. Burpee's farm annual. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. THE THREE NEW BALSAMS Shown on our colored plate are all of BURPEE'S DEFIANCE STRAIN. Similar colors have existed heretofore, but never have they been developed to such perfection. ROSE,WHITE SPOTTED. A lovely shade of rose, delicately spotted with white; flowers as perfectly double as a Camellia. Per pkt. 20 cts. ROYAL, PURPLE. Of unusual richuess and depth of color, combined with, remarkable substance. Per pkt. 20 cts. SCARLET
. Burpee's farm annual. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. THE THREE NEW BALSAMS Shown on our colored plate are all of BURPEE'S DEFIANCE STRAIN. Similar colors have existed heretofore, but never have they been developed to such perfection. ROSE,WHITE SPOTTED. A lovely shade of rose, delicately spotted with white; flowers as perfectly double as a Camellia. Per pkt. 20 cts. ROYAL, PURPLE. Of unusual richuess and depth of color, combined with, remarkable substance. Per pkt. 20 cts. SCARLET, WHITE SPOTTED. The single speeim^iti can give little idea of the beauty of this variety. Themagnilicent double fiowers, frequently measuring over 2}^ inches across, are of a glowing scarlet, irregularly spotted with white. Per pkt. 20 cts. JfKS'The set of three, as above, mailed for 50 cts. BURPEE'S DEFIANCE BALSAMS are fully described on page 98. We will only add that the varieties named above were accurately painted from nature, and their extraor- dinary perfection is not in the least exaggerated. CROZY'S NEW DWARF CANNAS. EVER-BLOOMING, LARGE-FLOWERING FRENCH CANNAS. The past season at Fordhook, besides a large area growing for seed and roots, we have also had, for ornament on the lawn, four beds of different named varieties, which have made a grand display for months, and now, at this writing (the middle of October), are still brilliant in bloom and bright in foliage. They are much less expensive (considering that they multiply rapidly both from roots and seed) and incomparably more beautiful for bedding than the best (leraniums. In fact, we cannot recall any other plants that have ever given us such satis- faction in masses or beds, while even single specimens are most attractive in the garden The roots can be kept in the cellar over winter, and each clump will give six to eight good roots for planting out the following spring, when they will come quickly into flower. &q
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