. Beckert's seeds : garden flower and lawn. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs. 24 WM. C. BECKERT, PITTSBURG, PA. • SELECT FLOWER SEEDS BLUE SALVIA, PATENS COMPACTA NANA. A de- cided improvement on the lovely Blue Sa^e, Salvia patens. In habit the plant is very bushy, compact and uniform. The long flower-spikes are held well above the foliage. Three to five flowers on a spike are open at one time. Color a wonderful ultramarine blue rarely found in any other flower. Plants from


. Beckert's seeds : garden flower and lawn. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs. 24 WM. C. BECKERT, PITTSBURG, PA. • SELECT FLOWER SEEDS BLUE SALVIA, PATENS COMPACTA NANA. A de- cided improvement on the lovely Blue Sa^e, Salvia patens. In habit the plant is very bushy, compact and uniform. The long flower-spikes are held well above the foliage. Three to five flowers on a spike are open at one time. Color a wonderful ultramarine blue rarely found in any other flower. Plants from seed sown early will bloom by July, and will continue blooming until frost. Pkt. 15 cts., 4 pkts. 50 el's. SALVIA GLOBOSA. Magnificent hardy biennial Sage, forming splendid rosettes of large and deeply cut silvery gray, woolly leaves, 1% to \ Yi feet in length by 10 to 12 inches in breadth. The globe- shaped inflorescence, appearing the second }'ear, attains a height of 3 feet, producing an innumerable number of large white flowers, Very eft'ective ornamental foliage plant for the lawn. Pkt. 15 cts. SALVIA SPLENDENS, KING VICTOR EMANUEL III. Plant attains a height of 16 to 18 inches. Rounded in form. P'oliage small. When in bloom, its long, briglit red, drooping spikes cover the entire plant, so that the inside stt-ms of plant are completely hidden, which cannot be said of other Salvias. A decorative variety of rare beauty. Pkt. 15 cts., 4 pkts. 50 cts. SALVIA SPLENDENS AUREA (Canary Bird). A new variety with yellow spikes on slender stems, contrasting favorably with the dark green foliage of the plant. Pkt. 25 cts. SALVIA SPLENDENS COMPACTA ALBA. In habit this variety is similar to Salvia Zurich, the difference only in color of the flowers, which are showy snow-white. A desirable acquisition. Pkt. 25 cts. SALPIGLOSSIS, NEW EMPEROR—Purple, Violet with Gold. The brilliant velvety violet of this new variety is lovely veined with bright gold. Plant has the same habit


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