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Title: 1902 catalog : pure & sure seeds
Identifier: CAT31285651 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Plant Seed Company (Saint Louis, Mo. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Missouri Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: St. Louis, Mo. : Plant Seed 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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CANNAS EVER-BLOOMING VARIETIES Where the brightest and most beautiful effects are desired in bedding, the Canna is unequaled. Recent years nave brouglit this race of plants into a wonderful state of per- fection; their great merit lies in the large size and brilliant hues of the flowers. We cannot say too much in their praise, and no flower garden should be without them. Price of all the following varieties. Each, 15c; per dozen, $1.25; postpaid. Austria, pure canary yellow, fine, large; Alphonse Bouvier, tall crimson, very flo- riferous; Chas. Henderson, rich crimson, compact; Florence Vaughan, yellow, spotted red; /iiJa/za, orange scarlet, golden border, tall; Madame Crozy, crimson scarlet, bor- dered yellow; Paul Marquant, peculiar shade of salmon; Queen Charlotte, scarlet crimson, canary yellow bordered. Mixed; all the above colors. For Canna Plants, See Yellow Pages DAHLIAS Large-Flowering Named Varieties By many considered the grandest Autumn Flower. Need not be planted be- fore May, or even later. Cover the neck three inches, and if too many shoots start, thin them out; it strengthens the others. Large Double — Assorted varieties, all separately labeled. Each, 20c; 3 for 60c; per dozen, $1.75; postpaid. DOUfiLE CHINESE PAEONIES Magnificent hardy herbaceous plants; they thrive in almost any soil or situation. They are perfectly hardy, require little or no care, and produce larger and finer blooms when well established. Red, Pink and White Separate or mixed. Each, 30c: per dozen, $2.75; postpaid. JAPANESE LILIES The most desirable of all lilies for general cultivation. They are hardy, needing very little protection, and will grow and flower without any special treatment. Japonicum Rubrum—Red spotted Japan L,ily, strong flowering bulbs. Each, 25c; per dozen, $2.50; postpaid. Japonicum Album—^ATiite spotted Japan Lily, strong flowering bulbs. Each, 20c; per dozen, $2.25; postpaid. Auratum (The Golden Banded Lily of Japan). Immense white flowers, each petal marked with a wide gold band and spotted with maroon; very free-blooming. It is considered by many the finest of them all. vStrong flowering bulbs. Each, 25c; per dozen, $2.50; postpaid. CINNAMON VINE glsrCs'" Beautiful summer climber; glossy foliage and fragrant flowers; stem dies down in winter, but the root is hardy, and best results are attained the second year. Large Selected Roots—10c each; 3 for 20c; perdo?en, ^; postpaid. POSTAGE ON BULBS is included in the price for one dozen pr les$. 101

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