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Title: Bulbs and seeds : autumn 1916
Identifier: bulbsseedsautumn1916dmfe (find matches)
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: D. M. Ferry & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : D. M. Ferry & 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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IRIS ANGI-ICA IXIAS Ready in September The beautiful, delicately colored flower clusters in many shades and colors are easily produced in pots indoors. Flowers at first erect and cup-shaped, becoming star-shaped, always with distinct eye, and borne in slender clusters of six to twelve on long, unbranched stems above the grass-like leaves. Fill a 5 or 6-inch pot with sandy loam, insert six or eight bulbs, covering them about an inch deep. Place the pots in a cool, moderately damp place, where they will not freeze, and give but little water. When the flower spikes appear bring into a sunny place, give plenty of air and water, and rather low temperature. Ixias succeed well in 6-inch pans. Ixias, mixed varieties. 3 for 5 cents; 15 cents per dozen; 75c. per 100, postpaid. OXALIS Ready in July Admirably adapted to house culture, especially for hanging baskets, and very attractive as a window plant, as they flower freely, are in bloom a long time and the clover-like leaves are remarkably free from insects. The flowers are borne in large, terminal clusters on long slender scapes. The yellow shades have been found the most useful for winter flowering of all the sorts of Oxalis. Plant in pots, six or eight bulbs in a pot, in good rich soil and cover about one inch deep. They require an abundance of water during the growing season and should have plenty of sunlight. Cemua Lutea, yellow, 3 cents each; 25 cents per dozen. Bermuda Buttercup, bright buttercup yellow, stronger growing than the Cemua Lutea, spreading and drooping, very free flowering. 3 cents each; 35 cents per doz.; ^1.50 per 100. Oxalis prices include postage.

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