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BECKERT SEED AND BULB COMPANY 



Chrysanthemums 



All varieties of this popular family are 

 nice for cutting- and very valuable for bed- 

 ding-, or for mixed borders. Please note 

 that the huge blooms seen in the florist's 

 windows in the late fall are Chinese Chrys- 

 anthemums and are raised from cuttings 

 in the greenhouse. 



ANirCJAI^ VARIETIES (Painted Daisies). 

 AH. Plants 2 feet tall bearing large, 

 brilliantly colored, daisylike flowers all 

 summer. 



1291 Burridgeanum. White, banded crim- 

 son. Pkt., 10c. 



1292 inodorum plenissimum. Double; white. 

 Pkt., 10c. 



1293 Evening- Star. Large; single; golden 

 yellow. Pkt., 10c. 



1294 Morning- Star. Primrose with dark 

 center. Pkt., 10c. 



1295 Northern Star. White with attractive 

 light yellow zone around a purple center. 

 Pkt., 10c. 



1299 COLLECTION: One pkt. of each of 

 the above 5 colors, 40c. 



1300 Sing-le Mixed. Many colors. Pkt., 10c; 

 oz., 40c. 



1301 Double Mixed. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c. 



Shasta Daisy, Alaska. 



PERENNIAL VARIETIES. Attractive 

 forms. 



1306 Shasta Daisy, Alaska. PH. One of the 



most popular of the hardy perennials. 

 Plajits are very strong and vigorous, sel- 

 doni being winter killed. Flowers re- 

 semble the coramon wild Daisy, but are 

 much larger, often 5 inches across, if 

 given thorough culture. . Plants grow 21/2 

 feet high. Seeds started indoors in March 

 will bloom the first year. Sow seed in 

 shallow drills and when large enough to 

 handle transplant to their permanent 

 position. Pkt., 25c. 



1304 frutescens (Florist's Marguerite). PT. 

 Free-blooming; nale yellow, daisylike 

 flowers. Blooms during winter in the 

 greenhouse. May be set outdoors in sum- 

 mer. Pkt., 15c. 



1305 Japanese, Doable, Mixed. PT. Largo 

 flowers. Pkt., 35c. 



Singrle Annual Chrysanthemum. 



L360 CLEOME pungens (Giant Spider 

 Plant). AH. Showy for borders, bloom- 

 ing all sumjner. Rose-colored flowers 

 with long "spidery" stamens. Height, 

 4 ft. Pkt., 10c; % oz.. 25c. 



1370 COBAEA scandens (Cathedral Bells). 

 PT. A vigorous climber. Blooms the 

 first summer from seed started indoors in 

 March or in the open ground in May. 

 Climbs 20 feet; flowers large, bell-shaped, 

 purplish blue. Plant the seed edgewise 

 and cover lightly. Pkt., 10c; 14, oz., 25c. 



1380 COLEUS, Large-Leaved Hybrids. PT. 

 Fine bedding plants, grown for their bril- 

 liantly colored variegated foliage. Start 

 Indoors in March. Pkt., 25c. 



CLARKIA. AH. Easily grown; bushy; 

 free flowering from July to frost. Nice 

 for cutting and pretty in beds. Flowers 

 are double and borne on leafy racemes. 



1341 Brilliant Crimson. 1344 Wliite Prince. 



1342 Salmon Queen. 1350 Double and 



1343 Purple. Single Mixed. 



Each, pkt., 10c; i/4 oz., 50c. 



Clarkia. 



