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Title: Childs' seeds that satisfy bulbs that bloom plants that please
Identifier: childsseedsthats00john_0 (find matches)
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: John Lewis Childs (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Commercial catalogs Seeds; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit
Publisher: Floral Park, N. Y. : John Lewis Childs, Inc.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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SMOW KING 7 GRANDEST YELLOW GLADIOLI CANARY B!RD — The Canary-Yellow. Superb canary-yellow. Tall, slender spike. One of the very best of its color. 10c ea»h; 3 for 25c; 12 for 90c. GOLDEN QlfEEN — The Gold and Crimson. Style of Kl on dyke but a much brighter yellow, and the large crimson stains are also deeper and richer. A very beautiful sort. 10c each; $1.00 per dozen. LOVELINESS — The Lovely. A superb primrose-tinted white of wonderful size and beauty. Sort of half way between a white, pink and yellow. 20c each; 3 for 50c; 12 for $1.7 5. NIAGARA — New Giant Yellow. In color the flowers are of a delightful cream shade with the two lower inside petals or segments blending to canary-yellow. The throat is splashed and tintert with carmine. The flower spike is very erect and stout and is wrapped with broad dark-green foliage. This is destined to lead the cream colored varieties. 15c each; $1.50 per dozen. SCHWABEN — The Primrose. Delicate primrose with yellow and crimson center. Magnificent large flower and spike. Finest of the light yellows, even better than Niagara. 20c each; $2.00 doz. SULPHUR KING — The Great Yellow. Beautiful, clean, sulphur-yellow, finest and clearest of yellow sorts; without any doubt this is the verv best yellow variety yet introduced. 20c each; 3 Tor 50c: 12 for $1.80. SUNBURST — New and Fine Canary-Yellow. Flaked and striped scarlet. 25c each; $2.50 per doz. One each of the 7 for $1.00. BARON HULOT 7 FINEST WHITE GLADIOLI ALINE — A Grand Tulip-Flowered White. Large wide-open flower, tall and graceful spikes, pure white slightly striped crimson and pink. Extra fine in every way. 25c each; 12 for $2.50. CRYSTAL WHITE—The Glistening. Beautiful tall spike of snowy-white blossoms, having: a violet-crimson throat. One of the most superb white varieties. Magnificent in every way. 10c each; 3 for 25C; 12 for 95C. PEACE — The Feathered White. Flowers are large, of good form, correctly placed on a heavy straight spike. Beautiful white, with pale lilac feathering on interior of petals. 10c each; $1.00 doz. SNOW KING — The Whitest White. New this year. An improved Augusta and the whitest sort yet, as it has no pink tinge at any time or under any conditions. 10c each; $1.00 per doz. WHITE QUEEN —The Branching. Very strong grower, one bulb often producing two or three flower stems. Long spike; flowers of middle size; with the exception of a* very small purple streak at the bottom of the throat the flower is of a perfectly pure white color. 40c each; 3 for $1.00; $3.00 per doz. WHITE AMERICA -— Newest and Finest White. See page 116. This is the greatest Gladioli novelty in 16 years. 20c. WHITE KING — The Giant White. Very tall, large flowers, rich sulphury white, prettily marked on lower petals. 15c each; $1.50 per doz. One each of the 7 for $1.00.

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