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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, & fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_3 (find matches)
Year: 1898 (1890s)
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 1898. 57
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Cannas are now the most popular bedding plants in ex- istence, and certainly among the most striking and beauti- ful. How could it be otherwise, when in this one plant is combined stately habit and tropical luxuriance, superb fol- iage and brilliant blossoms, ever increasing in beauty and profusion until the frosts of autumn cut it down ? New sorts are constantly produced from seed. Star of '91 and C. Ohildsi were grown from just such seed as we offer of the famous French hybrid strain, that has been bred up to such a high standard that the individual flowers are the size of Gladiolus blossoms, and borne in great spikes or heads of bloom that make them grand for either summer bedding or greenhouse decoration in winter. Seeds should be filed at one end and soaked for twenty-four hours in hot water before planting. Start early in house, but do not plant out until all danger of frost is over. The bed can scarcely be made too rich and mellow. Give plenty of water, and seedling plants will be in bloom by the middle of July and contimie blooming until autumn frosts. Per pkt. Mixed Sorts—A choice collection of all varieties 5& 10 Dark Foliage—Mixed; all dark beautiful foliage sorts.5 &10 Mad. Crozy—A magnificent sort 10 & 30 Crozy's Dwarf Flowering—Mixed colors. These can be classed among the grandest of all flowering plants. They commence blooming very early from seed and continue all summer, making a display which for brilliancy cannot be surpassed 10 & 20 Gosnjos. A grand fall flower, the only rival to the Dahlia and Chrysanthemum. Sow seed early in the spring, and plants will bloom from September to November. In the North give sheltered position, as severe frosts injure the flowers. Give light, rich soil, and support each plant by tying to a stout, deeply driven stake, as the plants are top-heavy in bloom, and easily blown over. Each plant will reach a height of from 4 to 6 feet, and a more beautiful object is rarely seen. The feathery, dark green foliage forms a fllmy setting for the hundreds of graceful. Daisy-like flowers that make each plant like some huge bouquet. The pure white, soft pink, and deep crimson shades are exquisite, and Ifor cutting or wearing they have no superior. Cuttings taken in August root freely and make fine pot plants for winter decoration, being dwarfer than in the open ground. An extra-fine flow- er for the South and Southwest. It was first introduced by us ten years ago. Chllds' Hybrids Mixed—All colors mixed, white, pink, crimson, rose, purple, etc ..5 * 10 Childsi—Pure snow white; introduced by us but has - been re-named " Pearl," "Snow Cloud," etc., by others 5 & 10 Soft Pink—Lovely shade 5 & 10 Dark Crimson—Fine deep color ... 5 & 10 Conchita—A new Cosmos, with color and texture like crimson velvet 5&10 Dwarf Hybrid, Yellow—This is evidently half way be- tween a Cosmos and a Coreopsis, with flowers like the former and foliage like the latter. It grows but two or three feet in height and blooms profusely all summer, the blossoms being as large and in every way as fine as Childs' Hybrid or fall blooming Cos- mos. The flowers are borne on long wiry stems and are of a beautiful yellow color, superior to Early Golden in every respect 10 & 20

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