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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, and fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_15 (find matches)
Year: 1911 (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 1911. 37
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Gerbera or G^i11^01* Daisy* This flowers both rummer and winter, and makes a fine pot plant. The flower stems rise from the very crown of the plant at the surface of the soil to a height of two feet, and are exceedingly graceful, bearing a large, daisy-like blos- so.™. three or four inches across, and of a fine crimson color, with a velvety texture which makes it particularly beauti- ful. It blooms all winter in pots and in open ground all summer. Perfectly hardy in the open ground. One of the most graceful ano fchowy flowers we have ever seen. Jamesoni — Elegant bright crimson. One of the most beautiful and .diowy of all flowers 10 New Hybrids — Mixed, new and very fine embracing several fine colors and tints. One of the very best re- cent Novelties 20 WallflowePc ^arly Mixed—Flowers early the first season from seed, blooming in profusion from early June until late autumn frosts without injury. The blossoms are large size and borne in compact, short spikes or clusters, and are ex- ceedingly sweet-scented. The plants are not injured by fall frosts and bloom until December; are also hardy and bloom well the second year. Colors range from yellow to dark brown, striped, etc 5 Double Mixed Colors—A favorite English flower, some- what like Ten Week Stocks. A half-hardy perennial, very fragrant and fine for cutting. Sometimes blos- soms first summer 10

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