BECKERTS SEED STORE, 101 AND 103 FEDERAL ST., N. S., PITTSBURGH, PA. 19 



Vegetable Seeds for Late Summer and Fall Sowing 



SPINACH. The main crop is sown late in 

 August and the plants covered for winter. An 

 ounce of seed will sow 50 feet of drill; 30 pounds 

 to the acre. 



Long Season. Stands longer without going 

 to seed than any other; leaves thick, crumpled, 

 tender, and of finest quality. 

 Other good kinds are: 

 Long-Standing Thick-Leaved; Munsterland; 

 Norfolk Savoy; Victoria. 



Uniform price for above: Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c;. 

 )i lb., 30c. 



TURNIPS. An ounce of seed will sow 150 

 feet of drill. 



Purple-Top Strap- Leaf. Grown largely for 

 fall and winter crops. Oz., 20c; \i lb., 60c. 



Purple, or Red-Top Globe. Remarkable for 

 its heavy yield per acre. Oz., 20c; \i lb., 60c. 

 Other Good Sorts available are: 

 White Egg, (oz., 20c. y A lb., 60c); Large 

 White Globe; Golden Ball; Cow Horn; Yellow 

 Aberdeen; Seven Top (oz., 10c) 



Uniform price for above, except where noted 

 otherwise, Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; \i lb., 50c. 



RUTABAGAS, or SWEDES. These are 

 chiefly for stock, but are excellent for cooking 

 in spring. 



Improved American and Sweet German. 



Each Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; \i lb., 50c. 



Flower Seeds for the Greenhouse and Coldframe 



TWO GRAND FORCING ANTIRRHINUMS 



Oakledge Favorite, Giant Pink. Fine salmon-pink of immense 

 size; vigorous in habit and fine for winter blooming. 

 Oakledge Favorite, Giant Pink White-throated. Immense fine 

 deep pink flower and produced in great abundance; fine for 

 winter blooming. 

 Either of above, pkt. 50c. 



Intermediate or Half-Dwarf Varieties 



Rich yellow. Defiance. Orange-red. Mt. Blanc Pure White. 



The cool fall weather brings ideal growing 

 conditions for the vegetables offered herewith. 

 As a matter of fact, fall is the time to grow 

 them and they will provide an abundance of 

 both greens and roots for late fall and winter. 

 Most of the vegetables described here, like 

 Kale and Turnips, are improved by frost. 

 Spinach is perfectly hardy and will remain 

 in the garden all winter, to thrive vigorously 

 the following spring. 



CABBAGE. Chinese Celery or Pe-Tsai. 

 Forms a long head as shown in illustration 

 alongside. Of mild flavor. It may be eaten 

 raw as salad or boiled. Sow during August. 

 Pkt.. 10c: oz., 50c 



CORN SALAD. Used in the same manner 

 as lettuce. An ounce of seed will sow a bed 20 

 feet square. 



Green Cabbaging. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c. 



KALE, or Borecole. Generally sown broad- 

 cast, but is better grown in drills two feet apart. 

 An ounce of seed wilJ sow about 200 feet of drill. 



Dwarf Curled Green Scotch. Leaves bright 

 green, and elegantly curled. 



Dwarf German Greens. (Siberian Kale.) 



Price, either of above: Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c. 



Mosbach Winter. Leaves yellowish green, 

 bent upward, and curled on the edges. 



Tall Curled Green Scotch. Unusually hardy 

 growing 2 feet or more in height. 



Prices, either of above: Pkt., 5c; oz., 30c. 



Pe-Tsai or Chinese Celery 

 Cabbage 



ANTIRRHINUM. Now grown as extensively under glass as in 

 the garden. The tall, graceful spikes are excellent for cut-flowers. 

 Giant Scarlet. Giant White. Giant Yellow. 



Giant Garnet. Giant Pink. Giant Rose. 



Giant Striped 



\i oz. 50c. 

 35c. 



Each of the above pkt. 10 cts 

 Giant Mixed, pkt. 10c, V, oz, 



Daphne. 



ANTIRRHINUMS, 



Soft-blush-pink. Golden Queen. 



Firebrand. Rich deep red. Rose Queen. Rich rose. 

 Finest Mixed, pkt. 10 cts., \i oz. 35 cts. 



BELLIS PERENNIS. 

 Giant Rose. Giant White. Giant Red. Giant Pink. 

 Each of the above pkt. 15 cts. 



CALCEOLARIA grandiflora. These are gor- 

 geous greenhouse flowering plants. Their pe- 

 culiar form and the brilliant colors make them 

 distinctly attractive. Prize Strain, pkt 50 cts. 



CINERARIA. Very distinct and ornamental 

 house plant, with magnificent heads of velvety 

 blooms, the colors of which include white, very 

 delicate to very dark blue, all shades of pink, car- 

 mine and crimson, with tricolors of crimson and 

 white, blue and white, etc., Our strains are un- 

 surpassed. 



Pkt. 



Hybrida grandiflora. Large flowering. Un- 

 surpassed for richness of colors and per- 

 fection of form. Height \ y 2 ft $0.75 



Hybrida grandiflora, Semi-Dwarf. Differs 

 from the preceding only in size of plant. 



Height 1 ft 75 



Hybrida grandiflora. Matador. Scarlet 75 



Hybrida stellata (Star Cineraria). Large 

 panicles of star-shaped flowers in many 



pleasing colors 50 



CLARKIA elegans fl.-pl. Magnificent speci- 

 mens f or greenhouse adornment. 

 Princess. Glowing rose. l /\ oz. 25 cts. 5 



Each of the above, pkt. 10 cts., \< oz. 50 cts. 



Cineraria Hybrida Grandiflora 



