. Burpee's farm annual written at Fordhook Farm. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. NEW TOM THUMB— MARVEL-OF-PERU. MARVEL=OF=PERU (Mirabilis). The Marvel-of-Peru, or Four-o'clock, is as easily grown as a weed, and vet is one of the most brilliant and showy of annuals. Planted in beds or masses, their profusion of bloom presents a gorgeous sight during the afternoon. A " packet" contains about forty seeds. PER PKT Marvel-of=Peru, mixed. All colors. Per oz. 15 cts. 5 Variegated. Br
. Burpee's farm annual written at Fordhook Farm. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. NEW TOM THUMB— MARVEL-OF-PERU. MARVEL=OF=PERU (Mirabilis). The Marvel-of-Peru, or Four-o'clock, is as easily grown as a weed, and vet is one of the most brilliant and showy of annuals. Planted in beds or masses, their profusion of bloom presents a gorgeous sight during the afternoon. A " packet" contains about forty seeds. PER PKT Marvel-of=Peru, mixed. All colors. Per oz. 15 cts. 5 Variegated. Brilliant flowers, in rich contrast to the lovely gold-striped foliage. Per oz. 20 cts., ... 5 White Toin Thumb. Only ten inches high, .... 5 New Tom Thumb, mixed. Very handsome, com- pact, dwarf, bushy plants, with elegant golden-varie- gated foliage; numerous brilliant flowers, pure yellow, deep red, and striped and blotched, .... 5 Longiflora. Tubular white flowers, very sweet, . 5 Multiflora. The name Multiflora (many-flowered) comes from its large violet flowers collected together in bouquets of nine to twelve. It flowers from seed the first year and is perfectly hardy, 10 THE MOON FLOWER. No one who has a trellis or arbor to cover should neg- lect to plant THE MOON FLOWER—the most rapid growing of all annual climbing vines. THE MOON FLOWER—The OLD "Original" Variety. Makes an immense growth of vine and dense, glossy, green foliage, but must be started earlv to flower in the North. The large flowers are a beautiful blue and others pure white. Even ichen it does not bloom it is one of the handsomest vines in cultivation, on account of its quick-growing and dense foliage. Pkt. 10 cts. THE MOON FLOWER—White=Seeded. This is the variety most generally grown, being larger in flower, firmer in texture. and of sweeter odor than the Black-seeded variety, which we have now discarded; the vines are almost covered with thou- sands of immense white flowers, many of them
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