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Title: Annual descriptive catalogue and calendar : seeds
Identifier: CAT31283909 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Frank S. Platt (Firm); Platt, Frank S; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Connecticut New Haven Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
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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FRANK S. PLATT'S FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAL. 95
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LILIES. Auratum, the Golden Banded Lily of Japan. Flowers a foot across, pure white, spotted 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. Blossoms in the open ground about June. Price, each, 10c; per doz., $1.00. Longiflorum. Large white trumpet shaped flowers. Price, each, 15c; per doz., $1.50. flonstrosum 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; extremely valuable for forcing, but not sufficiently hardy for out-door 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, 10c; per doz., $1.00. HARDY HYBRID ROSES. The varieties given below and many re- cent introductions will be carried in stock for spring sales. Culture : Roses require L. Auratum. a rich, well-drained soil enriched with well rotted manure. Applications of liquid manure during the growing season will stimu. late a more vigorous growth. Anne de Diesbach. Clear rose ; large flowers ; vigorous. Coquette des Alps. White, shaded rose. A very profuse bloomer throughout the season. Earle of Dufferin. Dark, velvety crimson. General Jacqueminot. Velvety red. One of the most widely known of hardy roses. Glorie Lyonaise. A large white rose, very fine. Harrison's Yellow. Golden yellow; medium

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