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Title: Beautiful flowers : spring 96
Identifier: beautifulflowers1896banc (find matches)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Bancroft, Joseph; Joseph Bancroft (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Iowa Cedar Falls Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Nursery stock; Flowers; Vegetables; Bulbs (Plants); Plants, Ornamental
Publisher: Cedar Falls, Iowa : Joseph Bancroft
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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4 Joseph Bancroft, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
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New Varieties, Heron's Plume. Pure white, entirely distinct, large, full and beautiful and very odd : center petals whoried in center and outside petals Whoried and drooping around the stem. 15 centsleach. Merry Monarch. Extremely early and by far the larg- est and finest Japanese White among the earlies. 20 cents each. Ezeta. Intense deep yellow : very early: never assumes the bronzy tints ; flower very full. 20 cents each. Judge Benedict. Very clear yellow; incurving: flower full and good depth. 15 cents each. J. L. Becket. A good bronze and red of large size. !â "> cents each. John Schrimpton. The finest red up to date; clear, deep crimson, without any bronze shadings: dwarf habit. 20 cents each. Nemesis. Very early ami almost identical m'eolor to Daybreak tarnation. A fine. bold, well built flower, with strong, straight petals. 20 cents each. Dean Hole. Very large incurved flower with petals of exquisite form : white, with beautiful soft shade of pink on outer side when in perfection, changing to pearly white witli age. 20 cents each. J. H. Troy. Very early white incurving Japanese, bt fine form good size and substance: lasts a long time. 30 cent- each. Mrs. Henry Bobinson. Large, full and incurved, of purest white ; very lasting. 2B cents. Iora Perle i>iuk ; long tube-like petals; very large, mts. 15 Laredo. Japanese; wborled and incurving; deep pink; late. 15 cents. Burt Eddy. Very large, full and double: silvery rose' shading to light magenta. Aline exhibition sort and quite early. 20 cent- each. Jayne Dark, shaded rose; high built,, regularly formed, incurved flower. A splendid keeper. 20.cents each. Philadelphia. The sensational variety of the year: an immense globular Jap. with broad incurving petals; color white, shading to lemon : stiff stems and nice foliage. Con- sidered the handsomest variety yet sent out. 20 cents each. Eiderdown. Of purest white: a nice grower; petals broad, incurving and overlapping; the best pure white ostrich plume variety. 20 cents each. Miss M. M Johnson. Dwarf grower, beautiful foliage and stiff stem : deep golden color: a fine, large, deep flower: very early. 15 cents each. The Egyptian. Grand exhibition red. of largest size, in- curving in form. 20 cents each. Miss Louise D Black. Color, deep orange; of general style of Mrs. L. C. Maderia. but much larger : flower last- an indefinite length of time. The best round deep yellow vari- ety. 20 cents each.

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