. Burpee's farm annual, 1892. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. GLOXINIA GRANDIFLORA EREGTA. GLOXINIAS. This Gorg-eous Exotic is as easily grown and cared for as many of the common flowers. They will hloom in 3 months from time .^^eed is sowed. They will bloom in 6 weeks from time dry bulb is planted. The flowers will last in wafer, irhen cut, over 2 weeks in perfect condition. They are the most magnificent table decoration we have in summer. Keep the bulbs in pots in the house, or on the veranda, in boxes or little frames
. Burpee's farm annual, 1892. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs. GLOXINIA GRANDIFLORA EREGTA. GLOXINIAS. This Gorg-eous Exotic is as easily grown and cared for as many of the common flowers. They will hloom in 3 months from time .^^eed is sowed. They will bloom in 6 weeks from time dry bulb is planted. The flowers will last in wafer, irhen cut, over 2 weeks in perfect condition. They are the most magnificent table decoration we have in summer. Keep the bulbs in pots in the house, or on the veranda, in boxes or little frames outside, and you can cut the flowers all summer. Their green leaves are surmounted with a cluster of lovely trumpet-shaped flowers. The coloring is exquisite; the groundwork of many is pure white, with throats of blue, scarlet, rose, or crimson; or the tubes are of bright color with white The bulbs should be started in a warm place—greenhouse, hotbed, or sunny window. They will bloom till late in summer, when they should be dried off, letting the leaves die; the pots can be kept over winter in a cellar free from frost. French Tigered and Spotted, and Crassifolia Gran- diflora Erecta, in splendid mixture, embracing all the best types and colors. Price of good strong bulbs, in mixed colors, 25 cents each; 5 for , or :* per dozen. 4^ For Seed, see page IkO. CALADIUMS. Esculentum(Elephant's Ears). A very effective plant, and's u i t a li 1 e for either a single plant on the lawn, masses in beds, or for mar- gins of water. Its very distinct apron- like leaves often at- tain the length of t h ree feet by t wen t y inches wide. Bulbs >§\ can be stored in dry sand in winter, and kept from year to year. 20 cts each ; "^ per NYMPH^A ODORATA. The White Water Lily is uni- '^(i^f/^f versally admire d on account of its large, fragrant, M'hite Howers. It , „ may easily be grown in a tub of water; half a barrel set in the ground will answer. 25 cts. eac
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