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Title: Annual descriptive catalogue of seeds : the largest collection in the world
Identifier: CAT31294535 (find matches)
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: J. M. Thorburn & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock New York (State) New York Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Vegetables seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs
Publisher: New York, N. Y. : J. M. Thorburn & Co.
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 High-Class Seeds. 5
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New, Rare and Valuable Flower Seeds, Cosmos, New Giant Early-flowering Fancy. The flowers of this superb new strain are of immense size, measuring from 4>2 to 5 inches across, and are produced in great diversity of form and coloring. In the mixture are monster pink and white flowers, beautiful crimson shades, delicate white and mauve; white, daintily tinted and clouded with pink and mauve. Some of the large, white blossoms have broad plaited petals, with pinked edges, resembling Homneya Coulteri, or Cali- fornia Tree Poppy, while other immense pink and white flowers, with overlapping petals, resemble Camellias, although larger and more beautiful. The colors range from pure white through shades of pink, deep rose and crimson, to light red. Of the latter there are many dark shades heretofore unknown in Cosmos. There are white ones, delicately flushed or flecked with pink or mauve, and very beautiful flowers in pink and mauve have a dark red ring around the eye. We offer separate colors and mixed, as follows: Per pkt. Per pkt. Giant Red $0 15 Giant White $0 15 Giant Pink 15 Giant Mixed 15 Cosmos, "Marguerite. One of the prettiest and daintiest varieties imaginable; the flowers measure from 2% to 3 inches across; the petals arc deeply and irregularly laciniated or fringed; the flowers resemble the Marguerites, but are much more esthetic and beautiful. Per pkt., 25 cts. Cosmos, Improved New Yellow. This yellow Cosmos is a great improvement over the small yellow first offered. The flowers are of greater substance, and have long stems, and measure 234 inches or more across; the petals are XA inch broad; the color is a rich sunflower-yellow; frequently the petals are toothed at the edges; the foliage is larger, though finely cut; the plant- are of a more upright habit of growth. The yellow Cosmos blooms from the seed in about six weeks from planting, and continues to bloom for months. Per pkt., 25 cts. Cosmos, "Tints of Dawn." New and distinct varieties. The flowers have a white ground, finely flecked or flushed with delicate pink; some are flushed much darker around the eye than others; they are variously formed, and very beautiful. Per pkt., 15 cents. Aquilegias, New Hybrids. These beautiful new hybrid Columbines were obtained from crossing the Canadensis with the blue and white sorts. The seel produces double and single flowers, running from nearly like the scarlet Aquilegia Canadensis all through blue and purple, and nearly white, in numberless shades and forms. Per pkt., 25 cts.

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