Title: Beckert's seed store : vegetable seeds flower bulbs
Identifier: beckertsseedstor1931beck (find matches)
Year: 1931 (1930s)
Authors: Beckert's Seed Store; Beckert's Seed Store; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Nursery stock Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs
Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : Beckert's Seed Store
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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"Seed) l/ou Cant t(eep Down" GLADIOLUS Constant improvement in Gladiolus has greatly increased the interest in them and they are being planted in greater numbers each season. For cutting purposes, the bulbs may be planted in rows 12 to 18 inches apart, setting the bulbs 3 to 4 inches apart and planting to a depth of 6 inches. The flowering spike should be cut just as soon as the lower flowers open; the remaining buds will open if kept in fresh water and the open flowers removed as they fade. The stems should be clipped when the water is changed. Treated thus, a spike will last over a week. For garden planting, they appear to best advantage in groups or masses and are best used in conjunction with some annual or bedding subject where they can be timed to flower in late summer when garden color is most desired. Groups can also be used effectively in the perennial border. A more continuous effect can be had by making successive plantings, beginning as soon as the ground can be worked, in early spring, and planting at intervals until June. The prices named below are for the largest size bulbs—the only size we offer. They measure 1 inches or more in diameter, and are sound, vigorous, and free from disease. Such bulbs are sure to bloom, and will produce the longest, strongest spikes and the largest flowers. They are not to be compared with the smaller bulbs commonly offered and often incorrectly named "first-size." If wanted by mail, add 8 cts. per dozen bulbs THE FINEST NEW AND RARE VARIETIES CAPTAIN BOYNTON. White flushed with lavender with maroon blotch on lower petals; an excellent variety. 30 cts. each, $3.00 per doz., $20.00 per 100. CHARLES DICKENS. A very choice variety with purple violet flowers similar to Anna Eberius, grows 5 ft. high with 10 to 12 wide open flowers at a time. 40 cts. each, $4.00 per doz., $30.00 per 100. DR. F. E. BENNETT. Peach red. overlaid with flame scarlet, throat speckled ruby and creamy white; very large flowers of great substance, on strong stems. 30 cts. each, $3.00 per doz., $20.00 per 100. GOLDEN DREAM. Pure golden yellow the spike and size of flower is like Golden Measure, though its color is better and cleaner yellow. This variety will become one of the leading cutflowers. 35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz., $25.00 per 100. LONGFELLOW. Clear La France pink, slender, wiry spike of large, wide open flowers. Does not wilt or burn in the hottest weather. 40 cts. each, $4.00 per doz., $30.00 per 100. MARMORA. Lavender to lavender-gray with petunia colored blotch, from 8 to 12, very large colored flowers open at once. Well arranged on tall, strong stem. One of the best gladioli ever introduced. $1.00 each, $10.00 per doz., $75.00 per 100. MINUET. Beautiful, clear, light lavender, 4 to 6 large, heavily textured blooms; open at once on a good, strong stem. This is the lavender by which all other lavenders are judged. Con- sidered by most growers as the last work in a lavender gladiolus. 50 cts. each, $5.00 per doz., $45.00 per 100. MR. W. H. PHIPPS. La France pink overlaid with salmon- rose, lower petals faintly striped and speckled with ruby; has enormous flowers and spike. 30 cts. each, $3.00 per doz., $20.00 per 100. MRS. F. C. HORNBERGER. Beautiful, pure white, without any markings, nicely ruffled, wide open, perfectly placed flowers of good texture; many flowers open on strong, sturdy spike. 45 cts. each, $4.50 per doz., $35.00 per 100. MRS. LEON DOUGLAS. Begonia rose striped with scarlet, tremendously large flowers with several side shoots, forming a gigantic bouquet. 30 cts. each, $3.00 per doz., $20.00 per 100. MRS. VAN KONYNENBURG. Matchless, aniline blue, beats the color of any other blue variety; grows 5 feet tall; stems erect, flowers well placed on stem, even the very last top flower opens up in its true color. Without a doubt the best blue variety. 75 cts. each, $7.50 per doz., $60.00 per 100. PFITZER'S TRIUMPH. Color, bright orange and salmon with small velvet red mark in throat, measuring 6 to 7 inches in diameter. A superb gladiolus, one of the best ever introduced. 75 cts. each, $7.50 per doz., $60.00 per 100. PURPLE GLORY. Massive spikes of heavily ruffled, glowing purple flowers. Very tall and splendid. A real giant in all respects. 30 cts. each, $3.00 per doz., $20.00 per 100. THE ORCHID. A real new type with long narrow petals slightly notched and ruffled, the most orchid-like gladiolas in the world. 35 cts. each, $3.50 per doz., $25.00 per 100. TRUDEL GROTZ. Glowing salmon pink with small red blotch in throat, giving the whole a warm striking appearance, enor- mous flowers on strong tall stems. 40 cts. each, $4.00 per doz., $30.00 per 100.
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A few of Beckert's New Varieties. 69

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