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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
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Childs* New FanCV CaladlUmS — Finest in Cultivation Their beautifully shaped and glossy foliage is elegantly variegated in the fiio^t telling manner. One, perhaps, is regularly dotted with, round raised spots of white, an- other ribbed and veined with pink or scarlet, or yellow, while still another is flashed and marbled with white or marked with delicate and vivid colors. More showy than flowers. Tee small'.early leaves do not always show all the fine colors of the large ones which come later. Adolf Jaenicke — Ivory white, with purplish-pink mot- tlings. r?0iv. i'*=? Baron de Mammoro —Lai ye leaf, ground color white heavily interlined witli light green, crimson and pink stripes. Center dark crimson. Ribs scarlet. One of the best. Candidum— Large, heart-shaped leaf, color satin white with green spots, and dark green ribs. One of the best. Don Pedro — Large, yellowish-green leaf with white cen- ter and pink ribs; the whole surface heavily splashed rose. Elaborate — Bright red. veined crimson. Large, wide mottled border of yellow tinted white. Extra fine. Emerald — Green, heavily blotched and ribbed crimson. Fascination — Pink, freely veined with deep crimson, dark-green mottled edge. Perfectly grand. Ivory—Very large; ivory-white. King Edward — Very large green leaf with red center. Ribs bright scarlet. • Princess Alexander — Ground color of leaf delicate pink, the mid-rih and veins being dark olive-green. Robin — Dull red with a greenish tinge, and a network of lively green. Rexdorf — Green, pink center and large silver SDOts. Very large and beautiful. Snow Storm — Immense leaves, almost pure white with mottlings of light green. Makes a superb specimen. Tanager—Beautiful network of green and white, deep blood-crimson ribs and central flush. Truce — Large leaf almost pure white, red splash at heel. Torch Light — Fine light red bordered with bottle green, veined with deep crimson. White Flag — Immense leaf, pure white with transparent blue tinted blotch. 25c each; any 3 for 60c; 7 for $1.25 The entire collection of 17 sorts for $2.75 Mixed Sorts — Our mixtures are all from above-named sorts and are of the highest possible grade. 3 for 50c; 12 for $1,75. New and Rare Fancy Caladiums These are all extra fine new and rare sorts of wonder- ful beauty. Ay more — Leaf large, white transparent center. Ribs pink. Green zone covered with irregular purple splashes. 50 c. John Lewis Childs — Large leaves, almost pure white, with blood-red center; splashed and mottled. §1.00. Sea Shell — A beautiful green leaf with a large delicate pink center. Very odd and attractive. 50c. Florida — Fine leaf largely overspread with bright crim- son-red. 50c. New York — A new seedling offered now for the first time. Splendid large leaf, white and green, beauti- fully mottled, §1.00. Vireo — Green with light tinted center and conspicuous scarlet ribs. 50c.

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