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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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LILIUM SPEC. HENKYI. Hansoni—A very rare and fine Lily. Blooms extra early, the flowers appearing in large clusters. Color rich yellow with a few black dots. This is one of the very rarest and finest Lilies known, and we' now have such a large stock of it that we can offer it very low. 50c each: $5.00 per dozen. Pardalinum—(Leopakd Lilt)—Rich scarlet and yel- low flowers, spotted with rich brown. Robust and free flowering. A superb Lily, and one which will give the greatest possible satisfaction. Succeeds in all situations. No garden complete without it. 10c. each : si.oo per dozen. Tigrinum Splendens—Improved Tiger Lily. 5c each; 50c per dozen ; S4 00 per 100. Tigrinum, fl. pi.,—Thi- is a riant of stately habit, rowing 4 to 6 feet high, bearing an immense num- er of double, bright orange-red flowers, spotted with black. lOc each; 12 for31.00; 100 for $6-00. Wallacei—Very floriferous, each bulb throwing up 4 to 5 flower stems, eash one bearing 8 to 10 beautiful . upright blossoms, of a bright apricot color. Perfect in form and most desirable, 10c each: $1-00 per doz. Umbellatum—One of the very best, blooming in June with larere, perfect flowers. Colors range from black-red, through all the shades of crimson, rose, yellow, buff, apricot, etc, many finely spotted. 25 sorts mixed, 10c each ; Si.oo ner doz.: $6.no per 100. jPapd SPeciosUn7 Grilles. The hardiest, most robust and free flowering of all Lilies, while in beauty they are second to none. Rttbrum—Deep rose, freely spotted crimson, and mot- tled white; perfectly exquisite. Melpomene—Words cannot describe the beauty of this variety. Frosted white, spotted, clouded, and beard- ed with pinkish crimson. Petals deeply recurved and widelv bordered red. Praecox—Large, perfect and beautiful. Frosted white with ating^ of blush at top of petal. Album—Pure snow white. Above k sorts, 15c. each; the h for 50c: $1.25 per doz.; $10 per 100. HENRYL The Yellow Speciosum. New and exceedingly rare. tall, strong grower, produc- ing flowers in great profusion of a fine apricot-yellow color. This yellow Speciosum is one of the very rarestand finestof all Lilies. 30c. each ; 3 for 75c: 12 for $2.50.
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TeqUifoliiiii), ^iie Qoval Ixily0 We have a fine, large stock of this gem of Lilies. It is a great beauty and the brightest of all Lilies. Grows 2-3 inches high, with finely cut foliage, graceful stems and beautiful shaped flowers of a brilliant coral-red. One ought to grow it by the dozen, it is so line for cutting, and makes such grand clumps for the lawn. Blooms very early. Haying grown a large stock of this exquisite Lily we can offer it as the low price of 15c. each; $1.50per dozen ; $10. per 100.

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