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WM. C. BECKERT, ALLEGHENY, PA. 



PHLOX DRUMONDI. 



In elegance, brilliancy of 

 coloring and long duration 

 of bloom, the Phlox is a 

 worthy rival of the Petunia. 

 Each separate variety' -will 

 make a brilliant bed, but a 

 carpet of dark purple or of 

 scarlet, especiallj' if sur- 

 rounded -with white, is very 

 effective. Also succeeds well 

 as a pot plant, ha. 



Phlox Drumondi Grandi- 

 flora. A magnificent class 

 of flowers, as large as those 

 of the perennial Phloxes. 

 Mixed. 10 cts. 



Grandiflora Alba. Pure 

 white : beautiful. 10 cts. 



Grandiflora Chamois. 

 Rose with white eye. 10 cts. 



Grandiflor a "Coccinea. 

 Brilliant scarlet. 10 cts. 



Grandifiora Isabellina. 

 Yellow. 10 cts. 



Grandiflora Striata. 

 Striped. 10 cts. 



Star of Quedlinburg. The 

 center of each petal runs out 

 into a point one-quarter to 

 one-third of an inch bej'ond 

 the edge, which gives the 

 flowers a regular star like 

 form. The plant grows about 

 1 lo feet in height, of compact 

 habit, and bears large umbels 

 of flowers in profusion. 

 Mixed colors. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Nana Compacta. A very dwarf growing and really 

 handsome class. 10 cts. 



PHLOX HARDY. 



Magnificent flowering plants for permanent beds and 

 borders, bearing immense heads of large waxy fl^wers of 

 lovely shades of color. Hardj' perennial; 2 ft.; fine mixed. 

 10 cts. 



New Dwarf Perennial. Forms a dwarf, very p^'ramidal 

 bush 1 to 11-2 ft. high, bearing in profusion large heads of 

 beautiful flowers, ranging through many colors; if sown very 

 early they will bloom the first year. 25 cts. 



PYRETHRUM AUREUM. (Golden Feather.) 



Handsome herbaceous plants; splendidly adapted for 

 margins or ribbon bedding; with golden vellow foliage, ha. 

 10 cts. 



P. Roseum. (Persian Insect Powder Plant.) Flowers 

 rose. hhp. 10 cts. 



P. Cinerariafolium. (Dalmatian Insect Powder Plant.) 

 hhp. 10 cts. 



POTENTILLA. 



Strawberry like foliage, with showy vellow or 

 red flowers; useful for the border, hp. 5 cts. 



P. Polyanthus. Dwarf. Early spring blooming 

 pecies; suitable for beds or pots; colors, yellow-, 

 naroon, crimson, etc.; beautifully veined, laced or 

 blotched, hp. 

 Elatoir. Very flne. 25 cts. 

 Duplex. (Hose in Hose.) Curious and pretty, 

 cts. 



Gold-Laced. With small yellow-edged flowers. 

 25 cts. 



P. Vulgaris. The true yellow Primrose. Pkt. 

 5 cts. 



RHODANTHE. (Everlasting.) 



This exceedingly beautiful plant deserves the greatest 

 attention, and is of grand efTect if cultivated in pots; also 

 ver3' desirable for flower beds. hha. Mixed colors. 10 cts. 

 RICINUS. (Castor Oil Bean.) 

 Stately in growth and handsome in its foliage : fine for 

 lawns or pleasure grounds, producing, when well grown, a 

 magnificent sub-tropical effect; very ornamental. hha. 



Borboniensis Arboreus. V ery large and handsome 

 foliage. 15 ft. 5 cts. 



Gibsoni. (Duchess of Edinburg.) Dark purple leaves 

 and stem ; very fine. 5 cts. 



Cambogiensis. Large palm-like leaves of a bronzy-red 

 maroon color, with large veins, the main stem of trunk 

 ebony black. 10 cts. 



ROCKET: (Damask Violet.) 

 Hardy plant, bearing exceedingly fragrant purple or 

 w-hite flowers. 5 cts. 



ROMNEYA COULTERI. 

 Great White California Poppy. Of supreme and stately 

 beautv as an outdoor plant, yielding a long succession of 

 bloom, flowering from July till November. Of value as a 

 cut flower, lasting well in water, and its delicate primrose- 

 like perfume is most acceptable in a room. The texture of 

 the petals is extremely delicate, indeed, half transparent; 

 they never lose the crumpled folds that in the case of most 

 poppies betoken a newly opened state. The flowers are 

 large (4 to 5 inches across), pure white with a fine bunch of 

 vellow stamens. The plants attain a height of 6 to S feet. 

 It will be hardy south of Washington, but north of that 

 latitude will require cold greenhouse protection in winter, 

 or can be kept in a light cellar. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Star of Qiiedlinburg Phlox. 



SALPIGLOSSIS GRANDIFLORA. 



Ornamental autumn blooming annuals with curiously 

 penciled and marbled funnel-shaped flowers. Mixed. 10 cts. 



