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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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114 JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y.
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We make a specialty of Boston Ferns and grow im- mense quantities of them. We have all the newest and best sorts which we aim to offer at low prices. This is the finest decorative plant in cultivation. All are robust, vigorous and easily grown in any -window, in heat or cold, sun or shade. Few flowering plants can equal in beauty a well grown Boston Fern of any variety. The mass of elegant foliage which endures for such a long time is beyond adequate description. Boston Fern—i.Obiginax,)—Of all decorative plants for house culture, this is perhaps the most imposing and satisfac- tory. It is so hardy that it will stand and thrive in most any situation in a room even if out of the sun's rays. Plants form an immense number of graceful, drooping fronds, varying in length from two to five feet and al- ways pf a»fresh, healthy and beautiful green color. ff Boston Mrs. Roosevelt-A great improvement on the old Boston Feru. It is more upright, in growth, grows faster and makes about four fronds to the old varieties one. It is also a deeper and richer color. Teddie Jr. — A superb dwarf form of the splendid Mrs. Roosevelt Fern. New. Scholzeli — This is really a fine crested form of Scotti. Fronds erect with graceful arch. Makes a most beau- tiful plant at any size or stage of growth. Pierson's Boston Fern—Immense wavy fronds, of the Os- trich Plume type, but longer and more beautifully feath- ered. Without doubt it is the most magnificent Fern grown, and possesses all the hardy, robust and easy growing qualities peculiar to the common Boston Fern and its varieties. Pierson's Baby Boston Fern—A great novelty and a great beauty. Like Pierson's Fern,only smaller in size and far more feathery and piume-like. It i^ perfectly exquisite. Superbissima— New: long dark green fronds in great clue ters, each frond rolled, curled and crinkled in an odd and beautiful way. Scotti—A decided acquisition. It is a dwarf, compact grow- er, and has two or three times as many fronds as the Boston Fern. It makes symmetrical, handsoaae plants in either large br small size. (For prices see next page.)

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