FLOWER SEEDS 



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



Finest Show Pansies 



Beckert's Superb Mixture. Our own blending of Show and 

 Giant varieties. Pkt. SO cts., ' .,<>/. SI. SO, oz. S10. 



Choice Mixture. Large-flowering varieties. Pkt. 25 cts., J^oz. 

 80 cts., oz. $6. 



Bugnot's Giant Spotted. large, superb flowers, with broail 

 blotches, the petals finely lined in great diversity of rarest colors. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



Cassier's Superb Strain. Large, round flowers; colors rich 

 and varied. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Masterpiece (Germania). Every petal is conspicuously undu- 

 lated and curled, and the flowers are among the largest. Among 

 these Pansies are also found some lovely tints of color not met 

 with in other strains. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Princess. Strikingly erect habit. Stalks strong, rising vertically 

 from the roots. Flowers in an ex-tensive range of colors, mostly of 

 the large-How ercd, blotched, and frilled type. Pkt. 25 cts. 



World's Record. New, early giant-flowering strain, which blooms 

 very early when other varieties are still dormant. 



Celestial Queen. Lovely sky-blue with little marking. Pkt. 

 25 cts. 



Ice King. Beautiful silvery white with black center. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 March Beauty. Deep velvety blue. Extra-large flowers. Pkt. 

 25 cts. 



Winter Sun. Splendid bright yellow with dark center. Pkt. 25c. 



Giant Trimardeau Pansies 



Beautiful class of vigorous and compact growth. Flowers of 

 largest size. 



All Trimardeau varieties, pkt. 10 cts., V^oz. 85 cts., oz. $3 

 Adonis. Light blue. 

 Andromeda. Rosy lavender. 

 Atropurpurea. Blackish purple. 

 Emperor William. Ultramarine-blue. 

 Golden Queen. Pure yellow. 

 Golden Yellow. Dark eye. 

 Hortensia. Shades of rose. 

 Lord Beaconsfield. Lax'ender and purple. 

 Snow Queen (Snow-flake). Satiny white. 

 Striata. Striped varieties mixed. 

 White. With violet eye. 



TRIMARDEAU, MIXED. Pkt. 5 cts., }{oz. 70 cts., oz. $2.50. 



PENTSTEMON hp 



Many of these plants are hardy on dry soil. They are herbaceous 

 and make fine plants for the border; clumps produce a splendid show. 



Sensation (Gloxinioides). A giant gloxinia-flowered variety. 

 Plants attain a height of 2 feet, every branch being a spike of large 

 flowers 2 inches across. The colors and markings range from pink 

 to scarlet and maroon, veined and blotched with other colors. Blooms 

 from midsummer until frost. Pkt. 15 cts. 



Choice Mixture of Many Varieties. Pkt. 5 cts. 



PETUNIA hha 



Hybridizing has accomplished wonders in this as in other genera 

 of plants. But a few years back it was deemed imperative to secure 

 in fall stock plants of all desirable varieties. At the present day this 

 would be a waste of time and space, as the excellent strains of seed 

 now offered fulfil all wants. Single- and double-flowering, plain or 

 fringed petals, tall or dwarf growth, may all be had remarkably true 

 from seed, and with these go a degree of vigor that is lacking in plants 

 propagated by cuttings. Petunias are valuable as pot-plants, par- 

 ticularly adapted for vases, baskets, window-boxes, etc., and the 

 dwarf varieties are leaders for bedding. For the latter purpose Feb- 

 ruary and March sowings w ill be timely. We offer in the following 

 list only the very best strains. 



Double-Flowered Petunias 



Large-Flowering, Double, Fringed, Mixed. A superb mixture 

 of finely fringed varieties in many colors. Pkt. SO cts. 



Marvelous Double. Never surpassed in beauty, size, form, or 

 color, if ever equalled. Some flowers measure 5 inches across, none 

 less than 3 inches. They are fluted, frilled, ruffled, and pinked in 

 many forms and colors. Pink, Pure White, Violet, Lavender, Mauve, 

 Crimson, plain, and shaded with variegations in all these shades in- 

 numerable. Pkt. SI. 



Large-flowering Fringed Petunias 

 Pkt. 10 cts., y 8 oz. 40 cts. 

 A lovely rose shade with yellowish throat; 



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Single-Flowered Petunias 



Large-flowering, Fringed. An unsurpassed mixture From care- 

 fully fertilized show flowers. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Giants of California. Large, fluff j blossoms, handsome!) fringed, 

 and ruffled. Vcr\ free- 

 flowering. White, rose, 

 crimson, black, etc. 

 Mixed, pkt. 25 cts. 



Ruffled Giants. A 

 distinct class with very 

 large (lowers, which arc 

 deeply milled and flutci I , 

 elegant. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Ruffled and Fringed 

 Giants. Exquisitely 

 fringed and ru filed on 

 the edges, and of im- 

 mense si/e, in cm lless va- 

 rieties of colors, mark- 

 ings, vetnings, blotches 

 and stripings, with deep 

 throats of maroon, yel- 

 low, white, black, or 

 green. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Howard's Star. Very 

 free-flowering. A blush- 

 pink star on maroon 

 ground. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 Hoz. 50 cts. 



Dwarf Inimitable, 

 Compacta mult iflora . 

 Only 6 inches high and 

 completely covered with 

 flowers. Fine for edging. 



Rosy Morn (Erfordia). 

 bushy and very free. 6 inches. Good edging variety. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 y&oz. 75 cts. 



Snowball. Another beautiful, dwarf, pure white variety; sweet- 

 scented. 6 inches. Pkt. 10 cts., J-^oz. 50 cts. 



Queen of the Roses. A very pretty dwarf-growing variety, 

 excellent for bedding and an ideal pot-plant. Pkt. 50 cts. 



Balcony. New varieties with medium-sized flowers. Specially 

 adapted for hanging-baskets, verandas, windows, etc. Dark Red, 

 Rose, and White. Each, pkt. 25 cts. 



Brilliant. Brilliant carmine-pink flower. Beautiful dwarf com- 

 pact variety. Pkt. 10 cts., J^oz. 75 cts. 



Undine. Beautiful azure-blue flowers which merge into lilac at 

 the margin. Excellent as a pot-plant and good for the border. Pkt. 

 25 cts. 



Inflata. Small, very profuse-flowering, trailing variety. Branches 

 attain a length of 2 to 3 feet, densely covered with fragrant, lovely, 

 purplish carmine flowers with violet throat. Fine for baskets, vases, 

 etc. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Feltham Beauty. Flowers in a great variety of colors, white to 

 deepest rose. Plant 1 foot in height, very compact and floriferous. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



Fine Mixed. Pkt. 5 cts., J^oz. 25 cts., oz. 75 cts. 



PLATYCODON grandiflora (Chinese Bellflower). HP. Large, 

 broad, bell-shaped flowers; fine for the border. Deep blue and white 

 mixed. \% feet. Pkt. 10 cts., J^oz. 40 cts. 



PORTULACA (Purslane Family) 



These are succulent plants that delight in light, dry soil in a sunny 

 situation, blooming profusely during the hottest weather and pro- 

 ducing a gorgeous display. The seed should be sown where wanted 

 and thinned out as required, the plants being of a spreading character. 

 6 inches. 



Single Finest Mixed. In numerous rich colors. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 40 cts. 



Double Mixed. Extra-fine quality. A large percentage of the 

 flowers come double. Pkt. 10 cts., J<tOz. 60 cts. 



LAWN GRASS SEED. If you desire a perfect lawn, use our 

 Evergreen Lawn Seed. FOR SHADY PLACES, sow our Shady- 

 Nook Lawn Seed. Both kinds, if sown early in the spring, will 

 produce a good lawn by midsummer. See inside back cover for 

 seed and for directions how to make a lawn. 



