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WM. C. BECKERT, ALLEGHENY, PA. 



SEEDS OF HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS. 



Aquilegia. 

 ACHILLEA. 



Achillea F>tarmica, FL PL Beautiful border plants, bear- 

 ing; during the summer and autumn puie white double flowers 

 in abundance. Very suitable for cut flowers. 10. 



ACONITUM. (Honk's Hood.) 



A showy, free blooming plant, which thrives well under 

 trees, shrubs and in other shaded situations. Blue and white. 



ADONIS. 



Vernallis. Charming spring flowering perennial, with 

 large yellow, showy flowers. 10. 



ANEnONE. (Coronaria.) 



Among the earliest and brightest of our spring flowers: 

 succeed well in any sunny situation, Mixed. 5. 



ARABIS ALPINA. 



A useful, very early blooming plant, suitable for rock- work 

 and edging; flowers white. 5. 



AMERIA MARITIHA. 



Dwarf hardy plants, much used for edgings. Clusters of 

 flowers of soft rose on stems sis inches high. 10. 



ASPERULA. (Woodroof.) 



A free bloomer, producing clusters of light blue flowers, 

 which last a long time; exceedingly odoriferous, and is the 

 principal ingredient of the '-Mailrank." 10. 



ALYSSUn. 



Saxatile Compacta. Spring blooming; dwarf: golden 

 yellow. Makes beautiful beds of golden yellow, well deserv- 

 ing the French descriptive name of "Basket of Gold." 



AQUILEGIA. (Columbine.) 



Blooms freely early in the spring and summer, and pro- 

 duces beautiful, curiously formed and variously colored flow- 

 ers. 



Aquilegia. (White Spurred.) Flowers of a large size; 

 pure snow white with long spurs of elegant shape aud borne 

 in lavish quantity: charming for group and excellent for pot 

 plants. Packet loc. 



Chrysantha. {Golden Spurred,) A strong grower, form- 

 ing bushy plants three feet high, bearing all through the 

 season an abundance of bright golden yellow flowers. 10. 



Hybrid Glandutosa. Immense flowers of richest ultrama- 

 rine blue, surmounted by five short petals of purest white with 

 delicate azure spots. 20. 



CAMPANUA. 



Desirable herbaceous plant=, bearing their showy flowers 

 in profusion. 



Carpatica. Blue and white, mixed ; blooms all seasons. 5. 



Media. (Canterbury Bells.) In various shades of blue, 

 white, rose and lilac ; flowers single. 10. 



Aledia, Fl. PI. In various shades of blue and white; flow- 

 ers double. 10. 



CERASTIUn TOHENTOSUn. 



A fine beddins plant with dwarf, compact habit; silver 

 gray, downy foliage and pure white flowers; prefers a dry 

 soil and sunny exposure. 15. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM MAXIMUfl. * 



("Moon=Penny." Daisy.) 



This is one of our finest hardy perennials, forming bushy 

 plants about two feet high, which are literally covered with 

 large, pure white flowers three inches across. They are 

 highly prized for cutting purposes and hist in water for fully 

 a week in perfect condition. 'I'liey flower in the late summer 

 and are very effective for garden decorations. 10. 



COREOPSIS. 



Lanceolata. Perennial variety, flowers large, of bright 

 golden 3'ellow, produced in profusion for a long time; fine for 

 cutting; a very sliowy hardj' plant. 10. 



DICTAHNUS. (Burning Bush or Gas Plant.) 



A fragrant, free flowering, herbaceous plant, suitable for 

 mixed borders: thriving in any common soil; producing 

 racemes of flowers often one foot in length. 10. 



DIGITALIS. (Fox Glove.) 



A hardy perennial plant; handsome and stately; well 

 adapted for shrubberies ; flowers of varied colors. Mixed, 5c. 



Coreopsis. (Lanceolata) 



