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Title: Magnificent offers : 25 special bargains in roses, bulbs, plants, seeds
Identifier: CAT31284616 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Champion City Greenhouses (Springfield, Ohio); Good & Reese Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Ohio Springfield Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Roses Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs
Publisher: Springfield, Ohio : Good & Reese 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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32 The Good & Reese Company, Florists and Seedsmen. Hardy Shrubs, Amines and Plants AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII.—Sometimes called "Boston Ivy" and -Japan Ivy.^ No picture can portray the beauty of this'erand Climbing plant. In the Summer the foliage is a rich shade of green, but in the Fall it assumes the most gorgeous tints of scarlet, crimson and orange, so dazziing as to be seen at a great distance. 10 cents each; larger plants, 26 cents. AZALEA MOLLIS.—The most brilliant and showy of all hardy shrubs—entirely hardy without protection in all situa- tions^ The bloom, which varies in color from the intense rosy- crimson to iemon-yeilow, literally covers the compact, spread- ing plant, forming a huge bouquet. Massed they produce an effect that is actually brilliant and dazzling. 50 cents each. ALTHEA, or ROSE OF SHARON.—These are the most beau tiful shrubs we have in our collection. The flowers are of large size, very double and full, of various brilliant and strik- ing colors. They b com freely during August and September, when scarcely any other shrub is in bloom. Two kinds, dou- ble white and' rose. 15 rents each. New Pttre WHite Althea, Snowdrift.-Has no speck of color- injf in center, as the old variety has, but is pure white. 15 cents P3Ch NEW DOUBLE ANEMONE, "Whirlwind."—Grows to a height of three feet, and holding up on stiff stems flowers from two and a half to three inches across, of pure while, and heav^- waxv texture. 15 cents each two for S-j cents. APIOS TUBEROSA.-Tuberous-rooted Wisteria.—A val- uable hardy, tuberous-rooted c imber, closely resembling the common Wisteria in vine and foliage, and having C'usters of ri:h, deep, purpie flowers, which have a strong, delicious violet tragrance. 10 cents each: three for 25 cents." NEW ACHILLEA, The Pearl. (TAe Great Cemetery Plant.)- It commences to bloom eariy in July, and is a perfect mass oi beautiful flowers till trost. Its flowers are pure white, perfectly double and produced in large sprays. For cemetery planting it is the most valuable of all flowers, as it is sure to thrive and bear its great profusion of snow-white flowers nearly the whole Summer for years and years. 10 cents each. NEW ROSE-COLORED ACHILLEA, Millefoliuttt Rubinim. It produces lartrf clusters of flowers a detp lake-rose in color, making it wonderfully attractive when placed among shrub- bery or Rose beds, giving all a graceful effect, 15 cents each.
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the plant, so that it is a mass or sheet of fleecy-white. 20 cents each. CLEMATIS FLAMULA, Virgin's Bower.—Its small, bright green luiiage \\ aunost hidutn hy large clusters of flne, fra- grant white flowers. 15 cents each. LARGE-FLOWERING CLEMATIS, Duchess of Edinburg.— Tnis IS, without doubt, tne best ot tnc double whites. V. cry free-flowerinar and verv Iraijrant. 75 cents each. Jackmatlii.—Fmm four to six inches in diameter, intense vio- let-purple, with a rich, velvety-appearance, and distinctly veined. The best. 60 cents each. Lauguitiosa Candida.—Flowers are large—six to nine inches in diameter—almost pure white. One of the best. 60 cents Kirmisenus Rubra.—The color is a bright rosy-red, entirely distinct irom any other sort. A persistent bloomer and strong grower. A grrand variety. 75 cents each. SPECIAL OFFER: - This set of four distinct, large-flow- ering Clematis for $2.00. This is a bargain, as the roots are large and strong. The best you have ever seen. CHINESE MATRIMONY VINE.-As a vine for permanent effect, lor snaoing a sunny window, covering an arbor or ve- randa, and for perfect hardiness cannot be excelled. Paie pur- ple flowers and scarlet flowers are constantly appearing from early Spring till late in the Fall. 15 cents each; two for 25 cents. CINNAMON VINE.—A hardy vine with lovely cinnamon-scent- ed flowers. 5 reuts each; 6 for 25 cents. CALYCANTHUS FLORIDUS.—The old-fashioned sweet-scent- ed shrub, li is sometimes called "Strawberrv Shrub," from its delicious order. 15 cents each; two for 25 cents. CALIFORNIA PRIVET.—Fine for hedges. TO cents each; 60 ceuts per doz-n: $4.00 per hundred, by express. DICENTRA SPECTABILIS, Bleeding Heart.—A hardy per- ennial plant wan rose-coiored flowers in great abundance. Perfectly hardy and easily cultivated. 20 Ctnts each. DEUTZIA, CRENATA.—Flowers double and white. A grand hardv shrub. 10 ct-nts each. Deutzia, Gracilis.—A dwarf white; lovely. 10 cents each. DAISY SNOWCREST.—Pure snow-white flowers. 10 cents each. WHITE DAY LILY, Funkia Alba.-Hardy white Lily . 20 cents earh. HYDRANGEA, Paniculata Grandiflora.—See page 25 for de- scrii tiun. Strong, one-year»oid bushes, 20 cents each; large plants, 35 cents each ASTILBE JAPONIC A.—Incomparably the most beautiful of hardy herbaceous plants, growing about two feet high, in com- pact shape, with handsome foliage, from above which rise its panicles of small, feathery, white blossoms, the embodiment of grace and delicacy. 15 cents each : two for 25 cents. CLEMATIS PANICULATA.—The flowers are pure white, and are borne in great panicles or clusters of bloom, fairly covering

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