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Tlidsummer Greeting 

 To Our Friends, Our Customers 



FLOW ERS, sunshine, and cheer are inseparable com- 

 panions. How logical, then, that we should fortify our 

 homes against the dreary winter months by growing 

 some Ilowers. Nature herself provides certain bulbs into 

 N\ hich, last spring, she stored an abundance of sunshine and 

 blooming power. The Dutch bulbs which 

 we offer herewith, are really flowers in 

 embryo. With the help of soil, water, and 

 the congenial warmth of the home, they 

 promptly burst forth in gay colors that 

 help shorten the dull midwinter days. 



We list in the following pages the 

 choicest of the many floral treasures which 

 France and Holland contribute to our in- 

 door and early spring gardens. Only such 

 sorts are offered in the diff'erent classes as 

 have stood the severest tests of our most critical cus- 

 tomers for years. AH are priced as moderately as our insis- 

 tence for the most vigorous and most select bulbs, 

 together with present import conditions, warrant. We 

 import direct from the growers. 



The flowering of the bulbs 

 is an easy matter, if the simple 

 , cultural directions given within 

 this catalogue are followed. Most of them should be 

 planted between early October and Thanksgiving Day. 

 A few, like Paper- White Narcissi and Roman Hya- 

 cinths may be planted, for a succession of flowers, as 

 long as bulbs are obtainable. We suggest, however, 

 that you place your order promptly upon receipt of 

 this catalogue as insurance against disappointment 

 later in the season. 



Yours for more Flower-Gardening, 



BECKERT'S SEED STORE 



101-103 Federal St., (N. S.) PITTSBURGH, PA. 



