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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, and fruit
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_10 (find matches)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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 1905. 27 New Mi nature, Mixed—A perfectly wonderful plant, growing only 4 to 6 inches high and bearing great num- bers of double blossoms of various colors. It Is so dwarf and comract that a plant looks like a tasty bou- quet set in the ground, the mingling of bright blos- soms and foliage being very effective 5 Fire Ball—Dwarf habit, double blossoms of intense scar- let, as round and perfect as a ball. It makes a line border or mass, its bright color and perfect habit show- ing to great advantage 10 Snow Ball—Exactly like Fire Ball, except color, which is snow-white and makes a charming contrast 10 Lilliput, Mixed Colors—This strain is the acme of beauty and perfection in Zinnias. Plants small and of bushy growth, each one bearing scores of beautiful little blos- soms of the most perfect shape and brilliant colors. These charming little Zinnias are gems indeed, and should be in every garden 10 Cold Bug—Plants grow a foot high and branch freely into beautiful little compact bushes, which are at all times
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Prom early childhood the Zinnias has been a special favorite with us, and the strain which we cultivated in our first little garden we still sell and grow as our im- proved. We have selected the stock seed every year for thirty years. This careful attention has brought it to wonderful perfection. This Zinnias is a robust, free grower, furnishing an abundance of large, double blos- soms which are of varied and brilliant colors, during the entire summer and fall. Each flower keeps perfect for six weeks before fading, and each plant is a great mass of bloom all the time.making a showing which is peculiar. Nothing else can fill their place. Seed should be started inside or sown in the garden about corn-planting time, Childs'-Improved, Mixed Colors—Saved only from select flowers, perfect in shape and eolor. The finest strain of Zinnias in cultivation Every plant will produce immense double blossoms of various colors, from white to deep crimson, maroon, pink, yellow, orange, scarlet, violet, primrose, buff, striped, etc. Every plant will give fine double flowers. Single and poor flowers long ago disappeared from this strain , . xo Crested and Crinkled-All colors mixed, A strain with curiously crested and crinkled petals 10 Improved Striped—A good strain representing all the lead- ing colors, but all striped. Beally the finest strain of Striped or Zebra Zinnias in cultivation 10 covered with beautiful golden-yellow blossoms as dou- ble as roses. New last year 10 SPECIAL OFFER. To encourage the free use of our improved Zinnias, we will send one packet each of the eight varieties here offered for only UOc.

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