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Title: Childs' fall bulbs fall plants fall seeds new shrubs and fruit
Year: 1913 (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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r 100.Mixed—60 sorts, 30c. per dozen; $2.00 per 100. Breeder T^liPs* Another distinct class of late or Mayflowering Tulips,which send up flower stems 2 to 3 feet high, and bear a flowerof enormous size and odd color.Bronze Queen—Soft buff, tinged golden bronze.Genl. Ney—Old gold with olive base. Godet Parfait—Bright violet with white base. Very large. Goliath—Deep salmon-violet. Immense flower. I,a Singuliere — Silvery white, heavily margined dark crimson. Mahogany—A un ique brilliant mahogany brown. Very fine.Roses des Dames—Dark rosy pink. 5c. each; the 7 for 30c.; hoc. per dozen; $3.00 per100.Mixed Breeders—More than 100 sorts. 30c per dozen. $2-00 per 100- T^lipa Persica. A rare and curious variety. A bulb will send up onestem, on which is borne two or three blossoms. Theseblossoms are golden yellow in color, and open outflat,beingwhen so opened, perfectly star-shaped. Very pretty andinteresting. 5c each; 3 for 10c- FALL CATALOGUE OF BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1913. 13
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Select Qvocas. The Crocus is the recognized harbinger of spring. Be-tween the lulls of late winters tempests its brave little flow-ers first appear, minding not the least frosts or flurries ofsnow. For six weeks itr: bright flowers smile saucily at us,quite sure of their welcome. Their cost is so trifling thatall can afford to plant them freely. The Crocus has beenmuch improved late years in size of bloom and variety ofcolorings. Crocus are extra fine for borders, etc, and areparticularly charming dotted by twos and threes over thelawn. They come in earliest spring, and peep through thegrass, as the wild flowers do in the meadow- Fine Mixed Crocus-Of all colors. Fine select bulbs. 10cper dozen: 60c per 100: $4.00 per looo. GIANT FLOWERED CROCUS. A few special extra large-flowering sorts of which weoffer extra fine bulbs either for winter-blooming or for gar-den planting. Mammoth White-Enormous pure wnite lily-like blossomsMammoth Yellow-Large golden blossoms in great masses.Giant Stri

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