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Title: Childs' combination catalogue for 1910 : flower seeds vegetable seeds summer bulbs hardy bulbs and plants house plants shrubs new fruits and dutch or full bulbs
Year: 1910 (1910s)
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 trees Catalogs John Lewis Childs (Firm) Commercial catalogs Nurseries (Horticulture) Vegetables Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Flowers Fruit trees
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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32 JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. MISCELLANEOUS SEEDS. Dahlias, Cannas, Anemones, and Freesias bloom the first season from seed, and make fine bulbous roots forfuture planting. Gladiolus^ I4Hes. Iris, and Honeysuckle, bloom second season.
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Cannas, Childs Extra Early Dwarf* Grown from Seed Flowering in Three Months. These wonderful Cannas, dwarf and compact in growth,with highly ornamental foliage, produce their magnificentclusters of brilliant blossoms all the summer and fall fromspring sown seed. In no other way can so small an ex-penditure produce such a bed of glorious flowers for so longa period. They are simply marvelous, showing colors andvariegations ranging from almost white to brilliant scarletand dark maroon, rosy pink, yellow, orange, buff, lemon,striped, bronzed, tinted and variegated in a wonderful man-ner. Foliage is large and musa-like, in some plants a richgreen color, in others a deep reddish maroon and highlyornamental. These New Cannas are appropriately called Gladiolus-flowered on account of their size and beauty. Extra Early Dwarf—Mixed all colors and shades 15 Extra Early Dwarf Red I/eaved—Leaves rich maroon red, bronze etc. Flowers of various colors 20 Crozys Mixed Dwarf—A superb mixture 10

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