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Title: Farm and floral guide
Identifier: CAT31283796 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: L. L. May & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Minnesota Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flower Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs
Publisher: St. Paul, Minn. : L. L. May & 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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CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, PLANTS, BULBS AND FRUITS
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Gen. Washington—A grig-antic flowering- Fuchsia of upright habit, bearing- immense double white flowers of perfect forma- on. It is one of the strongest growing and most free flowering Fuchsias we have ever seen, blooming incessantly almost the entire year. Our ock of this is very large, and we feel certain it is a Fuchsia that is bound to give satisfaction wherever grown. Price 20c. Speciosa—This is really one of the most charming and desirable Fuchsias in cultivation, and should be better known. It is a genuine /inter bloomer, and all who know it value it very highly for this quality. The habit of the plant is erect and compact, presenting ^decidedly neat and attractive appearance as a pot plant. The fine star shaped flowers are produced in profusion, and begin when the plants Hre quite young; indeed the plants m our houses in all stages are rarely seen without flowers from late Summer until Spring. The flowers droop 5;autifully, they are large, elegantly shaped and of good subttance; the calvx is rosy carmine and the corolla brilliant carmine, a lovelv combi- nation. This variety is of strong constitution and easily grown. Price 15c Purple Queen—A perfect beauty. The flowers are of large size, a deep violet purple in color and borne very abundantly for a number of months. We procured our stock of this magnificent variety from England and consider it a most valuable addition to this class of plants. Price 20c. Snow Oloud—A gem in every sense of the word. The flowers are very double, a pure white and produced in great profusion. This variety was procured from Europe by us several years ago and it is certainly a most charming Fuchsia. Price 20c. Leon Tolstoi—Another grand addition to our magnificent collection of double flower- ing Fuchsias. In habit of growth it resembles the well known Phenomenal, but the corolla is much darker, being of a very deep violet blue color. The plants are of strong, healthy habit, and we feel it is a variety which cannot be too highly recommended. Price 15 c. Phenomenal—This variety has probably been more large- ly grown in all parts of America and Europe than any other sort. The flowers are of large size and a beautiful shade of purple, very double, generally borne very freely. Price 10c. Storm King—This is also an old standard white sort, producing large double flowers of fine formation. The plant is of rather dwarf habit, usually growing in a trailing form. It is a thoroughly good Fuchsia but cannot be compared with some of the varieties of late in- troduction. Price 10c El Dorado—One of the lov- liest Fuchsias for house culture that can be secured. As will be seen by our illustration it is of trailing or drooping "When grown in a hanging basket or placed in a pot on a bracket it presents most charming appearance. It grows rapidly and is of strong, healthy habit, and le flowers are produced very abundantly for a number of months during the year, his variety is far superior to many of the dwarf, low-growing sorts that have been flfered as trailing Fuchsias for several years past. Price 25c

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