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Title: Childs' fall bulbs that bloom plants that please berries that bear
Identifier: childsfallbulbst00john_0 (find matches)
Year: 1921 (1920s)
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; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Vegetables; Bulbs (Plants); Seeds; Flowers
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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5 30 BEST SINGLE HYACINTHS These are the finest sorts for pots or gardens, and the bulbs offered are every one a selected large size that will give magnificent results. Bismarck—Light sky-blue. Very early. Blanchard—Pure white, long compact spike. Very early Dp. Lieber—A very early bloomer, compact spike and medium blue color. Extra fine in every way. Enchantress—Pale porcelain, tinted lilac, white center. Very fine spike. Gen. Peliesier—-Fine truss; very early, splendid scarlet. Gen. Vetter—Pure white, large spike. Gertrude—Tall, with heavy spikes of extra large flowers or a distinct shade of lilac-pink, running to silver-rose, striped carmine. Extra fine. Gigantea—Thick spikes and large bells of a beautiful flesh color. One of the grandest sorts. Grand Maitre—A most beautiful sort. Large spikes of handsome blush-white bells. Few so fine as this. Grand Lilas—A lovely lilac-blue and very early, ©rand Monarque—A very early and a very light blue sort of extremely delicate coloring. Johan—Fine porcelain blue. Extra large. King of the Blues—An enormous, compact spike of bloom of deep indigo-blue color. One of the finest. King of Yellows—Bright yellow. Extra large spike and bells. L'lnnocence—Pure white, extra large truss. Magni- ficent variety in all respects. La Franchise—A magnificent variety. Large, long spikes of blush-white blossoms, turning afterward to snowy- white; petals very broad, and flowers of great sub- stance, measuring two inches across. La Grandesse—Finest single white. Very large spikes and bells. Color, clear, waxy-white. La Vlctorie—Brilliant scarlet-red; very fine spike. Ex- tra showy. Lord Balfour—Lilac tinged violet. Very large and fine. Lord Macaulay—Bright red, striped rose; large, compact spike. Lady Derby—Brilliant red, one of the brightest colored sorts. As a pot plant it produces a perfect spike ana is a beauty. Mauve Queen—Most exquisite mauve color. Menelik—Purple-black; a wonderfully odd, rich and at- tractive color and variety. Moreno—Beautiful pink, very large and extra early. Pieneman—A magnificent sort with enormous sky-blue bells, arranged in graceful spikes of great size. Prince of Wales—Dark blue, shaded violet, white eye, Distinct and fine. Prinoess Marie Sophia—Earliest pink. Queen of the Blues—Enormous spikes; one of the very largest. Beautiful light blue with silvery appearance. Rubra Maxima—Extra large, pale rose. Vuurbaak—Deep brilliant crimson. Fine large spike. Select Bulbs of Mammoth Size—30c each; $2.75 per doz.; any 5 for- $1.25; the 30 sorts for $7.00. • 12 BEST DOUBLE HYACINTHS Double Hyacinths are not considered to be as good for pots as single sorts. There are a few varieties, how- ever, that are as easily flowered in winter as any of the singles—and here they are, and they are certainly great beauties. All select bulbs, grown especially for winter- blooming, for which purpose each variety here offered is a real gem. Please remember tbat these bulbs are extra large and strong. Albert—Deep rose, fine compact spike. Ohestnutflower—Large bells of a bright rosy red. Grootvorst—Compact truss, large and very double bells of blush-white, with a touch of lilac-rose at center. Geriok—Beautiful blue, fine large bells. Goethe—Light yellow. One of the best of its color. General Koehler—Brightest blue, a splendid forcer, and one of the very best in all respects. Isabella—Fine, large spike, florets of perfect form; color soft blush-lilac, delicate and pretty. La Tour D'Auvergne—Very early flowering, and the best of all double whites. Florets, large and wax-like and spikes of immense size. Finest double Hyacinths for pots. La Grandesse—Pure white, superb large bells. Noble Par Merite—Fine, compact spikes of large, double flowers, as perfect as little Hoses. A soft shell-pink gradually deepening into a deep peach-carmine. Pres. Roosevelt—Beautiful deep rosy pink, of wonder- ful beauty. Sunflower—Extra fine golden-yellow. Select Mammoth Bulbs—30c each; $2.75 per doz.; any 5 for $1.25. The 12 sorts for $2.75.
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A SPIKE OF CHILDS' SINGLE HYACINTH GIGANTEA Hyacinth Culture—This is one of the simplest, either for pots or open ground. See page 2 for general direc- tions. The only special precautions necessary are (l) to give Hyacinths in pots a long enough sojourn in the dark to make good roots, and (2) on bringing them to the light to avoid placing double or heavy spiked sorts in the direct sunlight at first, as this causes the buds to unfold so rapidly that the topmost ones of the spike get wedged in the neck of the bulb.

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