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BECKERfS SEED STORE. 101 AND 103 FEDERAL STREET, N. S., PITTSBURGH, PA. 



Single Hyacinths 



PURE WHITE AND BLUSH- WHITE HYACINTHS, continued 

 Mr. Plimsol. Blush-white; grand spike; good bedder. 

 Queen of England. A very good, pure white. 

 ♦Isabella. Waxy white; fine spike. 

 *La Grandesse. A pure white double of this name. 

 *La Grande Duchesse. Blush-white; good flower. 

 *La Tour d'Auvergne. Pure white; forces readily; very good. 

 ♦Princess Metternich. Blush-white; one of the best double 

 whites. 



*Queen Emma. Blush-white; good truss. 



BLUE SHADES 



PERLE BRILLANTE. (See front cover.) Light blue, tinged laven- 

 der. Produces an enormous spike of perfect-shaped bells, large 

 and waxy. A grand new variety. 15 cts. each, $1.65 per doz., 

 $12 per 100. 



BLUE HYACINTHS, continued 



ADMIRAL COUBERT. Enormously large truss; flowers bright 

 sky-blue; fine forcer. 15 cts. each, SI. 60 per doz. 



BISMARCK. Large spike; bells very heavy and of a charming 

 light blue, shaded with violet in center of petals; very early. 

 15 cts each, $1.60 per doz. 



ELECTRA. Porcelain-blue; tall, finely formed spike, with very 

 large bells. 15 cts. each, $1.60 per doz. 



GENERAL VAN DER HEYDEN. Bright, dark lavender; has a 

 long, well-filled spike on a strong stem, and forces easily. 15 cts. 

 each, SI. 60 per doz. 



IVANHOE. Purplish indigo-blue; the large, glossy bells have a 

 white throat; the long, narrow, well-filled spike somewhat resem- 

 bles a delphinium. 15 cts. each, SI. 60 per doz. 



Competitor. Light blue; large, perfect flower. 



Captain Boyton. Deep porcelain-blue; large, broad spike. 



Enchantress. Most delicate porcelain-blue; makes a splendid 

 truss and is one of the most beautiful of the light blues. 



Grand Lilas. Dark lilac; large spike; splendid variety for bed- 

 ding and forcing. 



Grand Maitre. Deep sky-blue; very large, compact spike; one of 

 the most popular blues; splendid for growing in pans and pots. 



Johan. Large, light blue bells, forming a large, compact truss; 

 fine bedder. 



King of the Blacks. Purplish black; grand spike. 



King of the Blues. Rich, dark blue; splendid truss; fine as a 



forcer and bedder. 

 La Peyrouse. Clear porcelain-blue; fine bells; splendid bedder. 

 Lord Derby. The small, bright porcelain bells form a large and 



compact spike of great beauty. 

 Marie. Dark purple; fine bedder. 



Potgieter. Pale blue; immense truss; splendid for bedding and 

 early forcing. 



Queen of the Blues. Hardly excelled as a fine light blue variety; 

 stems short and stiff, and has no superior for pots. 



Schotel. Light blue; large bells; handsome spikes. 



Totula. Bright blue; enormously large flowers and spikes. 

 *Blocksberg. Late; azure-blue; large florets and spikes. 

 ♦Charles Dickens. Dark lilac-blue. 

 ♦Garrick. Light blue. 



♦General Kohler. Bright blue; a splendid forcer. 

 ♦Prince of Seixony. Dark blue; good spikes. 

 ♦Van Speyk. Porcelain-blue; large, compact spike. 



YELLOW SHADES 



CITY OF HAARLEM. (See front cover.) Golden yellow; undoubt- 

 edly the grandest variety amongst the yellows. The color is of 

 the purest golden yellow, and the truss is large and well formed. 

 15 cts. each, $1.70 per doz., $12 per 100. 



BUFF BEIAUTY. Buff-orange-yellow; large bells; enormous 

 truss. 



DAYLIGHT. Primrose-yellow, best in color. 

 Ida. Early; rich primrose-yellow; fine spike. 



King of the Yellows. Rich, deep yellow; tall spike; large bells. 



Marchioness of Lorne. Rosy salmon; splendid truss. 



YelloviT Hammer. Golden yellow; forces easily; fine spike. 

 ♦Goethe. Salmon-yellow with pinkish center. 

 ♦Ophir d'Or. Yellow with purple center. 

 ♦Sunflower. Deep buff-yellow. 



MINIATURE OR DUTCH ROMAN HYACINTHS 



These are charming single-flowered varieties that can be used for pots, bowls, boxes, or be bedded in the garden. They may also be 

 be grown in fiber with good results; plant quite close. 



All at 5 cts. each, 45 cts. per doz., $3 per 100. By parcel post, add postage for 2 lbs. per doz., or 11 lbs. per 100, at your zone rate 

 Gertrude. Clear pink. I Johan. Light blue. I Mad. Van der Hoop. Waxy white. 



Gigantea. Delicate rose. La Grandesse. White. Moreno. Lovely pink. 



Grand Maitre. Porcelain-blue. I L'Innocence. Pure white. I Queen of the Blues. Azure-blue. 



EARLY-FLOWERING FRENCH ROMAN HYACINTHS 



Much earlier than the Dutch Romans. By early potting in fall with successional planting, flowers may be had continually from 

 November to early spring, and quite early results may be had growing them in bowls or in saucers with water and pebbles, or in balls or 

 baskets of moss. 1 Each Doz. 100 



TLach Doz. 100 1,000 Early Pink $0 05 $0 45 $3 25 



Early White. Extra select, 14x1 5 cm.$0 07 SO 65 $4 75 $43 00 " Light Blue 04 40 3 00 



Choice bulbs, 12x1 5 cm. 05 50 3 80 36 00 I " Italian White 05 45 3 50 



By parcel post, add postage for 2 lbs. per doz., or g lbs. per 100, at your zone rate 



