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Title: Childs' fall bulbs that bloom plants shrubs fruits etc.
Identifier: childsfallbulbst00john (find matches)
Year: 1919 (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 Seeds Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Vegetables; Bulbs (Plants); Seeds; Flowers; Fruit
Publisher: Floral Park, N. Y. : John Lewis Childs, Inc.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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PEONY, MONS. JULES ELIE 1 Floral Treasure—Large, full flowers of delicate pink. A great favorite. 50c each. Fragrans—Compact, full flowers. Color, solfermo-red, with silvery reflex; an old favorite. 30c each. Felix Crousse—Large globular flowers, solid and com- pactlv built from -edge to center, are a rich, even, brilliant, dazzling ruby-red. Exceptionally fiery, bright and effective. Both the color and size is startling. We place this in the front rank of all reds. 7 5c. Festiva Maxima—Enormous full double bloom. Petals very broad, color pure white with an occasional car- mine spot, vigorous grower. One of the best white Peonies. 50c; 3 for $1.25. Golden Harvest—A most striking variety producing large, tri-colored bloom. The guard petals are blush- pink with creamy-white center; center of flower over- laid and tipped with carmine. It combines cream, gold, white, pink, salmon, peach and apricot, the total color effect of the flower being creamy-pink. 60c. Glorie De Douai—Purplish scarlet-crimson. 40c. Humei—Immense bloom, carmine-pink, late bloomer and very fine. An old favorite. 30c. James Kelway—A very tall, strong-growing plant, bear- ing flowers of gigantic size, very double and full, borne in immense clusters; color, pure white overlaid with a flush of delicate pink, tinged yellow at the base of the petals. A plant of this Peony in full bloom will startle you. $1.50 each. Lady L. Bramwell—This is a Peony which grows four to six feet high, and bears flowers nearly as large as a man's hat, resembling a perfect rose. 50c. La Coquette—Large, globular, high crown. Guards and crown light pink, collar rose-white, center flecked car- mine. Strong, erect, free bloomer. 50c each. L'lndispensable—Rose type; late midseason. It is a huge ball of delicate baby-pink. Has by far the most petals of any Peony in our collection. On the Pacific slope heads the list of all varieties. $1.00 each Livingstone—Very full, imbricated bloom; both buds and flowers are lartre and beautiful. Color pale lilac-rose with sheen of silver; very free, sure bloomer in clus- ters; upright, erect grower; fine cut-flower variety; one of the prize winners. $1.50 each. Madame Emile Calle—Large, double, cup-shaped, imbri- cated flowers. Color delicate sea shell-pink with touches of heliotrope and lavender. This is probably the most ethereal of all Peonies; inexpressibly grand. Not a? new Peony, but scarce and rare. $2.00. Madame De Galhau—Compact, globular bloom. Guards rose-white. Center, pale llilac-rose. 50c each. Marie Lemoine—Color, ivory-white. Blooms of gigan- tic size. Fine cut-flower variety. Comes after Fes- tiva Maxima and is as fine as that standard sort. 60c. Madame Crousse—Crown type; midseason. Free bloomer in clusters; large flowers of pure white with crimson flecks on crown. Thought by many to be the best all around white. 75c. Marguerite Gerard—Enormous, flat-shaped flower with broad petals blooming in clusters; color, delicate Hy- drangea-pink, changing as the flower ages to creamy- white. Many of the central petals and even the guards have minute dark carmine, almost black, flecks on the tips; fragrant. A decidedly choice variety. 75c. THE WATER LILY PEONY—MARIE JACQUIN Madame Calot—Rose type: early. Large, convex bloom, Hydrangea-pink, center shaded slightly darker with a somewhat sulphur-tint in. the collar. The Peony has three distinctive qualities over all other varieties. First, it blooms any and every year, never failing; second, it produces more flowers than any Peony ever introduced; third, it is the most fragrant of all Peonies, the perfume ^eing delicious. In the above three points Madame Calot is simply a wonder. 60c. Marie Jacquin—(Water Lily)—Semi-double type; mid- season. What shall we say of this large, glorious flower? Color glossy rosy white, with rose tinge on buds, with a great wealth of golden yellow stamens in the center, which gives it a very chaste and elegant appearance. When first planted the blooms come sin- gle, but after becoming established it is semi-double. The flowers of this charming variety suggest our na- tive white Water Lily; fragrance very rich. 7 5c. Monsieur Dupont—Very large, well built, cup-shaped bloom, ivory-white; center petals splashed with huge drops of lively carmine and lit up with golden sta- mens at base of petals. A truly royal flower. 50c. Monsieur Krelage—Deep currant or solferino-red with amaranthine center. There is nothing in Peonies of its color. Large, flat flowers as big as a plate; perfect in outline; grand in every way. $1.00. Madame Chaumy—Large, very full and compact flower, beautifully formed. Silky petals, soft pink, shaded with bright rose. Slightly drooping, graceful habit. Late and very sure, profuse bloomer. 50c. Madame De Verneville—Large, very full. Pure white: center blush when first open, fading to pure white: r prominent carmine flecks. Medium height, extra free bloomers. Early. Extra good. 40c each. Mons. Jules Elie—This is the king of all Peonies, and is without question M. Crousse's masterpiece. Color, an ideal glossy lilac-pink shading to deeper rose at the base of the entire flower, overlaid with at sheen ot silvery rose that fairly dances and shimmers in the sunlight. An unapproachable variety. $1.00 each. Madame Bollet—Very compact, gobular double blooni; color, rose with silvery-white reflex, lingulated with carmine; fragrant, free and fine. 30c; 3 for 7oc. Octavie Demay—Very large, flat crown. Guards and center pale hydrangea-pink, collar almost white. Fra- grant. Very dwarf habit, free bloomer. A beautiful and chaste variety. $1.00. . Philomele—Anemone type. Guard or primary petals bright violet-rose, anemone center, of lingulated nar- row golden yellow petals changing to cream or amber - yellow As the flower develops a crown appears of bright rose, edged dark crimson; fragrant; very strong, upright grower and fine bloomer. Distinct, lac. Queen Victoria—The very best every-day white. When cut a first-rate keeper. Flower of good substance and color- very prettv in the bud state, when it nas a faint'blush tint; an old standby. 40c. Triomphe Du Word—Violaceous-pink; enormous bloom. Triombhe fDe ^'Exposition De Lille—Large compact T WomoPmeof °a6frlsh ^angea-plnlj splashed with darker tints of violet-rose, and with white reflex ihe guard petals change to nearly white. A favorite. 75c. This Collection of 42 grandest Peonies for $16.00.

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