. Burpee's farm annual. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; W. Atlee Burpee Company; Nursery stock; Flowers; Vegetables; Seeds. A SINGLE PLANT OF SALVIA SPLENDENS. SALVIA (Flowering Sage). Of all the Salvias the Splendens, described below, is the brightest and best, but the four other varieties described are also well worthy of cultivation. per pkt. Coccinea grandiflora rosea. Very beautiful flow- ers of an orange-rose color; height "three feet, . .10 Farinacea. The plants form dwarf, compact bushes, clothed with peculia
. Burpee's farm annual. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; W. Atlee Burpee Company; Nursery stock; Flowers; Vegetables; Seeds. A SINGLE PLANT OF SALVIA SPLENDENS. SALVIA (Flowering Sage). Of all the Salvias the Splendens, described below, is the brightest and best, but the four other varieties described are also well worthy of cultivation. per pkt. Coccinea grandiflora rosea. Very beautiful flow- ers of an orange-rose color; height "three feet, . .10 Farinacea. The plants form dwarf, compact bushes, clothed with peculiarly rich, bright foliage, from which rise long spikes of beautiful blue flowers, making a charming contrast, . 10 Horminum. Red topped; curious, 5 Patens. Handsome bluish-green, leathery foliage, and erect, strong stems, bearing heads of broad, tubular-lipped flowers, each fully two inches long, which for superb rich blue color cannot be surpassed by any plant we know of, 15 SPLENDENS (Large=Flowering Scarlet Sage). It is not many years since amateurs considered it necessary to purchase plants of the ever-popular Scarlet Sage, but now it is known with what ease and success they can be grown from seed, and how abundantly seedlings bloom all summer and fall. Under our hot summer sun, "this flame-colored beauty" is the most gorgeous of all plants. For months the blaze of flaming scarlet is intensely bril- liant, with great spikes of bloom completely concealing the foliage. A single plant will carry as many as two hundred spikes of floicers, each spike ten to twelve inches in length. Per % oz. 40 cts., .... 10 SCABIOSA. Sweet Scabious, or Mourning Bride. The old and well-known Sweet Scabious is not as gener- ally cultivated as it deserves. The perfectly double flow- ers are useful for cutting; they are gracefully borne upon long, slender stems, well above the foliage. Tall German, mixed. All colors ; two feet , . 5 Dwarf Double, mixed. Of compact habit, pro- fusely bearin
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