Seeds of Easily Grokrn Greenhouse Plants 44 WM. C. BECKXRT, ALIXQHE,NY, PA. 



Seeds of Greenhouse Plants 



The rarest and handsomest Stove and Greenhouse Plants may be grown from seed. Directions for culture are printed on all our seed 

 packets, and the seed contained in them is fresh and of strong germinating power. Among these are included some varieties that are planted 

 outdoors hut of which the seed should be started under heat. 



ABUTILONi Flowers of all sizes and forms; pure white, 

 lemon-yellow, rose, scarlet-crimson, yellow and red shades beau- 

 tifully veined. Mixed, pkt. 10 cts. 

 ACACIA. Fine ornamental foliage and 

 showy racemes of yellow globular flow- 

 ers. Mixed, pkt. 10 cts. 



ANGELOMA 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSrs NANUS. 



grandiflora. Flow- 

 ers bright scarlet, 

 spotted with white; 

 cup - shaped, and 

 borne on long spikes. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 

 AR ALIA Slebotdi. 

 A fine decorative 

 plant, with large, 

 £\ ornamental foliage. 

 ™ Pkt. 10 cts. 



ASPARAGUS 

 plumosus nanus. 

 A graceful green- 

 house climber, with 

 feathery, lace -like 

 foliage. Pkt. 25c. 

 Sprengeri. Desirable 

 to grow as a pot- 

 plant or for planting 

 in suspended bas- 

 kets. Pkt. 25 cts. 



BEGONIAS 



Begonias are now grown in such large quantities, both for summer 

 bedding and winter flowers, that many people prefer sowing the seed 

 to buying the plants. 



Semperflorens magnifica. Plant compact and well shaped; foliage 

 very small and of a deep red color, as is also the stalk. Flowers 

 are bright crimson, from which the yellow pistil and stamen show 

 off like a golden center. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Vernon. The plant is strong, dark-leaved, dwarfish and branching 

 in habit, and the coral-red dowers cover it thickly all summer long. 

 Valuable for bedding, pot culture and winter decoration. Pkt. 10c. 

 Dwarf Vernon. Forms a small, round bush, profusely covered with 



brilliant red flowers. Foliage deep brown-red. Pkt. 15 cts. 

 Vulcan. Similar to Vernon. The plants are covered with flowers 



of the most intense red. Pkt. 15 cts. 

 Tuberous-Rooted. Large flowers of various shapes and colors. 

 The tubers must be lifted and stored in dry sand in a dry, warm 

 autumn. Single and Double Mixed. Each, pkt. 25 cts. 



CINERARIA HVb 



CINERARIA 



Hybrida grandiflora. The Cineraria is a very distinct and showy 

 window plant, and it blooms at a season when its magnificent crown 

 of brilliant velvet flowers is most appreciated. Our seed is from 

 a splendid mixture of large - flowering varieties. Ciant Prize 

 Superb Mixed and Dwarf Large-Flowering Mixed. Fach, 25 cts. 

 per pkt. 



New Striped Varieties Mixed. Fine. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Stellata (Star Cineraria). Large panicles of star-shaped flowers, 



ranging in the same colors as the preceding class. Pkt. 75 cts. 

 Candidissima. Used in ribbon-bedding, vases, etc. Leaves are 



silvery. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 CENTAUREA (Dusty Miller). Silver-leaved; indispensable 

 for ribbon beds and borders. 



Candidissima. Leaves broader and whiter than in any other 

 silver-leaved sort. Pkt. 10 cts. 



Cymnocarpa. Of very graceful growth ; a fine variety. Pkt. 10c. 



CARNATIONS 



A large proportion of the plants will produce flowers as large, 

 double, fragrant and brilliantly colored as those from purchased 

 plants of named 



varieties. The 

 Vienna and 

 Grenadin spe- 

 cies are excel- 

 lent for open 

 air culture, and 

 bloom several < 

 weeks earlier { 

 than the otherl 

 sorts. 



Ciant of Nice. 



Flowers of 



enormous size and 



of the richest and 



most varied tints. 



Flowers very double 



and borne on long 



stems. It is very 



floriferous and 



blooms in 6 months 



after sowing the 



seed. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Ea rl y- Fl o we rln g 



Vienna. Flowers of 



all colors. Choice 



mixed, pkt. 10 cts. 

 Early Grenadin. Bright scar- 

 let flowers, 60 to 70 per cent 



of them double. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 Perpetual, or Tree. Tall 



plants, continually in flower. 



Our seed will produce 75 per 



cent of double flowers. Pkt. 



10 cts. 



Double Self Colors. Flowers 



of pure and beautiful colors; 



very fragrant. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Margaret Carnations. See 



Annuals for Bloom the First 

 Season. 



Plcotees. Flowers either white or yellow, bordered with purple, 



red or rose. Fine mixed, pkt. 25 cts. 

 CAI.CEOLARI A grandiflora. The curiously shaped and 



oddly marked flowers of these plants at once attract notice. 



Large-flcwering, self-colored varieties; a great diversity of colors. 



Mixed seed, pkt. 25 cts. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS 



The beautiful seedling Chrysanthemums exhibited everywhere at 

 autumn shows have encouraged many amateurs to try growing the 

 plants from seed, and this is very easily done. If the seed is sown 

 early, kept warm and moist, and the plants are carefully tended, they 

 will give handsome flowers the first year. 



Finest Mixture. From choice flowers of Chinese and Japanese 

 sorts. Pkt. 25 cts. 



CARNATION. 



