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Title: Beckert's seed store : vegetable seeds flower bulbs
Identifier: beckertsseedstor1928beck (find matches)
Year: 1928 (1920s)
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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SUMMER-FLOWERING BULBS • Beckert's Seed Store, 101 and 103 Federal St., N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa.
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CANNAS THE BEST LARGE- FLOWERING SORTS The President Rose and Pink • Green Foliage City of Portland. Deep, bright rose-pink; free-flowering and vigorous; trusses of large size. The best of its class. 3J/£ feet. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $9.00 per 100. Hungaria. A fine, clear light pink, with flowers of good size. 3 feet. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., S9.00 per 100. Mrs. Alfred Conard. Large, graceful flowers of a most attractive salmon-pink. 4 feet. 25 cts. each, $1.75 per doz., $12.00 per 100. White • Green Foliage Eureka. Handsome, vigorous plants with large trusses of snowy blossoms. 4 feet. 25 cts. each, $1.75 per doz., $12.00 per 100. Variegated • Green Foliage Gaiety. Scarlet-orange, mottled with carmine and edged with yellow. 5 feet. 10 cts. each, $1.15 per doz., S8.00 per 100. Italia. Orchid-flowered scarlet, broadlv edged with golden yellow 5 feet. 10 cts. each, $1-15 per doz., $8.00 per 100. M rne. Crozy. Red with a broad border of golden yellow 15 cts each, $1.50 per doz., $9.00 per 100. Bronze-Leaved Cannas King Humbert. The most popular Canna grown. Large trusses of orange-scarlet flowers; luxuriant bronze-colored foliage. 4)A feet. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $9.00 per 100. Wyoming. Bright orange flowers; purplish foliage. - 6 feet. Fine for^background plantings. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $9.00 per Shenandoah. Flowers salmon-pink, borne in large clusters. Foliage rich ruby-red. 4 feet. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $9.00 per 100. For grouping on lawns, and for large, massive beds, no plants are more effective. They are not particular as to soil, although they do best in a sunny, well-drained situation. Plant the roots any time after all danger from frost is past. The improved, large-flowering sorts bloom from early summer until fall. Mailing weight, 6 ounces each. Red Flowers • Green Foliage The President. The finest of all red Cannas with luxuriant green foliage, and gigantic trusses of clear, brilliant scarlet florets. 4 feet tall. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $9.00 per 100. Alphonse Bouvier. Deep, velvety crimson. 4Yi feet. 10 cts. each, $1.15 per doz., $8.00 per 100. Louisiana. An orchid-flowering variety. Vivid scarlet; long silky trusses. 6 feet. 10 cts. each, $1.15 per doz., $8.00 per 100. Yellow • Green Foliage Buttercup. The best dwarf vellow. Pure buttercup-vellow; good foliage. 3 feet. 10 cts. each, $1.15 per doz., $8.00 per 100. Florence Vaughan. Rich yellow, thickly dotted crimson. Showy and popular. 4 feet. 10 cts. each, $1.15 per doz., $8.00 per 100. Golden Gate. Pure gold, becoming rayed with scarlet and apricot as the flowers expand. 4 feet. 10 cts. each, $1.15 per doz., $8.00 per 100. Karl Merck. Pure yellow, tinged orange, and flecked with pink dashes becoming red in throat. 4 feet. 10 cts. each, $1.15 per doz., $8.00 per 100. Richard Wallace. Canary-yellow. 4 feet. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $9.00 per 100. King Midas. Large flowers of glittering gamboge-yellow, making glorious trusses on stems as straight as an arrow. 4 feet. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $9.00 per 100. Gladiator. Deep yellow, freely dotted with red. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $9.00 per 100. Kate Gray. Orange-colored flowers with green foliage. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per doz., $9.00 per 100. Bronze-Leaved King Humbert 64

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