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BECKERT SEED AND BULB COMPANY 



HARDY FLOWER 



Delphinium — Larkspur. 



Delphinium - Hardy 

 Larkspur 



Handsome, stately, old-fashioned flowers. 

 The finest blue hardy perennial and Indis- 

 pensable for the well arranged hardy bor- 

 der. If started very early indoors, they 

 will bloom the first Summer. 

 1516 WREXHAM HOLLYHOCK DELPHIN- 

 IUM. Our strain of these superb hybrids 

 comes from a private source where each 

 plant is given individual attention and 

 seed is hand picked, as fast as it ripens. 

 The individual flowers are immense in 

 size, often 2 inches across and spikes 3 

 feet long are not uncommon. Colors 

 range from light blue through varying 

 combinations of blue, pink and mauve to 

 dark indigo, occasionally pure white. In 

 packets only. Pkt., 75c; 3 pkts., $2.00. 



1511 Belladonna. Turquoise-blue; extra 

 fine. Height 5 feet. Pkt., 25c; Y 8 oz., 75c. 



1510 Belladonna, Cliveden Beauty. An im- 

 proved strain of Belladonna. Pkt., 35c; 

 Vs oz., 75c. 



1512 Bellamosum. Dark blue with white 

 eye. Height 5 feet. Pkt., 25c; % oz., 75c. 



1513 Gold Medal Hybrids. The finest Eng- 

 lish strain. Tall spikes of large flowers in 

 all shades of blue. Pkt., 50c; % oz., $1.25. 



CHINENSE. Quite distinct from the above. 

 Plants are iy 2 feet high and resemble 

 huge lobelias. Bloom continuously from 

 July until September. 



1521 Blue. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 50c. 



1522 White. Pkt., 10c; hi oz., 60c. 



SEEDS— Continued 



Digitalis - Foxglove BH 



Stately plants, producing long spikes of 

 nodding, bell-shaped blossoms in June. They 

 thrive in partial shade as well as full sun. 



1568 Shirley Hybrids. A new giant race of 

 Foxgloves. Plants under thorough culti- 

 vation attain a height of 7 feet, with 

 flower spikes 3 feet long. Flowers are 

 large, closely spaced and very richly col- 

 ored. Pkt., 25c; V 8 oz., 75c. 



1561 Gloxinia, Fink. 1563 Gloxinia, White. 



1562 Gloxinia, Purple. 1564 Gloxinia, Mixed. 



Each, pkt., 10c; *4 oz., 40c. 



1565 Yellow Foxglove (D. grandiflora). PH. 

 Height 2 feet. Pkt., 15c; Vi oz., 50c. 



1566 Iver's Spotted. BH. Various colors, 

 attractively spotted. Pkt., 10c; Yi oz., 50c. 



1567 Double Giant Foxglove. (D. mons- 

 trosa). BH. Large spikes with the top 

 flowers united in one mammoth double 

 bell. Pkt., 15c; Yt oz., 60c. 



Digitalis — Foxglove. 



