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Title: California gardening
Identifier: californiagarden1929germ (find matches)
Year: 1929 (1920s)
Authors: Germain Seed and Plant Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Los Angeles, Calif. : Germain
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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GERMAIN'S Germain's Popular Dozen EACH Bertha Horne. Hybrid Cactus. Orange yellow tinted apricot $ .50 Jean Chazot. Hybrid Cactus. Capucine red with golden suffusion 50 Gee Whiz. Hybrid Cactus. Soft buff shaded with salmon. Large bush and huge flower 50 Pierrot. Cactus. True English cactus type. Deep amber, tipped white 50 Tarantula. Cactus. Salmon orange. Long narrow petals of true cactus type 50 Pride of California. Decorative. A splendid deep red of enormous size 50 Empress Eugenie. Decorative. Rich lavender. Fine flower for garden or cutting 50 Tryphinnie. Decorative. Bright shell pink with golden suffusion and yellow base 1.00 La Doska Dowd. Decorative. Clear yellow with golden center. A most satisfactory yellow 50 Mr. H. C. Dresselhuys. Decorative. An excellent pink dahlia with many awards to its credit 50 Mrs. Carl Salbach. Decorative. Mauve or mallow pink. A world wide favorite 50 Orange. Decorative. Produces quantities of perfect flowers on ideal stems. Color, most attractive orange scarlet 75 Germain's Popular Dozen Collection. We have tried to group in this collection varieties which in form and color- ing are truly representative of the best in modern Dahlias and will be a credit to any garden. The collection 5.00 84 Los Angeles Since i8ji Recent European Dahlias A number of very good Dahlias have been introduced recently from Europe. We are offering a selection of the best of these which we hope will interest many amateurs here. EACH Emma Groot. Decorative. Deep mauve or lilac, large flower, broad petals. Remarkable stems. Received num- erous awards $1.50 Augustinus. Hybrid Cactus. Salmon overlaid deep rose. Has the long stiff stem characteristic of the newer Holland sorts 1.00 Amethyst. Decorative. A novel shade of light violet. The daintily colored flowers are of good size, with long stiff stems. It is a recent introduction from Holland that will appeal to many 75 Clothilde. Decorative. Large flowers with many petals giving it the appearance of a hybrid Cactus. Awards of merit at Amsterdam, Utrecht and Haarlem. Color a rich picric yellow, a very dependable grower with stems long and erect 1.00 Hanny Van Waveren. Decorative. Delicate Amaranth pink, shading to a darker center. Broad flowers with very full centers are freely produced on stiff cane-like stems.... 1.00 Heimweh. A striking variety from Germany. Brilliant Am- aranth purple with yellow at base of petals. The flowers are large, regular, with the best of stems and excellent keeping quality 1.00 King Harold. Decorative. Rich velvety dark maroon. One of the finest very dark Dahlias we have seen, large size, rich coloring and very good stems 1.00 Mme. Jules Galban. Hybrid Cactus. A French novelty and a new shape in Dahlias; the flowers are very solid and deep, with petals peculiarly quilled giving them the appear- ance of Chrysanthemums. The coloring is very variable and is made up of reddish orange, golden yellow and white 75 Mme. Diesny. Decorative. Bright mauve pink. A fine novelty of French origin. Petals regular and pointed, mak- ing an attractive star shaped effect. Straight stems and very free 50 Maria Houtman. Decorative. A free flowering sort of great value for garden or cut flowers. Medium sized flowers of perfect form produced abundantly to the end of the season. Delicate autumn shade, luminous salmon and old gold 50 Collection of Ten Recent European Dahlias, $8.00 Germain's "Old Favorite" Collection EACH Bonnie Blue. Show. Popular wherever seen. Its striking near blue color is unique $ .25 Golden West. The popular orange yellow cactus 25 Gustave Doazon. Gigantic orange and still one of the largest decoratives 35 Delice. Bright rose. Long the favorite pink. Decorative.... .25 Mina Burgle. Decorative. Rich crimson 25 Mrs. Alfred Stern. Lavender pink, cactus 35 Fernand Olivet. Well known French maroon cactus 35 Dr. Tevis. Salmon rose, suffused gold and apricot. Decor- ative 50 Mrs. John Bazant. Large, perfectly double flowers of wavy formation. Creamy white 35 Germain's "Old Favorites" have stood the test of time, their continued popularity is proof of their intrinsic value. The collection 2.50

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