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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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clad vine,that blooms constantly from early summer until late autumnminding neither heat nor cold, rain nor drouth. Plants ofvigor and healthfulness, bearinga profusion of long-staikedclustered flowers, white, pink and deep rose in color, eachflower an inch or more across. Vines 4 to 6 feet in height.Mixed, All Colors. Pkt. 5c Sweet William. The favorite flower of our grandmothers. One of the bestedging plants for the border, bearing in early summer largeheads of the richest and most varied colors. Very fragrantand a favorite with pveryone for vases and bouquets.Improved Mixed Colors—Perfect in form, large in size, brilliant and varied in colors- Pkt. 5c A Wild Perennial Bed for 10 cts. A fine mixture of all the best and hardiest, Hardy Peren-nials, such as are suitable for a wild bed or a mixture forany out of the way place These plants, once started, willbloom profusely year fjffcer year. Large packet, 10 cents. The 14 pkts. for 75c. FALL CATALOGUE OF BULBS. AND PLANTS FOR 1914 63
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PINK AND WHITE PAXSIES Guilds (;rar>d Pansies. Our Pansy Seed is the very choicest product of Eu-rope, and the various strains and distinct varieties weoffer are the best known to cultivation. You can bankon our Pansy seed. Pkt.Pink and White—A lovely pansy with large blossoms pink and white finely blotched , 15 Orchid Flowered—These new pansies take their namemainiy from their superb tints and variations in colorwhich remind one of the gorgeous shades seen in Or-chids. In addition to this thev are large of flower,vigorous and healthy in growth and abundant in bloom.It is the most novel and distinct strain of Pansies seen in many years. Mixed colors 15 Giant Excelsior—It is impossible to convey an idea of therichness,the varied ari^xquisite coloring,the large size,perfect form and great/substance of these Pansies. Plantsare compact and bushy, and produce great quantities offlowers, borne well above the foliage, on strongstems. Owing to their vigor this strain withstands theho

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