. Beckert's garden field & flower seeds. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs. Seeds of Ornamental Foliage Plants. "FINE LEAVES ARE AS ESSENTIAL AS FINE FLOWERS TO THE GARDEN ;. We include in this department all the best ornamental foliage plants largely used in outdoor bedding. More tender sorts, useful chiefly for house and conservatory decoration, will be found under Seeds of Greenhouse Plants. ACANTHUS LATIFOUUS. A tall, herbaceous plant of beautiful a
. Beckert's garden field & flower seeds. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs. Seeds of Ornamental Foliage Plants. "FINE LEAVES ARE AS ESSENTIAL AS FINE FLOWERS TO THE GARDEN ;. We include in this department all the best ornamental foliage plants largely used in outdoor bedding. More tender sorts, useful chiefly for house and conservatory decoration, will be found under Seeds of Greenhouse Plants. ACANTHUS LATIFOUUS. A tall, herbaceous plant of beautiful and stately habit, grown, like the Ricinus, for its rich, tropical leafage. It is handsome and effective, whether grown as a center for foliage beds or as a specimen plant for lawns and borders. lo cents per pkt. AMARANTHUS. Tall-growing plants, with showy leaves, variegated with many shades of red, yellow and green, and long racemes of curious flowers. In rich soils the plants grow taller than in poor ones, but their variegation is not so bright. Amaraiithus caudatus(Love-Lies-Bleeding). Three feet tall; blood-red. A. cruentus. The well known Prince's Feather. 5 cents per pkt. A. Henderi. Of beautiful habit; brown, dark red and bronze. 5 cents per pkt. A. iiobilis pyramidalis. 5 cents per pkt. A. tricolor (Joseph's Coat). Leaves a beautiful mosaic of colors. 5 cents per pkt. OANNA. See Annuals which Bloom the First Season. CENTAUREA. (Dusty Miller.) The silver-leaved varieties of Centaurea are indispensable for rib- bon beds and borders, their soft, neutral tints of greyish green being very effectual in toning down and harmonizing contrasts in more brilliant leaves which otherwise might seem crude and harsh. Centaurea argentea vera (Candidissima). Leaves broader and whiter than in anv other silver-leaved sort. 10 cents per pkt. C. Clementei. Leaves finely cut and silvery. 10 cents per pkt. C. gymnocarpa. Of very graceful growth ; a fine variety. 10 cts. per pkt. Cole
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