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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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e flower of the spring. Most of the garden sorts are parti-cularly showy in masses, and do not require frequent re-setting to keep invigor and flower, needing no care, in fact, beyond the plant-ing. Others of this family are among our best pot bulbs,their clustered stars and stately trumpets of white andcream, lemon, orange and yellow, giving variety,fragranceand warmth of color to our window gardens. In pots theymay be had in bloom from Christmas until April. Out ofdoors, from the earliest to the latest, they last fully twomonths. Our collection is a particularly choice one andtrue to name. We offer our bulbs at a low price to encourageextensive planting. Try a few bulbs, both for the house andgarden. They will prove so beautiful and increase so rapidlyyou will feel doubly repaid for your outlay. They can begrouped along the border of shrubberies, or at the foot ofrockeries, or under trees- Everyone should have early, me-dium and late sorts, as well as some of each of different types
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Superb Mixed Narcissus. Wr; offer the various classes of Narcissus in mixtures—not a few cheap varieties thrown together, but a wide rangeof the best standard sorts, and large fine bulbs that willevery one bloom splendidly next spring, and forever after-When once planted Narcissus to a large extent take care ofthemselves, flowering finely and increasing in numbersyear after year. SINGLE MIXED. More than 30 fine varieties. All colors, forms and sizes.Large bulbs, 30c. per dozen : $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000- DOUBLE MIXED. A fine assortment, and all extra large bulbsdozen ; $2.25 per 100. POETICUS MIXED. All sorts. Splendid for massing and for naturalizing25c. per dozen; $2.00 per 100; $18.00 per 1000. POLYANTHUS MIXED. More than 20 of the leading named sorts. All fine bulbs60e. per dozen ; $4 00 per 100. WINTER BLOOMING. A special mixture for pot culture- All extra fine sorts6?c per dozen. FALL CATALOGUE OF BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1913. 15

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