains. 



1232 Blood-Red 1235 All White 



1233 Rose 1236 White, Red Eye 



1234 Salmon 1237 Lilac 



Each, pkt. 50 cts., 100 seeds $3 

 1231 Giant Mixed. Pkt. 40 cts., 100 seeds I2. 50. 



1250 CYPRESS VINE. AHH. A beautiful 

 slender climber with little, scarlet or white, 

 star-shaped flowers. Very similar to Cardinal 

 Climber. Pkt. 10 cts., Xoz. 30 cts. 



Coreopsis lanceolata 



