. Beckert seed & bulb company : 1927. 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. 502 LIBERTY AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA. 27. Flowers Grow Your Own w1 'HETHER your taste runs to great masses of brilliant color or artistic plantings of the rarer and more delicate shades, whether you want blooms to beautify your borders or to cut for vases and table decoration, you will fi
. Beckert seed & bulb company : 1927. 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. 502 LIBERTY AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA. 27. Flowers Grow Your Own w1 'HETHER your taste runs to great masses of brilliant color or artistic plantings of the rarer and more delicate shades, whether you want blooms to beautify your borders or to cut for vases and table decoration, you will find flower growing intensely inteiesting and delight- ful, as well as an easy and inexpensive recreation. With hundreds of easily grown varieties from which to choose (and many of the lesser known sorts are fully as beautiful and just as easy to grow as the old favorites), there is endless op- portunity for creating new effects and discovering new beauties. ANNUALS, BIENNIALS, and PERENNIALS are indicated by the letters A. B. and P, respect- ively, after each sort. Annuals grow, bear flowers and die in one season. Most of our common gar- den flowers, such as Nasturtiums, are m this class. Biennials require two years to bloom. Holly- hocks are biennials. The life of perennial flow- ers is not limited to one or two years but is indefinite. Some perennials produce flowers the first season, but most of them do not commence to bloom until the second season after sowing. Coreopsis is a well-known perennial. HARDY, HALF-HARDY, and TENDER sorts are indicated by the letters H, HH, and T. Hardy varieties can stand a considerable amount of cold weather and may be sown outdoors early in the Spring, usually about mid-April. The hardy bien- nials and perennials require very little Winter protection. Half-hardy varieties should not be sown outdoors until soil and weather are warm, about May 15th. They will bloom earlier if the seed is started indoors in March or April and the plants set out in
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