VEGETABLE SEEDS 



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



Chinese Cabbage (Pe-Tsai) 



or Celery Cabbage 



An exceptional vegetable of wide usefulness, good either 

 cooked or served as a salad. 



You — anybody with a small piece of ground — can grow magnificent "heads," just 

 like those lu re illustrated, between August i and the time hard frosts stop plant-growth. 

 Chinese Cabbage w ill not "head" from spring-sow n seeds. 1 1 needs t he cool fall months lor 

 perfect development. It will do well in any soil, although it thrives best of all on moder- 

 ately rich clay soil that holds the moisture well. Heads like those shown bring 25 cents 

 in city markets. 



Sow like lettuce and "thin out" seedlings to stand 6 inches at first, later a foot apart 

 in row. The finished product may be eaten raw like celery 

 or lettuce, or boiled like cabbage or greens. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 oz. 50 cts., ! 4 lb. $1.50, postpaid. 



Spinach, Frost-Resistant 

 Munsterland 



A distinct new sort from Holland, having deeply cut 

 or Iaciniated foliage which offers the greatest resistance 

 to frosts. For northern sections, where frost injures the 

 ordinary kinds of Spinach, this sort should prove highly 

 useful to home-gardeners and truckers alike, especially 

 since it "stands" in perfect condition for a considerable 

 period before "shooting" seed-stalks. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 15 cts., l A\h. 45 cts., postpaid, (l^b. will sow 100 ft. 

 of row.) 



Pe-Tsai or Chinese Salad Cabbage — good raw or cooked — and 

 you can grow it just like this ! 



Some Beautiful Flowers You Need to 

 Make Your Garden Complete 



A row or two of flowers should be in every garden, 

 climbers for the porch. 



Unless there is a band of "posies" playing in your 

 Garden, it is apt to fall short of ideai. Grow some 

 flowers ! 



Those listed below give you a wide choice, from bedding flowers to 



Two Easily Grown Sunflowers 



New Wine and Primrose. A profusely branching hybrid variety, each 

 branch terminating with a flower 4 to 5 inches across. Light primrose or 

 creamy yellow in color, broadly zoned around the disk with wine-red. Pkt. 

 10 cts., V 4 oz. 25 cts. 



New Red. Plants 5 to 7 feet high, well branched. Flowers from 4 to 7 

 inches in diameter, borne on long, slender stems. They also vary greatly in 

 shade and coloring, some being red of a deep maroon shade, others red with 

 gold-tipped frills, others, again, of different combinations of red and gold. 

 If cut when opening and placed in water, they will last for a week. Pkt. 

 10 cts., V40Z. 25 cts. 



Cosmos, Early-flowering, Mixed Gr£S?SiS) 



Will furnish an abundance of long-stemmed cut-flowers from August 

 until frost. White, Pink, and Crimson, each, pkt. 10 cts., Vi 02 - 25 cts.; 

 Mixed Colors, pkt. 10 cts., '/ 4 oz. 20 cts. 



Hollyhock, Newport Pink 



Forms an attractive background. Fine, very double, pure pink variety 

 exquisite in shade. Pkt. 15 cts., Vi oz - 50 cts., oz. $1.50. 



Morning-Glory, Double Snow Fairy 



The apex of the flower has the single trumpet-form of the ordinary Morning- 

 Glory, and is more heavily surrounded by numerous white petals, thus combining 

 both single and double flowers in one. Flowers pure white, about 2 J/2 inches in depth 

 and 2^2 inches in diameter. A vigorous grower, blooming early, profusely, and 

 continually until frost. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts. 



And, oj course, you'll want some Nasturtiums, as offered on page ;i, also some 

 Sweet Peas, as described on pages 55 and $6. All o] Beckert's Flower Seeds are 



thoroughly tested ajtcr they reach us from the world's best growers. 



