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The Murvon Seed Company, South Norwalk, Conn. 
Giant Double Salsam 
Giant Double Balsam 
Should Be in Every Garden 
A favorite garden flower that should be in everybody's garden. 
The gigantic flowers are double and perfect. It is not uncommon to 
see more than 500 of these magnificent flowers upon a plant at one 
time, the branches being perfect pyramids of bloom. The Balsam is one 
of the most beautiful and easily grown of all garden annuals. 
It succeeds best in a good rich soil. They grow 2 feet in height. 
They should be protected by litter over the winter months. The seed 
should be sown in boxes or flats indoors in April afterwards trans¬ 
planted 12 to 18 inches apart in the open ground in May. If the seed is 
to be sown outdoors start the seed in May where the plants are to re¬ 
main. 
Mixed Colors—dazzling in brilliancy large beautiful buds, double and 
perfect. No finer mixture to be obtained. No. 1041. Pkt. 10c; 
Blue Lily 
of the Nile 
A splendid ornamental plant 
that has never failed to please, 
with bright evergreen foliage 
spreading 3 or 4 feet and sur¬ 
mounted with gorgeous spikes of 
bright blue flowers which remain 
in bloom for a long period. Blue 
“Lily of the Nile” is with-out 
doubt one of the best and most 
desirable tub plants for porch or 
lawn. From our high quality 
seeds those plants are easily 
raised and we assure you that 
you will be more than pleased 
with the results. They should be 
wintered in the cellar or green¬ 
house. 
No. 1047—Pkts. 15c. Postpaid. 
Catnip or Catmint 
This plant is good for many purposes. One or two 
plants in a pot will supply pussy all right. It is a 
CURE-ALL for cat diseases. Tea made from the dried 
leaves is good for colds and indigestion. Bee raisers 
plant fields of catnip, as there is more honey in a 
blossom of catnip than in any other flower, and is 
easier for the bees to extract it. It makes a pretty 
plant foiythe house and everyone who has a cat should 
have one or more. No. 1052—Pkt. 10c. 
Balloon Vine 
LOVE IN A PUFF 
( Cardiosper mum ) 
A graceful and ornamental annual climber very fast 
growing. Has dainty white blossoms followed by in¬ 
flated white seed vessels which look like little balloons. 
It grows to a height of 12 feet and will succeed in any 
average garden soil. You w’ill be well pleased with 
cardiospermum. It is graceful and will be an asset in 
your garden. No. 1233. Pkt. 10c. 
Canary Bird Flower 
A dainty vine witl. 
beautiful cut leaves and 
pretty delicate flowers 
of a clear canary yel¬ 
low'. From the color of 
its blosson.s and also 
from a fancied resem¬ 
blance of their shape to 
a bird w'ith wrings ex¬ 
panded, the plant ob¬ 
tained its * common 
name. A very pretty 
vine for the w'indow. 
Can be planted at any 
time of the year and are 
very easily grown. We 
may really class the 
Canary Bird Flower as 
one of the most popular 
of the vrnes. - 
No.. 1056—Pkt. 10c. 
Chinese 
Bartonia 
One of the most showy of all¬ 
hardy annuals The plants grow 
18 inches to two. feet high, with 
thistle-like downy leaves. It is 
very easily grown, thrives any¬ 
where and the plants begin to 
flower early and bloom continu¬ 
ously throughout the summer. 
Our strain of this seed has been 
very carefully selected. By all 
means include this fine little 
flower in your garden. It will 
add interest to your collection ot 
flowers. 
No. 1042—Pkt. 10c. 
Bird of Paradise 
Magnificent Brilliant and Graceful Flowers 
The most magnifi¬ 
cent, brilliant and 
graceful flower ever 
introduced. The color 
of the flower is a rich 
golden yellow, it mea¬ 
sures 2 1 /4 inches 
across, and is pro¬ 
duced in very large 
trusses. The most 
beautiful part of the 
flower is the long in¬ 
curved stamens and 
pistils which are 
spread out in fan-like 
form and are of 
bright crimson color. 
The foliage is alscf 
highly decorative. It 
should be grown as a 
house plant, except in 
the warmer parts of 
the South, where it is 
hardy. If the seeds are 
started 1 early it will produce blooms in great profusion the first year. 
No. 1216—Pkt. 10c. Postpaid. 
