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Title: Barnard's garden novelties and specialties 1930
Identifier: barnardsgardenno1930wwba (find matches)
Year: 1930 (1930s)
Authors: W. W. Barnard & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Barnard
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Larkspurs (Annual) Easily grown in any garden. The graceful spikes are nice for cutting. The following varieties grow 2V2 to 3 feet tall and bloom all Summer. La Prance. The large, well formed double flowers are a very pleasing shade of Salmon-pink, and are well placed upon the long stems. Is much more vigor- ous and taller growing than other pink shades of stock-flowered varieties on the market today, and is more resistant to mildew. We consider this one of the most important of recent introductions 25c Los Angeles. Of the same habit as La France, but with a much richer color. Is a rich salmon ground, overlaid with a brilliant rose; the foliage is also darker, which adds to its beauty. Pkt. 25c Improved Exquisite, Stock Flowered. The habit of plant is upright like La France. The flowers are a delightful shade of salmon-pink. A wonderful cut- flower Pkt. 25c "White Spire." New. Same upright growth as the above varieties, but with pure white double flowers Pkt. 25c Branching or Stock Flowered. Bright Rose, Sky Blue, Dark Blue, Pink, White, Lustrous Carmine, Rosy Scarlet Each, Pkt. 10c Branching. Mixed V4 oz. 20c; Pkt. 10c Emperor Brilliant Carmine. A fine new larkspur of compact growth, about 24 inches high. Color same charming shade as the stock flowered lus- trous Carmine Pkt. 25c Improved Giant Hyacinth-Flowered. The plants grow about three feet tall and give a spike well filled with flowers; may be planted closer than the stock- flowering. Is an early flowering variety. Blue, Pink, Lilac, Purple, White or Mixed. Pkt. 15c Lobelia Useful for edgings, vases and baskets. Crystal Palace Compacta. Deep blue 10c Speciosa. Blue; trailing 10c Annual—Lobelia Mixed, Vs oz., 15c 10c Lunaria or Honesty (Satin Flower) H'ardy biennials, admired for their silvery seed pouches; for house ornaments 10c LupinUS (Lupine) Annual Varieties. Free-flowering, easily-grown an- nuals. Seed may be sown where the plants are to bloom. Hartwegii. White, Rose, Light Blue, Dark Blue and Mixed Each 10c Perennial Varieties. Effective hardy perennials, suc- ceeding in any good garden soil; blooms in May and June; 3 feet. Folyphyllus, Blue, White or Rose Pkt. 10c Perennial Sorts. Mixed 10c English Hybrid Lupins. Harkness' famous strain. Tall and stately blooms, very fragrant. Mixed colors Pkt. 25c Marvel of Peru (Four o'Clock) Annual. 2 ft. The earliest light of summer finds the Four o'clock plants a mass of fragrant bloom. Tall. Red, Yellow, or Rose. Each, oz. 25c Pkt. 10c Tall. Mixed. Oz. 20c Pkt. 10c Dwarf. Mixed. Oz. 25c Pkt. 10c
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Larkspur, La France and Los Angeles Type MaHgold (Tagetes, The African and French Marigolds are old favorite free-flowering annuals of easy culture. Double African Varieties The African Marigolds produce very large flowers on tall stems. Orange Prince. Produces densely double flowers, and of the regularity and perfection of a Dahlia. For effective garden display during the summer and autumn months nothing can surpass the gorgeous masses of color of this grand variety. 2 to 3 feet 10c Lemon Queen. A counterpart of the above bur soft, lemon yellow flowers Pkt. 10c Primrose Queen. New. A delightful shade of creamy primrose, with a touch of gold, large quilled flowers, very fine Pkt. 20c African Double, mixed, *4 oz. 20c Pkt. 10c Dwarf French Marigolds Legion of Honor. (Tattle Brownie.) Single, golden yellow, blotched, crimson Pkt. 10c Dark Brown, rich velvety mahogany brown Pkt. 10c Dwarf Gold Striped. Very double Chestnut bi striped yellow Pkt. 10c French Dwarf Double Mixed, M oz. 20c Pkt. 10c Tagetus Signata Puniila. (s an attra little plant growing about 10 inches high with fern- like foliage and small clean-cut golden yellow flowers Pkt. 10c

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