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Title: Childs' rare flowers vegetables and fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_21 (find matches)
Year: 1918 (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 Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit
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 1918 105 cHiuQsr mtmmsm 10 Favorite Cannas These grand sorts liave made a lasting place in all collections of good Cannas. All are quite new and wonder fully tine. Some like Kungaria, Dee- mer, Wabash, Gladifiora, etc., being among the nest new sorts. Gladifiora — Remarkable for the unusual shape or the flowers. Color is crimson, changing to carmine-rose with edge of gold. Three and one-half feet. Gladiator — A very showy bedding Canna with large flowers of brassy yellow thinly speckled in red. The long center petals and lower petal are dark red, making a most striking contrast. Three feet. Hungaria — Very compact, and of a very luxur- iant growth. Leaves blush-green, never burns. Trusses of enormous size, borne well above the foliage. Flowers very large with broad petals. Color purest La France pink with satin sheen. The most delicate pink in Cannas. Three feet. Kate F. Deemer — An exquisite blending of canary-yellow, rose and crimson or canary-yellow with rosy-crimson cen- ter. A unique color. Two to three feet. Mephisto — The darkest crimson variety yet introduced. Almost black. The large flowers are held well above the foliage. Three and one-half feet. Extra fine in every way. Panama — The color of this splendid Canna is unusual, being an attractive rich orange-red, with a well defined edge of bright golden-yellow. The flowers are very large, the petals being almost round and the immense spread of the individual blooms, coupled with the early, free-flowering habit and unique coloring, make this Canna most noteworthy. Three feet. President Myers — Flowers light scarlet color. Foliage dark, being a mixture of green and maroon. Three and one-half feet. R. Wallace — A grand new Canna, by far the larg- est and finest pure yellow yet grown. Flowers ertormous and color fine. Four feet. Wabash — This has the same great size and car- mine-pink color as Mrs. Conard, but exquisite bronzy leaves. It is truly the bronze king, so large, so magnificent and so exquisitely colored. Three and one-half feet. W. Watson — Dark foliage, rich salmon-pink flower. Immense flower and spike. Four feet. FRIGE — Above 10 fine Cannas, 15c each; any 4 for aOc; the 10 for $1.20. In quantity: $1.25 per t doz.; $3.00 per 100. Giant Orchid-Flowered Cannas These are the tall-growing sorts with immense blooms of great beauty and known as Italian Cannas. Allemania — Enormous flowers, six inches across, beauty. Extra large and fine blossoms. Five feet. # Wyoming — Seven feet. This is one of the most majestic Cannas in the* orchid-flowering class, with the additional attraction of having a lux- 4, uriant growth of rich, purple foliage. Great plumes of massive orange- colored blossoms. 20c each; any 3 for 55c; $2.00 per doz.; the 7 for $1.10 Canna Seed, Extra Early Dwarf
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Extra large flower, feet. are pure deep scarlet, Plants Grown from Seed Flower in Three Months *»J&Ktoi^nt®pt!? Cannas> dwarf and compact in ST,0,? t«' witn, mghly ornamental foliage, produce their mgniflcent clusters of brilliant blossoms all the summer !^d~Jaln from spring-sown seed. In no other way can fln™a~nfa? expenditure produce such a bed of glorious floM ers for so long a period. They are simply marvel- KSf't aS-™?**rtc<llornS- an-d legations ranging from al- ^-5lKJ° nrilhant scarlet and dark maroon, rosy rink jellow, orange, buff, lemon, striped, bronzed, tinted and variegated in a wonderful manner. Giant-Flowered —All colors mixed; seed saved only Mixed Cannas—For Large ShowBeds A mixture of the finest large-flowering kind? which will go well together, and make a most magnificent bed or border of bright colors. We can recommend them. Tall Mixed — All the finest kinds that grow four feel or more in height. $1.00 per dozen; §5.00 per 100. Dwarf Mixed — Best sorts under four feet. Fine, strong roots. §1.00 per dozen; §5.00 per 100. Musafolia—Banana-Leaved Canna This is the finest foliage Canna yet seen, with enor- mous Musa-like leaves, three to five feet, of a dark green, bronze-tinted color, the edge of the leaves being beau- tifully banded with bronze-purple. Eight feet. 1 5c each; §1.50 per doz.

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