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Title: Childs' spring 1922 : seeds that satisfy plants that please bulbs that bloom berries that bear
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: John Lewis Childs (Firm) Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Commercial catalogs Seeds Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs Vegetables Seeds Catalogs Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs Seeds Catalogs Flowers Catalogs Fruit trees Catalogs John Lewis Childs (Firm) Commercial catalogs Nurseries (Horticulture) Vegetables Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Flowers Fruit trees
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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vine with beautifully cut leaves and prettydelicate flowers of a clear canary-yellow. From thecolor of its blossoms and also from a fancied resem-blance of their shape to a bird with wings expanded theplant obtained its common name. 168 Canary Bird Vine—Fine for windows or gar-dens 10 CALENDULA These are among the most beautiful and popular gar-den annuals. The Marygold of Shakespeares time. Sowseed early in the open ground and they will bloom pro-fusely from June on. Fall frosts do not injure them.The blossoms are very large and perfectly double.Fall sown seeds make fine winter blooming plants. 169 Mixed Colors—All fine double sorts 5 170 New Giant Prince of Orange—This lias that glor-ious deep brilliant orange color, so warm and glowing.Size is perfectly immense and very double. Habit dwarfand compact. One of the very finest garden flowers. 10 171 New Giant Lemon Queen—Just like the above,but a clear fine lemon-yellow. 10 SPRING CATALOG OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1922 27
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DIANTHUS Like its near relative, the Carnation, the Dianthus isappealingly beautiful, many varieties possessing aradiant-like fire that is difficult to describe, but it isthe very acme of richness in beauty. A fine flowerfor cutting or flower work. Sow early either in thehouse or open ground, and plants will not only bloomall summer and fall, but will survive the winter andbloom the next season. 195 Diadomatus flora plena—Splendid double flowersof the richest, darkest shades, fringed, mottled, striped,spotted, flaked, margined, etc., in a most beautiful man-ner ► 10 196 Snowball, Double White—Fine; like Carnation 10 197 Eastern Queen—Grand flowers three or fourinches across, beautifully striped and shaded 5 198 Fireball—(New)—Very large and double, equalto the best Carnations. Rich dark scarlet. Superb.. 10 199 Nobilis—(Royal Pinks)—These are free, luxuri-ant growers with dark robust foliage and very largeflowers of many rich and various colors; they are per-fectly mag

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