Annuals for Bloom the First Season.
WM. C. BECKERT,
ALLEGHENY, PA.
PRICE OF ALL PACKETS, 5 CTS., UNLESS OTHERWISE QUOTED.
GRASSES, ORNAMENTAL.
Beds composed entirely of Grasses, with the tall varieties planted in the center and the
shorter ones used for edging, are especially beautiful.
Feathery and ele-
Pretty,
ACROSTIS nebulosa.
gant; 1% feet.
AVENA sterilis (Animated Oats).
drooping heads; i% feet.
BRIZA maxima. The large form of Quak-
ing Grass; VA feet.
Minima gracilis. Small Quaking Grass;
1 foot ; elegant for bouquets.
BROMUS brizaeformis. Useful in many
decorative ways when dried ; 2 feet.
Mignonette Machet.
ICE PLANT (Mesembryanthemum
and stems covered with a shining granular coat; plant trailing
baskets, vases, borders. Mixed.
IPOMOPSIS (Standing Cypress). Handsome plants, with
long spikes of red or bright scarlet flowers, and fine foliage. Mixed.
KAUXJFUSSIA. Compact, free-blooming, from 6 inches to 1
foot high. Flowers blue, violet, white, crimson or rose ; graceful
and pretty. Mixed.
LARKSPUR.
Rocket Larkspurs are very showy; flower-spikes of bright colors.
Dwarf Double and Tall Double. Mixed colors of each.
Branching. Bears long spikes of flowers on long stems : blooms
continuously until cut down by frost; fine for cutting. Pkt. 10c.
LAVATERA. Free-blooming plant, growing about 2 feet tall,
and producing its sho\.*y red flowers all through the summer.
LEPTOSIPHON. Beautiful in flower and foliage, giving
fine effects when grown in masses ; 6 inches. Mixed.
LINTIM (Scarlet Flax). Of great beauty. Blossoms bright
scarlet, stems and foliage fine.
LOBELIA.
Erinus speciosa superba. Dark blue, with large, white eye; trailing.
Erin us alba. White; trailing.
Speciosa superba compacta. A charming variety;
flowers rich, deep blue, strikingly relieved by a con-
spicuous white eye. Pkt. 10 cts.
Crystal Palace compacta. Dark blue flowers ; fine
for edging and carpet bedding. Pkt. 10 cts.
Compacta alba. White. • Pkt. 10 cts.
Prima Donna. Crimson. Pkt. 10 cts.
LVNARIA (Honesty). Hardy biennial, and
must be sown in autumn or early spring for flowers
the first year. Flowers white and double.
LUPINUS (Sun-dial). Very effective in mixed
borders. The seed should be sown where plants are
to stand; 2 feet. Mixed.
MARIGOLD.
Showy plants for midsummer and autumn bloom.
1 to 2 feet tall, free-flowering and easy to grow.
Eldorado. Flowers from 10 to 14 inches around, very
double, of bright golden orange and primrose shades.
Dwarf African. Dwarf, dense growth, and immense
double flowers of a peculiar shade of golden yellow.
Tall Double French. Mixed; flowers of various
bright colors.
Dwarf Double French. Plants low and compact. Mixed.
Signata pumila. Dwarf plants; forms a true "gilt
edge" for beds.
MATHIOLA bicornis. Delightfully fragrant
lilac flowers. A capital edging plant for dry and
sunny exposures.
COIX lachryma (Job's Tears). Broad
blades and drooping seeds.
ERACROSTIS elegans. "Love Grass."
CYNERIUM argenteum (Pampas Grass).
See Perennials.
LACURUS ovatus (Hare's Tail Grass).
Small white spikes; 2 feet.
STIPA pennata (Feather Grass).
TRICHOL/EANA rosea. Rose-tinted;
2 feet.
«@°"The Grasses are enjoying a revival of popularity in bothLandscape Gardening and small grounds
GAIULAR.DIA Lorenziana (Blanket Flower). Showy bedding plants, covered
with double flowers from midsummer until frost; many bright colors.
GODETIA. Bright and attractive little plants, always gay with a crop of pretty
white, rose or crimson flowers. Mixed.
HIBISCUS.
Africanus. Showy and effective. Large, cream-colored flowers, with brown center.
Giant Yellow. The flowers attain a great size, measuring 7 to 8 inches in diameter;
canary-yellow, with garnet throat. Pkt. 10 cts.
HUNNEMANNIA fumariaefolia (Giant Yellow Tulip Poppy). A very showy
plant. Large, buttercup-yellow, poppy-like flowers produced in great abundance all
summer; 2 feet. Pkt. 10 cts.
listening waxen leaves MIGNONETTE.
The matchless perfume of this modest flower renders it one of the
most popular annuals grown.
Defiance. Spikes very large and deliciously fragrant. The indi-
vidual flowers are of immense size, forming a graceful as well as a
compact spike; fine for cutting; keeps a long time. Pkt. 10 cts.
Machet. The best variety for pots ; is dwarf and free-blooming ;
flower-spikes bright, reddish maroon; very sweet. Pkt. 10 cts.
Golden Machet. Differs from the type in its heavy spikes of
golden yellow blossoms. Pkt. 10 cts.
Colden Queen. Plants dwarf; flowers bright golden yellow. Oz.20c.
Victoria. Flowers dark red and very fragrant. Pkt. 10 cts.
Large-flowering. The old and well-known Mignonette, still as
sweet as any. Oz. 15 cts.
MIMULUS (MONKEY FLOWER).
Moschatus. The well-known Musk Plant, with strongly-scented
yellow flowers. Pkt. 10 cts.
Tigrinus grandiflorus. Large-flowering new tigered and spotted
varieties, in many rich colors.
NIGELEA (Love-in-a-Mist). A delicately pretty plant; light
blue or white flowers, set in a mist of feathery green foliage, and
bearing curious seed-pods. Mixed.