Annuals for Bloom the First Season. 



WM. C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA, 



IPOMOPSIS ELEGANS. 



(Standing Cypress. ) Handsome plants, with long spikes of red or 

 bright scarlet flowers, and fine foliage. Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



KAULFUSSIA AM ELLOIDES. 



Edging or pots ; compact, free-blooming, from 6 inches to 1 foot 

 high. Flowers blue, violet, white, crimson or rose. Graceful and 

 pretty. Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



LAVATERA TRIM ESTRIS. 



Free-blooming plant, growing about 2 feet tall, and producing its 

 showy red flowers all through the summer. 5 cts. per pkt. 



LEPTOSIPHON. 



Beautiful in flower and foliage, giving splendid effects when 

 grown in masses. Plants about 6 inches tall. Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



LUNARIA BIENNIS. 



(Honesty.) Hardy biennial, and must be sown in autumn or 

 early spring for flowers the first year. Flowers white and double. 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



LINUM GRANDIFLORUM RUBRUM. 



(Scarlet Flax.) Of great beauty ; free-flowering and easy to grow. 

 Blossoms bright scarlet, stems and foliage fine. 5 cts. per pkt. 



LOBELIA ERINUS. 



The Erinus forms of Lobelia are quite showy and free-blooming. 

 The dwarf forms are used for edgings, vases, etc., other sorts for 

 beds. All are of easy culture. 



L. Erinus. (Crystal Palace Speciosa. ) Ultramine-blue. Trailing. 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



L. — speciosa superba. Dark blue, with white eye. Trailing. 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



L. —gracilis (light blue) and albus (pure white). Trailing. 



Each, 5 cts. per pkt. 

 L. compacta varieties: Albus (pure white), Crystal Palace 



compacta (dark blue), and Prima Donna (rich crimson). 



Each, 10 cts. per pkt. 



LUPINUS. 



(Sun-Dial.) Grows about 2 feet tall ; very effective in mixed 

 borders. The seed should be sown where the plants are to stand. 

 Mixed 5 cts. per pkt. 



LARKSPUR. 



Rocket Larkspurs, which bloom the first season if sown early, 

 are very showy. Flower-spikes of bright colors. For others, see 

 Perennials. 



Dwarf Double German Rocket. All colors mixed. 5c. per pkt. 

 Tall Double German Rocket. All colors mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



MIGNONETTE. 



MARIGOLD. 



(Double French and African Marigold.) Showy plants for mid- 

 summer and autumn bloom. 1 to 2 feet tall, free-flowering and 

 easy to grow. 



Eldorado. Finest of the double African Marigolds. Flowers from 

 10 to 14 inches across, very double, of bright golden orange and 

 primrose shades. 5 cts. per pkt. 

 Tall Double French Marigold. Mixed, producing flowers of 

 various bright colors. 5 cts. per pkt. 



Dwarf Double French Marigold. 

 Plants low and compact. Mixed, 5 cts. 

 per pkt. 



Signatapumila. Dwarfplants, whichform 

 a true " gilt edge " for beds. 5c. per pkt. 



MALOPE GRAN Dl FLORA. 



(Mallows.) Robust, branching plants, 

 usually about2 feet high, with large, mallow- 

 like red or white flowers ; very pretty. 

 Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



MATRICARIA CAPENSIS FL. PL. 



(Double White Feverfew.) For cutting 

 and pot-culture, as well as for beds and 

 borders. Thrives well in all soils ; blooms 

 until frost. Flowers pure white, double. 

 18 to 20 inches tall. 5c. per pkt. 



Mignonette. 



French Marigold. 



The matchless perfume of this modest flower renders it one of the 

 m< st popular annuals grown. Inform 

 and color the flowerspikes have been 

 greatly improved, but it is for their 

 dt-licate, subtle fragrance that they 

 will always be chiefly valued for 

 garden and window culture, and for 

 the costliest as well as the simplest 

 bouquets. 



Defiance. New, and specially 

 adapted for pot-culture. 10 cts. 

 per pkt. 



(Jolden Queen. Plants dwarf ; 



[lowers bright golden yellow. 5c. 



per pkt., 20 cts. per oz. 

 Giant Pyramidal. Plants strong 



and erect, with pyramidal spikes of 



very fragrant, reddish flowers. 5c. 



per pkt., 2oc. per oz. 

 Machet. The best variety for pots ; 



is dwarf and free-blooming ; flower- 

 spikes bright, reddish maroon ; 



very sweet. 10c. per pkt. 

 Miles' Hybrid Spiral. Dwarf and branching; white flower 



spikes. 5 cts. per pkt., 20 cts. per oz. 

 Victoria. Flowers dark red and very fragrant. 10c. per pkt. 

 Parson's White. Long, well-formed spikes of strongly-scented, 



handsome flowers. 5 cts. per pkt., 30 cts. per oz. 

 Large-flowering. The old and well-known Mignonette, still as 



sweet as any. 5 cts. per pkt., 15 cts. per oz. 

 Gabriel. Very pretty sort, bearing large spikes of red flowers. 



10 cts. per pkt. , 60 cts. per oz. 



MIRABILIS JALAPA. 



(Four O'clock.) Old favorites, with sweet-scented flowers of 

 many different colors. They open in the afternoon, and wither in 

 the morning. Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



MIMULUS. 



(Monkey Flower.) Flowers showy and oddly marked; ground 

 color white or yellow, flaked and spotted with maroon, scarlet or 

 crimson. Plants dwarf and compact, and bloom continuously. 

 M. moschatus. The well-known musk plant, with strongly- 

 scented yellow flowers. 10 cts. per pkt. 

 M. tigrinis grandiflorus. Large-flowering new tigered and 

 spotted varieties in many rich colors. 20 cts. per pkt. 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM CRYSTALLINUM. 



(Ice Plant.) Glistening waxen leaves and stems, covered with a 

 shining granular coat. Flowers quite pretty, and of various colors; 

 plant trailing ; about 6 inches high ; well adapted for baskets, vases, 

 borders. Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



NOLANA. 



Beautiful, trailing border plants, with flowers inall shades of blue 

 and yellow and white ; also admirable for hanging-baskets, etc. 

 Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



NYCTERINIA SELAGINOI DES 



A dainty little edging plant, growing in dwarfish masses, bright- 

 ened by a profusion of small, star-shaped, white or lilac flowers. 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



NICOTIANA AFFINIS. 



A stately plant, growing about 3 feet high, and producing fine 

 effects with its broad, tropical foliage and clusters of large, tubu- 

 lar, fragrant flowers. 5 cts. per pkt. 



NIEREMBERGIA FRUTESCENS. 



For baskets and edgings. Flowers white, 

 tinted lilac. 5 cts. per pkt. 



NIGELLA. 



(Love-in-a-Mist.) A delicately pretty plant ; 

 light blue or white flowers, set in a mist of feath- 

 ery green foliage, and bearing curious seed- 

 pods. Mixed, 5 cts. per pkt. 



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