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Title: Childs' catalogue of fall bulbs that bloom plants, seeds, shrubs, fruits etc. with a treatise on the culture of bulbs indoors and out.
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: John Lewis Childs (Firm) Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs Vegetables Seeds Catalogs John Lewis Childs (Firm) Nurseries (Horticulture) Bulbs (Plants) Flowers Vegetables
Publisher: Floral Park, N.Y. : John Lewis Childs
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Wallacei—Very floriferous, each bulb throwing up 4 to 5flower stems, each one bearing 8 to 10 beautiful upright,blossoms, of a bright anricot color- Perfect in form andmost desirable. 10c each: $1.00 per doz; $6,00 per 100. Umbellatum—One of the very best, blooming in June withlarge, perfect flowers. Colors range from black-red.through all shades of crimson, rose, yellow, buff,apricot, etc, many finely spotted. 25 sorts mixed. 10c.each ; $1.00 per dozen ; $6.00 per 1.00; FALL CATALOGUE OF BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1914. 49
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The grandest Lily on earth with immense blooms a foot across, and superb fragrance. r ... Note—Auratum Bulbs do not reacti here from Japan until latein November. All orders will be booked for filling then orearly the following spring, as purchaser desii-es. I,. Auratum — (Golden Banded Lilv op Japan)— Colorwhite, spotted crimson with a golden band through eachpetal. 3 to 30 flowers on a stalk. Extra large strongbulbs, 25c. each; 3 for 50c; 12 for $1-80; 100 for $12.00. Auratum Pictum-Like the above, but the yellow bandsare tipped with crimson. 40c each; 3 for $1.00. . • Aurattim Platyphylltim-A larger and finer flower in allrespects, with broader petals and lustrous broad greenleaves of great beauty. 50c. each. . . Aurattim Rubro Vittattim-Grand, having a rich crimsonband in place of yellow. $1.00 each. Aurattim Wittei—Broad yellow bands without spots, ins-tinct and fine. $1-00 each. TepUifomiip,Tl)e Coral Lily. A great beauty and the brightest of all Lilies. Grows24 inches

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