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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, and fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_16 (find matches)
Year: 1913 (1910s)
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 1913 f . , _________ 4ft
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Tei* Weeks Stocks. To our mind we do not catalogue a finer flower than the Ten Weeks Stocks. It has every merit of a perfect flower—a compact habit, many and long spikes of closely-set. large, double flowers, each as double as a rose, waxy of texture, exceedingly sweet, and varying in calor from snow-white to dark maroon-brown.aud through all intermediate shades ot red, blue and yellow. It is a grand bedder, and a fine pot plant, blooming the winter through. This plant requires rich, mellow soil, and must never be allowed to suffer for Water. It is worse than useless to plant inferior seed of this flower, that has been brought to its present high standard by careful breeding and high cultivation. Our seed is ex- tra fine. Perpkt. EJarly Ten Weeks-12 of the finest colors mixed 10 " —Pure white, very sweet 5 '* —Eich crimson 5 " 44 -Clear blue 5 ** '* " —Yellow, new and fine 5 Dwarf German-Mixed colors. An extra fine strain of large-flowering Stocks . 10 New I/arge Flowering Pyramidal—One of the finest of all. Immense spikes of grand fiowers, in almost rain- bow colors. We have counted twenty-three different shades in a single bed of these flowers 10 Giant Perfection—One of the finest for the open ground, growing to the height of 1% feet; flowers also of im- mense size. Many beautiful colors mixed ... .20 NEW PERPiTUAI/ BRANCHING STOCKS. Perpetual Brandling—(Recent Novelty)—This new Ten Weeks Stock has proved to be the finest variety in cul- tivation. It blooms very quickly from seed.the plants being stout, branching and compact, with numerous flower spikes of very large size. The individual flow- ers are large, very double, and perfect in form. For pots it is greatly superior to any other variety,and as a pot plant it is just superb, flowering for a long period, and at any time of the year, according to time of sow- ing. Another great point in its favor is the fact that only a very small per cent, of the prants raised from seed will be single, nearly all producing magnificent double flowers. Perp. Branching,"Rich Crimson -Deep rich crimson... .10 " 44 Brilliant Rose—Yerv handsome )') 4 4 4 4 Snow White—Perfectly elegant 10 Above three colors for SOc. " 44 All Colors Mixed 15 TP t\ il q b e F o i a. (Clim ber.) A lovely trailing plant with large showy flowers. It will trail over the ground, forming a dense mat of foliage and flowers. Colors range through all shades of yellow, orange, buff to pure white, mostly with jet black centers, or eyes, which are very effective. Sometimes called -Black-eyed Susan." Also a superb pot plant and oue that aviII bloom freely during winter. All colors mixed 5

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