Seeds of Greenhouse Plants. 



VJM. C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY. PA. 



f"""""™""^ EUCALYPTUS QLOBULOSUS. ^'^*^P^'--« 



» primroses a fet! 2 Tall-growing and handsome, with sil- ^.^^ '^IS^^w-v- 



I oents. See our J very, hnear leaves and curious flowers. ^ '^^^ ,,i/m^r^?C¥£: ^ 



L oboice strains of J It forms a tall tree in warm climates, and Y\f^^ 



r seeds. J is thought to be useful in dispelling ma- {^^^^'■WW^^^^T'^'iiML^^f^^''^'^ 

 laria. IS cts. per pkt. 



GLOXINIA HYBRIDA. f f> 



The waxen flowers of the Gloxinias are large, bell-sh aped and ^^\^2^^r^^2L' 'iirtJ MF^^^^^l 

 richly colored, producing grand effects when different sort<; are iii!"- .UK.AsJh _.r.- j 



grouped together. Mixed seed, from the best French Hybrids ^^J^~-m^-^.ii^, 



35 cts. per pkt. ' •'"^t^-.J'^^ iJHhisrf*. 



QREVILLEA ROBUSTA. 



The Silk Oak is a beautiful little tree, grown for its grace- i^^^^l^^^yr^^- 

 ful, fern-like foliage. When small, it is much used for 

 table decoration ; as it grows larger, for tropical garden 

 effects. lo cts. per pkt. 



IMPATIENS SULTANI. 



A bright little plant, with clusters of rosy scarlet flov 

 and glossy leaves of plain dark green. It is neat and buhv in 

 growth, and very cheery for winter windows or beds. 15c. per pkt. 



LANTANA HYBRIDA. 



The Lantana is a shrubby plant, with a multitude of flower- 

 clusters something like the Verbena's. Mixed seed, loc. per pkt. 



MIMOSA PUDICA. Gloxinia tybrida. 



Sensitive Plant ; so called from the habit \l I \ /// / 



which its fern-like leaves have of closing \\ \\\lfm// t>AI PIQ 



when touched. The flowers are borne in .^^^^^^S. '""^^K ^ I' mf^^ r 



clusters, and are round, bright pink and ^^i^^^^^ V j' 'I'r I^^^^^^ A good collection of Palms from seed costs less 



fragrant. 10 cts. per pkt. <^\^^''-''//^^^^^ than half the price of one fine plant. While small 



"~-=^£i^^^^^^|^^fe*^: l/v^^^^^S^^^ tlis plants can be used very effectively for table 



nUSA ENSETE. ,.;^^^^ff^^^^K8^nuM^^^^^^^A^^ decoration, andforminglingwithbloomingplants. 



(Banana. ) A grand tropical foliage plant, -xi^^^^^^ljl R \ ilj^j^^^^^^^^ Vreca Uitescens. 25 cts. per pkt. 



with immense leaves, veined with red. It ^.^^^'feS^^^Xl ' /ilf^^^ 15 cts. per pkt. 



grows readily from the seed, and in a few / ^/JI|Vv\M^^^fe=^Kciitia Belmoreana. 25 cts. per pkt. 



years forms large plants, which may be used Jf V'^r'/y 'lfc''*i^^*^vV Borbonica. 15 cts. per pkt. 



for decoration, either indoors or outside. V'^l^ k^'V^^^^^^^ 



im^mm^^' Primulas, or 



p.^JrrXT.'°ln?,''cliw:;l\?7S;SS; ^ ffMV ' Chinese Primroses. 



yellow, or white flowers. For baskets, edg- ' "l • T 'f Jif ' ff^^'MW ni,- d- . j r .t. • • u j 



ings and pot-culture. Mixed seed, loc. pkt. / ' f V\ Chinese Primroses are noted for their rich and 



Oxalis Tropwoloides. Dark yellowish- profuse display of flowers m winter, and the 



brown fnliao-p Tn r-ts npr nkt <¥«WB — - length of time to which they prolong It. Growing 



brown toliage. 10 cts. per pkt. Latania Bortonica. the plants from seed is not difficult, and full direc- 



tions for culture are given on our seed packets. 



Per pkt. 



PREVrUIiA flmljrlata alba magnitica. Very large, pure white flowers, with yellow 



low eye ; delicately fringed $0 25 



I! P. — coccinea. Brilliant, dark red flowers 25 



; P. — coerulea. Flowers of beautiful blue 50 



I P. sinensis, Fern-Leaved. White 25 



I P. — Pern-Leaved. Crimson 25 



P. — " Mixed 25 



P. — Fine Mixed. Fringed flowers of various colors 25 



P. Japonica. Beautiful, in shades of crimson, maroon, lilac, pink and white 10 



P. sinensis fimbriata alba fl. pi. Pure white flowers, large, double and fin^v fringed 50 



l[ P. — rubra fl. pi. Double red and rose ' 50 



Ij P. obconica. A semi-hardy species ; lilac-white flower clusters 25 



i P. — grandiflora. Larger flowers than the preceding 50 



SMILAX. {Myrsiphyllum aspai-agoides.) 

 — »i vv:_«,-B Glossy green foliage. 10 cts. per pkt. 



!' ^ ^mmwBm maBm^J^^^^% torenia. 



Rich, bright colors are strangely mingled and contrasted in the flowers of the Torenias, 

 giving them bizarre rainbow effects. Pkt. 

 Torenia Foiu'nieri. Light blue flowers, marked with velvety violet, and centers of 



bright yellow $0 10 



" " White wings 10 



Primala obconica. T. Bailloni. Golden yellow, wiih rich, brown-red throat 10 



VINCA. (Periwinkle.) Per pkt. 



v. rosea. Rose-colored flowers $0 10 



V. rosea alba. White, with crimson eye 10 



V. alba. New ; pure white . . 10 



MEXED SEEDS . 



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