Title: Beckert's bulbs and seeds
Identifier: beckertsbulbssee1912wmcb (find matches)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Wm. C. Beckert (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Commercial catalogs Seeds; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs
Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : Wm. C. Beckert
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Beckert's Autumn Catalogue of Choice Bulbs and Seeds 3
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Bed of Hyacinths HYACINTHS, BLUE SHADES, continued tGrand Lilas. Dark lilac; large spike. Splendid variety for bedding 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. fKing of the Blues. Rich dark blue; splendid truss. Fine as a forcer and bedder. La Peyrouse. Clear porcelain-blue; fine bells. Excellent bedder. fLeonidas. Rich light blue; early. Lord Derby. The small bright porcelain bells form a large and compact spike of great beauty. Marie. Dark purple. Fine bedder. Menelik. Almost black—darkest of all Hyacinths; immense truss; large bulb. fPotgeiter. Pale blue; immense truss. Splendid bulb for bedding and early forcing. tQueen of the Blues. Hardly excelled as a fine light blue variety. Stems short and stiff, and has no equal as a pot variety. fSchotel. Light blue; large bells; handsome spikes. *Blocksberg. Late; azure-blue; large florets and spikes. *Charles Dickens. Dark lilac-blue. *Garrick. Light blue. *Van Speyk. Porcelain-blue. Large, compact spike. Yellow Shades Buff Beauty. Buff-orange-yellow. Large truss. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz.; by mail, Si.70 per doz. City of Haarlem. Golden yellow. Not a new variety, but little known. It is the best and largest yellow. 15 cts. each, Si.50 per doz.; by mail, Si.70 per doz. Daylight. Light yellow; fine spike, flda. Early; rich primrose-yellow; fine spike, tYellow Hammer. Golden yellow; forces easily; fine spike. Unnamed Hyacinths for Bedding and Forcing These are very good varieties usually offered as "mixed." Our bulbs exceed in size the general grades, being 16 cm. and over—6 to 6)i inches—in circumference. The single varieties are excellent for forcing or indoor use. UNNAMED HYACINTHS FOR BEDDING AND FORCING, con. Uniform price-list of all colors either single- or double- flowering. Extra-selected Grade, 5 cts. each, 50 cts. per doz.; by mail, 65 cts. per doz.; $3.50 per 100, $32 per 1,000. Good Grade, S3 per 100, S29 per 1,000. SINGLE Dark Red 1 Pure White Light Red, Rose and Pink Blush-White and Tinted Dark Blue and Purple YeUow Shades Light Blue and Lavender ' Red, many shades White and Blush DOUBLE I Blue, many shades I YeUow, several shades Miniature, or Dutch Roman Hyacintlis These are charming single-flowered varieties that can be used for pots, bowls, boxes, or be bedded in the garden. They may also be grown in moss with good results; plant quite close. Gertrude. Clear pink. L'Innocence. Pure white. Gigantea. Delicate rose. Mad. Vanderhoop. Waxy white. Grand Maitre. Porcelain-blue. Queen of the Blues. Azure-blue. All at 4 cts. each, 40 cts. per doz.; postpaid, 50 cts.; $2.60 per 100 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. Each Doz, 100 1,000 Early White. Selected bulbs, 13 x 15 cm.So 06 So 55 S3 7° S3S 00 Choice bulbs, 12 X 15 cm.. 05 45 3 30 31 00 Choice bulbs, II X 12 cm.. 04 35 2 60 24 00 Light Blue 04 40 2 75 " Rose or Pink. Very early.. 04 40 2 75 EARLY ITALIAN, White 04 40 3 00 27 00 Add 8 cts. per doz. when to be sent by mail

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