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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, buxba and Plants for 1918
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Easter Greeting New Everblooming Pelargoniums These new Pelargoniums are considered by many to be the finest pot plants in cultivation. Surely they are the greatest novelty in window plant? that have been introduced in twenty years. Habit, strong-, com- pact, and bUbfiy, with the strongest constitution and great wealth of beautiful, luxuriant foliage. The plants are perpetual in blooming habit, espe- cially from March to September. They are like the largest specimen plants of the most exquisite Azaleas, with flowers equally large, the petals beautifully curved and cupped, and borne in endless profusion. Two plants in five-inch pots produced, respectively, from April to June 31, 139 and 126 trusses of magnificent blooms, five or six immense flowers to each truss. No plant is easier to grow in any window or garden. In this respect it is as much superior to the old sorts as it is larger and more magnificent in flower and foliage. Flowers freely all summer bedded out. Easter Greeting — Brilliant rose, each of (he five large petals being marked with a large brown-black spot in the center. The spot being bordered with scarlet daintily penciled with crimson. The combination is Aery striking. The florets are very large, from two and one-quarter to three and one-quarter inches in di- ameter and are very durable either on the plant or when cut. 35c each. Easter Morn — A sport from the above and just like it except in color, which is a light lavender-pink, the large brown-black blotches being beautifully penciled, feathered and flushed brilliant scarlet. Blooms con- tinually and is a very rich color. 30c each. Easter — A new sport with bright carmine blossoms showing large velvety blotches. Has all good qualities of above two sorts for pots or bedding, inc. Easter Star — Large reddish scarlet flowers with regular black blotches. Toned with purplish carmine. Verj effective. Robust and free. 50c. All 4 sorts for $1.60. All these 4 varieties are equally beautiful and valuctle and all alike except in color.

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