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Title: Annual catalogue of seeds, plants, and bulbs, 1899
Identifier: CAT31284029 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: I. J. Simonson (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: New York, N. Y. : I. J. Simonson
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE, FIELD AND FLOWER SEEDS. 33
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Ch rysanlhemums. CHRYSANTHEMUM. The following varieties, when well-grown, are among the most beautiful and showy of summer- blooming plants. Japonieum. The Japanese long-petaled or fringed varieties ; a mixture which should produce many showy varieties. Hardy perennial. Pkt. 15c. Indieum. Extra fine mixed, large-flowering varieties. Half-hardy perennial. Pkt. 15 cts. Dunetti album. Double white. Pkt. 5 cts. Dunetti aureum. Double yellow. Pkt. 5 cts. Eclipse. Yellow and brown. An exceedingly showy variety. Pkt 10 cts. Frutescens (Marguerite, or White Paris Daisy). Pkt. 10 cts. CINERARIA. A well-known, free-flowering, favorite plant; blooms through a great portion of the year; has a range and brilliancy of color scarcely surpassed. Requires about the same culture as the Calceolaria. Greenhouse perennial. Hybrida. Extra choice mixed colors ; from prize varieties ; 2 ft. Pkt. 25 cts. CLARKIA. An old favorite, the varieties of which are de- scribed below, and which should be treated the same as the aster. Hardy annual. Elegans, Double. Pure white. Pkt. 5 cts. Finest Mixed. Double and single varieties. Pkt. 5 cts. CLINTONIA. Dwarf-growing plant for summer-flowering ; the colors are various shades of blue, purple, white striped, etc. Suitable for rockwork. Hardy perennial. Elegans. Pkt. 10 cts. COIX LACHRYMA. (Job's Tears.) A curious ornamental grass, the flowers having the appearance of large tears. Pkt. 5 cts. COBAEA SCANDENS. Handsome half-hardy perennial climber, with purple-lilac flowers of a bell-shape ; valuable for the conservatory ; may be planted out of doors in June. Elegant climber. Purple. Pkt. 10 cts. COLEUS. One of the most popular ornamental foliage plants. It is very decorative in the flower border, and easily grown from seed, which frequently produces new and distinct varieties. Half-hardy perennial. Seeds saved from new and beautiful hybrids. Pkt. 25 cts. COLLINSIA. Very pretty plants, with purple, blue and white flowers. Hardy annual. Mixed. i)£ ft. Pkt. 5 cts. CONVOLVULUS, DWARF. A beautiful, showy plant, with handsome, richly- colored flowers, producing a brilliant effect. Sow middle of May. Hardy annual. Tricolor minor. Rich violet-purple, with white center ; trailer. Hardy annual. Pkt. 5 cts. Finest Mixed Varieties. Hardy annual. Pkt. 5 cts. Azureus. Blue. Pkt. 5 cts. Mauritanieus. The most beautiful creeping variety introduced. Porcelain blue, very florifer- ous; a charming plant for baskets, vases, etc. Hardy perennial; 1 ft. Pkt. 10 cts. Aureus superbus. Yellow. Pkt. 10 cts. COSMOS. The plant grows from 5 to 6 feet high ; com- pletely covered in the autumn with bloom. Very easily grown, and excellent for cutting purposes. Mammoth White. Pkt. 5 cts. Mammoth Pink. Pkt. 5 cts. We make special rates on large orders.

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