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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_18 (find matches)
Year: 1915 (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 1915.
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Grai^d SpeciosUnj Iiilies. These are the hardiest, and most robust and free flower- ing of all Lilies. Also among the most beautiful and showy. We advise our friends to plant lots of Speeiosums. No Lily more beautiful or pleasing. Rubrum—Deep rose, freely spotted crimson, and mottled white; perfectly exquisite. Melpomene—Words cannot describe the beauty of this va- riety. Frosted white, spotted, clouded, and bearded with pinkish crimson. Petals deeply recurved and widely bordered red. Praecox—Large, perfect and beautiful. Frosted white with a tinge of blush at the top of petal. Monstrosum Album — Broad, fiat stems, and immense head of flowers, often fifty in a cluster. Pure snow-white. Kagnificum-A superb new sort, an improvement on Rub- rum, being larger and brighter colored. 2(jc. each; the 5 for 90c.; $2.00 per dozen. L. HENRYL The New Yellow Speciosum. New and exceedingly rare, tall, strong grower, produc- ing flowers in great profusion often as many as 50 on one stem. Of a fine apricot-yellow color. This yellow Speeiosum is a glorious new thing. X,arge Bulbs, 40c. each; 3 for $1.00; 12 fo^$3.75. Medium Bulbs, 25c each; 3 for 60c.: 12 for $2.00. TepUifoliUip, The Goral UUy. A great beauty and the brighest of all Lillies. Grows 24 inches high, with finely cut foliage, graceful stems and beautiful shaped flowers of a brilliant coral-red. One ought to grow it by the dozen, it is so fint" for cutting, and makes such grand clumps for the lawn. Blooms very early. Large Bulbs. 15c. each : 2 for 25c : $1.50 per dozen : $10. per 100. New L. Tenuifolium, Golden Gleam. Exactly like the other except in color which is a gleam- ing g"ld. Distinct and exceedingly beautiful. 30c. each; 3 for 75c : 12 for $2.75. I;ilihir> Y)aVHPic(iH7 Hybrids. This is of the Elegans style, but more slender and graceful. n.nd blooms much earlier. The colors are very clear and bright, making it one of o u r most showy garden Lilies. The mixed Hybrids which we offer are fine colors ranging from dark red to light yellow, spotted, blotched and varie- gated. Exceedingly beau- tiful and highly recom- mendable. Blooms very earlyand makes a fine show. For beds or massing they fill a real want for a bril- liant early flowering Lily that may be used also a- mong shrubbery or hardy perennial plants. 3 Bulbs oe.: 12 for 70c; 30 for $1.50; 2160 for $4-50.

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