Annuals for Bloom the First Season. 



WM, C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Alyssnm, Little Gem. 



ALYSSUM, SWEET. 



A great favorite for bouquets and house-culture, as well as for 

 outdoor baskets and border-edging. 



A. Benthami (maritimum). Trailing; flowers white, very 

 sweet. 5 cts. per pkt. 



A, compactum erectnm. (Little Gem.) Very dwarf and spread- 

 ing, covering a wide circle thickly with its white flowers, which 

 appear when the plants are quite small. 5 cts. per pkt. 



A. saxatile compactum. See Perennials. 



ANAGALLIS. 



(The Pimpernel.) Covers the ground with a mat of bright red or 

 white, pink or purple flowers. Plants are low-growing. Mixed. 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



ASTERS, 



Choicest New and Old Varieties. 



The Aster is a royal annual, glorifying the garden with a rich 

 display of bloom until the Chrysanthemum, for which it is a fitting 

 forerunner, begins to open its buds. The different forms are grown 

 in gardens everywhere. Our collection includes the most distinct 

 and beautiful forms and varieties of rich colors. A good selection 

 will give elegant flowers for cutting from July until the late varie- 

 ties are cut down by frost. 



COMET ASTERS. 



Flowers large and perfect in shape ; petals long, wavy and twisted, 

 suggestive of a Japanese Chrysanthemum. The flowers, which 

 are very handsome, average from 3 to 4 inches across, and are borne 

 thickly on pyramidal plants from 12 to 15 inches high. 



v Pure White, Carmine, 



Rose, Light Blue and 

 Mixed. Each, 10 cts. 

 per pkt. 



ASTER, QUEEN OF THE 

 MARKET. 



Three weeks earlier than 

 others, and of dwarf, 

 branching habit. An excel- 

 lent variety for growing 

 under glass. 



Rose, Pure White, Car- 

 mine, Light Blue and 

 Mixed. Each, 10 cts. 

 per pkt. 



SEMPLE'S BRANCHING 

 ASTERS. 



A choice strain, which by 

 careful selection has been 

 brought to a high degree 

 of perfection. Plant of 

 branching habit, producing 

 from 10 to 20 large, perfect 

 flowers. 



Mixture of White, Pink 

 and Lavender. 10 cts. 

 per pkt. 



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Comet or Plume Aster. 



NE PLUS ULTRA ASTER. 



Flowers large, double, beautifully imbricated, plants forming 

 shapely rounded bushes, which carry handsome crowns of flowers ; 

 dwarf habit. 1 foot. 



Pure White, Rose, Crimson, Light Blue and Mixed. Each, 

 10 cts. per pkt. 



BALL, or JEWEL ASTERS. 



Beautiful class, with perfectly round, short-petaled blossoms on 

 long stems, which make them particularly valuable for cutting. 

 Colors range from apple-blossom pink to purplish violet. 

 Apple Blossom, Rose, Crimson, Blue and Mixed. Each, 



10 cts. per pkt. 



SCARLET TRIUMPH ASTER. 



The brilliant petals have a glossy surface, and form a fine, paeony- 

 shaped incurving flower, which droops just enough to be graceful. 

 Plants free-flowering ; 1 foot. 10 cts. per pkt. 



WELL KNOWN, FAVORITE ASTERS. 



LARGE-FLOWERING VICTORIA. Immense, showy flow- 

 ers, perfectly double to the center, with regularly overlapping 

 petals; distinguished in appearance and excellent for cutting. 

 The plants form pyramids 18 inches high, and carry 15 to 20 

 flowers. 



White, Azure Blue, Peach Blossom, Rosy Carmine, Crim- 

 son, Dark Blue and Mixed. Each, 10 cts. per pkt. 



IMiON Y FLOWERED 

 PERFECTION. 



Peerless in form, size 

 and the rich and deli- 

 cate colors of its flowers. 

 Snow White, Bril- 

 liant Rose, Crim- 

 son, Light Blue and 

 Mixed. Each, 10 cts. 

 per pkt. 

 MIGNON. Flowers ele- 

 gant in shape, and espe- 

 cially useful for cutting; 

 in form and habit the 

 plants somewhat re- 

 semble the Victoria 

 race, but bloom more 

 freely. 



Pure White, Rose' 

 Crimson and Mixed. 



Each, ioc. per pkt. 



DWARF BOUQUET 

 ASTERS. Charming 

 little plants, from 8 to 10 inches tall but quite branching, and 

 each branch bears a flower large for the size of the plant. 

 Pure White, Carmine, Blue and Mixed. Each, ioc. per pkt. 

 Dwarf Pyramidal Bouquet. Tiny pyramids of flowers. 

 White, Peach Blossom, Scarlet and Light Blue. Each, 

 10 cts. per pkt. 



DWARF CHRYSANTHEMUM - FLOWERED ASTERS. 

 Pure White, Rose, Fiery Scarlet, Light Blue and 

 Mixed. Each, 10 cts. per pkt. 



ARGEMONE SPECIOSA. 



Showy plant, 2 feet in height ; large, poppy-like flowers and glau- 

 cous foliage which, in a large garden, are quite effective. 5c. per pkt. 



BRACHYCOME I BERI D I FOLIA. 



(Swan River Daisy.) Flowers light and graceful, and borne pro- 

 fusely ; colors blue or white, with dark center. Plants spreading in 

 habit, about a foot tall. Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



BARTONIA AUREA. 



Handsome, with downy foliage ; fragrant, large, golden yellow 

 flowers which open in the evening. Thrive in any soil ; height 

 about 3 feet. 5 cts. per pkt. 



BROWALLIA ELATA. 



(Amethyst.) Neat, compact little plant, which adapts itself well 

 to any soil and situation ; about a foot tall, and blooms freely from 

 June until frost. Flowers white or blue, with an eye. Mixed, 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



Victoria Aster. 



