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BECKERT SEED AND BULB COMPANY 



Giant Cosmos 



1205 Crimson 



1206 Pink 



Cosmos AHH 



No garden is complete 

 without Cosmos. Long 

 before they bloom their 

 fernlike foliage makes a 

 most attractive back- 

 ground for the earlier 

 blooming sorts and when 

 they do bloom they yield 

 a mass of blossoms un- 

 surpassed by any other 

 flower. 



EARLY - FLOWERING. 



Start to bloom in July. 

 Height 5 ft. 



1207 White 



1208 Mixed 

 Each, pkt, 10 cts., Vioz. 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., V4OZ. 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-flowering strain of this 

 wonderful Cosmos. 



Early Double Crested 



1210 Crimson King 1212 White Queen 



1211 Pink Beauty 1213 Mixed Colors 



Each, pkt. 20 cts., V40Z. $1 



l^ate Double Crested 



1225 Crimson 1227 White 



1226 Pink 1228 Mixed Colors 



Each, pkt. 15 cts., Vioz. 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- 

 son. 



1186 Salmon Queen 



Each, pkt. 10 cts. 



1187 Scarlet Queen 



1188 White Prince 

 1191 Double and 



Single Mixed 



. 1/4OZ. 40 cts. 



1195 CLEOME pungens. (Giant Spider Plant.) 

 AH. Showy for borders, blooming all summer. 

 Rose-colored flowers with long "spider^-" 

 stamens. Height, 4 ft. Pkt. 10 cts., Koz. 

 25 cts. 



1196 COBi*:Ascandens. (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, bell-shaped, purplish blue. Plant the 

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

 Xoz. 25 cts. 



1198 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. ID cts., yioz. 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 $2. 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., Koz. 30 cts. 

 DAHLIA. PHH. Growing Dahlias from seed is 

 very interesting, for no two plants are alike in 

 color and many new and distinctive sorts are 

 often produced. 



1255 Cactus Mixed. Pkt. 15 cts., }ioz. 75 cts. 



1256 Double Large-flowering Mixed. Pkt. 

 15 cts., }ioz. 60 cts. 



1257 Peony-flowered Mixed. Pkt. 15 cts., 

 yioz. 60 cts. 



1258 Single Choicest Mixed. Pkt. 10 cts.. 



Xoz- 40 cts. 

 Dahlia Roots. See page 48. 



Delphinium • Hardy Larkspur 



PH 



Handsome, stately, old-fashioned flowers. 

 The finest blue hardy perennial and indis- 

 pensable for the well-arranged hardy border. 

 If started very early indoors, they will bloom the 

 first summer. 



1270 Belladonna. Turquoise-blue; extra-fine. 

 Height, 5 ft. Pkt. 25 cts., }4oz. $1. 



1276 Bellamosum. Dark blue with white eye. 

 Height, 5 ft. Pkt. 25 cts., ysoz. Si. 



1274 Gold Medal Hybrids. Tall spikes of large 

 flowers in all the finest shades of blue. Pkt. 

 15 cts., yioz. 50 cts. 



1275 Double-flowered Hybrids. Pkt. 15 cts., 

 yioz. 50 cts. 



chinense. Quite distinct from the above. 

 Plants are i K feet high and resemble huge 

 lobelias. 



1271 Blue 1272 White 



Each, pkt. 10 cts., Vioz. 50 cts. 



Delphinium, Hardy Larkspurs 



