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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, & fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_8 (find matches)
Year: 1903 (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.
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Ne\V plo\VePii>o Begonias, More These are extra fine flowering Begonias in every respect, charming pot plants it is impossible to have. Climbing White—A strong grower, reaching a height of 5 or 6 feet if given support, and producing large handsome clusters of pure white blossoms. Leaves very large, light green and very handsome. A magnificent plant. 30c. each. Tree Begonia—Erect grower with immense Ricinus-like leaves which are very beautiful. Flowers extra large, pink in color and borne at all times in large clusters. Makes one of the most stately and impos- ing pot plants it is possible to have. 30c. each. Luxuriant—A great profusion of luxuriant foliage and magnificent flow- ers, and strong tuberous roots. Leaves the size of B. Rex, dark vel- vety green, tinged with black; underneath, brilliant cherry-red. Flowers are borne in magnificent, large, drooping clusters. White, slightly tinged pink. Perfectly magnificent. 20c. each. Bismarck—Same style, habit and foliage as B. Rubra, but a more mag- nificent plant, growing often 3 to 4 feet high. Its flowers are large and borne in enormous pendulous panicles; deep coral red. 2oc. each. Mastodon—Luxuriant-growing plant with large, handsome leaves and clusters of pink blossoms the size and shape of good Tuberous-Root- ed varieties. By far the largest and most magnificent flowers of the fibrous-rooted class. 20c. each. Sweet Scented White—Not only are the flowers deliciously scented, but they are borne in the most fascinatingly beautiful sprays, clusters a foot to eighteen inches wide, loose, graceful and charming. Plants fine, vigorous growers, with luxuriant and beautiful leaves, and the flowers arc borne at all times of the year, particularly in fall and win- ter. Extra fine for the holidays. The two colors harmonize, and pro- duce a most lovely effect. 20c. eacn. Sweet-Scented Pink—Charming sea-shell pink, in all other respects exactly like the above, 20c. each. Golden C leam—See Colored Plate. Most lovely sort with golden foliage and beautiful flowers. 20c. each. Seed 15c, pkt. Crimson Leaved—When bedded out leaves turn brilliant crimson. Plants 20c each. Seed 15c. pkt. Double Vernon—These new Double Vernons are in no respect different from the single, except the flowers are large and double. Truly they are attractive flowers, borne in laige clusters, and with a freedom that is surprising. Every day the year round shows them in their radiant beauty. There is certainly no other plant producing fine double flowers in such quantity. It is adapted to any window or porch, or it may be bedded outin summer. In any position it is al- ways a prize bloomer, and beautiful in foliage. Vernon Double Pink—Fine shade. Vernon Double White—Pure. Vernon Double Crimson—Deep and rich. Foliage rich. Vernon Double Peach Blow—Rose and white. New, Fine plants, 20c. each; the h for GOc. Seed, mixed, 15c. per pkt. Oue plant each of the 14 grand Begonias for $2.00. MIXED SEED of all the above Begonias, 15c. pkt,

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