20 BECKERTS SEED STORE, 101 AND 103 FEDERAL ST., N. S., PITTSBURGH, PA. 



NAMED HERBACEOUS PEONIES, continued 



Each Doz. 



Lady Leonora Bramwell. Silvery rose; fragrant $0 35 $3 50 



L'Eclatante. Carmine; very beautiful 35 3 50 



L' Indispensable. Delicate flesh-color, with rose 



center 35 3 50 



Louis Van Houtte. Velvety cerise-red; very brilliant. 35 3 50 

 Madame de Verneville. Pure white round-shaped 



flower; fine 40 4 00 



Maria Lemoine. Pure white; very perfect form; late. 35 3 50 



Marie Stuart. A very fine pink flower; elegant shape . . 35 3 50 



Mons. Krelage. Wine-red; grand flower 1 20 12 00 



President Roosevelt. Pure dark red 35 3 50 



PAEONIA OFFICINALIS 



The old-fashioned garden Peony. Blooms nearly two weeks earlier 

 than other varieties. Each Doz 



Double White $0 20 $2 00 



Double Scarlet 25 2 50 



Double Pink 25 2 50 



PUSCHKINIA scilloides. Spikes of white and blue-tinged flowers, 

 adapted for pot-culture, and also for the hardy border. 3 cts. each. 

 25 cts. per doz., postpaid. 



RANUNCULUS, French Turban and 

 Persian. Very showy, ranging 

 through many shades of color. They 

 flower profusely in pots and frames 

 in the spring of the year. Plant 3 to 4 

 inches apart with the claws of the 

 tuber down; cover with sand and 

 sufficient soil that the crowns are 3 

 inches below the surface. 15 cts. per 

 doz., 75 cts. per 100, postpaid. 



SAUROMATUM 

 GUTTATUM 



(Arum cornutum, or Red Calla) 



Known as the "Monarch of the 

 East." Does not require soil or water. 

 The only treatment required is to place 

 the large, flat bulb on a table or shelf, 

 in a warm room or the greenhouse. 

 Produces in midwinter, in an incredibly 

 short time, its huge flowers, some 18 

 inches high, which are of a splendid 

 crimson, richly spotted with velvety- 

 maroon-black. In the spring the bulb 

 can be planted in the garden, when it 

 will throw up a strong stem 2 feet high, 

 covered with dark purple spots, and 

 bearing at the summit a huge umbrella- 

 shaped crown of leaves. Ready in 

 November. Very large bulbs, 15 cts. 

 each, $1.50 per doz. If by mail, add 

 postage for 8 ozs. for each bulb, at your 

 zone rate. 



SCILLAS 



Very hardy and beautiful class of 

 bulbous plants. Desirable for house 

 and garden culture. Charming in 

 all respects. Splendid for naturalizing. 

 Will grow and flower in shady places where most flowers will not 

 exist. 



Mailing weight, 2 lbs. per 100; single bulbs and dozens postpaid 

 Campanulata alba maxima. Large; pure Each Doz. ioo 



Sauromatum guttatum 



Campanulata, Rose Queen 



pink 



Campanulata, Blue Queen. 



blue 



Sky-Blue. 



Large; fir 

 Large; bright 

 Large; bright 



Campanulata 



blue 



Nutans alba major. Large; white 



Nutans, Blush Queen. Delicate lilac-rose. 



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Sibirica. First-size bulbs $9 per 1,000. . 



Mammoth bulbs $12 per 1,000. . 



Sibirica alba. White flowers 



SPARAXIS. Ixia-Iike flowers, very gorgeous in color; dwarf habit, 

 very nice. Extra-fine mixture, 2 cts. each, 15 cts. per doz., 75 cts. 

 per 100, postpaid. 



SPIREAS 



NOVEMBER 



A very hardy class of plants, extensively grown as pot-plants for 

 Easter and sprihg sale. They are very showy; flowers are borne in 

 large pyramids of feathery panicles of pink and white. Handsome 

 foliage. 



Mailing weight, 2 lbs. per clump 



Gladstone. A fine, improved free-flowering, Each Doz. ioo 

 white variety, forming immense plants with 



large plumes on long stems; elegant $0 15 $1 50 $10 00 



Rubens. Exceedingly fine, deep pink flowers; 



the best of the pink varieties 25 2 50 18 00 



Venus (Philadelphia). Bright lilac-rose; the 



best in this class 22 2 25 15 00 



TRITELEIA uniflora (Spring Star Flower). Star-shaped, milky 

 white flowers. For pot-culture; flowers in early spring. Plant 

 four to six bulblets in a pot. 2 cts. each, 20 cts. per doz., postpaid. 



ZEPHYRANTHUS 



Suitable for pot-culture or for planting in the garden in spring. 



Each Doz . 



Atamasco. Hardy. White, suffused pink $0 05 $0 50 



Candida. Long, pure white flowers 05 50 



