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Title: Childs' fall catalog : "bulbs that bloom" plants shrubs, fruits, etc.
Identifier: childsfallcatalo00john_11 (find matches)
Year: 1918 (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; 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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Hardy Perennials from Seed These are all hardy plants which live in the garden year after year, blooming every spring or summer with little or no care. Sown in late summer or fall they bloom finely next season. Astep Alpina—One of the most charming hardy peren- nial plants we have ever seen. Its flowers are borne in profusion early in spring, and are the size of a large wild Daisy, about three inches across, composed of a double row of intensely blue petals surrounding a golden-yellow center. Mixed colors. Pkt., 10c. Aquflegia, op Columbine — Curious flowers, extremely graceful, and borne in great quantities high above the foliag-e which itself is very attractive. Prize mixture; 100 varieties, double and single. Pkt., 5c. Campanula — Large, bell-shaped flowers, very cheerful and attractive. Colors, blue, white, pink, etc. Double mixed colors. A fine strain. Pkt., 5c. Calliopsis Lanceolata — Flowers rich yellow, of large size and borne on long, graceful stems. Pkt., 5c. Hapdy Candytuft — Plants are a solid mass of white at just the time when flowers are most scarce. Pkt., 5c. Delphinium — Tall, stately growing, with immense spikes of flowers in all shades of lavender, mauve, pale, me- dium and deep, dark blues. Mixed colors. Pkt., 5c. Foxglove, Monster Bpanching —This is a very tall grower with a dense spike of bloom often five feet high. Branches freely, also, and is in bloom for a long period. The flowers are of varying shades. Pkt., 10c. Gapden Pinks — Also sometimes called Spice Pinks. Nothing finer. Mixed colors. Pkt., 10c. Hollyhock (Double) — One of the finest of all perennials and unsurpassed as a stately, imposing plant for back- grounds, screens, center of wide borders, etc. Double, mixed colors. Very choice, embracing over twenty different shades. Pkt., 10c. Picotee Pinks — These are the ever lovely, hardy garden Carnations. Mixed colors. Pkt., 10c. Pepennial Phlox — New Hybrids; all colors mixed; per- fectly magnificent. Sow in fall. Pkt., 10c. Pepennial Peas — No praise can be too high for this lovely ironclad vine that blooms constantly from early summer until late autumn. Pkt., 5 c. Snapdragon — Newer improved sorts, now among the most popular of all garden flowers. Mixed. Pkt., 10c. Sweet William — One of the best edging plants for the border, bearing in early summer large heads of the richest and most varied colors. Very fragrant. Pkt., 5c. Sweet William Everblooming — Such a bewildering array of superb colors combined in flowers of different form and size was never before seen. Begins to oloom in Anril, continuing all summer and fall. Pkt., 10c. Poppy, Iceland Mixed—The colors are exceedingly bright and novel. Lemon, yellow, orange, salmon, white, scarlet, etc. They bloom all the season through. Sown early this lall they will begin blooming next spring and make a brilliant show. Pkt., 10c. Poppy, Pepennial, Mixed Hybrids—Each bloom is as large as a saucer, and sits perched like a bird on the end of a swaying, hairy, slender stem, high above the deeply-incised and handsome foliage. Many con- sider it the most showy flower that blooms. A grand plant to light up dark corners and dull shrubbery. Pkt., 15c. Above Collection of 17 Perennials fop $1.00. A Wild Perennial Bed A fine mixture of all the best and hardiest. Hardy Perennials, such as are suitable for a wild bed, or a mixture for any out of the way place. These plants, once started, will bloom profusely year after year. Large pkt., 10C; 6 pkts. for 50c

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