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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables & fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_19 (find matches)
Year: 1916 (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 1916-
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copY/?IGH BY .J.LEWIS CHILD pljlox Drtinwopdi. One of the verv best of all bedding annuals Is the Phlox Drummondi, surpassing almost everything else in daz- zling brilliancy. We may well be proud or this distinc- tively American flower, for it is ^tremely beautiful, leat in growth, and an extraordinary bloomer The newest sorts of Phlox are so far ahead of the older varieties that we have discarded all the latter, and now offer none but those beautiful new ones of recent introduction The Phlox make beautiful ribbon beds when different colois are sown side by side, and also grand for masses ot colors p»i/« Qrandiflora MixedâThirty different colors. Fine for large beds and masses. Per oz., $1.00... .. ... 5 Childs' StarâLaree size and curiously pointed, fringed and toothed blossomsâutterly unlike anything elseâ colors of every conceivable shade, more than a hun- dred distinct tints, shades and combinations. -No two same shade and color. ⢠⢠⢠⢠⢠⢠⢠⢠⢠⢠⢠⢠1U HortensiifloraâFlowers in large umbels like a hy- drangea. Semi-dwarf habit, very free blooming and _ more than a dozen fine colors mixed CHILDS' JUBILEE PHLOX. Flowers of great substance, beautiful form and uncom- mon size, while the colors are extraordinarily rich and varied, glowing crimson, dazzling scarlet, deep rose, sort pink, pale blush, maroon-black, lavender-purple, pure white and numberless other shades many with con- trasting eves, stripes or feathering. In habit thes new Phlox are erect, and bear their velvety blossoms m great profusion, making them unrivalled for bedding. They are of dwarf, stout, branching habit, and the in- dividual flowers are the size of a twenty-dollar gold coin. Grandest of all Phlox. Jubille AlbaâLarge; pure white.... JJ> " Cocci neaâRich velvety scarlet . ..... .10 " AtropurpureaâDark velvety crimson-black... 10 <t mteaâFine primrose yellow ⢠⢠- ;X « RoseaâBeautiful bright glowing rose. .. . .. . 10 " Stellata, MixedâMany fine colors, all w«n Sure white eye. Very effective.... ,v;'4*AA ilee Striata, MixedâMany fine colors, all striped with white. Splendid â ⢠;,u Jubilee Mixed, Ail ColorsâMore than forty different Shades of rich and brilliant colors *o One pkt., each of the above 8 for onl^ 50c. Pereiwial ptylox. One of the most popular and magnificent of garden flowers. The new large flowered hybrids are brilliant and beautiful, and bloom freely all summer. Seed is un- certain in germination to a certain extent, unless sown in fall, or sown in soil and allowed to freeze. New HybridsâAll colors mixed. Sow in fall or very early in spring 10.

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