BECKERT'S SEED STORE, 101 AND 103 FEDERAL ST., N. S., PITTSBURGH, PA. 



Novelties 



Gaillardia, Coppery Red 



FLOWER SEED NOVELTIES, continued 



DAHLIA, GIANT SINGLE. The plants grow to a medium height. Its numerous blooms 

 are perfect in shape, of various colorings and of huge size, sometimes attaining a diameter 

 of 7 inches and over. To obtain best results, the seed should be started indoors. Pkt. 

 25 cts. 



DAHLIA, GIANT-FLOWERING DOUBLE. Remarkable for its vigorous growth, rigidity 

 of its stems and chiefly for the remarkable size of the flowers which, under favorable con- 

 ditions, attain a diameter of 7 to 7} 2 inches. Mixed colors. Pkt. 25 cts. 



DELPHINIUM, REV. E. LASCELLES. New. Flowers quite double and extra large in 

 size; of a beautiful deep blue, with white center. Pkt. 25 cts. 



DIMORPHOTHECA AURANTIACA HYBRIDA FL.-PL. Charming double and semi- 

 double, varying from white to light and dark yellow, from salmon-rose to orange. Pkt. 25c. 



ESCHSCHOLTZIA, FIRE-RED. This fine variety has straight, upright stems and fire-red 

 flowers. Desirable for beds and borders. Pkt. 25 cts. 



GAILLARDIA, COPPERY RED. The flowers of this perennial Gaillardia are of the largest 

 size and of a uniform coppery red color turning to a lighter shade near the tips of the 

 petals. The plant is very floriferous and grows to a height of 24 to 30 inches. Pkt. 25 cts. 



GODETIA NANA COMPACTA, ROSY GEM. Beautiful pale rosy pink; habit of plant 

 compact and very free-flowering. Fine bedder. Pkt. 25 cts. 



IPOMCEA, FUCHSIA-FLOWERED. 

 The seed-pods of this variety re- 

 semble the flower-buds of the 

 fuchsia. Flowers small and light 

 rosy pink in color. The vine is a 

 rapid grower, long and slender, 

 thickly covered with narrow, deep 

 green, 5-fingered foliage. Blooms 

 late in summer and in fall until 

 frost. A charming vine for the 

 porch. Pkt. 10 cts. 



LARKSPUR, AZURE FAIRY. Plants attain a height of 12 inches and are covered 

 with a profusion of lovely, clear Cambridge blue flowers. An excellent pot- or 

 border plant. Pkt. 25 cts. 



LARKSPUR, NEWPORT SCARLET. A beautiful, free-flowering, large-spiked, 

 brilliant scarlet variety; extra fine. Pkt. 10 cts., ^oz. 25 cts. 



LOBELIA, TUPA. Hardy perennial; a useful plant for the herbaceous border. The 

 individual flowers, which are of bronze-crimson, resemble a very large Lobelia 

 cardinalis, and are about 2 inches in length, borne on long spikes. 3 to 4 feet. 

 Pkt. 25 cts. 



LAVATERA SPLENDENS, SUNSET. This new variety is a great improvement on 

 any Lavatera yet introduced. The charming brightness of its color, a very deep 

 rose-pink, being very effective. Fine for beds and cut-flowers. 2 to 2J-£ feet. Pkt. 

 25 cts. 



DOUBLE MORNING-GLORY, SNOW FAIRY. Of vigorous growth; blooms early 

 and continues blooming profusely until frost. The apex of the flower has the 

 single trumpet form of the ordinary Morning-GIory, which is, however, surrounded 

 by numerous white petals, thus combining both single and double flowers in one. 

 Flowers pure white, about 2 1 2 inches in diameter, and 2}<j inches in depth. Pkt. 

 10 cts. 



NEW GIANT-FLOWERING MARSH- 



Lavatera splendens, Sunset 



Princess Pansics 



MALLOWS. A wonderfully im- 

 proved form, in which flowers of 

 enormous size have been developed, 

 frequently 10 to 12 inches in diameter. 

 The colors have also been greatly intensified, comprising rich dark red, soft mallow-pink, 

 and pure white. Plants attain a height of 5 to 8 feet, are very floriferous and bloom from 

 July until late autumn. Sown early the plants will bloom the first year. Pkt. 15 cts., 2 pkts. 

 25 cts. 



MYOSOTIS ARGENTINA. New. Very free and large-flowering; white. Form of Ruth 



Fischer. Pkt. 25 cts. 



PANSY, PRINCESS. Strikingly erect habit; stalks unusually strong, rising vertically from the 

 roots; flowers mostly of the large-flowered, blotched and frilled type, showing an extensive 

 range of colors. Pkt. 25 cts., YsOT.. $1. 

 PANSY, WORLD'S RECORD. New, early, giant : flowering strain, which blooms far earlier 

 than any other variety. Blooms when other varieties are still dormant. 

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

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

 Celestial Queen. Lovely sky-blue with little marking. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 March Beauty. Deep velvety blue; extra-large flowers. Pkt. 25 cts. 

 PETUNIA, BALCONY. New varieties with medium-size flowers, specially adapted for hanging- 

 baskets, windows, veranda, etc. White, Rose and Dark Red. Each, pkt. 25 cts. 



PETUNIA, UNDINE. Beautiful, azure-blue flowers which merge into lilac at the margin. 

 Excellent both as a pot-plant and for the border. Pkt. 25 cts. 



PETUNIA, INFLATA. Small, very profuse-flowering, trailing variety, the branches attaining 

 a height of 2 to 3 feet, densely covered with fragrant flowers, about 1 inch across, of a lovely 

 purplish carmine with violet throat. Valuable for hanging-baskets, vases, etc. Pkt. 25 cts. 



PETUNIA, FELTHAM BEAUTY. Plant grows to a height of 1 foot, compact and very free- 

 flowering. Flowers in a great variety of colors, from white to deepest rose; contains many 

 shades not heretofore found in Petunias. Pkt. 25 cts. 



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