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Title: Beckert's bulb catalogue : fall 1918
Identifier: beckertsbulbcata1918beck (find matches)
Year: 1918 (1910s)
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; Flowers Seeds Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Gardening Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Equipment and supplies 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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BECKERT'S ANNUAL AUTUMN CATALOGUE OF CHOICEST BULBS 19 PEONIES OCTOBER Oik- of the most durable and satisfactory garden plants. Once planted, they can be enjoyed for years. Plant in good, deep, rich soil to such a depth t hat the crown of the plant is about 2 inches below the surface. Mailing weight, 16 ozs. each root Albert Crousse. Delicate shell-pink; grand cut-llowcr; Each Doz. fragrant $0 60 $6 00 Augustin d'Hour. Deep, rich, solferino-red; large. . . 60 6 00 Charlemagne. Salmon-pink; very double and full. . . 40 4 00 Duchesse de Nemours. Blooms several days after Festiva maxima; cup-shaped, sulphur-white bloom; line for cutting 35 3 75 Felix Crousse. Rich, dazzling, ruby-red 45 4 50 Festiva maxima. The finest white; a grand cut-llowcr, coming in usually for Decoration Day 35 3 50 Madame Calot. A very free-blooming white Peony; (lowers overlaid with delicate blush 45 4 50 Madame de Vatry 40 4 00 Madame de Verneville. White, round-shaped llower. 40 4 00 Marie Lemoine. Ivory-white, of gigantic size; fine cut-flower 40 4 00 Modeste Guerin. Large, handsome bloom; color a uniform sollcrino-red 50 5 00 PAEONIA OFFICINALIS The old-fashioned garden Peony. Blooms nearly two weeks earlier than other varieties. Each Doz. Double White • $0 30 $3 00 Double Scarlet 30 3 00 Double Pink 30 3 00 RANUNCULUS, French Turban and Persian. Very showy, ranging through many shades of color. They llower profusely in pots and frames in the spring of the year. Plant 3 to 4 inches apart with the claws of the tuber down; cover with sand and sufficient soil so that the crowns are 3 inches below the surface. 3 cts. each, 25 cts. per doz., $2 per 100, postpaid. SCILLAS Very hardy and beautiful class of bulbous plants. Desirable for house and garden culture. Charming in all respects. Splendid for naturalizing. Will grow and llower in shady places where i flowers will not exist. Mailing weight, 2 lbs. per 100; single bulbs and dozens postpaid Campanulata alba maxima. Large; pure Each Doz. 100 white $0 03 $0 30 $2 00 Campanulata, Rose Queen. Large; fine pink. 03 30 2 00 Campanulata, Blue Queen. Large; bright blue 03 30 2 00 Sibirica. First-size bulbs 03 30 2 00 Mammoth bulbs 04 35 2 25 Sibirica alba. White flowers 04 35 2 25 SPARAXIS. Ixia-like flowers, very gorgeous in color; dwarf habit, very nice. Extra-fine mixture, 2 cts. each, 15 cts. per doz., $1.40 per 100, postpaid. TRITELEIA unifiora (Spring Star Flower). Star-shaped, milky white llowers. For pot culture; flowers in early spring. Plant four to six bulblets in a pot. 4 cts. each, 40 cts. per doz., postpaid. WATSONIA Ardernei. Flower pure white, borne on tall stems. Fine for forcing or outdoor planting. 20 cts. each, $2 per doz. Flower Seeds for the Greenhouse and Coldframe and Hardy Perennials for the Garden For a complete list of Flower Seeds, see our Spring Catalogue for 1918. Our General Catalogue for the coming season will be ready early in January, 1919. If not received in due time, it will be sent upon application. The early fall months is an opportune time for sowing seeds of many of the popular Bedding and Decorative Plants. Seedlings potted at this season can be grown on slowly to produce sturdy, vigorous stock, some varieties available for winter and early spring use, while others may be held in a semi-dormant condition until the warm rays of the sun in March force a renewal of growth. A large variety of blooming plants for next spring may be produced by sowing seed now in coldframes or protected quarters. Sow as early as pos- sible, to secure sturdy plants before the advent of cold weather. These may then be readily wintered and give early bloom the coming season. This applies to all such popular plants as Daisies, Pansies, Foxgloves, Holly- hocks, Oriental, Iceland and other Poppies, Myosotis, etc. SWEET PEAS, Early Winter-flowering Spencer. These Pkt. Oz. usually bloom in about three months after the seed has been planted. Will bloom throughout the winter and in the early spring. Early Bohemian Girl Early Heatherbell. Rich mauve, changing into mauve lavender Early Morning Star. Beautiful deep orange-scarlet stand- ard, rich orange-pink wings Early Melody. Rose-pink on white ground; floriferous. . . . Early Red Orchid. Crimson flower of good substance. . . Early White Orchid. Pure white Early Snowflake. A magnificent white; flowers borm in threes and fours on long stems Early Spring Maid. Beautiful cream-pink variety; strong grower and large flower Mrs. A. A. Skach. Flower bright shell-pink Lavender-Pink President Wilson Red Orchid. Crimson flowers of good substance Rose Queen. Fine shade of pink Early Song Bird. Pale rose-pink on white ground; ; charming blush-pink Venus. White with slightly pink flush Yarrawa. Bright rose-pink, with a clear creamy base; ven large flowers CYCLAMEN. A very popular pot plant for winter and spring flowering. Blooms very freely and for a long period. Most graceful and dainty as a cut-flower. Blooms in eight to ten months from seed. Our strain is unexcelled. 25 50 100 Giant Pink Pearl. Lovely pale salmon; very free Seeds Seeds Seeds flowering $0 60 $1 10 S2 00 Winter-flowering Sweet Peas $0 25 $1 00 25 1 00 25 1 00 25 1 00 25 1 00 25 1 00 25 1 00 25 1 00 25 1 00 25 1 00 25 1 00 25 1 00 25 1 00 L 25 1 00 25 1 00 r 25 1 00
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