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Title: Capitol city seeds for 1943
Identifier: capitolcityseeds19fwbo_0 (find matches)
Year: 1943 (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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1045. Poppy, Shirley, Carnation-flowered, Mixed. Pkt. 10c.
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Stocks (Gilliflower) A. 919. Dwarf, Double Ten-Weeks, Mixed. Popular garden flower because of the fine spikes of bloom in interesting colors and their delightful fragrance. A great cut-flower. Plants 12 inches with flowers of white, yellow, pink and blue. Pkt. 5c; y8oz. 25c; )4oz. 40c; Hoz. 70c. Stokesia (Stokes7 Aster) P. 1051. Cyanea. Large shaggy flowers of deep blue some- what resembling a single Aster. Does best in light soil. Grows 1 )/2 to 2 feet tall and blooms from July to frost. Pkt. 10c; y8oz. 40c. Sunflower A. 920. Chrysanthemum-flowering. Spectacular 4 to 5- inch golden yellow double flowers that stand 4 feet high. Pkt. 10c; y2oz. 20c; oz. 35c. Sweet Peas A. If you have not grown them we urge you to try this grand little Sweet William. Each plant in bloom looks like a compact bouquet of flowers. Don't miss them this year. Everyone loves dainty fragrant Sweet Peas and every garden should have enough to supply the house with cut- flowers during late spring and summer. Culture. Sow as early in the spring as the ground can be worked in rich, well-limed soil with good drainage. Make a trench about 4 inches deep and sow the seed in the bottom of it, covering with about 1 inch of soil. When the plants attain a height of from 2 to 3 inches cultivate them and gradually fill up the trench to the level of the ground. One ounce will plant a 15-foot row. EARLY-FLOWERING SPENCER VARIETIES Although these are especially grown for under-glass culture we find they are equally desirable for the garden. 955. Amethyst. Royal purple. Exposition Pink. Rich pink. Harmony. Lavender shaded rose. Hope. Pure white. Mrs. Hoover. Clear blue. Red Bird. Crimson-red. Shirley Temple. Soft rose-pink, fluted and frilled. Valencia. Sunproof orange Any of the above Early-flowering Spencer Sweet Peas, pkt. 10c; J^oz. 30c; oz. 50c. 9G9. Mixed Early Spencers. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; J^Ib. 80c.; lb. $2.50. LATE SPENCER OR ORCHID-FLOWERING VARIETIES The late Spencers produce more flowers and have longer stems than the early varieties. Damask Rose. Bright rose-carmine. Gleneagles. Large; lavender. Huntsman. Bright scarlet. Peggy Ann. Salmon-pink Pierrot. White, blue edges. Pinkie. Rose-pink; frilled. Pirate Gold. Golden orange. Reflection. Clear blue. Royal Purple. Rich purple. Sextet Queen. Pure white. Any of the above Late Spencer or Orchid-flowering Sweet Peas, pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; V4lb. 80c; lb. $2.50 1002. Superb Mixed Spencers. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; )4lb. 50c; lb. $1.75. 957. Bolgiano's Special Grandiflora Mixture. A super- lative mixture of the old-fashioned sweet-scented Sweet Peas. Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; ^Ib. 35c; lb. $1.25. Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) B..R-G. An old-fashioned border plant which is usually treated as a biennial, growing new plants every year for the second year's bloom. Plants grow 1 to iy feet tall, have large heads of bloom and are used for bedding, borders or the rock-garden. 922. Newport Pink. Salmon-pink. Single. 923. Scarlet Beauty. Deep scarlet. Single. 1052. White. Pure white. Single Any of the above Sweet Williams, pkt. 10c; Vsoz. 25c; i/4oz. 40c. 924. Single, Mixed. Pkt. 10c; Moz. 25c; Hoz. 40c; oz. 75c 925. Double, Mixed. Pkt. 10c; Hoz. 25c; Koz. 40c; y2oz. 75c; oz. $1.25. 1039. Dwarf Double, Mixed. A new type only 9 inches high bearing large heads of single flowers in a wide range of attractive colors. An ideal edging plant or for spots here and there in the rock-garden. Pkt. 15c; Jioz. 50c. F. W. BOLGIANO & CO., INC. 990. Tithonia speciosa Pkt. 10c.

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