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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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130 John Lewis Childs, Inc.. Floral Park, N. Y "p^f Boston
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Lace, or Baby (Ooodi) .hi Para, it i- H4i tu ⢠laifimmI "Call It th i at l»V«'l> I the iif It ll it gives the ⢠r<! foi it. n<» in 0unines*, t, (i\\ ii r, cotn- -pe<t. t graceful ami pry much su- I t a liaiikMiiK* -I like ii-trtrh Pierson's Boston Fern Immense \\.i\\ raj Ostrich Plume type, imt longer ami'more reatbered. Without doubt it is the most Kern grown, ami possesses all the hardv. mis. of the heautirully maKmlh'Piit ii'hu-t and Amerpohlli 1lu» to 0Uff nm hpautlful of .ill Boston Fe m-nor to the Fern Rail, am pot. Fronds broad, finely plumes. .No othor Fern fronds so beautirul a* this, ajra. Rooseveltâ A »rreat Improvement on the old Bos- lon Fern. It Is nmrr upright in growth, tri-ow- raster and makes about four fronds to the old varieties' one. It Is al«*o a deeper and rirher color. Teddy, Jr. - A superb dwarr form or the splendid Mr.. Moosevelt Fern. New. 8cHo;i«;; - This Is really a flnp created rorm .»r Prottl. ..mis erect with jrrarerul arrh. Makes a nvi t beau f 'â¢â¢! ⢠!~nl at any size or stage of growth. ⢠a>y jrrow nor Fern and it* Pit "son's Baby great heautv. ijuaimes peculiar to the common Boston .it letles. Boston Fern â Like Pierson' A great novelty and a i Fern, only smaller tn feathery and plume-like. It is per- »ize and far moi t rectlv exqui*it. 8uparbiaaima New; long dark green fronds in great clusters. ea« h rroml rolled, curled and crinkled in an odd and beautiful way. 8cotti â A derided arqutsition. It is a dwarr. compart grower, ami ha> two or three times as manv fronds as the Boston l em. It makes symmetrical, handsome tdants m either large or -mall sl*e. . < » â Prica of all Perns on this page, 20c each; any 3 *or 50c: the 10 for 51.50

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