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Title: Floral gems for winter flowering: autumn 1899
Identifier: CAT31283833 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: McGregor Brothers; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Springfield Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs
Publisher: Springfield, Ohio : McGregor Brothers
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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McGregor Brothers, Florists, Springfield, Ohio. 25 I make a specialty of 1 ⦠VM4 Primrose growing and X I supply the trade with them i " by the tens of thousands.Our i seed is procured from the t most celebrated growers in i X Europe, so that for size of t * flowers and distinctness of I I colors they cannot be equaled ;
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Chinese Primrose The Best of Winter-Bloomiag Plants, THE CHINESE PPIHROSE. TEW plants give better satisfaction than the Primrose, es- pacially for Winter blooming, for which it is particularly adapted. It should be kept in a cool place. A north room is the best. They may be bedded out in a cool, shady place. There is no plant that will produce more flowers during the Winter months than the Primrose. Our Prim- roses are large flowered and beautifully fringed. Sure to please you. AlbaâFlowers pure white; the foliage pale green. RubraâPurplish-red, white eye; fine, strong grower. KirmesinaSplendensâBright carmine-pink, with distinct yellow eye. PulcherimaâCharming white with rose and velvet center. CoccineaâBright red, large flowers, beautifully fringed. Silver QueenâA beautiful, snow-white, fringed variety. StriataâFlowers white, striped and blotched purple-red. Price, 10c each, or the set of seven varieties for 50c. . â¢iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii NIOHT BLOOniNO J/XSHINE. (Oestrum Parqui.) Night Blooming JasmineâThis well known and highly prized plant, blooming nearly all the year round, is a native of Chili; an excellent garden plant, growing rapidly; foliage long and of deep green color, producing its richly fragrant flowers at every joint; sweet only at night. It is also adapted to house culture. Price, 20c each. Cestrum AuranticumâPure orange, winter-blooming variety of night Jessamine. Price, 20 cents each; the two varieties for 30 cents. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiini T^PARAOUS PLUMOSUS NANUS. (Japanese Lace Fern.) One of the handsomest of our foliage plants. The leaves are a bright green, gracefully arched, and as finely woven as the finest silken mesh. Their lasting quality when cut is remarkable, retaining their freshness for weeks, hence it ranks as the most valuable plant we have for this purpose, surpassing Maiden Hair Fern in grace, fineness of texture and richness of color. See illustration. Price, fine large plants, 15c; two for 25c; extra targe plants or Immediate effect, 30c. CPOWN or THOPNS. (Euphorbia Splendens ) JW CURIOUS plant, with thick, fleshy, twining stems, rm which are covered with stout, sharp spines nearly an â¢f â inch long. There is a tradition that this plant furnished the material for the "Crown of Thorns" used in the divine tragedy- The foliage is bright green and the flowers are a beautiful coral pmk, very pretty when in bloom. Price 1 5c each. ' OLECHOHA HEDEPACEA. (Variegated Ground luy.) The foliage of this charming novelty is a bright green, marked with pure white, and has a refreshine fraerance similar to mint. Price, 10c each, *«iiebmng iragrance

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