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Title: Bolgiano's capitol city seeds for 1946
Identifier: bolgianoscapitol19fwbo_16 (find matches)
Year: 1946 (1940s)
Authors: F. W. Bolgiano & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Washington, D. C. : F. W. Bolgiano
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Nasturtiums A. Lovely annuab thriving on peeds are used for peppery pickles. DWARF VARIETIES. 1 ft. 817. Golden Globe. Compact little plants with semi- liouble. fra»:raiu tlowers of bright golden yellow. Pkt. 10c.; -joz. 2S.-.; oz. 45c. 818. Genii Mixture. Sweet-scented, semi-double flowers in a tine mixture of light and dark colors. Compact, dwarf plants. Pkt. KV.: l^oz- ~'^'- °^- "^^c. 819. Single, Mixed. Splendid mixture of truly dwarf singles. .\ good companion to the Gem Mixture of semi- doubles. Pkt. 10c.; oz. 30c.; J^^Ib. $1.00. SEMI-DWARF VARIETIES. Ilaft 820. Golden Gleam. 1-arge, golden yellow, semi-double, sweetiv scented llowers on bushy plants with short runners. Pkt. 10c.; fjoz. 25c.; oz. 45c. ff>1. Scarlet Gleam. Fier>- orange-scarlet. semi-douLIe (lowers to 3 inches across. Fine plants. Pkt. 10c.; ,';oz. 25c.: oz. 45c. 822. Gleam Hybrids. A mixture of all the Gleam \.irietit->. Lar^c tlowers on good plants. Pkt. 10c.; ' joz. 25i..; oz. 45c. TALL VARIETY 823. Tall, Mixed. TTie 8 to 10-foot runners which can be trained to fences and trellises or spread over walls, etc. .â \ wide range of colors. Pkt. 10c.; oz. 30c.; '^Ib. $1.00. Nierembergia A 824. Purple Robe. Bronze .Medal. 1942 All-.^merica ^clti.ticm,-i. C^ushion-like mats covered with lovelv \ iolet- bl'-e. cup-shaped tlowers. A perennial in mild climates. Pkt. 25c.; Aoz. SI.00. Pansies A., R-G. Pansies mav be sown in .\ugust or September for early bloom the following spring or may be planted early in the spring for later bloom. Planting twice a year in this manner provides Pansies during most of the growing season. Seed- lings from the late summer and fall planting should have some winter protection. 825. Coronation Gold. Large, golden yellow, round tlowers with litihtlv ruffled edges. They have a spicy fragrance and are generously prtxluced on stocky plants. Pkt. 35c.: '>oz. SI.50: ) .oz. S2.75. 826. Giant Trimardeau, Mixed. This mixture has a wide range ot colors and the large flowers have delight- t'ullv marked faces. Pkt. 15c.; .VJz. 60c.; JiOz. $1.00; â loz. SI.50; oz. S'J.OO. 827. Roggli Swiss Giants. Extremely large flowers of heavv texture and rich dark colors places this strain in front rank. Long, strong stems hold the flowers well above the foliage. Pkt. 35c.; >bOz. SI.25; Koz- $2.25; i;oz. S5.50. 828. Super Maple Leaf Giants Mixed. The largest- flowered strain. Many blooms will measure over 5 inches across and the average is above 4 inches. This is a special selected strain with flowers jjerfectly round in shape and of a velvety texture. Colors tend to the darker shades and plants are compact, yet husky growers, having luxurious dark green foliage and large leaves. Pkt. 35c.; Jjoz. $1.25; J.;oz. S2.25; l4oz. $3.50. Petunias A. Truly ever>'body's flower. They are easy to grew and from early summer until frost they provide color in quan- tity. For bedding, for the border, window-box or potting, they are unsurpassed. There are many types of both plant and flower. All are beautiful; some of the new large- flowered varieties are sensational. 827. Pansy, Roggli Swiss Giants Pkt. 35c LARGE-FLOWERED RUFFLED VARIETIES 829. Dwarf Giants of California, Dark Shades. Dwarf, sturdv plants especially suited to p)Ot-culture. Flowers are beautifully ruffled and fringed. Pkt. 25c.; ti^tz. SI.75. 830. Giants of California Ruffled, Mixed. A well- balanced mixture o: large fringed and ruffled flowers of li^ht and dark colors, including pink and rose shades with attractive throats. Pkt. 25c.; ^.oz. SI.75. 831. Glamour. (Giants of California.) Honorable Men- tion, 1942 All-America Selections. A glorious giant ruffled flower of soft salmon-rose, veined with brown in tfie creamy throat. Strong plants which really bloom. Pkt. 50c.; ^oz. S2.50 832. Martha Washington. (Fancy Nana Corrpacta.) Large 3-inch ruffled flowers of blush-pink, the center veined with wine-red deepening to violet. Dwarf, com- pact plants less than a foot high. Pkt. 25c.; j'jOz. $1.25.
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â \ 841. Petunia, Rosy Morn Pkt. 10c WASHINGTON, D. C. 37

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