WM. C. BECKERT, ALLEGHENY, PA. 



NICOTIANA. 



Affinis. Sweet-scented, pure white, star-shaped flowers, 

 three inches across, blooming continually in the greenhouse 

 in winter or bedded out in summer. 2 to 3 ft. ha. 10 cts. 



Macrophylla Gigantea. (Giant red flowered.) A grand 

 decorative plant; foliage luxuriant and tropical in appear- 

 ance, surmounted with immense clusters of rich crimson 

 flowers, producing a most beautiful effect. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 NIGELLA. (Love in a Mist.) 



The pretty blue flowers of this delicate plant are sur- 

 rounded by a delicate wreath of fine mossy green fibers; de- 

 sirable for masses or on the border, ha. 



Mixed, blue or white. 5 cts. 



Damascena. (Devil in a Bush.) Double blue. 5 cts. 

 NOLANA. 



Dwarf trailing plants, with charming Morning Glory 

 like flowers, of violet, sky blue, white and yellow; fine for 

 rock-work, vases and baskets, ha. Mixed. 5 cts. 



NYCTERINiA. 



A pretty little edging plant, dwarfish in growth and pro- 

 ducing a profusion of small, star-shaped, white flowers, hha. 

 5 cts. 



CENOTHERA. (Evening Primrose.) 



Produces large, showj^ yellow flowers; very fragrant; 

 will bloom the first season; very fine. ha. 10 cts. 



PASSIFLORA. (Passion Flower.) 

 Ccerulea. Deciduous climber, with blue and white 

 flowers, very pretty and fine. ha. 10 cts. 



PERILLA NANKINENSIS. 

 The foliage of this plant is of a very dark purple color, 

 cut or fringed and very beautiful. It is well adapted to form 

 a contrast with silvery leaved plants, hha. 5 cts. 



PENSTEMON. 



Half-hardy perennial ; will bloom the first season if sown 

 early. Produces abundance of long, graceful spikes of 

 brilliant flowers; very handsome. Mixed. 10 cts. 



PORTULACA. 



Splendid for massing in beds; love a warm place; the 

 single sorts are large and brilliant and of the richest shade 

 of colors; the double varieties always produce a proportion 

 of single flowers, ha. Single white, yellow, scarlet and 

 mixed. Each 5 cts. 



Choice Double. Mixed. 10 cts. 



POPPY. (Papaver.) 



Very effective in large' clumps or mixed beds; flowers 

 large and of brilliant colors. Sow the seed where the plants 

 are to grow, as they will not bear transplanting, ha. 



New Shirley. The colors range from purest white, with 

 yellow stamens, through pinks of all shades to a growing 

 scarlet. Some are red with white edges, and others veined 

 and streaked and flaked from the center towards the edges, 

 ha. Pkt. 15 cts. 



Double Carnation. Splendid double fringed flowers. 

 Mixed. 5 cts. 



Paeony Flowered. Large and very double flowers. 

 Mixed. 5 cts. 



Mikado Poppy. Distinct and strikingly' beautiful. 

 Petals beautifully cut and fringed on the outer ends, while 

 they come together whole at the base. The location of the 

 colors is very strange. The base of the petals or body of 

 the flowers is pure white, while the fringed ends of the 

 pedals are of a brilliant crimson-scarlet, making a strange 

 and beautiful contrast. 3 cts. 



PERENNIAL POPPIES. 



Oriental. A hardy perennial variety, brilliant dark 

 scarlet. Single, o cts. 



Bracteatun. Orange scarlet, large flowers. 5 cts. 



Nudicaule Aurantiacum. Brilliant orange. ■"> cts. 



PETUNIAS. 



Few of our an- 

 nuals can compare 

 with the Petunia in 

 producing a reallv 

 grand effect in the 

 flower garden. 

 Hardy, of easy cul- 

 ture, flowers of great 

 beauty, produced 

 profusely and of rich 

 brilliancy of color- 

 ing; both suitable 

 for pots and for the 

 open ground; b v 

 nipping the tops of 

 the growing plants 

 several times very 

 compact, bushy and 

 free flowering plants 

 will be obtained, ha. 



Hybrida Inimita- 

 ■ble Nana Multi- 

 flora Compacta. 

 Beautiful variety, 

 dwarf and compact 

 in habit; the flowers 

 are of a fine cherry- 

 red color striped 

 with white. 10 cts. 



Hybrida Grandi- 

 flora. Single, large j; 

 flowered, superb, ^ 

 mixed from s h o w 

 flowers. 25 cts. 



Hybrida Inimita- 

 ble. Crimson strip- 

 ed. 25 cts. 



Hybrida I n t u s 

 A urea. Splendid 

 j-ellow throated varieties. 50 cts. 



Hybrida Grandiflora. Princess of Wurtemberg. Beau- 

 tiful purple veined variety. 50 cts. 



Hybrida Grandiflora Fimbriata. These single fringed 

 Petunias combine extreme elegance of form with great 

 diversity of delicate and charming colors. Mixed. 25 cts. 



Hybrida Grandifiora, fl. pi. Fimbriata. Double fringed 

 produces about 25 per cent, of plants with charming double 

 fringed flowers. 50 cts. 



Double Fringed White. Double white fringed ; a very 

 chaste Petunia. 50 cts. 



Petunia Hybrida. Choice. Mixed. 5 cts. 



PRIMULA SINENSIS FIMBRIATA. 



Primrose.) 



(Primula continued next page.) 



(Fringed Chinese 



A charming and 

 most beautiful pro- 

 fuse flowering 

 plant, indispensa- 

 ble for winter or 

 -pring decoration 

 1 n the conserva- 

 torv or greenhouse. 

 If desired for 

 blooming in 

 autumn and winter, 

 sow in spring. If 

 to flower in winter 

 sow in 

 t h e 

 y in pans 

 with mellow, sandy 

 soil ; cover very 

 sparingly; place in 

 moderate heat; 

 keep well shaded 

 and moist. 



>-jp3 or spring, s 

 yJJ luh. Sow 

 ^JX-^ seed thinly i: 



