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Title: Flower seeds
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Miss C.H. Lippincott (Firm) Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : Miss C.H. Lippincott
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Specimen Royal Show Pansy. Actual Size, 3, inches. ROYAL SHOW PANSIES Is a mixture especially prepared bv mvself from separate strainsand colors of all the largest flowering and finest varieties thatcan be secured in Europe, and is unsurpassed in beauty, c tar-ings and markings. Pkt., 50 seeds, 6 cts.; Pkt., 100seeds, 10 cts. BLACK PRINCE PANSY. A distinct pansy of sterling merit. The rich, glossy black hasa peculiarly soft, velvety appearance, the magnificent largeflowers are of fine circular form and carried upright well abovethe foliage: the plants are of very compact, oushy habit, andflower bo profusely that a bed of the Black Prince makes asight not oftpu equalled. Pkt., 100 seeds. 6 cts. f
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FIRE KING PANSY. This novelty comes almost absolutely true, scarcely a plant bear-ing flowers at variance from the type, which is very distinct andstriking. The three lower petals each have a large blotch of deepbrown-red or magenta, margined with yellow, while the upper rat-als are of a bright reddish-brown, of a real fiery Fhade, warrantingthe name Fiee King. Pkt., 100 seeds, 4 cts. SNOW QUEEN PANSY. Pure satiny white with yellow dot in center of flower, sometimesmarked near center with faint blue or purple lines; altogether theleast picturesque of any of the different classes of Pansies; it isvery highly prized by a great many pansy lovers for just that reason.Pkt., 100 seeds, 4 cts. METEOR PANSY. Color bright canary yellow; the three lower petals are variouslyspotted with mahogany-brown, while the two upper petals varyfrom reddish-brown to dark purple, narrowly margined with goldor silver. Pkt., 100 seeds, 4 cts. PEACOCK PANSY. A beautiful variety of ultramarine blue in the upper

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