Wm. C. Beckeft's Choice List of Flower Seeds, Allegheny, Pa. 



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Candytuft, Empress 



SUPERB BALSAMS (Lady's Slippers) 



Give brilliant masses of beautiful flowers for little care. Plants about 

 2 feet in height; transplanting dwarfs them and makes the flowers more 

 double. Some are as double and perfect as camellias; they range through 

 all dark, rich, brilliant and delicate colors. 



Double Perfection. Regular and perfect ; large and full to center. 

 Choice mixed. Pkt. lo cts., oz. $1.25. 



Florists' Best Double White. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Double Mixed. All kinds and colors. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 75 cts. 



BR.ACHYCOME (Swan River Daisy). Flowers light and grace- 

 ful, and borne profusely; colors blue or white, with dark center; i foot. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



BROWAL,r,IA grandiflora (Blue Amethyst). A neat, compact 

 little plant, blooming freely from June until frost; also fine for winter 

 blooming. Flowers deep ultramarine blue. Pkt. 10 cts. 



CALENDULAS, or POT MARIGOLDS 



Produce a bright and constant mass of color ; grow anywhere ; flower 

 until frost. 



Meteor. Large dou- 

 ble flowers of yellow, 

 striped with orange. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts. 

 Pure Gold. Semi- 

 dwarf plant; very large, double, pure golden yellow flowers. The best Marigold in culti- 

 vation. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



Prince of Orange. Like Meteor, but much darker. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts. 

 Fine Mixed. The best colors in variety. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



CALLIOPSIS (Bright Eyes) 



Gay and beautiful ; graceful habit, easy culture, and flower profusely. 

 Hybrida superba. Flowers yellow, orange, brown, salmon, scarlet, carmine, blood- 

 red, etc.; plants round and bushy'; in bloom the entire season. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Drummondii (Golden Wave). Pure, bright yellow flowers, with eye of brown. Pkt. 5c. 



CANDYTUFT (iberis) 



An old and universal favorite, largely cultivated and continually in bloom ; as valuable 

 for cut-flowers as for edging and masses, and always desirable. 



Giant Hyacinth-flowered, or Empress. Very large spikes of pure white. The 

 plant sends out from 4 to 9 branches, each terminating in a large spike of flowers; these 

 flowers are beautifully formed, and of unusual size. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts. 



Dwarf Hybrids. 'Plants 6 inches high. They form massive candelabra-shaped spikes 

 of various-colored flowers. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 40 cts. 



Finest Mixture of White, Carmine, Crimson, Lilac, Purple and Rose. Pkt. 5 

 cts., oz. 30 cts. 



C ANN AS, Dwarf French (Indian Shot). For rich effects in bedding, the Dwarf 

 French Cannas have now few rivals in popular estimation. Finest mixed. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 oz. 40 cts. 



CARNATIONS 



Marguerite. Blooms in four months from seed. Plant vigorous, semi-dwarf, neat. If 

 sown under glass in March or April, begin blooming in early summer and yield a bril- 

 liant display of flowers until frost. Flowers large, quite double and perfectly formed, 

 never bursting the calyx. They show all colors and variegations through beautiful shades 



red, pink and white. Mixed, pkt. 5 cts. 



Marguerite Carnation 



separate colors : White, Pink, Scarlet and 

 Yellow, each, pkt. 10 cts. 



Giant Marguerite. An im- 

 proved and larger-flowering form 

 of the above. Mixed, pkt. 10 cts. 



CELOSIA 



Odd and handsome. The comb- 

 shaped heads often attain large 

 size and are always gay-colored. 

 The dwarf varieties are much used 

 for pot culture and in beds, pre- 

 senting a striking appearance. 



CELOSIA CRISTATA 



(Cockscomb) 

 Empress. One of the hand- 

 somest ; the rich crimson heads 

 are enormous, yet quite shapely; 

 (iwarf. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Glasgow Prize. Very large 

 and showy dark crimson combs; 



dwarf. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Celosia, Empress 



