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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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Spring Catalog of Seeds. Bulbs and Plants for 1920 57
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let/ POPPIES Universal garden favorites from the days of our grand- mothers. There is nothing more grand than the silky blooms of the single Poppies, nodding at the apex of their long wiry stalks like so many tropical butterflies that a passing zephyr might waft from their airy perch. There is nothing more gorgeous than the double Poppies, bursting with fullness, glowing with color, and like great Paeonies or. Snowballs in size. There are few flowers easier to grow. Do not wait for warm weather to sow your seed, but sow very early in the spring. Improved Shirley (511)—No better flower seed novel- ty has been offered than this. Habit of the plant dwarf and stout; blossoms of enormous size, and of the most charming colors to be found in any flowers. No display can surpass a bed of these Poppies. A great improvement over ordinary Shir- leys 10 Childs* Great Paeony-Flowered (512)—Plants attain a height of three feet or more and bear many flow- ers of most brilliant colors. Large and double like Ane Paeonies 5 Snowdrift (513)—As pure as the driven snow, large, double and full, yet soft and loose like a great ball of snow 10 Rosebud (514)— Dainty flowers like silken rosettes, cupped like Roses. The coloring is wonderful. In- tense scarlet, crimson, pink, white, blush, mot- tled fringed etc... . ... 5 Tulip/or Glauc'um (515)—Most briiiiant of ail' with immense blossoms on tall stems. Color intense blood-scarlet with black center. Blooms very early. Ours is a very select strain 10 One pkt. each of the 5 for 30c. NEW ICELAND POPPIES Here is a new strain of Iceland or Nudicaule Poppies, hardy perennials that flower well the first season and for years afterwards. They are most beautiful and graceful, the bright, large blossoms being borne on tall, wire-like stems well above a beautiful crown of fern- like foliage. The colors are exceedingly bright and novel: lemon, yellow, orange, salmon, white, scarlet, etc. They bloom all the season through. Double Mixed (515y2)—Very effective 10 ALL POPPIES MIXED (516) Poppies grow so rapidly and flower so quicklv that they may be planted anywhere for a showy mass or for cutting. A large packet of more than fifty sorts. 10 **** . NEW PERENNIAL POPPY If there is a more gorgeous flower anywhere than the Perennial Poppy we fail to know it. Per Pkt. Mixed Hybrids (518)—Many fine colors in shades of scarlet and orange. Often blooms first season....20 NEW DOUBLE SHIRLEY POPPY New Hybrid SHIRLEY POPPIES The finest of all Poppies is this new Hybrid strain, Shirley and Ranunculus flowered. The flowers are dou- ble and semi-double, of mammoth size, possessing a» grace and beauty all their own. Colors, soft shades of salmon, pink, orange, light and dark scarlet, rose, char- moise, etc. Habit more dwarf and compact than other Shirleys. There is absolutely no comparison between these and any other Poppies. All Colors Mixed (517) 15

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