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Title: Childs' bulbs that bloom : bulbs that bloom plants that please berries that bear
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: John Lewis Childs (Firm) Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Commercial catalogs Seeds Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs Vegetables Seeds Catalogs Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs Seeds Catalogs Flowers Catalogs Fruit Seeds Catalogs John Lewis Childs (Firm) Commercial catalogs Nurseries (Horticulture) Vegetables Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Flowers Fruit
Publisher: Floral Park, N.Y. : John Lewis Childs, Inc.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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PEONY QUEEN VICTORIA Fall Catalog of Plants and Bulbs for 1920 ai Hardy Perennial Plants The earth wears a crown of Floral Beauties, and among the brightest, richest and sweetest are the hardyPerennials. They fill a place in our gardens and in our hearts which nothing else can supply. Like floweringshrubs when once planted they are good for a life-time and we come to regard them as part, not only of ourhome, but of our very existence. We do not offer a Perennial that has ever winter-k ilied here on Long Island, or any that are not free androbust growers and superb bloomers.
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AJUGA REPTENS Best Plant for Shady Places A plant of low-creeping habit with a profusion ofdark handsome leaves, and numerous spikes of prettyblue (lowers which appear early in spring-. It is splen-did tot cemeteries, rockeries or any kind of carpet work.The handsoni cleaves, being evergreen, thrive in sun orshade, dust, dirt and most any situation where few ifany plains would survive. 25c each; 3 for GOc; 12 forS2.00. \ -. V* APIOS TUBEROSA (Tuberous Wistaria) A valuable, hardy tuberous-rooted climber closely re-sembling the common Wistaria in vine and foliage andhaving clusters of rich, deep purple flowers, which have.. strong, delicious violet fragrance. Plant the bulbsnear a trellis, tree, fence, or any place where you maywish a climber. They grow to-a great height, andin May or June when pure white flowers are par-late in the fall with bloom well in the house duringwinter. Perfectly hardy, and foliage evergreen. 25ceach: S2.50 per doz. CANDYTUFT A plant of exquisite beauty, being

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