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Title: Choice flower seeds
Identifier: choiceflowerseed1899emma (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Emma V. White (Firm : Minneapolis, Minn. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minn. : E. V. White
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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MADAM CROZY DWARF CANNA. Formerly cultivated principally for its imposing stateliness, but in its dwarf forms vrLth. their crowded spikes of greatly en- larged Gladiolus-like flowers, it is a great favorite on account of the beauty of its l)lossoms.^ There need be no trouble in raising Cannas from seed. If the seed is filed off a little on one side and soaked in hot water for a day, abnost every one will sprout. It blooms the first season. Mixed. Pkt., 10 seeds, 3 cts. •'Florence Vaiighan" Canna. One of the finest yellow-spot- ted red varieties. Pkt., 7 seeds, 5 cts. CENTROSEMA GRANDIFLORA. A beautiful, hardy, perennial vine, called also "Look at-me- vine" and "ButterflV Pea." It is a low, gracefixl climber, reach- ing a height of seven to eight feet the first season and bearing beautiful clusters of six to eight inverted pea-shaped flowers, one and one-half to two and one-half inches across. These are of a rosy violet hue vnih white markings through the center, while the backs of the blossoms and the buds are pure white, making a striking contrast. Arranged with their foliage, they are fine for cutting. Pkt., 20 seeds, 4 cts. CALIFORNIA "GOOD VENTURE" CANNA. ^ Splendid, large-flowering, dwarf French varieties from two to four feet high; flowers with four and five petals, with colors clear yellow, deep carmine, salmon, and shades of scarlet bordered with gold. Some with light and some with dark foliage. Splendid mixture; no better offered. It will be sure to bring some new varieties. Pkt., 8 seeds, 6 cts. Bronze-leaved Canna. A mixture of the dark-leaved varie- ties. Pkt., 7 seeds, 5 cts. CASTOR BEAN (Ricinus). With its stately growth, ornamental foliage and showy fruit, this makes a grand plant for the center of a sub-tropical bed, or standing by itself, or in a clvimp on the lawn. They grow rapidly and easily from seed, and if directions are followed there is no reason why anyone cannot succeed with them. I offer a mixture of two of the newer and most desirable varieties, Zanzibarensis and Cambodgensis. In the former the leaves are some light green, others coppery and purplish brown or bronze in color. Those of the latter are of a bronzy-maroon color, with dark red veins, while the stems are ebony. Pkt., 8 seeds, 4 cts.

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