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Title: Childs' rare flowers, fruits and vegetables
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_17 (find matches)
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: John Lewis Childs (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Commercial catalogs Seeds; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit trees
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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SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1914. 85
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I. S. HENDRICKSCX. 4 Fine Blue Gladioli BARON HULOT. The Dark Blue. Long graceful spikes of good sized, well opened flowers, having a rich indigo blue color, It stands alone as a unique and beautiful shade, and never fails to attract attention. "We can strongly recommend it, and fortunately our stock is very large and price low. ioc each; 3 for 25c; 12 for 90c. VIOIvA. Violet Blue. Lovely deep violet blue, of Lemoinei type, vigorous and strong. 60o. each; $6.00 per dozen. BADENIA. The Great Blue Childsi. Yery large well open flower, larere spike, clear, distinct sky-blue. Very fine in everyway. $3.00 each. BLUE JAY. Tall Imposing Spike. Flowers large, wide spreading on long fine spike. Color beautiful deep blue with brisrht crimson throat and large conspicuous canary yellow blotches spotted blue. This com- bination is exceedingly odd and beautiful. True Childsi type and large size. $1.00 each. Hie k sorts for $k.00. MIXED BLUE HYBRIDS. A fine mixture of Hybrids running mostly to blue shades. Some of the color combinations are exquisite. $1.00 per dozen. TWO EXTRA EARLY SORTS. MORNING STAR. Earliest to Bloom. Absolutely the earliest of all Gladiolus. Snowy white with a large rich velvety erimson throat. Exceedingly strik- ing and beautiful. 20c each: 12 for $2.00. JESSIE. The Graceful Early Scarlet. Extra long spike of a fine velvety cardinal-scarlet color. Extra showy and a great improvement over all popular sc;irlets. It is very early, blooming with Morning Star, the two making a graceful and well matched pair. 10c each; 3 for 20c; 12 for 75c; 100 for $5.00. 3 of each for 70c. ATTRACTION. F. L. OAKLEY. 5 Fine Gladiolus Child* i, Very Cheap/ These varieties are cheap because they breed rapidly* and we have a large stock of them. They are very fine in every way. ATTRACTION. The Showy. Deep, dark crimson pink, with a large pure white center free from mottling or sports making a most conspicuous and attractive contrast. The spike and flowers large, regular, and all facing one way. F. L. OAKLEY. Large wide spreading flower, of a rich salmon-scarlet with large, showy pure white center, I. S- HENDRICKSON. One of the very largest of all Gladiolus flowers, making an immense, wide spike. Color white marked, flaked and penciled bright pink. MRS. FRANCIS KING. Beautiful light scarlet. Flowers very large and showy. Spike tall and very graceful and charming. One of the most popular cut flower varieties. ROSY SPRAY. A large and exquisite flower. Color almost pure white,* beautifully sprayed with soft rose 1 PRICE-20c. each. One eachof above 5 for 30c; 3 of each for 80c.; 6jc. per dozen: $U.50 per loo. 3 Fine Y&vmh\z G- Guilds!. Variabilis-Flowers range in color from dull deep pink,flak- ed with blue-black, to a solid blue-black color of smoky hue, varying greatly. , Scribe-Tinted white, streaked and variegated fine crim- son ; sometimes crimson varied with white ; frequently these beautiful variations will show in the same spike. I,ydia—Immense flower and spike. Color a fantastic mott- ling of pinkish white and deep rich crimson, in some flowers the white predominating and in others the crim- son: no two alike- ^ _ „ , Above 3 lovely and interesting varieties for 15c. each; the 3 for We; $1.30 per dozen. \

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