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Title: California gardening
Identifier: californiagarden1931germ (find matches)
Year: 1931 (1930s)
Authors: Germain Seed and Plant Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Germain
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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SEEDS California s Best COSMOS Very graceful tall annuals, with large long stemmed flowers and finely cut foliage. Cosmos are invaluable in the summer and autumn garden; the plants are bushy. 5 to 8 feet high and pro- duce a wealth of excellent cut flowers. They are very useful for back grounds and screens, or wherever tall heavily branched flowering plants are needed. By using both early and late flower- ing strains they may be had in bloom from early summer until late fall. Easily grown from seed and succeeding anywhere. Germain's Mammoth Flowering Cosmos This beautiful strain attains remarkable proportions; bushes are broad and tall, flowers of largest size and with wide overlapping petals. If given an early start they bloom from mid-summer until late autumn. 2756 2757 2758 2760 Mammoth Flowering Crimson. Brilliant deep red. Mammoth Flowering Pink. Bright rosy pink. Mammoth Flowering White. Very large pure white. Mammoth Flowering Mixed. Oz. 30c. Price of the above varieties 10c per pkt. Collection of one packet each of the c colors 25c. Germain's Extra Early Giant Cosmos A new strain producing large flowers and commencing to bloom in the early summer. 2752 Earlv Giant Crimson. 2754 Early Giant White. 2753 Early Giant Rose. 2755 Earlv Giant Mixed. Oz. 60c. ' 2762 Price: Any of the above 10c per pkt. Collection of a packet each of the 3 colors for 25c. Orange Yellow Cosmos PER PKT. Klondyke. A tall, vigorous species with large orange yellow flowers abundantly produced in the fall. % oz. 30c $ .10 Germain's Choice Cinerarias It would be hard to find a flowering pot plant or bedding plant of more resplendent beauty than the Cineraria. It produces gor- geous spikes of large blossoms in the most vivid shades during the late winter and early spring and delights in a cool shady location succeeding wonderfully well even out doors in Southern California. The seed should be sown in summer or early fall in seed pans. PER PKT. 2704 Germain's Giant Exhibition Strain. This is by far the most beautiful and finest strain we have seen. The flowers of enormous size are borne on sturdy plants about 18 inches in height. The colors range from white and light pink through rose, scarlet and purple. to deep crimson and royal blue $ .50 2700 Choice Hybrids Mixed. Very beautiful large flower- ing strain imported from the best European sources .25 2705 Stellata (Star Cineraria). A very popular strain pro- ducing ii.numeral star shaped flowers of good size and in a fine range of colors .25 2706 Maritima Candidissima. This as well as the white leaved Centaurea. is called Dusty Miller. The downy Heenlv cut foliage is silvery-white in color 10
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Double Crested Cosmos Flowers well filled in the center with a crest of narrow petals; some singles will appear but these are also very beautiful. PER PKT. 2763 Crimson King. Rich deep red S .25 2764 Pink Beauty. Soft satany pink 25 2765 White Queen. Pure white -25 2770 Germain's Double Crested Mixed. % oz. 60c 25 One packet of each of the three colors for 60c. Clarkia Very free flowering annual of easy culture producing handsome double flowers on leafy stems and valuable for bedding for borders and for cutting. 2 to 3 feet. Sow in spring or fall in sun or partial shade. 2711 Double Apple Bios- 2712 Double BriUiant Rose. SOm" , .„ v 2717 Double Scarlet. 2715 Double White (Alba). 2716 Double Salmon 2720 Double Choice Mixed. Queen. % oz. 30e. Price of the above varieties 10c per pkt. Collection of six packets for 40c. Clianthus Handsome sun-loving perennials from Australia, bearing clus- ters of bright pea shaped flowers. Sow the seeds in a dry sunny situation and water sparingly. 4 feet. PER PKT. 2727 Puniceus (New Zealand Parrot's Bill). Large bunches of showy red flowers $ .25 2728 Dampieri (Australian Glory Pea). Clusters of bril- liant scarlet flowers marked with black 25 15

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