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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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the foliage has longbeen dead. Autumn Crocus thrmv up numerous gay-colored flowers, large and showy, delicate and beautiful. Kat.uleen Parlow—The grandest white Crocus known.Purest white of extra fine substance and with large,bright orange anther-. It is so line as to be almostin a class by Itself. Beware of substitutions. WeSupply only the true variety. 3 for 15£;.12 for r>oe. Grandiflora—The latest and largest of all Crocus. Flow -ers as large as a small Tulip, each bulb producingseveral of these enormous blooms. Color a rich,dark-purplish blue, close to a deep indigo. 8c each,5 for 30c; I :? r<»r 00c. Harbinger of Spring—This Crocus flowers three weekahead of all others, appearing with the Snowdrop oiearlier. Flowers are extra large, equalled only byGrandiflora and of a rich, shining purple shade; acolor so rich and glowing as to attract every eye3 Tor 15c; 12 for 50c; 100 for $3.50. 12 each of above 3 grand sorts for $1.50 Fall Catalog of Plants and Bulbs for 1920 19
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QUEEN WILHELMIXA CROCUS 40-Flowered, or Giant Yellow Crocus All Extra Large and Fine. These varieties are the grand prize-winner? at a re-rent national exhibition in Holland. They show murhimprovement over older sorts and are the last word inbig-iloweved Crocus. Agnes Maria—Large, beautiful blue.Black Knight—Deep purple-black; glossy.Baron Von Brunow—Mauve with a purplish cast.King of the Blues—Immense glossy blue.King of Whites—Extra large and fine. Probably thevery best white sort. Lilaceus Superbus—Light-blue edged white. Maximilian—Clear Blue, very large flower. Montblanc—Extra fine, pure white: differing in many ways from all other white varieties.Sir Waiter Scott—Fine, large, white, richly striped purple-blue. Extra.Pres. Grant—Light-blue striped white. Very larsre.40c per doz.; $3.00 per 100; $26.00 per 1000; 6 eachof the 10 sorts for $2.00. It is astonishing the amount of blooms a single^bumof this Crocus will furnish.. The handsome flowers arevery large an

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