. Burpee's novelties for 1890. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. TWO NEW fiALFyNDIILAS. prince of Orange CalendulaM^ the brightness of this laViety Iw edipsed iA Vur trid gVounds the past season by the two new varieties descnbed below-both of which, from seed sown in the open ground, came mto flower very early, and bloomed most profusely all summer and until the end of October. The illustration above, drawn from nature, represents a plant of The Oriole and a flower of The Royal Marigol
. Burpee's novelties for 1890. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. TWO NEW fiALFyNDIILAS. prince of Orange CalendulaM^ the brightness of this laViety Iw edipsed iA Vur trid gVounds the past season by the two new varieties descnbed below-both of which, from seed sown in the open ground, came mto flower very early, and bloomed most profusely all summer and until the end of October. The illustration above, drawn from nature, represents a plant of The Oriole and a flower of The Royal Marigold. THE ROYAL, MARIGOLD "; Equally as free flowering as the Oriole; the fine double flowers are very showy, being of a bright sulphur-yellow, with very ORIOLE, or Large-flowering Bright Yellow. This is surpassingly grand and brilliant, far eclipsing any Calendula hitherto known. The extra large double flowers are indescribably rich and glowing in tone, of an intensely bright golden-yellow. It is wonderfully free flowering. So striking is this novelty that it should be in every garden. Per pkt. ID cts. ; 3 pkts for 25 cts dark-brown, nearly black center. The large flowers are of great substance ; both The Royal Marigold and The Oriole are borne upon long stems and are excellent for cutting. Per pkt. 10 cts. ; 3 pkts for 25 A most curious and novel annual, difficult to describe, but which once seen will not be forgotten. It is entirely unlike any other annual in cultivation, and will attract attention anywhere. It forms handsome, compact bushes, two feet high, loaded with long racemes of bloom, more nearly resembling the flower clusters of Begonia Rubra than anything else in cultivation. In fact, the artist, Mr. A. Blanc, while drawing the above illustration at Ford- hook Farm, thought it must be a variety of Begonia, and was quite astonished when told that it was an annual, and that the bed that he was admiring had been raised from seed sown in the open gr
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