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Title: 1902 trade list
Identifier: CAT31285579 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Champion City Greenhouses (Springfield, Ohio); Good & Reese Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Ohio Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Roses Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs
Publisher: Springfield, Ohio : Good & Reese Company
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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18 The Good & Reese Company's Wholesale Trade List, General Collection of Plants.
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Acalypha Sanderii. ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. A most laininjrin suspended Baskets. The fronds fire fre<; ently four feet lonp, ot a rieh BhiKle of preen, nn<l most useful lor cutting, relainini? their freshness for weeks after beiuir cut. It will make an excellent house )»lRnt, as it withstands dry atmouphere. and will succeeeaiitiful dwarf-pn>wing Turiety, the wlwjle i-iant being covered with a profiLsion of beautihil ^;m1(U ii yellow blossoms. Abntllon, Robert GeorKe.—.\ free and contiinious bloom- er. l"lo\s .1 - are broiid. iheirTiirpi' overlapping petals incurvelant, and one of the I'll itiot we know. It is new, and the llowers. which are proiant off to guo<i advantage. Abntllon, Tliomiionl Plena.—New. Perfectly double flowers thai r»-enil.le in lorm a «louble Holiyhopk. Cohir a rich, <lecp oranpe, sliaded and streaked with crimson. Foliage Tariegatcd. Abntllon, Enfantn F:nlnlla.—Flowers large an<l cup- shaped. Color a deii< atr -;.iin jiink. Abntllon, Golden UelU.—I^rge, bell-shaped flowers of deep yelh'W. New Abntllon, Sonvenlr de Bonne.—New. One of the the most valuable novelties ot recent years. Totally distinct. Strong grower. The leaves are a beauiilul preen,"regi.larly banded with gold, flower stem ciirht to nine inches long, bloorii verv larpe on<l bright orange re«J in color. A beautiful dcconi- tive plant, beinp of line tree shape. 50 cents per dozen; S-t.OO per hundred Araucaria Kxeelsa. ALOYSIA CITRIODORA. Lemon Verbena. This plant has ttie uio«t fragrant foliage of any j.lant prown. The fraprance is that of the Lemon. One I'lani will scent a whole yard. >elng- irows rapidly. This i=; a very orii.iinciiial bcl' bronze, crimson ami urc Ti. \ i 50 cents per dozen; S.'J.OO per liundred. ACALYPHA MARGINATA. A charming varietv. I)ark green foliape with a distinct mar- pin on the cflire ofen"ch leaf of bri-tit pink. Lovely. 50 cent* per dozen; S,3.00 per hundred. ACALYPHA SANDERII. This plant goes uiim h as "Chenill,e riant," "I'liilippine Medusa," • ( omei I'lani. ' "Dewey s Fa- vorite Flower." ' Hlooily t'at Tail. etc. ^Vlthout doubt the most sensjitional new plant introduced l»>r many years, and one of the most striking flowering ornamental j.lants w e ha\ e ever seen. It is of stronp, free growth, >\ ith large, dark green leaves, from the axil of which rope-lite spikes, trom one to two feet bmg and nearly one inch thick, are gracefully P>isponde<l, as shown in our illustration, which conveys but a faint idea of the beauty and distinlorinp of this splendid ac<;ui.-ition. Kut the remarkable floriferousness arid the great size of the spikes of flowers (compared to the plant) ar? fairly well shown. The nhint is in flower the year r<'und. and is as easilv grown as a Coleus. simj'lv re<iuiriiip a warm temi.miiure to develop its fuU beauty. 50 cents per dozen; 33.00 per hundred. ARAUCARIA EXCELSA. Norfolk iMlniid Pine. Variou-j nanu s have been sugpested for this grand I'laut to properly cniivey to the mind the anpear- anceofit. .*^ome have callc'l" it the ' < In istnuis Tree ralin'* from it" resemblance to a Christmas tree: o*ti- ers have calle«l it the ".^tar I'alm ' because the leaves arc armin:ecrfeet star, l>ut no descriptive name can give an ade<piate idea of it.s beauty. It has i rising oneabove theoti er at reu'ular lnch potN, ten to twelve Inclieii hluit. three to four tiers of Irnvr*. 91.00 each; .S'.'.OO per «1 ox- en.

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