FLOWER SEEDS 



Beckett's Seed Store, 101 and 103 Federal St., N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Gaillardia (Blanket Flower) 



ANNUAL VARIETIES. The Gaillardias are great tavorites for bedding. 

 They are robust growers with large, gorgeously colored flowers that are 

 nice for cutting as well as for garden display. The seed of the annual sorts 

 may be sown in the garden as soon as the ground is fit to work in the 

 spring and the plants thinned out to stand about a foot apart. 



3241 Amblydon. Large, single, salmon-red flowers with deep crimson 

 centers; very showy and nice for cutting. 2 feet. Pkt. 10 cts., 3-4 oz. 

 30 cts. 



3245 Picta, Single Mixed. Free-blooming showy flowers in many shades 

 of red and yellow. 1 foot. Pkt. 5 cts., 34 oz. 20 cts. 



3247 Picta Lorenziana, Double Mixed. Very attractive flowers of un- 

 usual form, in a great variety of bright colors; blooming from midsummer 

 to frost. Fine for bedding and one of the best for cutting. 1 foot. Pkt. 

 10 cts., I4 oz. 25 cts. 



3249 Picta, The Bride. A double, pure white form; long stems; fine for 

 cutting. Pkt. 10 cts., }4 oz. 35 cts. 



HARDY PERENNIAL VARIETIES. The hardy Gaillardias are strong 

 and long-lived, increasing in size and producing a greater mass of flowers 

 each succeeding year. 



3253 Aristata (grandiflora) compacta. Bushy, free-blooming plants 

 with large scarlet flowers, margined yellow. 1 foot. Pkt. 10 cts. 34 oz. 35cts. 



3258 Aristata, New Hybrids. A grand new and improved strain, bearing 

 flowers of enormous size on stout stems, in a fine assortment of typical 

 Gaillardia reds and yellows. Pkt. 15 cts., 34 oz - 50 cts. 



Perennial Gaillardias 



Beckert's Large Flowered Hybrids 



GEUM. HP. Fine plants for the hardy border; easy to grow and thriving on poor soil 



providing they have plenty of sun. 

 3291 Atrosanguineum, Strong-growing, with large, deep red, semi-double flowers, 



valuable for cutting. 2 feet. Pkt. 10 cts., }4 oz. 40 cts. 

 3293 Mrs. Bradshaw. Large, double, bright scarlet flowers; blooms profusely all 



summer. Pkt. 15 cts., 34 oz - 75 cts. 



3302 GLADIOLI, Select Hybrids. HHP. Seedlings will bloom the first season if 

 started early under glass. These hybrids produce flowers of the largest size in all the 

 colors known in Gladiolus. Pkt. 15 cts., 34 oz - 75 cts. 



(Named varieties of Gladioli do not come true from seed. For Gladiolus bulbs, see pages 

 67 and 68. 



3306 GLOXINIA, Large-flowered Hybrids. TP. Large, tubular flowers of velvety 

 texture in many brilliant colors; handsome foliage, bronzy green with white veins. Will 

 bloom in six months from sowing. The strain we offer is the finest produced; compact 

 and erect in growth; large-flowering and free-blooming. Pkt. 50 cts. 



3282 GERBERA, Jamesonii Hybrids (Transvaal Daisy). HHP. A very brilliant 

 strain. The flowers come in white and all shades of red and yellow, and are borne on 

 long slender stems well above the foliage. Culture like Geraniums. 2 feet. Pkt. 

 25 cts. 



ORNAMENTAL GOURDS. HHA. Interesting climbers, useful for covering verandas, 

 arbors, etc. They are rapid growers and their fruits are highly ornamental. 



3342 Dipper 3346 Hercules' Club 3354 Pipe Calabash 



3343 Dishrag 3351 Nest-Egg 



Each, pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts. 

 3359 Many Varieties, Mixed. Will give the "kiddies" a big collection of Gourds to 

 play with. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 20 cts. 



Godetia HA 



Very neat and free-flowering annuals, highly prized for edging and for low beds. They will vie with the nasturtiums in brilliancy of 

 colors and will thrive on comparatively poor soil and in partly shaded locations. The seed may be sown in fall or early spring; it should be 

 scattered thinly and barely covered with fine earth. We offer improved dwarf compact sorts which grow about 10 inches high and should be 

 thinned to stand about 1 foot apart. 



33 1 7 Crimson Glow. A particularly fine variety; compact and free- 

 blooming. Flowers deep ruby-red. Pkt. 10 cts., 34 oz - 50 cts. 



3319 Duchess of Albany. Pyramidal clusters of large, satiny white 

 flowers. Pkt. 10 cts., J4 oz. 35 cts. 



3320 Duchess of Fife. White, blotched crimson. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 J4 oz. 40 cts. 



3323 Gloriosa. Dark blood-red; compact. Pkt. 10 cts., 34 ° z - 

 35 cts. 



3325 Lady Albemarle. 

 34 oz. 35 cts. 



Bright carmine-crimson. Pkt. 10 cts., 



3328 Rosamond. Vivid rose-pink, lighter at the margin and in the 

 center of the flower. Pkt. 10 cts., 34 oz. 35 cts. 



3332 Finest Mixed. Compact-growing, free-flowering varieties. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., M 02. 30 cts., oz. $1.00. 



Ornamental Grasses 



Specimen plants, clumps or entire beds of harmonious varieties are always interesting. All are valuable for cutting, and some may be 

 preserved and used in combination with "Everlasting" flowers for winter bouquets and decorations. 



3361 Coix Lacryma-Jobi (Job's Tears). HA. The seeds are 

 strung as beads. I Yt feet. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 20 cts. 



3367 Eragrostis elegans (Love Grass). HA. Nice for bunching 

 with Sweet Peas, etc. 1 Yl feet. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts. 



3369 Erianthus Ravennae. HP. Silvery plumes and violet- 

 shaded leaves. 8 to 10 feet. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 65 cts. 



3371 Eulalia zebrina (Zebra Grass). HP. Leaves barred yellowish 



t^ white. 4 feet. Pkt. 10 cts., 34 oz. 35 cts. 



3375 Gynerium argenteum (Pampas Grass). HP. Beautiful, tall 

 silvery plumes. 8 to 10 feet. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 80 cts. 



3382 Pennisetum villosum (Iongistylum). HA. Known as 

 Fountain Grass; greenish white plumes. 2J^ feet. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 oz. 80 cts. 



3383 Pennisetum Ruppelii (Purple Fountain Grass). HA. 

 Purple plumes, 2J^ feet. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 80 cts. 



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