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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, and fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_13 (find matches)
Year: 1908 (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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28 JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. \ . New Miniature, Mlxed-A perfectly wonderful plant growiug only 4 to 6 inches high and bearing great num- bers or double blossoms of various colors, It is «c dwarf and compact that a plant looks like a tasty lou Quet set in the ground, the mingling of bright blos- soms and foliage being very effective 5 Fire Ball—Dwarf habit, double blossoms of intense scar- let, as round and perfect as a ball. It makes a line border or mass, its bright color and j>erfeet habit show- ing to great advantage ja Snow Ball—Exactly like Fire Ball, except color, which is _ snow-white and makes a charming contrast 10 Xilliput, Mixed Colors-This strain is the acme of and perfection in Zinnias. Plants small and of bushy growth each one bearing scores of beautiful little blos- soms of the most perfect shape and brilliant colors These charming little" Zinnias are gems indeed, and should be in every garden ta Gold Bug—Plants grow a foot high and branch freely into beautiful little compact bushes, which are at all times
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From early childhood the Zinnia has been a special favorite with us. and the strain which we cultivated in our first little garden we still sell and grow as our im- proved. We have selected the stock seed every year for over thirty years. This careful attention has brought itto wonderful perfection. This Zinnia is a robust free grower, furnishing an abundance of large, double blos- soms which are of vatied and brilliant'colors, during the entire summorand fall. Each flower keeps perfect for six weeks before fading, and each plant is a great mass of b oom all the time, making a showing which is peculiar. ISothing elsecan fill their place. Seed should be started inside or sown in the garden about corn-planting time. Childs' Improved, Mixed Colors-Saved only from select flowers, perfect in shape and color. The finest strain of Zinnias in cultivation. Everv plant will produce immense double blossoms of various colors from white to deep crimson, maroon, pink, yellow, orange, scarlet violet, primrose, buff, striped, etc. Every plajit will give fine double flowprs. Single and poor .flowers long ago disappeared from this strain jo Crested and Crinkled-All colors mixed A strain with curiously crested and crinkled petals 10 Improved Striped—A good strain representing all the leading colors, but all striped. Really the finest strain of Striped or Zebra Zinnias in cultivation 10 covered with beautiful golden-yellow blossoms 03 double as roses io SPECIAL OFFER. To encourage the fret use of our improved Zinnias, ice irflJ senctyne packet each of the eight varieties here offered for only 4oc.

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