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BECKERT SEED AND BULB COMPANY 



Ageratum ^Flossflower 



AHH 



Continuous blooming, bedding and cutting annuals. 

 Flowers are tuft-shaped and borne in heads. Dwarf 

 sorts for bedding and window boxes and the tall sorts 

 for cutting. All varieties are fine for edging beds or 

 borders. For early blooms seed should b© started in- 

 doors in March. 



575 Blue Perfection. Improved tall variety with deep 

 sky-blue flowers. Height 12 inches. Fkt., 10c; ^4 oz,, 

 50c. 



576 Iiittle Blue Star. Very dwarf and bushy, best va- 

 riety for edging. Bright blue. Height 5 inches. 

 Pkt., 25c; 5 pkts., $1.00. 



573 Dwarf Blue. Height 8 inches. Pkt., lOo; V4. oz., 



30c. 



578 Blue Ball. Deep ageratum blue. Plants are dwarf 



and compact and very free flowering. Pkt., 25c. 

 AMARANTHUS. AHH. Showy plants with brilliantly 



colored foliage. 

 635 Sunrise. A superb new Amaranthus with glowing 



crimson foliage. Height 3 to 4 feet. Pkt., 25c. 

 633 tricolor splendens (Joseph's Coat). Gorgeous 



scarlet, yellow and green foliage. Height 2 feet. 



Pkt, 10c; 1/4 oz., 30c. 



Ageratum, Blue Ball. 



See pages 35 

 to 42 inclusive 

 for other fine 

 novelties il- 

 lustrated in 

 color. 



510 ABUTHiOlT, Choice Hybrids (Flowering Maple). 

 PT. Everblooming greenhouse shrubs with delicately 

 veined, bell-shaped flowers. May be set outdoors 

 after June 1st. Pkt., 25c. 



ADONTS (Flower-of-the-Gods). Blooms in early sum- 

 mer. The whole plant resembles a very dwarf Cos- 

 mos. 



561 aestivalis. AH. Scarlet. Pkt., 10c. 



565 AGATHABA coelestis. PT. A beautiful, clear blue 

 Daisy, growing 18 to 24 inches high. Plants are ten- 

 der perennials, but may be treated as annuals, bloom- 

 ing in August from seed planted indoors in March. 

 Pkt., 25c. 



600 AZiONSOA Warscewiczi (Maskflower). AHH. Bushy 

 plants IV2 feet high with spikes of bright scarlet 

 flowers. Somewhat similar to scarlet sage. Pkt., 15c. 



Amaranthus, Sunrise. 



Alyssum 



AH 



Arctotis Grandis. 



Very dwarf -growing bedding or edg- 

 ing plants, covered with tiny white 

 blossoms from early summer until frost. 



612 Little Gem. Dwarf and compact; 

 pure white. Pkt., 10c; V4, oz., 25c; oz., 

 75c. 



613 Carpet of Snow or Dwarf BoucLuet. 



Plants flat and spreading. Pkt., 10c; 

 14, oz., 30c; oz., $1.00. 

 615 Snowflakes. The most compact and 

 dwarf Alyssum. Flowers are pure 

 snow white. Pkt., 15c; i/4 oz., 75c. 



614 Lilac Queen. Similar to Little Gem 

 but lavender flowers. Pkt., 10c; oz., 

 30 c. 



650 ANCHUSA, Annual Blue Bird. AH. 



Until the introduction of this charm- 

 ing novelty the Annual Anchusas 

 have been too straggly to be of use. 

 Blue Bird is an upright bushy plant 

 covered with bright indigo-blue. For- 

 get-me-not-like flowers. Pkt., 25c. 



761 ARCTOTIS HYBRID A (African 

 Daisy). AHH. A rare novelty that is 

 surprisingly easy to grow. Flowers 

 are daisy shaped in a wide range of 

 colors and with dark center discs. 

 Good for bedding and fine as cut flow- 

 ers Pkt. 25c 



760 ARCTOTIS grandis (African Lilac 

 Daisy). AHH. Bushy plants 2 feet 

 hisrh, with daisy-like flower^;. Petals 

 are white on top, lilac underneath. 

 Blooms all summer. Pkt., 10c; % oz.. 

 35c. 



