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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, and fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_16 (find matches)
Year: 1913 (1910s)
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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SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1913. 115
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NEW. FANCY LEAVED CALADIUM- Farley Galaditin*s. Their beautifully shaped and glossy foliage is elegantly variegated iu the most telling manner. One, perhaps, is' regularly dotted with round raised spots of white, another ribbed and veined with pink or scarlet, or yellow, while still another is flashed and marbled with white or marked with delicate and vivid colors as to make them as showy as great and peculiar flowers. The small early leaves do not always show all the fine colors of tho large ones which come later. Baron de Mammore-Large leaf, ground color white heav- ily interlined with light green, crimson and pink stripes. Center dark crimson. Eibs scarlet. One of the best. Candidum—Large, heart-shaped leaf, color satin white with green spots, and dark green ribs. One of the best. Princess Alexander—Ground color of the leaf delicate pink, the mid-rib and veins being dark olive-green. Bebevibe—Larere green interspersed with white spots. Center beautiful soft, transparent pink. Eibs deep pink. Don Pedro—Large, yellowish green leaf with white center and pink ribs, the whole surface heavily splashed rose. Adolf Jaenicke—Ivory white, with purplish pink mottiings. Torch I<ight—Fine light red bordered with bottle green, veined with deep crimson. Elaborate—Bright red, veined crimson. Large, wide mot- tied border of yellow tinted white. Extra fine. Fascination—Pink, freely veined with deep crimson, dark- green mottled edge. Perfectly grand. Exquisite—Blush white, tinted pink. Beverse green heav- ily ribbed dark crimson. Emerald—Green, heavily blotched and ribbed crimson. Robin—Dull red with a net-work of lively green. 30c. each; 3 for 75c; the 12 for $2.75. Mixed Sorts—All fine. 20c. each; 3 for 50c.; 12 for $1.80. Hyacixjtfylis G^udicaps. A species of Hyacinth which blossoms during August and September, growing three to five feet high, with spikes of pure white flowers two feet in length. The bulbs are large, round and solid, and throw up large flower stems which are gigantic spikes of thimble-shaped white blossoms. Planted in the spring they bloom in August and September and October, strong bulbs producing two, three and even four flower stems. A bed of a dozen or more bulbs produces a grand effect. For a cemetery nothing can be more beautiful or appropriate and nothing thrives better in any situation. Strong bulbs, sure to bloom, 10c. each; 3 for 25c; 12 for 75c. c&ir potato A Dioseorea that will grow 100 feet in a singi. season with magnificent foliage. No Tine like it for covering and screening. The flowers are drooping racemes butnotshowy. The vines bear a quantity of tubers, (air potatoes,) some of which will weigh more than a pound- These tubers make an abundance of planting stock for the next season, while the original tuber from which the vine grows may be lifted and wintered in anv cellar. In the Southern and Pacific States it wiil be hardy in the open ground. Fine for green- houses. I5c each: 2 for 25c

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