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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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Godetia Quick growing- and profuse flowering1 annual of showy colors. Easily grown by anyone. Sow seed e^rly in open ground. Per pkt. Mixed Colors — White, pink, lilac, etc o Crimson Glow — Tliis is a new Godetia of compact growth, flowering so freely that a plant looks like a beautiful and symmetrical bouquet. The color of the flowers is intense crimson, with white center, and are produced in marvelous profusion. Sow seed in open ground.early,,and the beauty and brilliancy of this novelty will please all. It is one of the great and good novelties of recent years 10 Double Mixed — A fine range of bright colors 5 Gourds, Ornamental (Climber) Well-known \ climbers, with the most fantastic and grotesque fruit imaginable. Fine for covering sheds, training over fences or brush piles, and always sure to attract the attention of the children, who love to play with the pretty -tnped and oddly crooked fruit-. Keep perfect fd? yeaf-s. Per pkt. Mixed Sorts—All sizes, shapes and color? 10 Nest Egg improved — A striking vine when hanging Full of its pretty, curious fruit that closely resem- ble> smooth, well-shaped hen*s eggs. As the shells become very tough and hard they do not crack or burst open in freezing weather, and are thus very useIul;;i'or nest eggs. Very ornamental as well. . . .10 Dipper — Another useful Gourd, as the fruit is light and strong and does not rust, rot or heat easily, just right to use in dipping hot liquids, besides be- ing useful for bird's nests, fancy hanging baskets, etc. 5 Sugar Trough—Enormous hard-shelled fruits, hold- ing from three to ten gallons each, and as they never rust or rot. and are very light and strong, are just right to use as receptacles for lard, salt, seed corn. soap. etc.. or to use as nesting boxes, buckets. They last for years 5 Early Luffa—The lace-like net-work of fibre which forms inside the fruits is a very useful article, and is used for various purposes, such as dish-rags, sponges, and even for bonnets and other millinery work. Flowers also large and showy • • • • 5 Miniature Bottle — Fruit very small and pretty 5 Orange (Mock)—Like a big, ripe Orange 5 Apple —! Fine Apple-shaped 5 'Plant a Lot of our Superb Zinnias (see page 60). before,
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ORNAMENTAL GOURDS You will find them superior to any you have ver grown

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