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BECKERT SEED AND BULB COMPANY 



Verbena 



New Giant Hybrids. AHH. An 

 old-time favorite which has but 

 lately been taken up by the hybri- 

 dizers with truly marvelous re- 

 sults. Plants are compact, bushy 

 and bear extra large trusses, the 

 individual florets of which meas- 

 ure an inch in diameter. With thi? 

 new strain we look for an immedi- 

 ate re-popularity of this fine flower. 



3061 Etna. Geranium red with yel- 

 low eye. 



3062 Ziucifer. Bright glowing scar- 

 let. 



3063 Iiuminosa. Flame pink shad- 

 ing to salmon. 



3064 Rose Cardinal. Cardinal-rose 

 with white eye. 



3065 Violacea. Deep violet-purple, 

 white eye. 



3066 White. Large pure white. 



Each, pkt., 15c; V4 oz., $1.00. 



3069 COI.I.ECTION: One pkt. of each of the 

 above 6 colors, 75c. 



3070 Mixed. A superb array of color. 

 10c; 1/4 oz.. 60c. 



Pkt., 



3052 Beauty of Oxford Hybrids. The largest 

 flowered Verbena. Flower trusses are held 

 erect and individual florets are very large. 

 Pkt., 25c. 



3053 Iravender Glory. E^tra large lavender. 

 Pkt., 25c. 



3072 Iiemon Verbena (Lippia citriodora). 

 PT. Not a true Verbena. Grown for its 

 fragrant lemon-scented leaves. Pkt., 20c. 



3068 Dwarf Fireball. New dwarf scarlet. 

 Pkt., 25c. 



Verbena, Giant Hybrids. 



Tithonia. 



VERBENA — Continued. 



3071 erinoides (Moss Verbena). AH. Thick, 

 mossy foliage and clusters of little lav- 

 ender flowers. Pkt., 10c. 



3045 URSINIA anethoides. Flowers are 

 daisy-like with orange colored petals and 

 central bands of ruby-red. Pkt., 25c. 



3025 TITHONIA speciosa. AH. Large 

 Dahlia-like plants up to 6 feet tall. Flow- 

 ers are flame orange, shaped like a single 

 Dahlia and borne on long stems. An excel- 

 lent cut flower. Pkt., 25c. 



3014 SWEET WIVEI.SFIEI.D. AH. A new 



race of hardy annual flowers, being the 

 result of a cross between Pinks and Sweet 

 William. Flowers are borne in heads like 

 Sweet William, but the individual flowers 

 are much larger. Blooms all summer. 

 Pkt., 25c. 



3015 TAGETES sig-nata pumila, Iiittle Giant. 



AH. Very pretty miniature Marigolds. 

 Plants are dwarf, bushy and very free 

 flowering. Pkt., 15c; oz., 50c. 



3020 THUNBERGIA (Black-eyed Susan). 

 AHH. Rapid-growing, slender climbers 

 with dainty, black-eyed cream, yellow, 

 and buff flowers. Excellent for porch- 

 boxes. Pkt., 10c; 1/4 oz., 40c. 



3030 TORENIA PournierL AT. Compact 

 plants, covered with blue flowers. Splen- 

 did for baskets. Height, 8 in. . I'U'-. 



3075 VENTDIUM fastuosum. AH. The larg- 

 est African Daisy. Plants 2 to 3 feet tall 

 bear numerous large daisy-shaped flow- 

 ers, 4 to 5 inches across, orange with 

 brown central discs. Pkt., 25c. 



3095 VIRGINIAN STOCK (Malcolmia mari- 

 tima). AH. Dwarf plants blooming all 

 summer; shades of white, pink and rose. 

 Pkt.. 10c. 



3333 WIZ.D CUCUMBER (Echinocystis lo- 

 bata). AHH. Very rapid climbing vine 

 for quick covering of trellises, banks, 

 walls, etc. Pkt., 10c; oz., 35c. 



VINCA rosea (Periwinkle). PT. Handsome 

 bedding plants, blooming the first sum- 

 mer from seed started indoors in Febru- 

 ary or March. 



Pure White. 3093 Rose with Red 

 3092 White with Rose Eye. 



Eye. 3094 Mixed. 



Each, pkt.. 10c; H oz., 50c. 



