. Burpee's farm annual, 1887 : garden, farm, and flower seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. 136 W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., MOLUCCELLA (Shell Flower). The Molucca Balm or Shell Floiver is a very curious and interesting plant. It is a strong an- nual, with but few leaves and many tiny cups of a pea-green hue. Within the calyx a button-shaped bud unfolds into a flower formed like a shell, of white and purple color. The square stems of the plant curl upward in can- delabrum form, two to three feet in height.
. Burpee's farm annual, 1887 : garden, farm, and flower seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. 136 W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., MOLUCCELLA (Shell Flower). The Molucca Balm or Shell Floiver is a very curious and interesting plant. It is a strong an- nual, with but few leaves and many tiny cups of a pea-green hue. Within the calyx a button-shaped bud unfolds into a flower formed like a shell, of white and purple color. The square stems of the plant curl upward in can- delabrum form, two to three feet in height. locts. MIMOSA (Sensitive Plant). Mimosa pudica. So sensitive is this plant, that if the leaves are touched they instandy fold up. MIMULUS (Monkey Flower). Tender-looking plants, with singularly shaped and bril- liantly colored flowers, blotched and spotted in every con- ceivable manner. Excellent for baskets, vases, or house culture, while they thrive well in the open garden, if planted in partial shade. Tigrinus. Fine hybrid varieties mixed. As beautifully spotted as the finest Calceolarias. Tigrinus grandiflorus. Very large flowered, new tigred and spotted varieties ; most beautiful. lo cts. Moschatus (Musk plant). Leaves musk-scented. MYOSOTIS (Forget-me-not). ^ These charming little favor- \^ik M ''^^ succeed best in damp, shady situations, but will •A f@Hk thrive well in almost any soil. f/^^^ two new varieties, Ele- gantissima and Eliza Fonro- particularly fine. Palustris, the true blue For- get-me-not. Alpestris, blue, dwarf, free flowering. Alpestris alba, white; height 6 inches. Alpestris rosea, rose. Semperflorens, blue, a dwarf variety, flowers from early spring until the autumn ; \ fine. lo cts. Eliza Fonrobert. The flowers are larger in size than those of any other Alpine Forget-me-not, and are of a beautiful sky-blue color, with a clear yellow eye. The plant resembles the form of a candelabrum. lo cts. Elegantissima. Of close, compact growth, the f
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