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Title: Catalogue of bulbs, trees, shrubs, vines and hardy plants for fall planting
Identifier: catalogueofbulbs1895bael (find matches)
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: B. A. Elliott Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Ornamental shrubs Catalogs
Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : B. A. Elliott Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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B. A. ELLIOTT COMPANY, PITTSBURG, PA. 3
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lied of Hyacinths. HYACINTHS. ( >ur Hyacinths and all our Dutch Bulbs were carefully selected from the best and most reliable growers in Holland, and we can offer them with a certainty that they cannot be surpassed in quality. The following named varieties have been selected specially for "inter blooming in the house or for spring blooming in the open ground. Add for postage on Hyacinths 15 cents per dozen if to be sent by mail. All varieties 10 cents each; $1 per dozen. Single Red. Agnes, striking deep rosy pink, good spike. Amy, deep carmine, tine truss. Appellius, crimson, good truss. Gertrude, rosy pink, large compact truss. Homerus, very early, extra good for forcing. La Reine dea Jacinthes, line red. Miss Nightingale, very early. Von Schiller, extra large and tine. Single Rose. Charles Dickens, dark rose, very line. Gigantea, rose and blush, extra large bells. Giant of Roses, splendid rose. Lord Wellington, pule rose. Maria Theresa, red, blue, shaded. Norma, very early, long bells. Single Yellow. Due de Malakoff, orange yellow. Fleur d'Or, pale yellow. Heroine, bright citron, bright tips. Ida, splendid yellow, extra line. King of Holland, rich orange, tine truss. L'Or d'Australie, pure yellow, extra line. Single White. Alba Maxima, line bells, pure white. Baroness von Thurll, extra pure white, very early. Blanchard, extra long spike, pure white. Cleopatra, rosy white. Grandeur a Merveille, beautiful blush, fine truss. Grand Vainquer, pure white, large and early. La Grandesse, snowy white, large bells, the best white. Prix de l'Europe, good spike, loose bells. Seraphine, blush white, slightly marked with rose. Voltaire, creamy white, fine spike. Single Violet. Adiline Patti, superb purple violet. Charles Dickens, striped violet. Haydn, dark violet. L'Unique, violet purple, very early. Sir Edwin Landseer, purple. Single Dark Blue. Baron von Thuyll, large compact truss, very early. Charles Dickens, dark blue, shading to light. Ferick Kahn, very dark blue. King of the Blues, brilliant dark blue, extra fine. Uncle Tom, dark violet, white eye. William I, glittering dark purple, extra early.

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