. Burpee's farm annual for 1900. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. Dwarf Bedding TOM THUMB NASTURTIUMS. In their neat, bushy growth (only twelve inches high) these present almost so distinct a contrast to the Tall Nasturtiums as do the famous Cupids, introduced by us, to the tall Sweet Peas. They are free flowering and very desirable for bedding, vases, and pot-plants. Plant seed one inch deep in rows one to two feet apart when the trees are starting out in leaf. When well started, the young plants shou
. Burpee's farm annual for 1900. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. Dwarf Bedding TOM THUMB NASTURTIUMS. In their neat, bushy growth (only twelve inches high) these present almost so distinct a contrast to the Tall Nasturtiums as do the famous Cupids, introduced by us, to the tall Sweet Peas. They are free flowering and very desirable for bedding, vases, and pot-plants. Plant seed one inch deep in rows one to two feet apart when the trees are starting out in leaf. When well started, the young plants should be thinned out to stand ten or twelve inches apart, as the plants are liable to rot off in wet weather, particularly in rich soils, if planted too closely together. jgglP It is not generally known that the Tall Nasturtiums are also most excellent to grow in rows on the ground, without any supports. A packet " of Nasturtiums contains from 25 to W seeds; an ounce, from 175 to 225 seeds. , . 5 TOM THUMB NASTURTIUMSâ27 Distinct Varieties. /JSP* For the New French Chameleon, see page 110. â =©fl Pkt. Per oz. $0 05 $0 15 $0 .50 5 10 35 Brilliant Yellow. Most brilliant shade of clear, rich yellow, .... 10 25 Bronze=Colored. Of a burnished bronze color, 5 20 10 25 Cattell's Crimson. "Very rich, dark crimson-scarlet, 5 15 50 Chameleon. Splashed crimson, bronze and vellow, 5 15 50 5 15 50 Caeruleum roseum. Beautiful peach color 5 20 65 Compact Lustrous. Intensely flashing, vivid scarlet, 10 25 Crystal Palace Gem. Sulphur-vellow, spotted carmine, 5 10 35 5 10 35 Empress of India. Dark blue-green foliage ; flowers scarlet-crimson. 5 10 35 General Jacqueminot. Nearly as rich as General Jacqueminot Rose, 10 25 5 15 50 King of Tom Thumbs. Intense scarlet flowers, with rich, dark foliage. 5 10 ,35 5 15 50 5 15 50 5 15 50 5 10 35 5 15 50 5 20 65 5 10 35 Scheuerianum. Deep orange, spotted with velvety brown, 5 10 35 Scheuerianum coccineum. Flaming orange-scarlet, . .' 5 10 35 S
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