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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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32 JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. New Miniature, 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 compact that a plant looks like a tasty bouquet set in the ground, the mingling of bright blossoms 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 fine 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 io I/ilipnt, Mixed Colors—This strain is the acme of per- fection in Zinnias. Plants small and of bushy growth each one bearing scores of beautiful little blossoms of the most perfect shape and brilliant colors. These charming little Zinnias are gems indeed, and should be in every garden Gold Bug-Plants grow a foot high and branch freely into beautiful little compact bushes, which are at all times
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From early childhood the Zinnia 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 over thirty years. This careful attention has brought it to wonderful perfection.This Zinnia is a robust,free grower, furnishing an abundance of large,double blossoms which are of varied and brilliant colors, during the entire sum- mer 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. Noth- ing else can fill their place. Seed should be started inside or sown in the garden aboutcorn-plantine: time. Per pick Childs' Improved, Mixed Color9—Saved only from select flowers, perfect in shape and color. Thefine- est 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 10 Improved Striped—A good strain representing all the leading colors, but all striped. Really the finest strain of striped or Zebra Zinnias in cultivation 10 covered with beautiful golden-yellow blossoms as double as roses 5 SPECIAL OFFER. To encourage the free use of our improved Zinnias, ive will send one packet each of the seven varieties here offered for only UOe

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