SELECT FLOWER SEEDS 



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WM. C. BECKERT 



POPPIES, continued 

 Paeony-flowered. Immense globular 

 double flowers of rich and brilliant colors. 

 Grand border varieties. 234 ft. Pkt. 5c., 

 oz. 25 cts. 



White Swan (Snowdrift). Very large 

 double white, beautifullj' fringed. 2 ft. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



Perennial 



These varieties may be sown from July 

 to September to flower the following 

 season, though Alpine and Iceland will 

 flower the first season from early sown 

 seed in February. 



Alpine Fringed. These are charming 

 little flowers with single fringed or fluted 

 petals. Colors are white, salmon, rose, 

 orange in mixture. 60 per cent true. %ft. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts. 



Bracteatum. Immense blood-red flow- 

 ers with black blotches at base of each 

 petal. Very fine variety. 4 ft. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 oz. 40 cts. 



Bracteatum, Livermore Variety. 



Enormous crimson flowers 12 inches and 

 over in diameter, with black center, i ft. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



Iceland (Nudicaule). New Excelsior 

 strain. Very graceful dwarf plants con- 

 taining over twenty shades. 1 ft. Pkt 

 10 cts., oz. 75 cts. 



Oriental Colossal. Gigantic dark 

 scarlet flowers. Pkt. 10 cts. 



OrientaljPrincess Victoria Louise. 

 Very large salmon-rose shading to blush. 

 Lovely. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Oriental Hybrids. A splendid mix- 

 ture of all colors, rose, lilac and mauve 

 shades included. Quite nice for cutting. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 75 cts. 



Choice Large-flowering 

 Finely Fringed 



Shirley Poppies 



PORTULACA (Purslane FamUy) HHA 



These are succulent plants that delight in light, dry soil in a sunny 

 situation, blooming profusely during the hottest weather and pro- 

 ducing a gorgeous display. The seed should be sown where wanted 

 and thinned out as required, the plants being of a spreading 

 character. K ft. 



Single Mixed. In numerous rich colors, 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 40 cts. 



Single Yellow. Deep golden yellow. 

 True. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Single Scarlet. Scarlet. Fine orange- 

 scarlet. Pkt 10 cts. 



Single White. Pure white. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Double Mixed. Extra fine quality. A 

 large percentage double flowers. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 Moz. 75 cts. 



POTENTILLA 



Hardy herbaceous perennials in bloom from 

 summer to fall, and very useful for cutting. 



Single-flowered. Finest mixed. 3^ ft. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



Double-flowered. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



Finest mixed. % ft. 



PRIMULA SINENSIS 



(Chinese Primrose) 



Beautiful house plants that are quite readily 

 grown from seed, which should be sown 

 thinly so that earliest plants maybe removed 

 without disturbing seed that will germinate 

 later. Full directions for their care is printed 

 on seed packets. 



If you desire a pefect lawn, use 

 our Evergreen Lawn Seed 



Pnmula Smensis 



Alba magnifica. Pure white, yellow 

 eye Pkt 25 cts. 

 Chiswick Red. Blood-red. Pkt. 25c. 

 Coerulea. Rich blue. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Kermesina splendens magnifica. 

 Rich crimson. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Rosy Morn. Beautiful delicate pink. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



Choicest Mixed. Single fringed. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



The foregoing are superior strains. 

 Giant - flowered Single Fringed. 

 Very eliective and true from seed. Large 

 flowers of great substance. Giant White, 

 Giant Pink, Giant Copper-colored, Giant 

 Blood-red, Giant Mixed. Each, pkt. 50c. 



Double-flowered Fringed Mixed. 

 Pkt. 50 cts. 



PRIMULA Sinensis SteUata (Star 

 Primulas). A beautiful new class, very 

 fine as pot-plants or for cutting, for which 

 use they are most excellent, remaining 

 fresh many days. 2 ft. White Star, Crim- 

 son Star, Carmine, Salmon Pink, Purple 

 Star, Lilac Red, Blue Star, Mixed. Pkt. 50c. 



Stellata hybrida. Mixed. An im- 

 proved form of the Star Primrose, the 

 flowers being nearly equal in size and 

 substance to some of the best of the 

 Chinese varieties. Flowers are beautifully 

 fringed and stand well above the dark 

 foliage. Pkt. 50 cts. 



Cockburniana. A very remarkable 

 orange-scarlet flowered species from 

 Western China. Three to six whorls of 

 flowers on an 8- to 18-inch scape. Pkt. 5Cc. 



Florabunda grandiflora Isabellina. 

 A pale yellow large-flowered variety; fine 

 winter bloomers. Pkt. 50 cts. 

 Forbesii (Baby Primrose). A Chinese species with pyramidal 

 heads of rosy lilac flowers, yellow-eyed. Will flower in nine months 

 from seed, and useful as a decorative plant as well as for cutting. 

 1 ft. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Forbesii rubra. New rich magenta red. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Kewensis. New. This is a beautiful addition, originated at the 

 Kew Gardens. Is a robust grower, flowers in quite a small state, and 

 is almost continually in bloom in established 

 plants. The color is very rich yellow, flower 

 spikes 10 to 18 inches high with bloom pro- 

 duced in successive whorls. Very sweet. 

 Elegant pot-plant and fine for cutting. Pkt. 

 50 cts. 



Obconica grandiflora. This is a good 

 variety for pot-plants for decorative use, 

 blooming from spring till autumn, and may 

 also be used outdoors. Rose, White, Car- 

 mine-red, LUac and Mixed. Each , pkt. 25c. 



Obconica grandiflora gigantea 

 (Arendsi). Giant flowers M4 to 2 inches 

 in flianieter. Very beautiful and distinct. 

 Crimson, Rose, Red and Mixed. Each, 

 pkt. 25 cts. 



Obconica grandiflora Hybrid. Mixed. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



Obconica grandiflora Hybrid com- 

 pacta. Mixed. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Verticillata (Abyssinian Primrose). New 

 alf-hardy species with golden yellow sweet- 

 scented fl"owers in whorls, foliage powdered 

 white. A fine pot-plant. Seed germinates 

 slowly. % ft. Pkt. 50 cts. 



Hardy Primulas 



Tseful for pot culture or for rockeries and 

 borders. Whilst hardy under favorable con- 

 ditions of soil and moisture, it is prudent to 

 protect them overwinter, particularly against 

 saturation of soil by water. 



Auricula (Storrie'sNondescript). Astrain 

 of vigorous growth and possessing a wonder- 

 ful range of color and shades. 1 ft. Pkt. 25c. 



