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Title: Childs' fall catalog of "bulbs that bloom" plants shrubs-fruits etc.
Identifier: childsfallcatalo00john_10 (find matches)
Year: 1917 (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 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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Fall Catalogue of Plants and Bulbs for 1917 9
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Darwin Tulips A new race of Tulips of wonderful form and grandeur, borne on stems three to four feet High. The colors are exceedingly rich and varied ranging through all the shades of rose, deep red, violet, purple-blues to^ coal- black. Darwins are the most stately of Tulips, a bed of them producing an effect which is not surpassed by any other flower. Allard — Dark brown. m Boron Tonnaye — Rose-shaded blush. A faultless flower. Clara Butt — Apple blossom. Forces well; extra fine. Dream — Superb lilac; extra fine and novel. EuPope — Fiery salmon-scarlet, white center. eiow — Fiery scarlet, blue and white center King Harold — Deep maroon-scarlet, almost black. May Queen — Bright pink, white center. Marconi — Violet, white center. . Massachusetts — Soft rose, tinted purple, edges and in- side pink with white base. Extra Mr F Sanders—Clear scarlet with with pure white base. Mrs. Krelage — Rosy pink, tinted lilac. Very large. Margaret — Blush-white. Extra. Nauticus — Cerise-rose, violet center; extra large flower. Pride of Haarlem — Very large, fine old-rose color Rev. Ewbank — Exquisite heliotrope with pale edges, perfectly superb. The Sultan — Velvety black. White Queen—Pure white. ,avpnrter W. Copeland — Best early-forcing sort. Delicate lwenaer William Pitt — Deep scarlet. White center. Fine for pots. 5c each; the 90 for 90 c: 40c Perdoz. Finest Mixed Darwin Tulips — 2oC per doz.; $1.75 pel 100; $15.00 per 1,000. New Rembrandt Tulips These are the latest fad in Tulips . They Y^iJaSd mrwin race but all flowers are striped and *ai legated wtthTar mis color* white, brown, black; pink, rose, pur- nlevSlow orange crimson, etc.. are blended m the !ossoms°m a°marvelous way They are not only odd vmt most striking in their effects tail, graceiui dim farge TOere are many named sorts but the following: are &E-rS ™na£'anH-lt.te. strired dark carmine. Caracolla — Fiery scarlet and white. Procles — Violet, flamed white and black. Red Prince — Bose. flamed fiery scarlet. Semele — White and pink featherings. Sirene—Deep maroon, flamed white. mai.AAn Zenobia—White, suffused purple-rose and striped maroon. 6c each: the 7 for 40c; or. 60c per doz. Mixed Rembrandts — Forty different sorts. 35c per doz., $2.50 per 100; $21.00 per 1,000.

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