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Title: Garden flower and field seeds 1902
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: W.W. Barnard & Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs Vegetables Seeds Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Barnard
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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(P.Veris). Yellow. Pkt., 10c. 3497. Japanese Primrose. (P. Japonica). Flowers 1 inchacross, of shades of maroon,lilac, pink, white, etc., onlong stems. Mixed colors.Pkt., 10c. 3498. Polyanthus. (P. elatior).Velvety flowers, from white to maroon,borne in umbels, on stalks about 8 incheshigh. Pkt., 10c. $ RICINUS. & £ (Castor Oil Plant.) Rapid growing plants with palm-likefoliage and showy fruits. U^ed withdecorative effect planted singly on thelawn or in the center of a Canna orCaladium bed. 6 to 15 ft. H. H. A.3504. Borboniensis. 15 ft. Pkt., 5c 3506. Sanguineus. 10 ft. Dark leaves,and clusters of red fruit. Pkt., 5c. 3507. Zanzibarensis. 15 ft. Leaves varyin color from light green to purplishred. A new and distinct race. Pkt., 5c. 3508. Gibsonii. 6 ft. Dark leaved. 5c 3509. Bicinus, finest mixed. Pkt., 5c RUDBECKIA. 3472. Bicolor superba. Golden yellowflowers with brown center. Largelygrown now for cut flowers. H. A. 21%,Pkt., 10c, 78 W. W. BARNARD & CO., SEEDSMEN, CHICAGO.
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GORGEOUS. How to GrowSweet Peas. 1WEET PEAS succeed best ina deep, rich soil. The mostJ approved method of culti-vation is to sow in a trench5 or 6 inches deep, covering themat first with only one inch of soil;then as the plants grow, fill in theearth about them one inch at atime. After the plants are wellgrown up, they should be wateredcopiously, and bone meal workedinto the soil about the roots, isrecommended. Proper trellis orother supports should be provided. OA NAMED evndO ...SELECTED LARGE FLOWERED Sweet y*y* Peas. a SUPERB COLLECTION which em-J\ braces all the BEST old and new va-rieties, including the novelties of1901. It is now thoroughly up to date. ...BRIEFS... DONT expect Sweet Peas to thrivein a sunless location, nor in poorsoil. DONT sow too.shallow. Plant theseeds not less than two inchesdeep. Get in early. DONT use the same plot of groundfor Sweet Peas two years in suc-cession. DONT overfeed. Bone meal in someform is the best fertilizer. Dontuse fresh manure in the tre

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