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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, & fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_3 (find matches)
Year: 1898 (1890s)
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 trees Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit trees
Publisher: Floral Park, N. Y. : John Lewis Childs
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y
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Petania. This is a flower for everybody. Few high priced and rare plants can begin to compare with the Petnnia for beauty, and not half a dozen other flowers on our list are as showy in beds or masses as it is. We once saw in front of a humble western cabin a great raised bed of Petunias, a perfect cloud of brilliant blossoms that could be seen far over the prairie, gleaming in purple and white, like some great star, and all :his wealth of beauty was the product of a ten-cent paper of seed. The smallest yard and the finest park is not complete Without these butterflies among flowers, that mind neither heat, drouth or rain, bnt bloom in profusion until the winter Is almost upon us. The seed is best started in the house, and the young plants transplanted to open ground one foot apart; but if the soil is made very fine, seed can be sown in open ground and covered lightly. After they are once up thev are no trouble to grow. Per pkt. Childs' New HybridsâStriped, blotched and stained. Large f uunel-shaped flowers of intense brilliancy and vivid marking; never out of bloom; fine for pots 5 & 10 Crandiflora, Mixed Very large flowers and fine colors, including beautiful blotched, bordered, striped and veined types 5 & 10 Crandiflora AlbaâPure white 5& 10 Nana CompactaâA dwarf bedding Petunia, almost smothered under its load of beautifully variegated flowers, and blooming all summer 5 * 10 Flmbrlata Titanla, Mixed Large flowers of various colors; beautifully veined and fringed 5 & 10 NEW CI ANT FLOWERED PETUNIAS. A giant flowered strain which originated in California. The'Double is particularly fine. Clematis Flowered-Xew pure white, and like a great clematis 10*JW ClantkermisinaâLarge open throat of deep black colors, and black veining. Very fine.. 10&20 The RainbowâRichly colored flowers with golden yel- low throats; exquisite and comes true every time..10* M Ring of EmeraldâLarge pink and crimson blossoms deeply bordered with a green band. Attracts S^est attention " Six Lobed WhiteâVery large, pure white, usually with six lobe« 10 & A> Fringed PerfectionâA highly perfected strain, the petals of which are deeply ruffled, and the ruffles in turn exquisitely fringed. A superb strain of the . richest colors ⢠⢠- â â 10 * M Ciant Flowered Single, Mixed ColorsâEnormous single flowers of a great variety of superb colors and fancv markings Exceedingly beautiful, and with- out doubt the finest strain of single Petunias..... .JO * 30 Clant Flowered Double, Fringed, Mixed Colors-.This strain of giant flowered Petunias originated in Cali- fornia, and it is one of the most valuable new flowers that has ever come from that state. They are the largest and finest colored Petunias ever yet seen. Their size and beautv will be a revelation to all who see them. A larger per cent, comes double from seed than from any other strain we know ... .10 * SO Double WhiteâA very fine pure white flower, and very double; 30 per cent, will come true from seed...... .10 ft W Double Heliotrope-Large round blossoms very double and of a beautiful Heliotrope color 10 * » Double CrimsonâIntense crimson, large, double and very rich »*»

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