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Title: Childs' seeds that satisfy bulbs that bloom plants that please
Identifier: childsseedsthats00john_0 (find matches)
Year: 1920 (1920s)
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, Inc.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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146 Johx Lewis Chllds, Inc», Floral Park, N. Y.
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TREE BEGONIAS These are now wonderfully popular. They are strong growers, perpetual bloomers and very fine in every way. Immense—A new flowering Begonia of wonderful size and beauty. The clusters of crimson-pink blossoms are as large as ae man's hat. Plant grows two to three feet tall with handsome spotted foliage. Blooms all year round, and is a superb new plant in every way. 50c each. Thurstoni—A large growing plant and a perpetual bloomer. Flowers rosy pink, in clusters, leaves large, like polished ebony, of an emerald green color, under- neath dull blood red; very ornamental. 50c each. Argentia Guttata—Deep sea green leaves freely spotted silver. Flowers in large panicles, white flushed pink. 50c. BUDDLEIA FARQUHARI We all know and love the beautiful new Butterfly Bush, such a charming hardy shrub. This new variety is equally valuable, but is a winter bloomer, flowering freely nearly all winter. Color creamy white. Easily grown in any window and makes a nice compact bushy plant. The flowers are very beautiful and graceful. 40c each; 3 for $1.00. ALYSSUM DOUBLE (See cut page 149) A double Sweet Alyssum that will bloom all the time in pots and all summer in the garden. Very sweet and fine for cutting. 25c each; 3 for 60c; 12 for $2.00. AZALEA INDICA Elegant pot plants much used for Easter decorations. Though attaining a good size, commences to bloom when very small. The flowers are large and very beautiful, always much admired, and range from white to deep crimson in color, with all intermediate shades and mark- ings. Easily grown in a window. Empress of India—l arge, double, brick-red, edged while. Mad. Petrick—Immense double pink. Firefly—-Bright soft scarlet. Very large and single. Mad. Vandercruysen—Fine rose with large blotch. 50c each; the 4 for $1.75. ASCLEPIAS CURASSIVTCA A new plant of unusual merit, as it is a perpetual bloomer, producing large clusters of orange-scarlet blos- soms at all times. It, however, blooms most freely from December to Easter. It is really one of the finest pot plants we have ever grown, and is sure to give great satisfaction. So far as we know it has never before been offered in any catalog. Stock is scarce and in great demand. 40c each; 3 for $1.00. -VCALYPHA SANDERI . A straight, stout branching plant, clothed with large green leaves of good substance, and out of the axil of every leaf grows a spike of blossoms, glowing crimson- scarlet in color. Twenty to fifty inches long, as large around as one's finger and looks like a lone piece of crim- son-scarlet chenille cord. They last for montlis before fading and before they fall off several other spikes have started out in the same leaf axil, and it is thus always in bloom—January to December. 40c each.

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