WM. C. BECKERT- 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Annuals for Bloom the First Season. 



DAHLIA. 



Dahlias grown from seed bloom the first year. A large percentage 

 of the double varieties come true, while the single are superb, giv- 

 ing flowers of most beautiful form and 

 coloring, combined with graceful habit. 

 The seed must be started early. 

 Dwarf Tom Thumb. Dwarf plants, 

 very useful for bordering and pot-cul- 

 ture, and extremely floriferous. Plants 

 are compact and elegant in habit, and 

 the single flowers come in rich stripes, 

 or splendid self-colors, is cts. per pkt. 

 Mixed Single. Seeds saved from the 

 best named varieties. 10 cts. per pkt. 

 Mixed Double. Extra -fine mixed ; 

 will produce a large proportion of 

 double flowers, including bright and 

 rich colorings. 10 cts. per pkt. 



DATURA. 



JSingle Dahlias. The waxen, funnel-shaped flowers of 



28 the Daturas are strikingly odd and hand- 



some, and their fragrance is rich and distinct. 



D. fastuosa alba 11. pi. The handsome double white Datura. 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



D. CORNUCOPIA. Plant grows to a height of 3 feet; flowers 

 very large and trumpet-shaped, and are formed of two or three 

 C flowers, growing one within the other. Interior white, exterior 

 □ purple and very fragrant. 10 cts. per pkt. 



D. hamulus flava fl. pi. Fine double yellow. 10 cts. per pkt. 



ERYSIMUM PEROFFSKIANUM. 



Free-blooming plant, with very fragrant, orange-yellow flowers, 

 somewhat resembling those of the single Wallflower. 5c. per pkt. 



EVERLASTINGS. 



For winter bouquets the Everlastings are indispensable, as the 

 strawy texture of the flowers retains their shape and brilliant color 

 indefinitely. Cut them before they have opened fully, and dry 

 slowly in the shade. 



ACROCIjINIUM roseum fl. pi. Graceful, rose-colored flowers ; 

 plant a foot high. 5 cts. per pkt. 



A. — album. Flowers pure white. 5 cts. per pkt. 



AMMOBIUM alatum grandiflorum. Clusters of pure white 

 flowers ; plant about 2 feet high. 5 cts per pkt. 



HELICHRYSUM nanum. (Eternal Flower.) Beautifully 

 formed double flowers ; plants dwarf and branching. Fine 

 mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



H. grandiflorum. Large-flowered and very double. 5c. per pkt. 



GOMPHRENA globosa. (Bachelor's Button.) An old favo- 

 rite, with round flower-heads of red or white. Mixed, 5c. per pkt. 



RHODANTHE, Pine Mixed. The most delicately beautiful of 

 all the Everlastings ; plants a foot high. 10 cts. per pkt. 



XERANTHEMUM annuum. Very bright, double, globe- 

 shaped flowers, retaining their form and color longer than other 

 sorts. Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



SPECIAL OFFER OF EVERLASTINGS. — 1 packet each of 8 

 varieties, 30 cts. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA CALIFORNIA. 



(California Poppy.) Brilliantly colored and poppy-like, shining 

 with a silken luster in the sunshine. A bed of them is fairly daz- 

 zling, with its rich hues of orange, pure yellow, scarlet, creamy 

 white, crimson and carmine. Single and double. Each, 5 cts. 

 per pkt. 



GAILLARDIA. 



(Blanket Flower.) Showy bedding plants, averaging about 2 feet 

 in height, and covered with flowers from midsummer until frost. 

 G. pitta Lorenziana. Double flowers, in many bright colors. 



5 cts. per pkt. 

 G. grandiflora. (See Perennials.) 



GILIA. 



Dwarf, free-flowering plants of easy culture, for massing in beds, 

 and for rockeries. Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



GODETIA. 



Bright and attractive little plants, compact and branching in 

 habit, and always gay with a crop of pretty white, rose or crimson 

 flowers. Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



GRASSES, ORNAMENTAL. 



Beds of Ornamental Grasses, aside from their beauty and grace 

 as lawn ornaments, furnish much beautiful material for winter 

 decoration, for use in vases, bouquets of Everlastings, etc. Beds 

 composed entirely of Grasses, with the tall varieties planted in the 

 center and lower ones used for edging, are especially beautiful. 

 AGROSTIS nebulosa. Feathery and elegant; iK feet. 5 cts. 

 AVENA sterilis. (Animated Oats.) Pretty drooping heads; 



4% feet. 5 cts. per pkt. 

 BRIZA maxima compacta. The large form of Quaking Grass ; 



1 l A feet. 5 cts. per pkt. 



B. minima gracilis. Small Quaking Grass ; 1 foot ; elegant for 



bouquets. 5 cts. per pkt. 

 BROMUS brizaeformis. Useful in many decorative ways, when 



dried ; 2 feet. 5 cts. per pkt. 

 COIX lachryma. (Job's Tears.) Broad blades and drooping 



seeds. 5 cts. per pkt. 

 ERAGROSTIS elegans. The well-known " Love Grass." sets 

 GYNERIUM argenteum. (Pampas Grass.) See perennials 



5 cts. per pkt. 



IiAGURUS ovatus. (Hare's Tall Grsss.) Small white spikes 



2 feet. 5 cts. per pkt. 



S1TPA pennata. (Feather Grass.) See Perennials. 5c. per pkt 

 TRICHOL^ANA rosea. Rose-tinted ; 2 feet. 10 cts. per pkt 

 One packet each, including Perennials, 12 varieties, SO cts. 



HIBISCUS AFRICANUS. 



Showy and effective. The large, cream-colored flowers have a 

 rich dark brown center ; the plants grow about 2 feettall. 5c. perpkt. 



HELIANTHUS. 



Thousand-flowered. Grows to a large size, and bears hundreds 

 of golden yellow flowers. 5 cts. per pkt. 



Giant Russian Sunflower. Very tall and stately ; grown prin- 

 cipally for its seeds. 5 cts. per pkt., 10 cts. per lb.; postpaid, 18c. 



Globe Sunflower. Flowers large, double, of a rich saffron color. 

 5 cts. per pkt., 10 cts. per oz. 



Nanus fl. pi. Dwarf, double; very floriferous and ornamental. 

 5 cts. per pkt., 15 cts. per oz. 



Candytuft, Empress. 



^IBERIS, or CANDYTUFT.^ 



An old and universal favorite, laregely cultivated, and continually 

 in bloom ; as valuable for cut-flowers as for edgings and masses, and 

 always desirable. 



Iberis amara. Clusters of pure white. 5 cts. per pkt. 



I. Empress. Large, handsome trusses of pure white flowers ; plant 



strong, and of candelabrum-like habit. 5 cts. per pkt. 

 I. Tom Thumb. Very dwarf, forming a low dense mass of green 



against which the large clusters of white flowers show finely. 



5 cts. per pkt. 



js®-lf you want a good lawn, sow our Special Evergreen 

 Lawn Mixture. 



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