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Title: Catalogue : Sherwood Hall Nursery Co.
Identifier: cataloguesherwoo1893sher (find matches)
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Sherwood Hall Nursery; Hopkins, Timothy; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) California Menlo Park Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs
Publisher: Menlo Park, C. A. : Sherwood Hall Nursery
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Catalogue of Trees, Plants, Seeds, Bulbs. 55
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Field-grown, good stock, 25 cents each. $20 per grown, good stock, 15 cents each, $12.50 per 100. Ainei'icaii Flag. White, striped with scarlet. Annie AVieg'and. Clear, delicate pink ; long, stout stems ; an early and free bloomer. Attraction. Extremely showy; bright, rosy scarlet ; nicely fringed and double ; good stems and perfect calyx. A color universally admired. Ben Hiir. Soft pink, of the Wilder shade, but brighter ; petals broad and heavy ; stems long and stout ; an exquisite variety and fine grower. Cheri-y Lips. As its name implies, this is a beautiful cherry-red ; very desirable. Creol(\ \'elvet\' maroon, occasionally flaked with carmine ; strong stems. Dark Scarlet. A rich shade, and very free-flowering. Daybreak. Clear, bright flesh without shading ; large ; long flower stems. Fred. Creighton. Delicate shade of )Mnk, similar to Grace Wilder. Fred. Dorner. Clear, deep scarlet ; large and double, fringed. Grace Wilder. Soft shade of rosy pink ; one of the most beautiful. Hinze's AVhite. Pure white, large flowers ; free bloomer ; one of the best. Indiana. Creamy white, marked with bright pink. .1. II. Freeman. A rare shade of rich carmine ; early and free ; fragrant: long stems. La Piirite. A very desirable shade of carmine : well formed flowers. Lizzie McGowan. Pure white ; very 'large, full and heavy ; compact grower ; cut-flowers keep well. Lu-Lu. Prettv shade of pink : fine for growing in pots. . • , 3Irs. Hitt. Free-growing and very long-stemmed ; flower large and ot fine form ; calyx perfect ; glowmg pmk. Xelly Bly. Salmon-pink, striped and splashed with red. Portia. Intense flaming scarlet ; vigorous grower ; flowers freely produced on long stems. $15 per 100. Piii'itan. White; large, very full and of good substance, lasting, if well-grown, a long time after being cut ; quite fragrant and an earlv and continuous bloomer. Silver Spray. Pure white : stiff, upright stems ; early and free. Springfield.' An exquisite shade of pink ; very prettv and sweet. Thos. Cartledg-e. Carmine, closely resembling La Purite in color ; vigorous grower ; early and prolific. Tidal AVave. Dark red; dwarf ' . . • , , r .• 1 White Dove. \ grand pure white fringed varietv of large size ; stems quite stiff and very long, foliage heavy. White Wings. Purest white ; petals heavy, silvery surface ; large, lightly fringed : profuse bloomer.

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