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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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Holly pern. Of all window Ferns this is about the best. Foliage thick and heavy, dark shining green like Holly leaves, hence its name. Fronds perfectly immense. 2 to 3 feet long.wide and handsome and last for years, stand- ing dust and heat, gas and other unfavorable conditions. 20c. each; 3 for 50c. Rare Fuchsias. These are very fine varieties of recent introduction. , J Trailing Queen—This new Fuchsia never grows erect, but * always trails down over side of the pot, and is the most beautiful of all plants for suspension. Very robust and easy to grow, the branches reaching a length of four and five feet, blooming and growing nearly the whole year. The leaves are dark green, ribbed and rayed with red or crimson, which makes them luminous and handsome. Flowers and buds long and graceful, borne in large clus- / ters at the end of the vines. When expanded the flowers Zi are very large in size, tube and sepals bright rosy scarlet, while the corolla at opening is a rich violet-purple, chang- ing the second day to a fine shade of crimson, the two colors in the same cluster contrasting beautifully. A good specimen will show hundreds of flowers at once. Storm King—The double White. Perpetual Blooming Weep- ing Fuchsia. Its graceful, weeping habit, and its super- latively beautiful flowers, more freely borne than those of any other sort, makes the most valuable of Fuchsia*. It is always in bloom, often as many as 200 buds and blos- soms on a plant at once. The branches droop most grace- fully, and the blossoms are frequently as large as tea- cups. The buds, for two weeks before they expand, are balls of glowing scarlet-crimson. When expanded the enormous double flowers are almost pure white, capped by a calyx of glowing scarlet. Autumn Leaves—Good leaves, about half of which (those nearest the ends of the branches) are of various bright colors like autumn leaves. Flowers crimson and blue. Phenomenal—The largest of all Fuchsias, and also very distinct in its rich dark colorings. Enormous double flowers, sepals scarlet, corolla a bright violet-purple. Little Beauty—A perfect little gem of a Fuchsia, growing but 6 inches high, and always full of bloom. Mad. Bruant — Enormous size, very double, corolla fine heliotrope-blue, sepals deep coral-red. New and fine. The above 6 Fuchsias 20c. each; the 6 f0r85c.
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fYesfy perp galls. These are large round basket-like bunches of Fern roots interwoven with moss. When suspended in a window and watered elegant green foliage starts out from every side, top and bottom, making a highly ornamental object, and one that keeps fresh And green for many years. Grows well in sun or partial shade and is a novel and beautilulobject. Th^se Fern Balls are made in Japan, and we impox-t them fresh every year. Greatest success is had with fresh stock. Little Monarch (Air Fern)—A small Fern Ball, but very closely woven and contains a great quantity of eyes which produce a luxuriant growth of extra fine fronds, which stand out well and make the most beautiful effect. This is a complete novelty, having never before been of- fered, and we assure our friends it will be a great treat. We can offer it at the very low price of 30c. each; 4 for Si.00, by mail. Japanese Standard—The standard or ordinary Fern Ball. 50c. each; by mail. Giant—These are very large Fern Balls, too large to mail and are sent only by express, T5c. each. (71iii)biqo pern. A highly beautiful and valuable Fern which produces a slender graceful vine that will grow up i or 5 feet in a win- dow, showing a mass of: lovely foliage. As an ornamental foliage vine it is one of the best. 25c. each; 3 for 60c. SEED of Fuchsias, mixed, 20c. per pkt. FERN SEED—Mixed sorts, 10c. pkt.

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