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Title: Illustrated catalogue of plants, bulbs, trees, etc.
Identifier: CAT31282629 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Nanz & Neuner; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Kentucky Louisville Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs
Publisher: Louisville, Ky. : Nanz & Neuner
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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56 NANZ & NEUNER'S FLORAL ESTABLISHMENT,
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Reiese Von Stuttgargt. Coleus. The most popular foliage bedding plant of the day. In rib- bon beds it is always advisable to pinch off the top shoots from time to time to keep in equal height with other plants. They are of easy cultivation and adapted to our climate. Their varied tints of crimson, gold, bronze and green, richly blotched, veined or margined, produce a brilliancy of coloring unequaled. The set of twenty-five sorts per dozen, 75 cents; small plants, by express only, 50 cents; per 100, $4; each 10 cents. AETNA. Pale golden yellow, blotched dark crimson. A. H. WINGATE. Green ground, spot- ted with crimson and maroon, white center. BECKWITH GEM. Crimson blotched with purple, maroon, green border spotted creamy yellow; very strong grower. This is a grand variety; no garden is complete without it. BLACKBIRD. Leaves and stem jet black. CRYSTAL. Center of leaf white, dot- ted various tints of rose. D. S. WOOLEY. Dark purple, with dark crimson center. E. DALLY. Dull red edge and center greenish yellow. E. NORMANN. Dark maroon. ED. WACHENDORPP. Brightest fiery- red and yellow, well serrated. ELEGANCE. Large, lemon-yellow, dis- tinct veins, fine. PIRE BRAND. Carmine, shaded dark. FIREFLY. Very bright; hardiest for sunny places. GOLDEN GEM. Bright gold and crim- son leaves; half shade. GOLDEN BEDDER. Color yellow. This is the best yellow coleus for bedding. GARFIELD. Maroon, crimson, mottled white and green; very fine. GEO. THOMPSON. Creamy white with broad emerald green border. HIAWATHA. Pine; orange, yellow and crimson flamed. JAMES VICK. Center large, purplish crimson, blotched dark purple, edge sulphur and dark green. JOHN GOOD. Light green on yellow ground. JOSEPH'S COAT. Violet, white and purple on green. KATINKAS. Greenish yellow with white; strong grower. KENTISH PIRE. Center of leaf bright vermilion. LITTLE GEM. Long, narrow leaves, creamy white with dark green border. MRS. KIRKPATRICK. Green, blotched white, oneof the best MRS. P. SANDER. We have no hesitation is saying that this is the most beautiful and distinct coleus yet raised; dwarf and bushy in habit,'it makes a perfect pot plant. EMPRESS OF INDIA. The leaves of this magnificent variety are of enormous size, creamy yellow at th.> base, suffused with emerald green with a central band of deep purple, the ground color of the leaf being a deep magenta crimson, intermixed with maroon, and growing de<per towards the margins until the edges are almost black. PRINCESS OF WALES. A splendid variety; the ground" color of the leaves is bright magenta, spreading flame- like over the leaf, with crimson chocolate markings in- tervening. The edges are very deeply toothed and mar- gined with creamy yellow and bright green. At the base- of each leaf there is a patch of creamy yellow, with orange yellow and emerald green mosaic markings. NONPAREIL. Dark green ground, blotched crimson and dark purple, green colored center. MRS. J. SCHULTZ. The hardiest and showiest, especially- adapted for hot places; bright golden yellow ground, with bright scarlet and carmine. MRS. J. HUNT. Splendid dark carmin " red center, dark border, excellent Dedder. MRS. NILSSON. Carmine, green and white, finely serrated. ONWARD. Marbled and blotched with the various shades of maroon, yellow, pink, crimson, black, white. PROGRESS. Very distinct green ground, covered with dots of yellow, maroon, and red. QUEEN OF THE LAWN. Highly colored carmine. R. JOHNSON. Color yellowish green, center white. ROCKET. Dark purple. RIESE VON STUTTGART. Extra large foliage, dark dots of carmine and purple on green ground. Splendid for specimen plants. SPOTTED GEM. Yellow, blotched crimson, green and orange SUNSET. Dark maroon, distinct green border. T. CANDORS. Gold ground, blotched dark green, spotted carmine and dark purple. VERSCHAPELTII. The oldest, still one of the best, dark blood-red, solid color. YEDDO. Center green, white border, spotted light erimson. Cupliea. PLATYCENTRA. (Ladies' Cigar Plant.) This is a well- known, everblooming plant of neat habit, growing about twelve inches in height. The tube of the flower is scarlet, with the end partly white and crimson; very useful as rt ribbon line or front border plant. Per doz., 50c; 10e each. HYSSOPHYLLA. Dwarf, a neat plant, always in bloom, purplish lilac. Per dozen 50 cents; 10 cents each.

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