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Title: Spring of 1897 : (catalog)
Identifier: CAT31282684 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: E. G. Hill & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Indiana Richmond Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Roses Catalogs
Publisher: Richmond, Ind. : E. G. Hill & 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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E. G. HELL & CO., RICHMOND, IND. 2 0 M. de Lesseps. A decided improvement on Argentea Gut- tata, the leaves four times as large, of silky texture, spotted silver. Nitida Rosea. Large panicles of soft rose color, glossy leaves ; very beautiful. $5 per 100. Prest. Camot. Belongs to the Rubra family, is larger in foliage and also in flower, which is borne in immense panicles, and of soft rose color. $6 per 100. Paul Brtiant. Five-pointed leaf, large and smooth ; nice bush form ; flowers in very large panicles, freely produced so as to nearly cover the plant ; peculiar rose shade changing to pale green. One of the best. $10 per 100. Rubra. The most popular variety extant; glossy leaves and coral flowers. Sandersonii. Stalks rise from the root without branch- ing ; leaves smooth and small ; flowers heart-shaped and bright scarlet. $3 per 100. San guinea. Quite similar to Fcastii, save in form of leaf, which is pointed. One of the finest and most popular. $6 per 100. Thurstonii. A very useful variety for florists; of easy growth, makes an elegant ornamental plant, with glossy leaves ; one of the very best. A grand out-door bedder. Weltoiliensis. Beautiful old-fashioned pink flower- ing variety. $3 per 100. REX BEGONIAS. REVOLUTION. (E. G. Hill.) A very striking new variety of our own raising, with a very pronounced double whorl on the leaf, one above the other ; the texture is fine and velvety and the shading is beautiful, showing a nice silver zone. A free, thrifty grower. A fine addition to the whorled Rex. 30 cents each ; $25 per 100. (See cut, p. 28.) E. Q. Hill's Hybrid Rex. The following five varieties are very distinct crosses between the two sections. They have leaves like silk in finish. They are deeply notched, almost star shaped, but large as the finest Rex, with smooth stems and free growth ; of the easiest management, and make grand specimens in a few months' time, and bear rough hand- ling with impunity. BERTHA. McUREGOR. Leaf 9x6, long pointed, with six deep notches ; small, dark, palm shaped center ; body cf leaf silver, outlined with bronze. $6 per 100.
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RICHMOND BEAUTY. MRS. BONNER. Has a preponderance of Rex blood ; very large, silky leaves, long pointed ; extra free grower ; silvery green, dark edge ; one of the finest for general use, or for growing quickly into fine specimens. $6 per 100. MRS. SHEPHERD. Broad, nicely lobed leaves, center and edge bronzy red, body of leaf like pale, changeable silk ; very bright and pretty. $5 per 100. ROBT. JENKINS. A very free grower with notice- ably fine habit ; beautifully shaded leaf, large and finely shaped. $6 per 100. RICHMOND BEAUTY. Dark five-pointed center, surrounded by a broad band of bright silver with violet shadings, edge ruffled and scalloped and dotted green and silver. $6 per 100. (See cut.) Other Fine Rex Varieties. HI per lOO, except hh noted. Alice White. Silver leaf, velvety green edge. Ctess. Erdody. Whorled leaf. $6 per 100. Duchess Brabant. One of the best known. Louise Clossoti. As bright colored as a flower ; rose, violet and bluish bronze, with very high metallic lustre. Sells on sight. $12 per 100. Marquis Peralta. Very dwarf grower, throwing out large clusters of medium sized leaves ; green zone ; dark rayed center. One of the prettiest and most useful. $f> per 100. (Jnadricolor. Still one of the best. And other fine sorts, all distinctly zoned or marked.

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