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Title: Capitol city seeds for 1945
Identifier: capitolcityseeds19fwbo_2 (find matches)
Year: 1945 (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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Dianthus (Pinks) A..P.,R-G. summer and fall. Must varieties are alx -plcndid bed and border plants, trdefi specimens and desirable lor cutting. 745. Annual Pinks. Double. Mixed. A. LoveK Fringed rs of ail colors. Pk . OX. 40c.; ' ^oz. 75c; ⢠746. Annual Pinks. Single. Mixed. A. l,irge Bowers J! colored ami delightfully cut 75c.; oz. 51.25. 747. Plumarius P. Single, fringed, â "'â pink and white in great profusion during Slav ami June. I ow, spreading plants. Pkt. 10c; ⢠Digitalis (Foxglove) b. 748. Gloxinisflora. Plants 3 to 4 feet high with long spikes ibular, thimble-like flowers of various colors. The "thimbles" are hea\ inside. Pkt. 10c; ' .o/. 4x Dimorphotheca aurantiaca (African Daisy) A. 749. Golden West. ch golden flowers have a iwers. 1 hey need a dry, sum ummer and falL 15 in. Pk- -1.55. Dusty Miller A. (Cineraria maritima candidissima) 750. en laciniated foliage. Fine for Pkt. 15c.; /.pz. Eschscholtzia (California Poppy) A.,R-G. ( they ire to md 12 inches apart. Do not trv to em. Plants ire low and spreading, with line- >ms all summer. 751. Golden West. low Bowers with orange 752. Mixed. \ oJots including shades of rlet. Any of above Eschscholtzia, pkt. 10c.; ' 4oz. 30c; 'joz. 50c. Euphorbia A..R-G. 753. Variegata Snow-on-tfte-Moturtain). Plants grow to â and have green foliage margined with white. A popular border plant. Pkt. 10c; ' _.o/. 40c; oz. 75c Feverfew P. 754. Alba plenissima. Two-fool plants with dark cut stems. Pkt. 10c; 766. Gypsophila elegans alba grandiflora Pkt. 10c. foliage and small, double, white flowers on good cutting â¢/. H-00. Forget-Me-Not P., R-G. 755. Myosotis alpestris. \ lovelj April-blooming, dwarf plant with blue (lowers, useful for carpeting and planting among tulips. Prefers moist soil. Pkt. 15c; Aoz. 00c â 10. Four o'Clock (Marvel of Peru) A. 75â¬. Mirabilis Jalapa. Bushv plants to 2U feet with mvr: r white flowers. They get their name from the fact that the Bowers open at about 4 p.m. standard time. Pkt. 10c; oz. 50c Gaillardia (Blanket Flower) A.,p. Border and bedding plants with showy flowers useful for cutting. They bloom from early summer into fall. 757. Indian Chief. A. Single, bronzv red flowers. A -:v cut-flower. Pkt. 15c 758. Annual, Mixed. A. A fine mixture with reds and linating. Pkt. 10c; J^oz. 45c; ' 2oz. 85c 759. The Dazzler. P. Large flowers of dark red with orange _petal-tips. Striking. Pkt. 10c; )U,y. 40c; 65c 760. Grandiflora, Mixed. P. Lovely single flowers with centers of shades of red and the outer petals yellow. Will tr if planted early. Pkt. 10c: '.oz 45c- 85c Geranium zonale P. 7G1. Mixed. Treated as an annual when planted from ,'arden plant but plants can be lifted and carried - winter indoors. Seed saved from choice varieties. Pkt. 15c; ,',"/.. 60c
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WASHINGTON, D. C. 33 Fragrance Do you grow Sowers just to look at, or must they smell good, too? Mignonette- with its unforgettable sweetness is not much to look at,â it would soon disappear from gardens if it should lose its fragrance,â while Heliotrope, another wonderfully fragrant flower, pleases as well with its beauty. Increase your garden pleasure by studying your flowers and grow for fragrance as well as beauty.

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