WM. C. BECKERT, 101 AND 103 FEDERAL ST., NORTH SIDE, PITTSBURG, PA. • Flower Seeds 



Dimorphotheca aurantiaca hybrida (See page 23) 



FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES, continued 

 G AILL ARD I A , COPPER-RED, LARGE-FLOWERED. This perennial Gaillardia is 



remar.kable for the elegance and largeness of its blooms and for the brilliancy of its 



uniform coppery red color, toning down to a lighter shade near the point of the 



petals. Pkt. 20 cts., 3 pkts. 50 cts. 

 GAILLARDIA LORENZIANA, "THE BRDDE." This new variety we now offer. 



"The Bride," will be a desirable acquisition. The flowers are white, very double 



and borne on long stems; very desirable for cutting. Pkt. 20 cts., 3 pkts. 50 cts. 

 GAILLARDIA, "MASTODON." Giant-flowering. The largest of the perennial 



Gaillardia. Flowers 3 to 3^ inches in diameter. Petals golden yellow. Pkt. 25 cts., 



3 pkts. 65 cts. 



GLOXINIA HYBRIDA CRASSD70LIA CRISPA, "WATERLOO." Produces gigan- 

 tic-sized flowers with a broad, open throat and seven petals. Edge slightly undulated 

 and ruffled, which renders the flower, in spite of its enormous size, most elegant, 

 and distinguishes it advantageously from the older varieties. Foliage very vigorous 

 and soft green in color. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 GODETIA GRANDD7LORA LTLACENA FL. PL. Plant of pyramidal habit, grow- 

 ing to a height of 2 feet. The long, slender branches are set with numerous flowers 

 of a lilac-rose color, about 2 inches in diameter. Notable for 

 their period of blooming in beds or border. Pkt. 15 cts., 3 

 pkts. 40 cts. 



GODETIA GRANDD7LORA CARMTNEA FL. PL. Similar 

 to the preceding, but of a bright carmine color, broadly 

 edged with rose. Pkt. 25 cts., 3 pkts. 65 cts. 

 GYPSOPHTLA PANICULATA FL. PL. A new and extremely 

 vigorous race, producing about 50 per cent of perfectly 

 double flowers ot a beautiful pure white color. 

 Pkt. 25 cts., 3 pkts. 65 cts. 

 GIANT PANSY, "FATA." New, large-flowering 

 Pansies with undulated petals and of rarest 

 colors. The ground colors of the single petals 

 are generally of a peculiar glistening silver-gray. 

 The markings are in man3' shades, which are, 

 however, delicate and in harmony with the 

 ground color. Pkt. 25 cts., 3 pkts. 65 cts. 

 LARGE-FLOWERING PANSY, "GLOBE." Plant dwarf, compact and globular in growth. Flowers 

 large and vary from delicate light blue to darker blue; the petals being undulated, the flowers appear 

 curved and double. Very floriferous and fine for pot culture or the border. Pkt. 25 cts., 3 pkts. 65c. 

 LIN ARIA MACEDONICA SPECIOSA. Strikingly handsome hardy perennial plants. Very robust; 

 4J^ feet high. Producing in abundance their tall spikes of clear citron-yellow flowers with orange- 

 yellow spots on their lower lip. Fine for cutting. Pkt. 20 cts., 3 pkts. 50 cts. 

 LOTUS PELIORHYNCUS ATROCOCdNEUS. Elegant training greenhouse plant. Very suit- 

 able for hanging baskets. Its beautiful, deep scarlet-black blotched Clianthus-like flowers con- 

 trast beautifully with the fine linear glaucous foliage. Pkt. 25 cts., 3 pkts. 65 cts. 

 PETUNIA HYBRIDA, "EDITHA." Handsome small-flowered Petunia for open-ground culture, 

 r to i l A feet high. Flowers \Yi to 2 inches in diameter. Mostly slightly fringed, of a pleasingrose 

 color, with dark carmine star; veined and netted brilliant carmine. Pkt. 25 cts., 3 pkts. 65 cts. 

 PETUNIA HYBRIDA GRANDD7LORA SUPERBISSIMA FIMBRIATA INTUS AUREA. Flow- 

 ers bright crimson and purple, sometimes marked with white. The wide-open throat 

 is marked with yellow and black. The very large flowers are 5 inches across. Dis- 

 tinctly waved or frilled, while the 

 margin is heavily fringed. Pkt. 25 

 cts., 3 pkts. 65 cts. 

 PETUNIA HYBRIDA, "NORMA." 

 Blue, with white star. Plant of me- 

 dium size and compact habit, and 

 produces its lovely white star-blue 

 flowers in great abundance. Pkt. 

 25 cts., 3 pkts. 65 cts. 

 SINGLE POPPY, BLACK PRINCE. 

 Its flowers are of a brilliant black- 

 ish brown. Coloration with violet 

 hue to which the almost white 

 stamina and the yellowish green 

 seed germ contrast wonderfully. 

 Pkt. 20 cts., 3 pkts. 50 cts. 

 RUDBECKIA BICOLOR SOLFA- 

 TARA. Sulphur-yellow florets with 

 dark brown central disk. Borne 

 singly on long, stiff stems, and 

 average 3 to 334 inches in diameter. 

 Valuable for cut-flowers. Pkt. 

 20 cts., 3 pkts. 50 cts. 

 BLUE SALVIA PATENS COM- 

 PACTA NANA. In habit the plant 

 is very bushy. compact and uniform. 

 The long flower-spikes are held well 

 above the foliage. Three to five 

 flowers on a spike are open at one 

 time. A wonderful ultramarine 

 blue, rarelv found in any other 

 flower. Pkt. 25 cts., 3 pkts. 65 cts. 

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Gypsophila paniculata fl. pi. 



Gaillardia, Copper-red 



