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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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OR SNAPDRAGON. (House and Garden.) A new giant-flowered strain of the grand old Snapdrag- on, which in size and beauty of bloom, either in pots or gar- den, almost equals Gladiolus. Per pkt. Uiant White—This new plant is a perpetual bloomer, com- pact and branching in habit, sending up flower spikes by the dozen, one to two feet in length, almost as large and more beautiful than Gladiolus. Color pure white, with lemon-tinted throat, and a lovely fragrance. Flowers keep two weeks after being cut 10 Clant Mixed-Many colors, all large and exceedingly fragrant. Try them both in garden and pots 10 Tom Thumb—Dwarf and a most beautiful plant. Mixed. 5 jC^bdtilop. (House and Garden?) As indispensable for the window or greenhouse as the Petunia is for the flower garden. Will stand more abuse and neglect than almost, any other house plant. Grows radidly from seed, and is soon in bloom. Leaves very ornamental and are often beautifully varie- gated. Lovely bell-shaped flowers, borne the year round and in all colors—white, pink, yellow, orange, red, etc All home grown seed. Per Pkt. Choice Hybrids Mixed—All colors mixed 10 Infanta Fnlalia Hybrids Mixed—Large blossoms of various colors. The finest of all Abutilons, blooming freely all the year, and mak- ing a short-jointed, bushy growth that is much more desirable than the tall-grow- ing kinds. Many colors mixed, pink, white, yellow, etc- Our own growing 20 Anemone, St. Bridge. (House and Garden.) The new St. Bridge Anemones bloom very quickly from seed and make splendid garden or pot plants, and bulbs are good for an annual display of beauty for years after. Flow- ers large, some double, some single and of all colors. It is certainly interesting to grow these charming flowers from seed. Mixed colors ...10

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