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Title: Cox seed and plant co. catalogue
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Cox Seed and Plant Company Cox Seed and Plant Company Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seed industry and trade Catalogs Seeds Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs Fruit Seeds Catalogs Plants, Ornamental Catalogs Trees Catalogs
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Cox Seed and Plant Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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terof vases, etc. 20 cents each; 3 for 50 cents. Childsii (The Tiger Canna)—The flowers are bornein large, compact panicles, are of large size and perfectshape, with broad petals and of a bright, gloss, yellowcolor, thickly spotted with crimson. 20 cents each; 3for 50 cents. Duchess de Hontenard—Very large flowers of abright yellow, spotted with red; foliage green; 4)4feet. Emile Leclaire—Flowers large, bright, golden yel-low, mottled and spotted crimson and scarlet. Usefulas a cut flower, as its peculiar color gives it the ap-pearance of an Orchid. Pea-green foliage. 20 cents;3 for 50 cents. Florence Vaughan—This is undonbtedly one ofMr. Crozys most beautiful varieties. The flowers ofthe most brilliant golden yellow, dotted with scarlet.25 cents. Gustav Sennholz—A distinct variety with mediumsized flowers, which upon first opening are of a lightshade of salmon, which change as they expand, to apeculiar shade of silvery rose mottled with salmon;foliage green; 3 feet. 25 cts.
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J. D. Cabos—Another dark-foliaged variety, withflowers of very rich orange, tinged with apricot. As acontrasting variety in foliage and flower it is unsur-passed. Price, 30 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. riadame Crozy—The plants have a tropical luxri-ance of foliage. The flowers are flaming scarletbordered with gold, having all the delicacy and beautyof the rarest Orchid. 20 cents each; 3 for 50 cents. President Carnot—Three and a half feet. Stronggrower; leaves erect, dark purple; flower stalks strongand numerous; flowers large and well rounded; richcarmine color with dots of a darker shade. 20c. each. Robusta—This variety, with good cultivation, willgrow fully ten feet high, with immense leaves fourfeet long by one and a half feet in width, of darkbronze and green colors. 20 cts. each; 3 for 50 cts. Sr. de Mme. Liabaud—Leaves dark green; finespikes of large flowers; bright cherry. 20 cts. each;3 for 50 cts. Ventura—A prince among Cannas, with the largestflowers of any sort ye

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