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Title: Beckert's quality bulbs for autumn 1930
Identifier: beckertsqualityb1930beck (find matches)
Year: 1930 (1930s)
Authors: Beckert's Seed Store; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Nursery stock Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Grasses Seeds 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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24 BECKERT'S ANNUAL AUTUMN CATALOGUE OF CHOICEST BULBS
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Seeds for the Greenhouse Antirrhinum (Snapdragon) HHP Now grown as extensively under glass as in the garden. Snapdragons bloom to perfection indoors and require no more care than Geraniums. With only ordinary treatment and temperature, they will flower in from four to six months from the time the seed is sown. About 80 per cent of the seedlings come true to color. Beckert's Mammoth Snapdragon 2111 Apple Blossom. Strong stems, bearing masses of big flowers; delicate rosy pink with yellow lip and pure white throat. 2112 The Rose. Flower of extraordinary size; clear, deep rose-pink. 2118 Wallflower. Bronzy orange shading to coppery red at the edges and to clear deep yellow in the tube. Immense. 2119 Copper King. Bright scarlet with a wxarm copper sheen. 2122 Lilac Spray. Flowers of the largest size; lilac-purple with yellow throat. 2123 Purple Glow. Glorious, deep rosy purple flowers; enormous spikes. Each, pkt. 20 cts., 1/a oz. $1.00 Winter Flowering Spencer Sweet Peas pkt. Oz. 4904 4918 4926 4935 4936 4949 4958 4961 4968 4973 4977 4979 4984 4986 4995 Snowflake. Pure white. White-seeded #0 15 £0 75 Spring Maid. Rose-pink on cream _ _.. 15 75 Melody. Light rose-pink _ _ _ 15 75 Rose Charm. Bright carmine-rose _ 15 75 Zvolanek's Rose. Rich rose _ _ - -.. " 15 75 Mrs. Kerr. The best rich salmon _ _ 15 75 Illumination. Glowing salmon-cerise _ 15 75 Enchantress. Beautiful rosy pink _ _ _.. 15 75 Aviator. The best crimson-red _ 15 75 Madonna. Best white variety (black seeded) easy to germinate - _ _ _ - _ 15 75 Blue Bird. The finest pure mid-blue 15 75 Heatherbell. Rich mauve; extra-large _ 15 75 Yarrawa. Deep rose and cream _ _ 15 75 Columbia. The best "pink and white" 15 75 Finest Mixed _ _ 10 60 Special Forcing Snapdragons The varieties below are especially recommended for forcing 2154 Hunt's Geneva Pink. Bright rose pink. 2155 Improved Nelrose. Bright Pink. 2156 Silver Pink. Pearly pink self. 2157 Purity. Pure White. 2158 Peerless Pink. LaFrance-pink. Pkt. #1.00, 6 pkgs. £5.00 under glass. Asparagus TP Graceful plants extensively grown for their dainty, emerald-green foliage, hich is used in floral designs and bouquets. 221 Plumosus nanus. The florist's "asparagus fern." Beautiful sprays of fern like foliage. Pkt. 25 cts. 100 seeds 75 cts. 22 3 Sprengeri. The best variety for pots or baskets and fine for cutting. Pkt. 15 cts., 100 seeds 50 cts. Begonia TP Sowers. One foot 2511 Erfordia. Handsome dark foliage and rosy carmine high. Pkt. 25 cts. 2512 Erfordia Grandiflora Superba. Compact plants densely covered with delicate pink flowers. Glossy green foliage. Pkt. 25 cts. 2515 Semperflorens, Salmon Queen. A most attractive new variety with large, salmon-colored blossoms and dark foliage. Pkt. 25 cts. 2517 Semperflorens, Vernon. A grand old favorite, often grown as a Christ- mas-flowering pot-plant and fine for bedding. Branching habit; dark green foliagee, shaded bronzy red; carmine-scarlet flowers. Pkt. 15 cts. 2521 Gracilis Luminosa. Fiery, dark scarlet flowers; satiny brown foliage; fine for winter flowering. Pkt. 25 cts. 2523 Gracilis, Prima Donna. Large, handsome plants covered with bright rose- pink flowers; shining green foliage. Pkt. 25 cts. 2525 Gracilis, White Pearl. A fine companion to Prima Donna; flowers pure snowy white; free-blooming. Pkt. 35 cts. Calendula—New Forcing 2 574 Ball's Orange. This special forcing strain of orange Calendula was bred by one of the country's foremost cut-flower growers. Large, extra-double flowers; bright orange. Originator's seed. Pkt. 25 cts., V4 oz. #1.00. 2577 Campfire. A new forcing variety with large flat flowers, borne on long strong stems. We recommend this variety the best for forcing. Pkt. 25 cts. 2580 Orange King. Special Forcing Strain. Fine for cutting; bearing wonderful double flowers of the deepest orange-red. Pkt. 10 cts., Vi oz. 25 cts. Cineraria 2830 Hybrida Grandiflora. A prize strain; large-flowering and unsurpassed for richness of color, IV2 feet tall. Pkt. 50 cts. 2832 Hybrida Grandiflora. Semi-Dwarf. Plants about 1 foot tall; compact in growth and bearing large, superbly colored flowers in profusion. Pkt. 50 cts. 2834 Hybrida Grandiflora, Matador. A French variety, bearing large scarlet flowers. Pkt. 50 cts. 2837 Hybrida Stellata (Star Cineraria). Star-shaped flowers with narrow petals, in many pleasing colors. Highly decorative. 11/2 feet high. Pkt. 50 cts. 2838 Multiflora Hybrid. Splendid dwarf profusely blooming hybrids. Small pkt. 75 cts., trade pkt. #1.25. Please refer to our General Spring Catalogue for a complete list of the flower and vegetable seeds which we can supply. Chrysanthemums 2819 Frutescens Grandiflora (Marguerite, or Paris Daisy). GP. White or lemon-yellow with yellow eye. May be had in bloom the year around, but is especially grown for winter flowers. Three feet. Pkt. 15 cts., '/i oz. 30 cts. CLARKIA. HA. A showy and easily grown annual, nice for bedding ting and pots. An improved strain with large, double flowers. V/> 2844 White Prince. Pure-white. 2849 Brilliant. Crimson. 2845 Apple Blossom. 2850 Purple Prince. 2846 Salmon Queen. Salmon-Pink. 285 1 Finest Mixed. 2848 Scarlet Queen. Orange-scarlet. Each, pkt. 10 cts., V4 oz. 50 cts. cut- feet.

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