WM. O. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Perennials for Permanent Beds and Borders. 



ASPERULA ODORATA. 



(Sweet WoodrufF.) This plant is noted as being tlie principal ingredient of "Maitrank," but is 

 grown in most gardens for its clusters of white, sweet-scented flowers, which are very pretty for bou- 

 quets. Low-growing, 6 inches high. 5 cts. per pkt. 



AURICULAS. OR HARDY PRIMULAS. 



Cowslips, or Hardy Primroses, are favorite early spring flowers, with clusters of 

 bright blossoms in different shades of red and yellow. The clumps increase rapidly. 

 Primula auricula. Mixed seed of best varieties, 10 cts. per pkt. 

 P. elatior. (Polyanthus.) Choice mixed seed, from large flowers, 10 cts. per pkt. 

 P. vulgaris. The true, fragrant yellow Primrose. 10 cts. per pkt. 



BOCCONIA JAPONICA. 



Stately foliage plants for lawns or pots, with large and beautiful leaves. 5c. perlpkt. 



BELLIS FERE 



s. 



The favorite Double Eng-lisli, or Burns Daisy. 



This dainty little flower is a favorite everywhere, with practical gardeners and people 

 of refined tastes, as well as with poets. It is of easy culture, and grows well in alli'soils, 

 if given a rather moist, shaded situation. Flowering plants grow off readily from seed 



sown in the border in early spring, or in boxes in the ho 

 inches in height, and bloom from spring unti 

 midsummer ; in some localities sparingly in 

 autumn. An exquisite plant fur shady bor- 

 ders and edgings to beds, or for window- 

 boxes in a cool room, where in winter flowers 

 are sent up thickly, forming rainbows of 

 pink and white. 



Bellis perennis fl. pi. Flowers double. 



Mixed colors, 10 cts. per pkt. 

 B. — maximus. A choice, large-flowering 



strain. Mixed colors, 25 cts. per pkt. 

 B. — alba. Extra double, large white 



flowers. 10 cts. per pkt. 

 B. — Longfellow. A very choice variety 



of recent introduction. The bright rose- 

 colored flowersare verylarge and double, 



and borne on long, stiff flower-stalks ; 



an exquisite flower for cutting. 10 cts. 



per pkt. 



B. — Snowball. A pure white variety of 

 the Daisy, with flowers very large and 

 perfect, and long stems. 25 cts. per pkt. 



They seldom exceed 6 



Campannla. 



COREOPSIS LANCEOLATA GRANDI 

 FLORA. 



(Harvest Moon.) The flowers of this giant sort are nearly 

 double the size of the older variet\', measuring nearly 4 inches 

 across, deeper yellow in color, with petals broader and more 

 overlapping ; flo'wers very freely ; fine for cutting. loc per pkt. 



ORUCIANELLA STYLOSA. 



Low, tufted plants, seldom more than a foot high ; rose- 

 colored flowers, in profusion the greater part of the sum- 

 mer. 5 cts. per pkt. 



DELPHINIUM. 



Perennial Larkspurs, although not so showy as the 

 annual sorts, are indispensable to the hardy garden, be- 

 cause of their long and graceful spikes of bright blue 

 flowers. 



Delphinium Caslunerianum. Long spikes of deep 

 blueblossoms, like Monk's-Hood. 10 cts. per pkt. 

 Delphinium. D. formosum. Rich blue flowers, with white centers. 



Splendid mixture, 10 cts. per pkt. 



DIANTHUS. 



Dianthus Barbatus. (Sweet William. ) Besides their well-known value as attractive, 

 profuse-blooming garden plants, the Sweet Williams have begun to be appreciated 

 for cutting, especiallv the white varieties. The flowers have a quaint perfume. 



I>. — Single Mixed. All the best colors, 5 cts. per pkt. 



D fl.pl., Mixed Seed. Seed from fine double flowers of manv colors. 10 cts. per pkt. 



D. Gardnerianus. (Double Hardv Garden, or Grass Pink. This species is in perfec- 

 tion about the first of June. The plant is hardier than the carnation. 5 cts. per pkt. 



D. plumarius. (Double Pheasant's-Eye Pink.) Double fringed flowers, fragrant, of 

 white, crimson or purple shades. 10 cts. per pkt. 



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.'Snowball Daisy. 



CALLIRHOE LINEARILOBA. 



The lilac and white flowers of this plant are 

 produced the first year if the seed is started 

 early. It is a modest but very pretty hardy 

 perennial, and deserves; wider cultivation. 

 5 cts. per pkt. 



CAMPANULA. 



(Bellflower.) Handsome hardy herbaceous 

 perennials, very popular for mixed beds and 

 borders. They bear a profusion of large, bell- 

 shaped flowers in blue, rose, pink and white. 

 Campanula pyramidalis. Flowers in many 

 shades of blue. Mixed seed, 5 cts. per pkt. 

 C. media calycantliema. (Cup and Sau- 

 cer.) Handsome flowers in many tints of 

 blue, rose and white. The large colored 

 calyx forms a prettv saucer, or setting, for 

 the bell, or cup. Mixed seed, 5 cts per pkt. 

 C. — (Canterbury Bell.) Produces large, 

 nodding, bell-shaped flowers of charming 

 form and many beautiful shades ; single and 

 double. Each, 5 cts. per pkt. 

 C. speculum. (Venus' Looking-Glass.) See 

 Seeds for Bloom the First Season. 5c. pkt. 



Dianthns Barbatus. (Sweet William.) 



