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Title: Illustrated catalogue bulbs, roses, plants : for winter and spring blooming
Identifier: CAT31284794 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Geo. H. Mellen Co; Innisfallen Greenhouses; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Ohio Springfield Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs
Publisher: Springfield, Ohio : Geo. H. Mellen 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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Irniisfallen Greenhouses, Springfield, Ohio. 9 CHOICE DOUBLE FLOWERING TULIPS. Price, 3 cents each; any ten for 25 cents, or one each of the twent sorts for 45 cents. Count of Leicester.—Orange and yellow feathered. Le Blason.—White, tinged rose. Duke of York.—Beautifully incurved flowers of poppy red, broadly edged white. Gloria Solus.—Of enormous size and very double. Bright scarlet, edged yellow. Heliantliiis.—Beautifully variegated red and yellow. Lady Grandison.—Dwarf, vermilion scarlet. Extra fine and good bedder. La Candeur.—Large and double. Wax-like white, outer petals feathered green. Largely used for cemetery plantin ». Le Matador.—A fine scarlet. Murillo.—White and pink shaded; rare. Ma Cousine.—Of remarkable coloring; carmine-violet, edged pink and flamed golden-yellow and brick red. Purple Crown.—Large and double flower; dark cardinal red, with purple shadings; one of the best.
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_ueen Victoria,—Scarlet and white. Extra. Rex Rubrorum. — Large double flower of deepest scarlet; extra bedder. Rose Blanche.—Large, incurved white, of most perfect shape. Rose Crown.—Very fine; carmine. Rosine.—Rosy, pleasing semi-double. Scarlet King.—Scarlet; very fine. Tournesol.—(Yellow.) Very handsome or- ange-yellow ; superb fiowers. Velvet Gem.—Deep crimson, yellow edge. Yellow Rose.—Splendid golden-yellow, very large flower. The best of the yeUow Tulips. Extra fijie. LATE OR MAY FLOWERING "DECORATION DAY" GARDEN TULIPS. f^r..3^>f/fo°^S ^ May flowering Garden TuHps generaUy are in full flush of bloom about Decoration Day. They differ ^^?^o^^/Si ^ bmgie Tuhps by their taller growth and later bloom; planted in conjunction with the early Tuhps, a gorgeous SiX^rJii ^^J^ be enjoyed imtil late in May. They are brilliant in the extreme for bedding purposes. Their flowers are I ^?.^'<fZ^^®i"^^^^^ formed, and their magnificent colors, with interesting and deUcate featherings and markings, make of weather forgotten, particularly when bedded out in quantity. They are very hardy and do weU through all sorts Bizarres.—Have a yellow ground color, feathered or striped with crimson, purple or white. Price, finest mixed, 2 cents eachj three for 5 cents; 20 cents per dozen. ^, ^ white ground color, flaked or blotched vntii blue, hlac, violet, purple or black. Price, finest mixed, 2 cents each; three for 5 cents; 20 cents per dozen. Parrot Tulips.—The most beautiful and interesting class of Tuhps, which should be in every garden. The flowers are large and perfect in shape, the petals are corrugated and toothed, while the color is the most striking combination of crimson and golden-yellow, streaked and edged with green, resembling the plumage of a parrot. Fine Mixed Parrots, all colors, mixed, price 25 cents per dozen; $1.75 per hundred. Odd and Novel Tulip, Oculis Solis.—(Sun's Eye, Peacock Tuhp.) A remarkable flower indeed, attracting a great deal of admiration. Color, intense dazzling scarlet; the many bands of yellow, black, purple and gold have called forth such exclamations as"Brilhant as the Sun," "Beauti- ful as the Peacock," etc. Price, 6c each; 60c per dozen. Gesneriana.—The grandest Tuhp in existence. Tall growing and late blooming, with large, long leaves and tall, erect flower stalks, which support great waxen blooms larger than teacups of the most vivid glossy coral-red, each flower showing a deep bhie-black blotch at the base, that further en- hances its beauty. They remain in bloom a long time, and clumps of this grand ^.ower are particularly fine planted among evergreens or shrubbery, hghting up their somber background as ^vith a flaming torch. Price, 3 cents each; twelve for 30 cents. Golden Crown.—(Yellow Gesneriana.) Exactly like the above, except its grand blossoms are of a fljne yellow color, banded with orange. Forms a superb contrast \vith the scarlet Gesneriana. Price, 3 cents each; twelve for 30 cents. Sulphur Crown.—(Gesneriana.) Exactly like the above, except color is white, bordered vnth. rose; considered by some as prettier than Golden Crown. Price, 3 cents each; 30 cents per dozen. If goods are to go by express you may choose 30 cents' worth extra for each dollar you send us. Fruits excepted.

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