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WM. C. BECKERT, PITTSBURG, PA. • SELECT FLOWER SEEDS 

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Aster, Sample's Shell Pink (see 



ASPARAGUS TP 



Very' graceful plants extensively grown for cutting, the foliage 

 being used in all designs, bouquets, etc. 



Plumosus nanus. Beautiful fern-like sprays of foliage. Pkt. 25 

 cts., 100 seeds 75 cts. 



Sprengeri. Makes a beautiful basket and useful for cutting sprays. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., 100 seeds 40 cts. 



ANEMONE (Windflower) HP 



Lovely flowers in many shades of scarlet, blue, purple and white, 

 flowers are 2 inches and over in diameter and durable; elegant for 

 cutting. 



Double Chrysanthemum-flowered. Beautiful flowers in fine 

 mixture. Pkt. 10 cts. 



ANAGAliLIS monelli. Mixed, Blue and red varieties. Free- 

 flowering and very nice in sunny situations. Also nice as pot 

 plants. }/iit. Pkt. 10 cts. 



ANCHUSA ItaUca (Dropmore Variety). HP. A great improve- 

 ment on the type. Mgorous branching habit, producing large 

 blue flowers in abundance during June a nd J uly. Pkt. 10 cts. 



ARABIS alpina grandiilora superba. HP. Very free, spring- 

 flowering plant with verbena-like heads of snow-white flowers. 

 3 ft. Pkt. 5 cts. 



ALYSSUM 



Annuals and perennials that are favorites for cutting for bouquets 

 as well as for edging boxes, baskets, etc. 



Benthami (Sweet Alyssum). Small white, honey-scented flowers. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



Benthami compaetum (Little Gem). Compact, erect-flowering 

 variety. White. 4 to 6 in. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts. 



Benthami procumbens (White Carpet, or Dwarf Bouquet). 

 Only a few inches high. Of a spreading habit. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts. 



Saxatile citrinum. HP. Dwarf and bushy, i ft. Masses of pale 

 yellow flowers in spring. Pkt. 10 cts. 



AMARANTUS 



Tender decorative annuals, useful for border plants, center of 

 beds and among shrubbery. They are strong growers and should 

 have 2 to 3 feet space per plant. Height 2 to 3 feet. 



Brilliant. Bright red, tips of branches carmine-rose, red and yel- 

 low. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Caudatus (Love-Lies-Bleeding). Blood-red. Drooping racemes. 

 Pkt. 5 cts. 



Tricolor splendens (Joseph's Coat). Foliage scarlet-yellow and 

 green. Pkt. 5 cts. 



ANGELONIA grandiflora alba. TP°. A graceful greenhouse 

 perennial that flowers the first season from seed. Numerous pure 

 white flowers, produced throughout the winter. A nice house 

 plant. Pkt. 25 cts. 



ARCTOTIS grandis. TA. \'ery bushy and free-flowering. Pure 

 white, many petaled flowers with colored stamens forming a laven- 

 der center, surrounded by narrow zone. Under side of petals lilac. 

 Pkt. 10 cts. 



BALSAM (Lady's Slipper) HHA 



Give brOliant masses of beautiful flowers for little care. Plants 

 about 2 ft. in height; transplanting dwarfs them and renders the 

 flowers more double. Some are as double and perfect as camellias, 

 ranging through all dark, brilliant and dehcate colors. 



Double White Perfection. Pure white, large and full to the 

 center. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Defiance. Camellia-flowered, very large, double and full-centered. 

 Petals reflexed. Plant symmetrical and very floriferous. Finest 

 mixed, pkt. 5 cts., oz. 50 cts. 



Double Dwarf. A very neat variety for edging, etc. Semi-double 

 flowers. Mixed, pkt. 10 cts., Hoz. 20 cts. 



BALLOON VINE (Cardiospermum). A rapid-growing annual 

 climber. White flowers succeeded by balloon-like seed-vessels. 10 

 to 15 ft. Pkt. s cts., oz. 25 cts. 



BEGONIA 



The many improvements in this family now permit their use for 

 almost any desired end. The tuberous-rooted varieties are beautiful 

 house-plants and very useful as bedding plants. The Semperflorens 

 varieties are excellent bedding plants, are equally valuable as pot 

 plants for decorative purposes and aft'ord nice sprays for cut-flowers. 

 Some of the varieties form very charming plants for baskets, etc., 

 whilst the Rex section and others supply elegant foliaged subjects. 



SEMPERFLORENS 



The following varieties are all adapted for bedding and are per- 

 petual bloomers. Also fine as pot-plants. Height about 10 inches. 



Erfordia. A popular variety with handsome dark foliage and 

 rose-carmine flowers, i ft. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Triumph. A very dwarf pure white-flowered variety that blooms 

 profusely throughout the season. Fine for pots or bedding. 6 to 10 

 in. Pkt. 50 cts. 



Vernon. Dark green foliage shaded bronzy-red; flowers deep glow- 

 ing rose, branching habit and fine for pots or bedding, i ft. Pkt. 15c. 



Dwarf Vernon. Forms a small round plant covered continually 

 with brilliant red flowers; foliage deep brownish red. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Vulcan. A grand bedder i foot high. Glowing vermilion flowers. 

 Dark brownish foliage. Pkt. 25 cts. 



TUBEROUS-ROOTED {Begonia hybrida) 



These are not difficult to grow from seed, though special care must 

 be given them in seedling 

 state. January-sown seed will 

 produce blooming plants in 

 July, whilst sowings made at 

 this latter date will furnish 

 nice stock for spring and sum- 

 mer bloom. 



Single Large - flowering 

 Varieties. In splendid mix- 

 ture. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Single Fringed (Crispa, 

 orFimbriata). Splendid mix- 

 ture of White, Cream, Rose, 

 Red, Carmine, etc. 40 per 

 cent true from seed. Flowers 

 large. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Single Crested, or 

 Bearded (Cristata). About 

 40 per cent of the flowers have 

 large flat petals with crested 

 combs. Mixed colors. White. 

 Yellow, Scarlet, etc. Pkt. 

 SO cts. 



Double Mixed. A very 

 fine strain of well - formed 

 flowers consisting of White. 

 Rose, Yellow, Orange. Scar- 

 let, Dark Red, etc. Pkt. 50c. 



Limminghi. An elegant 

 climbing species, blooming 

 almost continually. Nice for 

 baskets. Salmon. Pkt. 50 ct? 



Balsam 



