. Burpee's farm annual 1893. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. GERANIUMS. These favorite plants are easily raised from seed, which will frequently reward the cultivator with charm- ing new varieties. Plants from seed start- ed early in the house will bloom the first sum- mer in the garden. PEE PKT. Zonale. Mixed, . 10 Zonal e, extra choice mixed. Saved from the best varieties of single Geraniums, . 15 Fancy mixed Pel- argoniums {Lady Washington Geran- iums). Very choice and rare varieties
. Burpee's farm annual 1893. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. GERANIUMS. These favorite plants are easily raised from seed, which will frequently reward the cultivator with charm- ing new varieties. Plants from seed start- ed early in the house will bloom the first sum- mer in the garden. PEE PKT. Zonale. Mixed, . 10 Zonal e, extra choice mixed. Saved from the best varieties of single Geraniums, . 15 Fancy mixed Pel- argoniums {Lady Washington Geran- iums). Very choice and rare varieties, . 25 Finest Double. Produces a good single geranium. percentage of fine double flowers. Packet of 15 seeds, 50 Apple Scented. This favorite with sweet-scented leaves can best be grown from seed ; sow in light soil and keep moist until they germinate, 25 GLOXINIAS. A splen- ((•iHte^lta^ did class of house- blooming bulbous- rooted plants, flower- ing in great profusion during the summer months. The hand- some bell-shaped flowers embrace a great variety of the richest and most beautiful colors; the bulbs must be k^pt warm and dry during the winter, pee pkt. Larg e-fl o w e r- ing Hyb r ids, mixed. From a grand collec- tion, comprising the most superb spotted and blotched. .... 25 LEMON VERBENA. The delightfully fragrant foliage of this favorite plant makes it very desirable for cutting; it is easily grown from seed, 10 LINARIA Cymbalaria (Kenilworth Ivy). The very pretty trailing species for covering rockwork, stumps, and for vases and hanging baskets, .... 25 MUSA ENSETE (The Abyssinian Banana Tree). Strikingly effective as single specimens upon the lawn, as well as in clumps or masses. The rapidity of its growth is astonish- ing ; if the seed is sown early in hot- beds and repotted several times, the plants will attain the height of eight feet the first sum- mer. They can be stored in a cellar during the winter with a covering of soil, or planted in a tub, watered spar- ing
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