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Title: Annual descriptive catalogue : seeds
Identifier: CAT31282682 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Frank S. Platt (Firm); Platt, Frank S; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Connecticut New Haven
Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : Frank S. Platt
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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9o FRANK S. PLATT'S FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL. P/EONY MOUTAN. ( Tree Pceonies.) A beautiful group of hard)7 Japanese shrubs, having flowers of immense size, both single and double, varying in color from white to scarlet, splashed, spotted and striped in every conceivable manner. They form bushes four to five feet high, and as many through. In three sizes. Price, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 each. LILIES. Auratum, the Golden Banded Lily of Japan. Flowers a foot across, pure white, spot- ted crimson, with a golden band through the center of each petal ; very fragrant; the king of lilies. Price, each, 15c; per doz., $1.50. Candidum. (Annunciation or St. Jo- seph Lily.) The well-known garden lily ; snow-white, fragrant blossoms ; it is also one of the best forcing lilies for florists. Three to four feet. Blooms in the open ground about June. Price, each, ioc; per doz., #1.00. Speciosum. (Lancifolium.) No flower garden can be complete without some varieties of this most beautiful class of lilies. They are sure to thrive and give satisfaction in any situation. They are fragrant, pure, brilliant and delicate in color, and graceful and statery in form. Their beauty will surprise all who are unacquainted with them. Price, each, 25c; per doz., $2.50. rionstrosum Album. Pure white, with immense clusters of bloom, often fifty in a bunch; grand. Price, each, 25c; per doz., $2.50. Roseum or Rubrum. Rose or pink, spotted darker; very beautiful. Price, each, 20c; per doz., $2.00. Harrisii, the Bermuda or Easter Lily. Flowers pure white and trumpet-shaped. Its great .value consists in its earliness and free blooming qualities, a single plant frequently producing from eight to twelve flowers at one time; extremeh* valuable for forcing, but not sufficiently hardy for outdoor planting, unless well protected. First size bulbs, each, 25c; per doz., $2.50. Second size bulbs, each, 15c; per doz., $1-50. Third size bulbs, each, ioc; per doz., $1.00.
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