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Title: Childs' fall catalogue of bulbs and plants that bloom
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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 John Lewis Childs (Firm) Nurseries (Horticulture) Bulbs (Plants) Flowers
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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h Indigo blue. Sunflower—Splendid large flower: one of the be^t yellow- Lord Castlereagh — Very double : White, flushed with vio-let. A beautiful spike and very fragrant. La Tour DAuvergne—Verv earlv flowering, nnd the bestof all double whites. Florets large and wax-like andspikes of immense size. Very early to bloom and thefinest double Hyacinth for pots. Noble Par Merlte-Fine. compact spikes of large doubleflowers, as perfect as little roses. A soft shell-pink, grad-ually deepening into a deep peach carmine. Othello—Fine deep indigo-black. A very fine nnd rarecolor of exceeding richness and beauty. Prince Albert—A most charming variety, of rich indigoblue, and large double (lowers. One »t the very best. Prince of Orange -Extra large and magnificent spike.Color fine rosy crimson.PRICE Extra l<tf select bulb* 15c. each; lh< 1Q for $1.50. Mixed Double Hyacinths--A line mixture of all colors at75c. per dozen, $4.50 per 100. FALL CATALOGUE OF BULBS THAT BLOOM FOR 1900. 7
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NeW ar^d Rare Hyacirjtfys. The following are rare or new varieties, and the grand-est of all flowering Hyacinth*. The bulbs are extra largeand strong, and will give such blossoms as never before seen. Rosa Maxima—(Single). Fine pink, of exquisite texture.Truss extra large and perfect. Probably the finest pink Obelisque—(Single). A rare and exceedingly scarce vari-ety, being the grandest of all yellow colors. Spike largeand compact, while the color is the very best yellow. Lord Anson —(Double). Fine large spikes, florets of perfectform ; color soft blush-lilac, delicate and pretty. Marechal Niel —(Double). A glorious Hyacinth, as doubleas a rose and of a ehai ming soft, pink color. A prodigiousbloomer, each bulb throwing up as many as 12 spikes. Apot of 3 bulbs tested by us last winter showed 36 spikes inbloom at one time. On this account it is certainly one ofthe most remarkable and satisfactory of all sorts. Clobosa -(Double). Extra large truss of most exquisitepink color. A

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