. Burpee's farm annual 1893. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. A PLANT OF EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA. EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA. This rare and beautiful New " Annual Poinsettia," or Mexican Fire Plant, in its brilliantly blazed habit resembles Poinsettia pulcherrima. The plants grow two to three feet high, of decidedly branching, bush-like form, with smooth, glossy, fiddle-shaped leaves. The leaves are at first entirely green, but about midsummer, at the end of each branch appear green
. Burpee's farm annual 1893. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. A PLANT OF EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA. EUPHORBIA HETEROPHYLLA. This rare and beautiful New " Annual Poinsettia," or Mexican Fire Plant, in its brilliantly blazed habit resembles Poinsettia pulcherrima. The plants grow two to three feet high, of decidedly branching, bush-like form, with smooth, glossy, fiddle-shaped leaves. The leaves are at first entirely green, but about midsummer, at the end of each branch appear greenish-white flowers, envel- oped in beautiful orange-scarlet bracts, and the surround- ing leaves are either blotched with vivid carmine or are carmine with green tips. Whether grown as specimen plants or in masses, the effect of this combination of brilliant coloring is very striking. The earlier the plants are started the sooner will they develop their brilliant colors. Per pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. for 25 cts. PER PKT. EUPHORBIA Marginata (Snoiv-on-lhe-Moun- tain). A hardy annual, growing two feet high, with beautiful foliage, elegantly veined and mar- gined with white; very showy. Per oz. 25 cts., . 5 ECHIUM Plantagineum. Large, shrubby plants, with racemes of dark-blue flowers, 5 ESCHSCHOLTZIA {California Poppy), Mixed. Flowers yellow, orange, and white, leaves finely cut; height, ten to twelve inches; very showy, 5 Mandarin. The inner side of petals is of a rich orange, the outer a mandarin scarlet, 5 FENZLIA Dianthiflora. A neat little plant, mak- ing a mat of fine foliage. A perfect mass of flowers, rosy-tinted, with dark-purple throat, 10 FORGET-ME-NOT. See Myostosis, page 141. FOUR-O'CLOCK. See Marvel-of-Peru, page 140. GALACTITES Tomentosa. This is the most orna- mental thistle-like plant we have ever raised from seed. It grows about eighteen inches high, .... 10 GAMOLEPIS Tagetes. Plant of low, compact growth, with fern-like foliage and numerous bright- yellow, daisy-like
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