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BECKERT SEED AND BULB COMPANY 



Salvia, Bonfire. 



Salvia - Scarlet Sage ahh 



Familiar bedding annuals. Best results 

 are secured by starting the seed indoors 

 in February. On rich soil the plants are a 

 blaze of color all summer. 



2671 America, or Globe of Fire. Semi- 

 dwarf rounded bushes, very uniform in 

 shape and size; flowers brilliant scarlet. 

 Extra-fine. Pkt, 20c; % oz., $1.00. 



2672 Bonfire, or Clara Bedman. Erect, 

 bright scarlet spikes. A favorite for 

 large beds. Pkt., 15c; % oz., 75c. 



2673 splendens. The well-known type. Pkt., 



15c; y 8 oz., 50c. 



2674 Zurich. Early; free-blooming; dwarf 

 and compact in growth. Height, iy 2 ft. 

 Pkt., 15c; y 8 oz., $1.00. 



PERENNIAL VARIETIES. 



2676 farinacea. PHH. Flowers the first 

 season and is usually treated as an an- 

 nual. Lavender-blue. Pkt., 15c. 



2677 patens. PT. Pure deep azure-blue 

 flowers. Pkt., 25c. 



SILENE (Catchfly). PH. For borders and 

 rock-gardens. 



2731 orientalis. Bright rose-pink. Height, 

 2 Ms ft. Pkt., 10c. 



2732 Schafta. Rosy purple; very dwarf. 



Pkt., 25c. 



2750 SOIj AN UM, Cleveland Cherry. AT. 



Ornamental pot plants with glossy green 

 foliage and round scarlet fruits. Largely 

 used as a Christmas plant. Pkt., 15c. 



2761 STATICS sinuata, Mixed. (Sea Lav- 

 ender). BH. Produces profusely all 

 summer and fall, long sprays of lavender- 

 blue, white, and rose flowers which may 

 be dried for winter bouquets. Height, IV2 

 feet. Pkt., 10c. 



2762 Suworowi. AH. Very pretty annual 

 from Russia. Bears short spikes of rose- 

 pink flowers all summer. Pkt., 15c. 



2763 latifolia (Sea Lavender). A fine hardy 

 perennial with flowers greatly resembling 

 Baby's Breath, except that they are sil- 

 ver-blue in color and may be dried for use 

 in winter bouquets. Pkt., 15c. 



2770 STEVXA ■errata. AH. Very free 

 blooming, bearing great quantities of 

 pure white flowers; excellent for cutting. 

 Pkt., 10c, 



Scabiosa 



A real old-fashioned flower that is. at 

 the same time one of the most satisfactory 

 to grow. Flowers are borne on long stems 

 well above the foliage. Blooms all summer 

 and is unexcelled for bedding or use as 

 cut flowers. 



ANNUAL VARIETIES. AH. Bloom July 

 to frost. Height, 2V 2 ft. 



2701 Black-Purple. 2704 Lavender. 



2702 Crimson. 2705 Boie. 



2703 Flesh-Color. 2706 White. 



2710 Mixed. 

 Each, pkt., 10c; \\ oz., 30c. 

 2709 COLLECTION: One pkt. of each of 

 the above 6 colors, 50c. 



2695 Shasta. New pure white. Pkt., 15c. 



2696 Feach Blossom. New pink. Pkt., 15c. 

 PERENNIAL VARIETIES. PH. 



2711 caucasica. Pale blue flowers. More 

 open than the annual varieties. Height, 

 3 ft. Pkt., 15c. 



2713 Isaac House Strain. An extremely 

 large flowered strain of Caucasica. Pkt., 

 50c. 



2712 japonica. Lavender flowers. Height, 

 2 ft. Pkt., 10c. 



Scabiosa — Mourning Bride. 



