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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, & fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_7 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
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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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. white.
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Following fifteen sorts, 30c. each; $3 per doz. The fifteen for $3.50. Adoiph CloseâLaw spreading flower of a peculiar slaty Mm- color, with large crimsoi I white throat Bessie TannerâVery large, beautiful soft rose color, with pure white throat. Exquisite. Falconer's FavoriteâVery strong rank grower, enormous spike; flower \a,rge, deep ruby brilliant red, white band petal-. Kitty Leiana Bright rosy salmon with orange tinge. Flower spike often a- â h as three feet in length, show- ing between twntv ami thirtyblos- souis. which are of the largest size SavannahâDeep blood red, with white mottled thn>at. SanduskyâCarmine red, penciled and _ larker. Striped BannerâVery tall, with long ke. Flowers large and well open: freely marked and striped deepest crimsi m. Tinted Whiteâa very large flower, well open and a pure white eolor, boauti- fully tinted with pale pink. Tall spike and vigorous. Waukesha-s a I m on-pi n k shaded lighter inside'; large/ beautiful primiose throat, thickly mottled crim- son. Spikes â > toa feet. Winthrop-v. ry bright scarlet Iusideof petal.- suffused with pure white mott lings, and with large white blotches outside Tuxedoâl ii,,' rose, marbled with crimson, throat showing large white stripes and heautilul mottlings. M. ZolarâLilac rose, flamed slat Saratoga-Large, flaming orange- scarlet : white mottled throat. Dexter âOrange-red, with gray and carmine throat: mottled. Red Cap-Dwarf, pretty bright red. Following twenty sorts, 50c. $5.00 per doz. The twenty for #7. Jmirai DeweyâEnormous, beautiful sil- very pink, with velvety crimson markings iaâBright, soft rosy scarlet, white mottled throat. >n HurâLarge compact spike, enormous flower of a peculiar and almost indescrib- able color. Light salmon-rose, tinged flaked and mottled with Line. Throat beautiful! V mot tied and spotted Beaconâ Large, flaming red; mottled throat Blanche-Largo flower, pure snow white, with but faint marks of soft rose. Finest white ncinnatiâLarge pink, flaked bright orange; rich velvety amaranth thn>at. Colonel WoodâBright scarlet, mottled throat Ceneral RoeâA profuse irregular mottling of pink and slate, subject to wide variations Coventor SaxtonâDeep amaranth, almost black, striped shadec" ~ Otis CO JayâCom Fright LowellâI Eugen Mrs. R. A cate ros MlloâAma ai cente; Orlole-I, ind mottled with red. A very odd and eonspicu- pike; large open flower of great substance son-pink, fla 1 darker, throat mottled pink and carmine, beautifulh striped like . Good substance. GoldsmithâLarge flower, fine spike. Soft, deli- ihaded lighter. Pure white throat, th red shaded purple, numerously blotched slab', ami beautiful, large, pure white . Mottled and spotted with crimson. )Vely mottling of pink ami gray, with beautiful yel- low banded throat. Small flower, but exquisitely colored Perfect BeautyâWry large II iwer of a tinted white Color Beautifully spotted with magenta. SentryâBlush-pink, spotted ei imson. Dwai f. Daisy LelandâEnor us -pike and flower. Easilj the largest flower produced by any Gladiolus. Bright rosy pink of exquisite loveliness. Spike gracefully curved. President McKlnleyâKlower of gigantic size, light scarlet With verv large and conspicuous white throat. Rosendaieâ Lilac-rose, tinged slate-blue. VariabilisâFtic irmous size and vigor, standing nearly seven â t high with the largest spike ever seen on an v Gladio- lus. But this i- not the only great merit The flowers range in color from dull deep pink, flaked with blue-black, to a solid blue-black color of smoky hue. flaked with pink. Some spikes will be one color and some the other, while flowers of both â olors are often seen on the same spike. Throat mottled w hue.

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