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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, & fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_9 (find matches)
Year: 1904 (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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SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1904.
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Guilds' G°SIX^os' 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 blow over. Each plant will reach a height of from 4, to 6 feet, and a more beautiful object is rarely seen. The feathered dark green foliage forms a filmy 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 for cutting or wearing they have no superior. An extra fine flower for the South as well as for the North. It was first introduced by us ten years ago. Per pkt. Childs' Hybrids, Mixed—All colors mixed, white, pink. crimson, rose, purpie. etc 5 Giant Fancy, Mixed Colors—A new giant-flowered strain of marvelous size and beauty. The individual flowers measure 4, 5 and 6 inches across, and as they are borne on long, graceful stems, the effect is most charming. No description can do justice to the beauty of this new strain. All colors mixed, including some rich dark reds not before seen. The flowers are borne in great profusion and the plants begin blooming earlv 10 Monster White-Snowy white flowers of most perfect form, with broad petals, some exquisitely fringed 10 Monster Red—Enormous size, deep, rich, velvety crimson.10 Monster Pink—Exquisite soft pink; lovelv 10 Julia E. Lee—It was Miss Julia E. Lee, of New Mexico, who first sent us seed of the Cosmos and enabled us to introduce it to the world, and all will admit that the world owes her much. This new strain, which we have named in her honor, is so early in bloom that seed sown in the open ground at corn-planting time will commence blooming in Julv and continue until frost. What more need to be said of it 7 Its flowers are large and fine, and show all the rich and delicate colors (from crimson to white) found among Cosmos 10 Klondyke—A cross between C. Sulphurea and Childs' Hybrids. It begins blooming very earlv in summer, and continues in great profusion until late fall, reach- ing a height of 3 to 4 feet. Flowers orange-yellow m color, and 2H to inches across, differing some- what in shape. It is a novelty in every respect 10 Ruby—A new variety of the largest type of flower, and the darkest, richest and best red or ruby color yet seen in Cosmos. It is a grand thing, its immense size and glorious color showing to great advantage 10 One pkt. each of the 8 sorts for 50c. Gleonie Ne^7 Hybrids A garden flower of superior merit, one that will grow vigorously in any situation and bloom profusely all the time from spring to late fall, caring not for prolonged droughts or for continuously rainy weather. We know of no flower which will stand adverse circumstances so perfectly as this. The flowers are borne in large clusters; some are of snowy whiteness, others fine pink, with long stamens, which stand out in all directions, suggesting its common name, " Spider Flower." It is fine for a separate clump or for the center of a bed of other flowers, where a tall-growing, attractive plant is desired. As a hardy vigorous growing, continuous blooming showy flower, this is one of the very be>t. New Hybrids Mixed-Colors range from snow white to crim- son, with intermediate pink and blush shades 10

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