Title: 1902 catalogue : Platt's flower and vegetable seeds
Identifier: CAT31285711 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Frank S. Platt (Firm); Platt, Frank S; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Connecticut New Haven Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Connecticut New Haven
Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : Frank S. Platt
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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FRANK S. PI^A'TT's FARM, GARDEN AND SEED MANUAt. 75
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O 1.1 The most brilliant and showy of all the summer- flowering bulbs. Their immense spikes of gorgeous bloom comprise in color all the shades from white to the deepest scarlet, purple and yellow, with blotchings and markings of charmingly contrasted shades. They will grow in any good garden soil and bloom with the most ordinary care. The bulbs should be planted at intervals, in April and May, to secure a succession of bloom. Take up in the fall and store in a dry cellarer other cool place, well protected from frost. GLADIOLUS BULBS. (Choice Mixtures). All Colors Mixed. Price each, 2c.; per doz.; 20c.; per one hundred, $1.50. My *'Choice Mixture." Price each, 3c.; per doz., 35c.; per one hundred, $2.00. Shades of White and Light. Price each, 3c.; per doz., 35c.; per one hundred, $2.50. Shades of Yellow. Price each, 3c.; per doz., 35c.; per one hundred, $2.50. Shades of Pink and Variegated. Price each, 3c.; per doz., 35c.; per one hundred, .52.50. Shades of Red. Price each, 3c.; per doz., 25c.; per one hundred, $1.75. Galadium Esculentum. Elephant's Ears. One of the largest of ornamental foliage plants, grows in any garden soil, and when full size stands four or five feet high, with immense leaves, often measuring four feet in length, by two and one-half feet in breadth. Extra Large. Price each, 25c.; per doz., I2.50. First Size Bulbs. Price each, 15c.; per doz., ^1.50. Second Size Bulbs. Price each, loc; per doz., $1.00, Third Size Bulbs. Price each, 5c.; per doz., 50c.

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