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



Flower Seeds 



Tall Nasturtiums 



NASTURTIUMS 



HHA 



Tall ( Tropaolum majus) 



These popular flowering plants thrive in a poor, dry soil, making 

 a quick growth, and are very useful for screening or quickly covering 

 waste spots, etc. The colors are well nigh indescribable. Some of the 

 newer varieties present most gorgeous colors. The variegated section 

 ■will also be found elegant, in some the foliage having gold, in others 

 silver, variegation, being very ornamental, even before the beautiful 

 contrast with flowers is presented. Growth 6 to 8 or 10 feet. 

 Any of the following varieties, pkt. 5 ots., oz. 15 cts., 2 ozs. 

 25 cts., 4 ozs. 40 cts., lb. $1.40 



Butterfly. Lemon-yellow, with petals marked dark red. 



Chameleon. Various richly colored flowers on the same plant. 



Coccinea. Bright scarlet. 



Flammeum. Salmon-scarlet, marbled with velvety brown. 

 Foliis aureis, Mixed. Golden foliage; flowers of many colors. 

 Fashion. Large; light crimson-rose, with a deep veiningof old-rose. 

 Hemisphericum. Straw-color, blotched rose. 



Jupiter (Sunlight). Large, golden yellow flowers, on long stems. 

 Moonlight. Very light cream flowers, of largest size. 

 Midnight. Foliage very dark green, flowers deep brownish red. 

 Prince Henry. Lemon-yellow, carmine-spotted. 

 Rose. A lovely shade of rose. 



Salmon Queen. Rich shade of salmon; foliage dark green. 



Twilight. Large, beautiful flowers, salmon-rose, suffused scarlet. 



IVY-LEAVED, MIXED. Leaves delicate English-ivy form with 

 flowers of the most delicate fringed formation. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 

 4 ozs. 50 cts., Ib. $1.75. 



VARIEGATED-LEAVED, MIXED. Produce, even without the 

 flowers, a splendid effect. The flowers, however, are as beautiful 

 as the preceding class. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 4 ozs. 50 cts., Ib. SI. 75. 



BECKERT'S SUPERB MIXTURE OF FANCY GIANT- 

 FLOWERING VARIETIES. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 2 ozs. 25 cts., 

 4 ozs. 40 cts., Ib. $1.40. 



FINE MIXED. Oz. 10 cts., 4 ozs. 30 cts., Ib. $1. 



Lobb's Tall Nasturtiums 



Profuse bloomers, but not so rank in growth as the preceding. 

 Each, pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 2 ozs. 25 cts., 4 ozs. 40 cts., 

 lb. $1.40 



Black Prince. Dark velvety crimson; dark blue foliage. 

 Battle Giant. Sulphur-yellow, with rosy marking. 

 Crystal Palace. Bright orange-scarlet marked with bronze. 

 Golden Garnet. Orange-yellow, garnet markings at base of petals. 

 King of Blacks. Flowers dark garnet-red. 

 Lucifer. Very dark scarlet; splendid. 



Mad. Gunther Hybrids. Beautiful combination of colors. 

 Queen Victoria. Deep salmon-scarlet with fine lines in throat. 

 Rudolph Virchow. Very large, rose-colored flowers. 

 BECKERT'S SUPERB MIXTURE OF LOBB'S TALL NAS- 

 TURTIUMS. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 2 ozs. 25c, 4 ozs. 40c, Ib. $1.40. 

 FINE MIXED. Oz. 10 cts., 4 ozs. 30 cts., Ib. $1. 



ia Dwarf or Tom Thumb 



r9 Most excellent bedding plants, that seem to thrive best in a 

 poor, rather dry soil, which disposes to less and smaller foliage 

 ~ and more bloom. Rich ground will produce a very strong growth, 

 I tending to throw the flowering season quite late. Their value for 

 f cut-flowers is one of their chief merits. The new variegated 

 forms are the result of great care in selection. 

 Any of the following varieties, pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 2 ozs. 



25 cts., 4 ozs. 40 cts., lb. $1.40 

 Aurora. Rosy apricot with beautiful crimson blotch. 

 Beauty. Flowers yellow and scarlet; bright. 

 Chameleon. Splashed crimson, bronze and yellow. 

 Crystal Palace Gem. Sulphur, spotted maroon. 

 Deep Scarlet. Bright, vivid scarlet. 

 Empress of India. Brilliant crimson; dark foliage. 

 General Jacqueminot. Crimson-scarlet; foliage dark green. 

 Golden King. Large flowers; deep golden yellow. 

 King Theodore. Flowers crimson-maroon. Dark foliage. 

 Prince Henry. Spotted leaves; bright crimson-scarlet flowers. 

 Rudolph Virchow. Soft rosy pink. 

 Rose. Soft carmine-rose. 

 Vesuvius. Very fine salmon-red. 



IVY-LEAVED, MIXED. All colors in Nasturtiums, with ivy- 

 like foliage. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 4 ozs. 50 cts., Ib. $1.75. 



VARIEGATED-LEAVED, MIXED. Foliage handsomely varie- 

 gated. Flowers in bright colors. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 4 ozs. 50c, Ib. $1.75. 



BECKERT'S SUPERB MIXTURE OF TOM THUMB NAS- 

 TURTIUMS. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 2 ozs. 25c, 4 ozs. 40c, Ib. $1.40. 



FINE MIXED. Oz. 10 cts., 4 ozs. 30 cts., Ib. $1. 



LILLIPUT. Charming new class recently introduced: leaves and 

 flowers very small. Fine colors. Choicest Mixed. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c. 



Dwarf or Tom Thumb Nasturtiums 



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