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Title: Condensed catalogue of specialties, novelties and special offers in choice new and rare bulbs, plants, seeds and fruits
Identifier: condensedcatalog00john_1 (find matches)
Year: 1903 (1900s)
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; Fruit trees Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Fruit trees
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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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. V.
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A new strain with gigantic blooms as large as Moonflowers, colors, markings, and variegations never before seen, and of indescribable beauty. Seed germinates quickly, and the vines grow rapidly and are soon in bloom. The llowers are borne by the hun- dreds, are of enormous size, five or six inches across, and of the most delicate, vivid and blending colors to be seen in any flower. Some will be pure white, others crimson, brick- red, light and dark blues, pinks, etc., while others show a rich and varied combinatfon of colors mended together in a most enchanting way: spotted, blotched, striped, stained; penciled, bordered, mottled and variegated iu every conceivable manner. To acid to their beauty the leaves of many of the varieties are richly marbled ami variegated white and green. Nothing among flowers can furnish a more beautiful sight than a screen, hedge, or trellis of these Giant Morning Glories. To secure the beautiful varieties which we here offer our agent traveled in Japan, from garden to garden, collecting a little seed from each oii.>, as t he best, cannot be bought in quantity, and is not to be compared with any Japanese Morning Glory seed which may be put upon the market... Mixed, All Colors—More than 100 kinds (Oz. 500.) Ceres—Extra fine. Bright magenta, with wide white border. Foliage variegated, A u rata—Elegant yellowish foliage;, often marbled white; flowers of various colors, Perfectly exquisite 10 Antigone—Marbled foliage, large sky-blue blossoms 10 Clant Yellow—A now Morning Glory from Japan of the Giant Imperial Type, and a most novel and beautiful color, being a line yellow. V most valuable addition to flowering vines 20 Double Mixed Colors Many plants from this seed will produce double blossoms 20 FUCHSIA-FLO WERED MORNINC A perfect gem of a vine, being of very slender graceful CLORY. crowth. with beautiful folia" and climbing rapidly to a good height Its lovelyhlossoms are about the size of a Fuch- sia and droop in the same manner, hanging by long thread-like stems. Color lino lilac pink. A decidedly lovely and novel vine 5 COMMON MORNINC CLORY. Mixed Colors—The old-fashioned climbing Morning Glory (oz, 10c.) 3 Dwarf or Bush Morning Clory -Fine mixed colors. Grows in bush form 5 GLOI J.L.CMH-D5-

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