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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. Seeds, Bulbs and Plants of highly-improved and superior strains, and while tiiis is not the most profitable plan it is certainly the most satisfactory, and lias made our business one of vast magnitude.
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place is but New Years Greeting, \ 903 AHAPPY and prosperous New Year to each of our friends and customers is our best wish. There are.enough of them to require over a million copies of our Cat- alogues for 1903. Of course, we meet but verv few of our patrons, but it would be a great pleasure to have all of them visit our some&me during their lives. Floral Park 15 miles from the center of New York City, just over the city line, on Long Island, direct from Brooklyn or New York by Long Island Railroad in 35 minutes. We can show visitors the largest Flower garden in America (if not in the world) —over 200 acres, nearly one-half of which is de- voted to (iladiolus. Of this bulb we practically grow the world's supply. We can show most beautiful landscape effects in Lawn and Park. The finest Falms, Lilies, Chrysanthemums, Be- gonias, Primulas, Cyclamen, Gloxinias, Gladio- lus, Geraniums, Cannas, Catadiums, Verbenas, Zinnias, Callas, Pansies and Roses you ever saw, as well as scores of other flowers improved and grown to a state of perfection and beauty that you never dreamed of, and new Fruits and Vegetables that you would always remember. Our one aim in business has been to furnish Our Seed and Bulb Houses are also worth seeing, being mammoth fire-proof brick and iron struc- tures, and the Printing Department (Mayflower Publishing Co.) has a capacity for printing all our Catalogues and other job work, as well as The Mayflower. This building is 150x50 feet, rilled with great rotary and perfecting presses, and an Electrotyping and Photo-Engraving outfit, and is one of the sights of Floral Park. Hoping to hear from you all this year, and as- suring you of our determination to please each and every one who sends us an order, be it large or small, I am Yours very truly,

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